The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-07-28

week. He will have something of inter-
est next week.
THE Vermont Marble company of Rut-
land, has notified its men that wages
will be reduced Is per cent. on August l.
The company is the largest marble con-
Germ in the world and employs abouG
2 200 men.
MRS. j. r. FILLING returned to her
home in Cohoes. N. Y, Monday, after
two weeks visit in town. Her son, John,
came up Saturday and passed Sunday in
Bennington, returning Monday noon
with his mother.
In the Cohoes, n. Y, correspondent ce
of our Monday exchanges we find this
item: "Mr. William Hay of Albany and
Miss Laura G. Crawford of Bennington,
were married Saturday afternoon at the
Methodist parsonage, by the Rev. j. ID.
Brown"
LIST of letters advertised in the post
office at Bennington for the week ending
July y: Chas. Clayton, Frank Muzzy.
These letters will be sent to the dead let
ter office August 5, if not delivered be-
fore. In calling please say advertised"
giving date of list.
INTELLIGENCE reached Bennington
Tuesday of the death of Julius Catlin of
Brooklyn in Canada Saturday. Mr.. Cat
In married Miss Frances, daughter OF
the late Seth b. Hunt. The deceased
was the father-in-law of Trenor l.. Park
of North Bennington. He was about 80
years old.
The August Masonic meetings are as
follows: Mt. Anthony Lodge, Tuesday,
August 1st.; the o. E. s., Chapter,
Wednesday, August 2nd.; Taft Com.
mandery, Thursday, August, 3rd. and
Temple Chapter, Monday, August IA.
The members of these bodies will please
note these dates. There will be work in
each.
ON Sunday, July 30th the Fitchburg
railroad will sell round trip excursion
tickets at fare one way, from any station
between Troy and North Adams to any
other station between same points when
fare one way is ten cents or over. Tick
cts good only to go and return on that
day, and only between stations and on
trains making regular stop.
AT the Ensor Institute reception last
week, letters were received from Mr..
Fuller of Hartwellville, a graduate; also,
Fred Moore of Wilmington, that attract
ed attention because of the positiveness
with which they wrote. The Readsboro
Enterprise of last week says: IF you
want to see happy man call on E. Is.
Fuller since his son returned from the
Ensor Cure at Bennington"
IT is finally decided that Michael
Healy will return to Bennington, and
again occupy the Elm Tree house, which
he built, owns, and has lately thorough
ly repaired. Mr.. Healy has rented the
Hotel Fitchburg at Hoosick Falls, N. Y,
so that he will move here at once. II
will be some little time before the Elm
Tree House can be furnished and made
ready, but probably by the middle OF
August
A CORRESPONDENT of the Ludlow
Tribune gives some facts that may well
encourage the believers in the future OF
Vermont: "a few years ago there were
in Andover 40 unoccupied farms, out to-
day every one of these is occupied. Fur,
thermore, many of the occupants OF
these farms are young men who have
tried farming in other parts and have
found by actual experience that farming
in Vermont, all things considered, car
be made as profitable as any distant part
of the country"
THE thunder storm of Saturday after
noon blew off portion of the tin roof Of
the Electric Light station, and when the
rain came down the machinery below
was drenched, so that it was not safe to
run it that evening. Therefore, there
was darkness" in town Saturday night
and all the old kerosene lamps available
were pressed into service. The work o.
putting on the roof began as soon as the
shower was over, and Sunday evening
all vas serene again and in working
order. The loss was small, and the
damage by dirt and gravel mingled with
the water from off the gravelled roof
added to the annoyance.
THE Bennington Rifles were out agair
Monday and drilled in the Graded schOo
grounds. They are preparing for thu
ann ual muster of the National Guard o
Verm to be held at Rutland, Angus
| 10 to 10. the roster of which has jus
been published. The camp will b.
known as Camp Gov. Fuller. Genera
orders No. II, from the Adjutant and In
spector Generals office, show the changes
that have occurred among the commits
stoned officers during the year ending
July IS, 1893. These changes whicl
have been noted in the State paper
from time to time as they occurred, ar
probably greater in number than during
any previous year. There have been 81
commissions, % promotions and IL res
ignations during the year. Enlisted
men 10 the number of l8l have been dis
charged.
JUST before the shower Saturday after
noon, the fire alarm started and rum
erything"-12-3-7,e etc. The chang
of Office and wires connected with tn
long distance telephone mentioned il
another item, had caused the alarm t.
strike at intervals during the afternoon
so that at first no attention was paid t
this freak of the electric fire alarm. TIL
Stark Hose ran out, and the fire wa
found to proceed from an oil stove tina
exploded in the Hawks Main stree
building. 1t appears that box As wa
rung, when some one at nearly the sam
time pulled box Is. Chief Tiffany asks u
to caution people about pulling" tive
boxes at once. When there is an alarm
of fire run to the nearest box. When yO
open the door If the bell inside is ring
ing you.will know that some one els
has sounded the alarm from anothe
box, in which case do not pull the box
If you do the confusion of last Saturda
afternoon will result. 1t will be well fo
our people to procure aud read up tn
rules. Should the don't care" ide
prevail the usefulness of the electric fir
alarm is greatly curtailed.
THE most exciting runaway we hav