The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-07-14
VICINITY AND LOCAL ITEMS.

increasing. Especially is this true OF
this summer season.
Mr. AND MRS. FRANK GAGE, of Chel-
sea, Mass. is spending week or two at
Gardner, Mass. Both were formerly of
Bennington.
MRS. MOSES WILSON has recently paid
a visit to her old home in South Reads
boro, and visited friends in Western
Massachusetts.
The new court house in Troy, N. Y,
is to be built of granite. This is wise
act of the commission of which Hon. r.
A. Parminter was one.
WE have heard from India's coral
strand. What's the news from Green
lands icy Observation-Disclosures indie
pendent. Silver has joined McGinty!
THE widow of the late E. G. Crane of
the Ludlow Tribune, and his son and
daughter, have decided to continue the
conduct of that journal for the present
at least,
JOHN B. SKINKIE, wealthy and
prominent farmer residing near Chat
ham, dropped dead in the hay field on
Friday last. Heart disease was the prob
able cause.
NEW money order offices in Vermont
have been established at Lyndon, East
Calias, East Richford, Gaysville, Goulds-
vile, Hydeville, North Thetford and
North Hyde Park.
GEO. ALBRo and wife formerly Miss
Margaret Cage, has taken cottage,
with friends, at Thousand Island Park
for July and August. Mrs. Albro will
spend September with Miss Beebe at
Durham Hall, heme of f. House, Esq,
Cobourg, Ont.
A FARMER of West Pawlet named Pal
mer became smitten with the charms of
one Louisa Madden, who had been board
ing in the village, and married her. 1t
was subsequently, learned that she has
two former husbands living and she has
now disappeared in search of the fourth.
CHARLES COOPER and wife went to
the Worlds Fair last week, starting
from home Wednesday. They will be
absent some time. Later-They were
called back to New York this week by
the death of Madame Griswold, Mr..
Coopers sister. She died suddenly on
Monday.
COLONEL AND Mrs. OLIN SCOTT have
returned from the White Mountains,
where Mrs. Scott has spent the past
month with Major S. w. Clark and wife
Of Boston, formerly of Bennington.
The Major is quite successful in fishing.
Tt only takes him two or three hours to
fill basket with speckled beauties.
THE following Trojans will spend the
summer at Dorset: Charles Z. Daven-
port, wife and children; j. II. Harring-
ton and family; E. Q. Lasell, and family;
A. W. Harrington, and family; Miss Bes.
sic H. Sheldon of Minneapolis, who is
visiting A. w. Harrington, and II. w.
Sheldon. The party is happy one and
doubtless Dorset will ring with their
mirth.-Press.
THE Hon. VIM. L. Sherman of Lowell,
Mass, who, over fOrty-five years ago
was a resident of Bennington and who
has recently come into possession of the
Taft property, has been visiting during
the week with Mrs. VIM. Bates. Mr..
Sherman has not yet decided whether he
will remain in Lowell or reside in the
Taft residence. He is brother-in-law of
the late Dea. Taft,
A LIFELIKE picture of Major General
William Wells has been presented by his
widow to the State of Vermont, and has
been hung in the Capitol beside the por-
trait of General Phillip H. Sheridan,
with whom he did efficient service dur
ing the War of the Rebellion. General
Wells went out as Lieutenant in the
Vermont First Cavalry and was rapidly
promoted. He died in April, 1892.
JAY GoULD's family are to build a
memorial church at Roxbury, N. Y,
costing $3.50, 900 and bearing on it's cor.
ner stone this inscription: $50 the
Glory of God and in memory of Jay
Gould" And yet Mr.. Gould did moi
leave one cent of all his millions of dol
lars to assist single Christian charity
The inscription should read: "To the
memory of him and the glory of Jay
Could"
MRS. DIR. SCOTT, whose illness we re
corded at the time, has so far recovered
that she has gone to Niagara Falls, N
Y, to visit her son DR.. Walter Scott o.
that place. She came up to visit hel
sister, Mrs. Noses Wilson, last winter
and was taken i'll. 1t ia only now tina
she is able to travel, but she is convalesc
ing finely and no doubt will fully re
cover. This will be pleasing news to hel
many friends in Bennington county.
HERE is what Peter Cooper, who dice
worth millions, said of local newspapei
and directory: ''In all towns where ;
newspaper and directory is published
every man should advertise in them, i
nothing more than a card stating hi
name and the business he is in. 1t no
only pays the advertiser, but it let's thu
people at a distance know that the tow
in which you reside is a prosperous com
munity of business men. AS the seed il
sown so is the seed recompense. Neve
pull down your sign while you expect t.
do business"
NEW YORK dispatches of the 18th
say: Herman Siedermann, passenge
of the steamship Columbia, was arrested
at the pier in Hoboken yesterday jus
before the vessel started for Hamburg
Siedermann, who says he came from
Manchester, took his luggage to hi
state-room, he threw overheard most o
his clothes, tore up 800 in bills ant
threw the scraps overheard. Whel
spoken to he made an unintelligible re
ply. Then he tried to jump overheard
He will be held pending an investiga
ton into his sanity"
AN exchange, in speaking of on
friend Bowen, says that "a. L. Bower
went to Rutland Tuesday morning load
ed with populist ammunition which h
exploded at the Peoples party conven
ton held in that city yesterday" Now
the Odd Fellows hereabouts would lik
to know if it had the same effect upo
his hearers, as his controversy at Brattl5
h