The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-10-20


week.
A CASTLE of Knights of Pythias will
be organized here soon.
UP to date 200 tickets have been sold
here for the Worlds fair.
MISS JESSE TEMPLE, goes this week for
a visit to Mrs. J. r. Pilling in Cohoes,
N
JUDGE FOWLER of Manchester, was in
town this week couple of days, return
ing to-day.
COMPLETE footings show that during
the last year the grand list of Benning-
ton was increased S179, 1886.
THERE is a talk that a new hose COM
pany is to be organized here soon. 1t
will be named after r. b. Godfrey.
Col. ED. BENNETT has been confined
to his home by illness since his return
from the Worlds fair, but is improving.
AN Eastern Star meeting had been ar
ranged for October, but the candidate
not being ready, ''work'' was reserved
for the regular meeting next month.
Miss ELLA J. MOORE of Benninton,
is attending the Albany Business Col
lege. The college Is in a prosperous
condition and is increasing in attend
ance rapidly.
SERVICES will be resumed at the
Methodist church next Sunday. The
pastor has returned from his vacation of
week and will preach morning and
evening as usual.
II. II. ALLEN pension, suspended dur
ing the summer, has been restored. He
made his claim through the agency of
Judge White, and promptly sent in the
proofs required by the department.
FRED r. PERRY of Bellows Falls, an
engineer of the Boston and Maine rail
road accompanied by his wife, visited
his brother c. S. Perry this week. On
Tuesday they rode about town and
climbed the Battle monument
THE Boston Sunday Journal, Herald
and Globe will hereafter be sold in Ben
nington Sunday morning, after ten
o'clock. Evans has the first named pa
per, Burt the last two. Competition,
gentlemen, is the life of trade.
AMONG those recently home from the
Worlds fair we note: Prof. F. n.
Squire, II. F. Robinson, 1. E. Gibson
and wife, the Thomas brothers, w. r.
Morgan, f. NJ. Crawford, F. g. Madison,
Mrs. S. f. Harris.
THE Rev. Chas. E. Provost, formerly
pastor of St. Johns church, North Ben
nington, and Church of the Sacred
Heart, this village, made his friends a
flying visit early in the week. He is
stationed at Brandon.
THE Bennington Rifles, Co. K, Yer
mont National Guard, gave an oyster
supper in the armory Saturday evening.
Major Coffey of Gen. Estey's staff, and
Major c. l.. Evans of the Sd battalion
were present and gave the boys a talk.
THE dedication of the Battle Monu-
ment at Trenton, N. j., yesterday, was
something of National event. Gov.
Fuller attended on the part of Vermont,
accompanied by Gen. Theo. s. Peck,
Gen. D. p. Webster, and Col. Edward L..
Bates.
BISHOP MICHAUD was here over Sun
day, and large number of people at
tended ST. Francis de Sales church on
that day. Monday the bishop left for
Baltimore, where he went to attend Car
dinal Gibbons jubilee.
J. ELMER AYREs is the champion BIZ
cycle rider of this section. During the
season, just closed, he has rode in five
races and has won six prizes-four of
them first and two second prizes. Mr..
| Ayres is one of the most accomplished
riders in the country.
BENJAMIN NILES of Pownal Centre,
is about to Open a law office in the Hoo.
sac savings bank building, North Adams,
Mass. He is a son of Ward E. Niles, a
graduate of Drury high school, the law
office of Hon. J. X. Batchelder of Ar
lington, and the Albany Law school
RECENTLY, the Good Templars of this
village, have put up new shades and
! draperies to the windows of their hall,
which is great improvement. At their
last meeting they held ribbon party y
which was enjoyed by all present. and
neat sum of money was taken.
BRATTLEBoRo has another singer OF
note besides Mary Howe in the person OF
! Hattie Brazor, whose stage name is Mile
Stella Brazil. She is now in Europe
studying and whenever she has appeared
in public she has received very favorable
comment. Miss Brazor and Mary Howe
were schoolmates.
WE state it on the authority of the
| health board, that there have been but
! five cases of diphtheria in this village
during the past two months, two OF
which were fatal. There are now nc
cases. There have been no public fun
| erals, and, as far as can be asceTtained
there have been no exposures from any
source. We state this to quiet num-
Der of uncomfortable rumors prevalent
the early part of the week.
THE reunion of the 14th Vermont
Regiment at Bristol next Wednesday, is
looked forward to with a great deal OF
interest by the survivors of that body.
Measures are in progress to erect mon
ument on the field of Gettysburg, and
this will call out large number. Com
pany C, was recruited from Manchester
and r. o. Cores company was from
Bennington. The death rate of this reg
iment has been so large that Capt. Gore
is the ranking officer of the survivors OF
that regiment. The bravery displayed
by the 14th at Gettysburg should be per,
petuated by the proposed monument
1t is 81 years tomorrow since the regi
ment was mustered into service.
A CLERGYMAN Of San Francisco re
Gently took trip through prohibition
Iowa and had good opportunity tC
Judge of the effectiveness of the prohibi
tory law. As the train passed over the
state line into Iowa seal was put on the
liquor side-board in the buffet, and the
Clergyman, wishing to test the enforce
ment of the liquor law, called the porter
and asked him if he could get little
whiskey, ooh, yes, sab" said the porter.
"And how about little wine?" enquireC
the minister. 81 think / can fix yor
sab" was the prompt and whispered re-