The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-01-20

THE D. D. G. NJ. and, possibly, other
members of the Masonic fraternity, will
go to North Bennington on Monday, the
Odd, to give instructions in the revised
floor work to Tucker Lodge, No. As.
THE condition of Bishop Bissell has so
far improved that his daughter, Mrs. l..
NJ. Gray, writes very hopefully of pos
sible recovery. The many friends of the
Bishop will hope that these favorable
tendencies may prove permanent.
OUR obituary notices give the fact OF
the death of Richard Moon, who was a
member of the Second and afterwards of
the Tenth Vermont Volunteers. He
died in Hartford, Conn, and was men,
Der of Stanley Post, G. A. R., of New
Britain. Conn.
THE marriage of Miss Lillian, daugh-
ter of the Rev. Gemont Graves, and
Charles p. Phelps, son of Hon. E. j.
Phelps, is announced to take place at st.
Paul's church in Burlington at 5 p. M,
January 25th. Miss Graves is daugh-
ter of the Rev. Gemont Graves, for sew
eral years rector of St. James's church,
Arlington.
COMMANDER E. j. WOODWARD, U. S.
N, is now in Washington undergoing ex-
animation for promotion to a captaiucy.
Comm .nder Woodward is well remem-
bered by many of our people, his wife
being a daughter of the Rev. BOstwick
Hawley, D. D., who was pastor of the
Methodist church in this village from
1872 to rs.
LETTERS advertised in the Postoffice
at Bennington for the week ending Jan.
l4th, 1898, are as follows: Geo, Baily,
G.n H. naw~-- NL-- 49,
-..' -. - -, uM"s. ua,haway, Edward
b. Hawks, j. W. willard, Geo. Robillier,
MIS- Lucinda Allen, Mrs. P. Sibley
These letters will be sent to the Dead
letter Office Jan. 2Sth, if not delivered
before. In calling please say "adver-
tised," giving date of list.
The rector of st. Peters, writing from
Philadelphia, says that he will be home
the last of this week, and that services
will be held Sunday as follows: 9;45,
Holy Eucharist; 10:30, morning service
and sermon; 1l:45, Sunday school and
Rector's Bible Class; Evensong and ser
m IN at p. NJ. On Wednesday, 25th,
Conversion of st. Paul, there will be ser.
vices at 10 a. m, and 4:l5 p. m.
DIR. w. E. PUTNAM, for several years a
successful homeopathic physician in the
neighboring village of Hoosick, N. Y,
recently sold his practice there and has
located here. His office is i'll the new
Putnam block on Main street, opposite
First National Bank. DR.. Putnam will
live temporarily at the Putnam House,
but expects in few weeks to take q
house aud be joined by Mrs. Putnam.
THE cold weather has had the effect to
adjourn some of the Graded Schools sew.
eral days lately. The janitor runs the
furnaces to their full capacity and YET
the thermometer in many of the rooms
cannot be raised high enough to be safe
for the chldren's health and so they
were sent home. More furnaces are II ed
ed and our Board Of Trustees should at
tend to this important matter.
THE Philharmonic Male Qunrtette o
COhoes, n. Y, have issued a neat book
let for the year 1893 '94. Upon the cove
page is a group half-tone plate of thu
quartette. We learn that several engage
ments have already been made for thu
season. Mr.. J. II. Habberley OF this vii
lage is one of the tenUrs. This organi
cation is a very finely balanced quartett
and they give good satisfaction whereve
they sing.
The Father Matthew T. A. b. Societ.
held their annual election of officers las
Sunday, resulting as follows: Thoma
Lyons, President; Patrick Kelly, Vic
President; John Heller, Recording Sec
rotary; Robert Guiltinan, Treasurer
Frank Grennan, Financial Secretary
James f. Cone, CORRESPONDING Secretary
Board of Managers: Michael Roach
Chairman, Daniel Cullion, John Carr
gan, Jehn Ryan, Cornelius Mcmahon.
The brick store lately occupied b
Hudson on Main street, will be opene
as drug store about March LIST, by til
new firm of Van Week & Potter TIL
senior of the firm is c.. Fred. Van Vice
and associated with him is DIR. H. j. Pc
ter, Jr. The announcement of thes
names gives confidence in the manage
ment of the new store, as these yOun
men are well known. The Doctor wi
continue the practice of his profession
The interior of the building is being IT
fitted and rebuilt, and when done will b
in very fine shape. We wish this ne
firm abundant success.
The Rev. R. S. Macarthur, D. D., pa
tor of the Calvary Baptist church of Ne
York city was entertained during h
brief stay in our village at the residenC
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Nichols. At
IN. on Tuesday the clergymen of Bel
nington and North Bennington, al:
Prof. Davis of our Graded School an
General Secretary Hoyt of the Y. NJ.
A. were invited TO dinner provided /
Mrs. E. l.. Nichols in honor of the di
tinguished clergyman and lecturer. Tb