The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-10-13

morrow for the Worlds fair and expect
to be away ten days.
THE Bennington Rifles hold an oyster
supper and smoke talk next Saturday
evening, at their ArmOry
GEO. A. WATTLEs and Ernest T. Girls
void attended the Grand Lodge of Good
Temp;ars at Montpelier this week
II. &. LINDLoFF, accompanied by his
wife and her sister, left for the Worlds
fair last Saturday, to be absent ten days.
Miss S. FRANC RICE has gone to visit
her sister, Mrs j. w. Quackenbush, in
Albion, Nebraska, and before her return
will visit the Worlds fair
H. w. PUTNAM has completed this
week the laying of the walk about the
Drysdale store on River street 1t is a
great improvement to that locality.
D. A. BALDWIN, who was severely in
| jured number of weeks ago by falling
from bicycle, expects to leave this week
for Albany, where he will enter hos
pItal.
A RECENT letter from Judge Hugh
Henry this week, reports him better, al
though still confined to a dark room.
He has had seige of Inflammation of
the eyes.
JOHN ROBINSON and wife, L. f. Alb
bolt and William Lundergan have re-
turned from the Worlds fair. A large
delegation will leave here this week for
the same destination.
MRS. LIZZIE GAY has moved her dry
goods and ladies' furnishings store from
the Dewey building North street to the
new stores of VIM. E. Hawks further
north on the same street.
MARY MURPHY, the little s year old
child of John Murphy, died of diphtheria
Tuesday. The child had been sick for
about week, but it's critical condition
was not known to her parents until Mon
day night.
THE party of fifteen who went to the
Worlds fair in a special car, starting
Sept. 18th, returned last week. Col. E.
D. Bennett has been sick and in bed
since he arrived, threatened with fever
but is better.
NJ. B. MORGAN was present at the 31st
annual session of the Grand Lodge, l. o.
G.. T., at Montpelier this week, and ex-
poets to be at Barre next week at the
meeting of the Vermont Union, Y. P. S.
G. E., and will spend the last ten days OF
the month at the Worlds fair.
THE senior class in the graded schools
will give an entertainment this evening.
The following will appear: Van Vechten
Rogers, harpist, Boston; Fred P. Denni-
son pianist, Albany, and the following
local quartette: E. E. Long, j. II. Hab-
berley, II. W. Downs, G. Ii. Bennett.
LETTERS advertised in the Postoffice
at Bennington for week ending October
It'll, 1893: j. Arustein, NJ. G. Evans, c..
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Fifield. These letters will be sent to the
Dead Letter Office Oct. 81, 1898, if not de-
livered before. In calling please say
"advertised'' giving date of list.
S. EVERETT HARDWOOD and his sister,
Miss Harriet Harwood, who are at the
Columbian exposition, were accom-
panied from Detroit by their brother w.
S. Harwood and cousin, Miss Sara Cole
man of San. Francisco, Cal. After So
iourn of two weeks at the Fair, Miss
Coleman will return to her home.
II. j. CARTER, and r. II. Carter, wife
and son, of New Orleans, who lately
visited our village, arrived home from
their extended tour to the Chicago Fair
and Northern places, in excellent health.
, Mrs. Carter and son spent short time
} in the mountains of Virginia, before re-
turning.
The Sunday Boston Journal is the
first paper of the kind to send into Ben
nlngton the full telegraphic edition,
with news up to three o'clock, a. m. II
is brought here by team from North
Adams, arriving at ten o'clock The
Sunday pa pers heretofore sold here are
a Saturday evening edition.
= The coming session of the County
court promises to be long one, there
: being several interesting cases to come
before it. Among them there will be
that of Henry Conroy, alias Mcdowell
for the murder of John Crowley; Henry
, L. Sargent and Charles Rufus Young
for horse stealing, and William Shaw
for incendlarism.
The Boston Sunday Journal will here
: after be sold in Bennington by JohT
Evans every Sunday morning. The
bundle of Sunday Journals is brought
here by special pony express from
Williamstown, reaching Bennington
about 10 a. IN. Order the Sunday Jour
nal of Mr.. Evans. The BANNER clubs
with the weekly Journal at very advan
: tageous rates. See head of local col
umns.
: PROF. EDWARD E. LONG is meeting
with meTited success in the establish
ment of his classes in music. He teach
es by the Italian method, which is &C
cepted as the best now in vogue among
, musicians, and already has one class GU
= of town. We predict that he will secure
classes in most of the larger towns o
+ Vermont but he will teach in any of thu
smaller towns. This is an opportunity
5 that many have been waiting for.
= The train from Rutland due here a
: ) As p. m. Monday, killed horse nea
Robinson's crossing. The horse was be
S ing led behind a wagon, which, with thu
D driver got safely across the track, bu
+ the single horse was struck by the en-
: CINE. 1t was a narrow escape for tn,
: man in the wagon. The horse wa
owned by A. w. Harwood. There ar
e conflicting stories as to the action takel
+ by the engineer of the engine 1t i
J. quite loss the horse being valuable
t one.
9 THE society Of Christian Endeavor o
k the Second Congregational church ha'
the pleasure of listening to two ladie
: of the church of Manchester, who hav
It recently been pursuing a course of tn
>. Bible Institute at Noithfeld, Mass
4 These ladies, Misses Mary G.. Gone an
) Agnes E. X. Woods, told in simple an
e most interesting way of the routine lif
e of the Institute and of the numerous ad
vantages and delightful experience ther
:. afforded. Incidentally strong plea wa
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