The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-06-09


THE marriage of Arthur Russell to
Miss Nina Morse is announced to take
place Tuesday, June 18th.
II. L. STILLsoN was in attendance at
the annual convocatiOn of theiOrder of
the Eastern Star at st. Johnsbury, dur
ing the present week.
CAPT. H. E. UTTERLY, U. S. Army,
will inspect Co. K, LIST. Regiment n. G..
", Bennington Rifles, at Bennington,
Thursday, June 10.
Miss MARIA c. RICKHART, has gone to
the Worlds fair. After stopping week
| in Chicago, she will visit with friends
farther west for the time.
CASHIER GEO. F. GRAVES and wife
went to Chicago Monday morning to
see the Worlds fair. Mr.. and Mrs. 81.
p. Woodman take care of the house and
children during their absence.
PARK street has been much impr owed
during the present week, by Street Com
missioner Henry Tuttle. With the fine
watering place for horses, recendy put
up, it is now one of the best streets for
driving in town.
JOHN II. AYREs, the tailor, has the
contract for making the new uniforms
! for Stark Hose company, No. 1. They
will consist of blue frock coat, and
| trousers of the same, with fatigue cap to
match. The buttons and trimmings
will be In silver.
ISAAC CHURCH, comrade of Custer
Post died at his home in SALISBURY on
| Saturday after an illness of only two
days. His funeral was held Monday
afternoon. A detachment from Custer
Post attended. The G. A. r. ritual was
RENDERED at the grave by Post Command
er L S. Frost.
A Boston firm advertises so, 600 paper
novels at one cent each. These are the
| books that subscribers to certain news
papers receive as gifts by remitting
| from two to ten cents in stamps ito pay
the postage" The books are illegally
mailed as second class matter at one.
cent per pound. News. Better
pay for the BANNER one year in advance
and get the New York Weekly Tribune
free, postage all paid.
WITHIN the last few weeks man of
good repute in the town of Cambridge, a
well-to-do farmer, has been done for by
the green goods men of New York. He
sent on $500 of good money for a pack
age of 81 900 and received package of
straw in return, all of which he consid-
cred gross abuse and wrote sharp let
ter to these sharper men all without
avail, even the detectives could bring
him no relief.-Washington County
Post.
THE road commissioner is putting the
highways of the town Is shipshape for
comfortable and speedy travel. Nearly
all the bridges in town are undergoing
| OF in inf
and new water-trough has been put in
on Park street, opposite the Soldiers
! Home Summer tourists and others can
now extend the limits of carriage ride
about the extreme outskirts of 9enning-
ton. The drives in the village are al
ways in good condition.
THE listers of the town have CON-
pleted their labors and the result OF
their work shows quite an increase in
the grand list of the town over that of
last year. In this village there are are As
persons whose grand list is over $4,000,
in North Bennington II, and in the town
outside of the two corporations rs. The
three heaviest taxpayers are II. w. Put.
nam VIII Sc list is $4,000, Gen. j. G..
Mccullough, S125,0OO and Luther r.
Graves, $S5, 900.
THE Troy Times of Saturday, says:
"Bennington's millionaire, Henry
w. Putnam, came from New York Thurs
day and opened his summer residence
for the summer season. Mr.. Putnam is
in excellent health, although ANNOYED
with profuse running from the eyes
when he attempts to speed a horse.
Owing to this trouble, he has sold his
stud of fast high-bred horses, except
Lady Bouillion, who has record of
2:16. Last summer he had the fastest
matchedteam in the world, for which
he paid $4,000 before the team had
broken the record for fast time.
A. K. Richie is making extensive re-
pairs to his residence on Main stree
The plan comprises a Encouragement of
the interior and an addition of tower,
ETC., to the outside finish The Eagle
ing the work. By the way. this COM
town this year. Furnace Grove, the
residence of Messrs. Shields and Van
Santvoord, was extensively remodeled
last year, but this season the Eagle
Square folks are building large two
story addition to contain laundry,
bath rooms, sleeping rooms, etc. Both
are sure of good work put up in an at
tractive form.
THE st. Johnsbury Caledoniaa of last
week, states an old truth in a pointed
way, when it says: 1.-THE plant of the
old Vermont Sentry, formerly published
at Swanton, but more lately at st. Adams
and which was so practically worthless
that it was abandoned by its last owner,
has just been sold to satisfy a mortgage.
The Sentry was originally established
for the alleged purpose of killing the
st. Adams Messenger. Just how sue
cessfully the proposed assassination has
been carried out may be judged by the
above statement. There is tragic fate
in store for most of these journals that
are established with the intent of ami
hilating some long standing and all
round-reliable newspaper.
THE Windsor Journal has this item,
which will be of interest, concerning a
descendant of the Poet at the first cele-
bration of the Bennington Battle, Au-
gust 10, ITS. 1t says THE remains OF
Mrs. Harriet Fitch Smith were brought
from Concord, N. H., Wednesday, for
interment in the Old South cemetery.
Deceased was the granddaughter of the
late Hon. Stephen Jacob, and the widow
of DR.. Edward Smith, formerly of this
place. She went to Concord few years
since to enter the Old Ladies' Home,
where she died of the mfr mites of old
age, Monday. She lacked but few
days of being eighty-three years of age
Her death removes the last member of a
once we'll known family, as she survived
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