The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-06-30


few days later.
Mrs. DIR. HoLLIsTER and children, ac-
companied by Miss Woodward. will visit
in Half Moon, N. Y, Mrs. HOLSTERS
home, for few weeks.
Mr.. AND Mrs. FRANK WHITNEY of
Brooklyn, N. Y, are visiting here. Mrs.
Whitney will be remembered as former
ly Miss Maude Fairbrothers,
Mrs. ALEX. ]. CooPER's sister was
taken seriously ill at her home in Cen
trail Northern New York this week, and
yesterday she was telegraphed for, to
come to her sisters bedside.
THE Rt. Rev. Louis de Gossbriand,
Bishop of Burlington, was one of the
passengers on board the steamer Vera,
from Genoa, and landed in New York
City Sunday. He has been absent on the
continent for several months, and was
heartily welcomed by the people of his
church in Vermont.
THE tax bills go into the hands of
Town Treasurer Graves tomorrow, and
there is discount of four per cent. on
all taxes paid within ninety days. The
amounts are as follows: Town, $34 100.-
10, highway, $1,975.63; Village, So, 1885,
40, highway, S3,611.29. 1t will be seen
that the increased Grand list helps to
give US more cash to do with than in
previous years.
THE students, faculty, Alumni, and
corporation of Trinity college have
unanimously petitiOned DR.. Samuel Hart,
| BishOp-elect of Vermont, not to accept
the Bishopric, but to remain at the col
lege. Bishop Williams, too, is reported
to have added his name to the request
for DIR. Hart to remain. He was to have
given his answer to the Trustees of
Trinity last evening, but we have scanned
our daily exchanges to-day in vain to
find it.
MEssRs. CHILDs AND MURPHY, who
have been through the Eastern
States for two weeks in the interest of
the New England Ensor Company, have
returned, and report fine outlook for
future operations. The organization is
strong one and we predict that in the
near future the States named will be-
come dotted with these Institutes, doing
the beneficent work Of saving men from
the power of strong drink. We men
toned, recently, that an Ensor Institute
had been opened in Amsterdam, N. Y.
From the Daily News of that city of
Tuesday last, we copy: 1.-THE Amster-
dam Institute boasts, to-day, of two
graduates. Men who entered upon the
treatment complete slaves of the liquor
habit They are now cared. Their
minds are clear. Their physical condi-
ton is renovated. They are newborn
again. The people of this city may feel
that in the Ensor Institute they have a
helping hand for the fallen and de-
PRAYED. In the city of Ogdensburgh and
Bennington, the people take as much in
terest in it as they do in one of their
charitable institutions. They!regard it
a part of the community which they
could not get along without. Every day
they see wrecks restored to their fami-
lies, and once good citizens who have
fallen by the wayside given new life, new
ambitions and placed in the way of be-
ing of great benefit to themselves and
their neighbors. This is the voice of
experience everywhere.
The Boston Journal of Saturday has
an account of the sentencing of "Shang"
Campbell, the self-oonfessCd profess
siOnal thief, who was captured in Ben
nington during our Centennial in Au-
gust, 1891. He was taken to Bo ;ton and
has been in custody ever since. He is
sent up for four years for the larceny of
800 from one Wright at the National
Bank OF the Republic, October 4, 1890, by
Judge Bishop in the Superior criminal
court. Campbell, whose real name is
said to be James Morgan, is a notorious
criminal, with record that looms up
in the criminal annals as one of the
worst. He has twice been tried for the
offence for which he was sentenced
each time was convicted; twice took up
| his caaa TN tho Snnrnma cOnrt IN eYcaD-
tons; the first time his appeal was sus-
tanned and new trial granted, but
within few days his second bill of ex-
captions was everruled. His defence at
the trial was. an alibi. This was sought
to be propped up by several witnesses
from Canada who testified to having
seen and actually been in the company
of "Shang" on the day the robbery was
alleged to have been committed. The
defendant, himself at the first trial, to
the first cross question put to him by
District Attorney Stevens, answered !:
my business is that of a professional
thief" The Government witnesses
identified ''Shang' by his side whiskers
but the defendants witnesses all denied
that he ever wore whiskers and they had
known him for two years previous to the
day of the robbery. Campbell has been
in Charles Street Jail almost two years
awaiting as his counsel termed it, "the
vindication of his rights" He was not
arrested until ten months after the
theft.
THE Hon Hiel Hollister, of Pawlet,
writing east from Chicago, says: 81 Wis
tied the renowned Worlds fair, and
must say, that for splendor and mag
nifence the half was not told me, nor
do l think it possible to convey in any
words in our language an adequate idea
of its grandeur. People must visit the
fair to entertain any just appreciate on
it. Here are exhibitions of the indus
try, skill and enterprise of most of the
nations of the earth. l have had very
pleasant time so far on my trip, First l
accepted an invitation to visit our friend,
the Hon. G. w. Hartman, who you will
remember some months since invited us
to call on him. in Bennington and
look over the battle monument and
other interesting objects in this, the
oldest town in Vermont. Thence by
easy stages l came here on juno 9, hav-
ing trod much familiar as well as con-
siderable new ground. Have looked
over the lumber, oil and gas fields Of
northern Pennsylvania. AS fast rs a
well fails another is found and the sup
ply keeps up. Potter county, Pa, is
the paradise of BRONX trout fishermen.
took a turn IN Livingstone county,
Mich, which is noted for bean culture