The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-02-17

Miss NELLIE HURLBURr Is Visiting
friends in Bridport.
The condition of C. S. Perry, ill fol
more than a month, is improving.
JOHN P. DALEY, who has been i'll for
week and confined to his house, IS bet
Ger.
HAY is being sent from here to North
Adams, Mass, where they receive SZ'
per ton.
P. G.. BOND, who has been home ill fol
. week, is again at his post in the depoI
Of this village.
THE first indications of spring-boys
playing marbles-were seen on Oul
streets yesterday.
THERE will be an attraction of instru.
mental music at the boys meeting of the
Y. NJ. G. A. Sunday at 8 p. m.
Miss DRUCILLA DAKIN takes the place
of bookkeeper in l. E. Gibson's store sc
Dong filed by Miss Esther Porter.
HOLDEN, LEONARD C Co. have sold a
7Auilding lot on West Main street, next to
land owned by the Messrs. Dewey.
THE members of the Round Table en-.
tertained their friends at the home OF
Mrs. Calvin w. Evans on St. Valentine
Eve.
A CONSIDERABLE quantity of pure
spring water ice has been taken from the
pond on the farm of John Wool Griswolo
In Bennington Centre.
MRS. J. B. PARMENTER has beer
awarded pension. Maj Parmenter was
q veteran and we are glad his widow has
received this recognition.
tu that farm
wagon tire should be less than foul
inches wide, and that the forward anc
hind wheels should not track.
OUR readers will note the change o.
advertisement of Mrs. Mary Gibson IL
another column. She has a large trade
IN the sale of the mlcrobe killer.
H. C. LlNDLoFF, treasurer of the Val
entine Knitting company, contemplatei
a visit to Europe, and visit to his ole
home, during the coming summer.
THOSE having the paper covered "Cen
tennial Book of 1897 can have the same
substantially b und in handsome stYl'
at the BANNER bindery. Send in you
orders.
MRS. WIN. A. RooT's and Miss A. E
Clark's card party st. Valentines even
ing was a large and brilliant affair. A
number of guests were present from on
of town. Handsome prizes were givel
and fine refreshments served.
THE cultured reporter of the new
Opera House entertainments no longe
says: "the audience stamped and clappet
their hands," but they emphasized thei
appreciation OF the sentiments by re- or
to manual and pedal agitation"
THE exposition of the new school Law
BY Attorney Cushman, clerk OF GU
Graded district, will be read with irteres
w all our local readers. If sONe on
would give us q clear statement OF tn
rev highway statute we should be gla'
10 print it.
AT Hudson's dining rooms and ic
cream parlors, in the Opera House block
a clam chowder' will he served Saturda
evening. These handsome rooms hav
been nGted up III attractive style and ar
m keeping with the prosperity an,
growth of the town. See card in anothe
column.
MANY hope that the blue stone, sue
as used in the St. Francis de Sales church
will be used also in the construction o
the Bennington and Rutland railway
new depot buildings in our village, an,
we would respectfully call Gen. McCul
Iough's attention to this suggestion.
MERRITT BUI.NHAM had narrow es
cape Sunday night. While going up +
his father-in-law's after his wife b
stopped at the Fairbanks railroad cross
ing to let a freight pass. 1t had broke
into two parts and he was on the trac
in time to have the second section throN
his wagon around. Fortunately he wa
not hurt.
Ex-SHERIFF ROBINSON of this villag
will attend the inaugural ceremonies a
Washington, March Sd, going down wit
the Democratic State Committee, tn
Cleveland electors and the Vermont dele
cation that attended the Chicago Cor
YentiOn and helped nominate Presiden
Cleveland. There will be about thirty |
the party.
We note that the Norwich Universit
at Mortified, has quartette that is i'll
ing number of engagements with gres
acceptance. Il. Q. Bennett of this villag
Is the first tenor. We are also glad
know that N. u. is prosperous and ths
the era of up-building 50 auspiciOusl
begun few years ago is continuing, Th
university deserves well of the ffccc!jie.
WEnotice with pleasure the cohcessio
in some of our exchanges that real estat
has 80 advanced in Vermont that I'll
term abandoned farms" has become
misnomer. In some localities the priC
OF land has more than doubled since til
Commissioner of immigration told I'll
tTHth about the situation. And thei
again, summer homes and manufacture
are IepOpulating the farms.
LITTLE HAROLD MCINTYRE W;
knocked down and run over on Mai
street, Tuesday, by one Of tive team
that we're racing down the street. FO
tunately the lad was not seriously il
jured, but all the same racing and tro
hing OF speeding teams should not be a
lowed on our streets. The driver stoppe
as soon as lie could and got doctor. d
iBg all be could to alleviate the III e
fects, which is the reason we do not pa
hsh his name.
The selectmen have put a new ire
bridge over the Roaring Branch ne
Furnace Grove. This was the longe
bridge in town, being over 100 feet, b
the new structure is 80 feet and costs 81
100, 81 ,236 of which was paid the We
mont Construction Company and u
balance want for piers, approaches, ct
The bridge was opened TO the publ
Tuet day Of this week. 1t is fine ],
and An improvement much needed
that locality