The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-03-31


Mass.
Miss LINNIE SPEARE of Springfield,
Mass, is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hitchcock.
THE Department Inspector made his
annual visit to the Posts, G. A r. in Ben
nington, last evening.
MISS FLORENCE HOLDEN returned to
Wilbraham Academy this week after
passing her vacation at home.
E. H. BROWN, having disposed of his
business interest here is to move his
family shortly to Cohoes, N. Y.
l. E. GIBSON has purchased the Frank
Fl. Crawford house, and will erect an
other tenement on the same lot.
Miss JULIA WILCOX was obliged to
return from the Vermont Academy be-
fore the term closed on account of her
health.
Miss ALICE GIBSON, of the Temple
Grove Ladies' Seminary, Saratoga
Springs, n. Y, is home for the Easter
vacation.
AT the Second Congregational church
last Sunday morning, the Rev. Mr.. Como
yer otficiated, in the absence of the Rev.
Mr.. Seymour The evening service was
omitted.
GEO. Ed. TowNE, well known here as
landlord of the Old Stark House, has
leased the Hotel Brandon and takes
possession April LIST. ED" is at home
in hotel.
Col. CHAs. S. FORBES of st. Adams,
was in town Wednesday. He is looking
about the state after the registration of
Cinnamon, of whom there are thirty-fi
in Vermont.
THE Bennington students in the Yer
mont Academy at SaXton's River, came
home last week for the spring vacation.
They are: Rob. Squire, John Marten and
Russell Graves.
p. II. FALLoN, formerly with E. Tiff
fanny & Son, has purchased the machine
shop of E. H. Brown on Beech street.
He will do general machinist's business
and is man who will succeed.
THE story this week, beginning on the
9th page, is from the pen of an authoress
who will be readily recognized, and on
that account will be read with more than
ordinary local interest.
A. c. DEsoRDA has moved his harness
business from North Bennington, into
the Reeves Block on North street. The
interior of the building has been repaired
and presents an improved appearance.
Mrs. JOHN TAYLOR COOPER, who has
heen spending the winter at Bennington
Centre has opened her house in Albany,
n. Y. for the summer. Her daughter,
Mrs. T. A. Snively is living with her.
HUDSON and Frost, two occupants of the
New Opera House block, and both adj
vertisers in the BANNER serve clam
chOwder frequently as will be seen by
cards in their respective windows. Hud-
son has quite trade in table boarders
besides.
The Sunday dinners at the Putnam
House, prominent feature of previous
seasons, are to become leading thing
this spring and during the summer
months. The range and elaborateness
of the Menu lying before us, prove
conclusively that Collins knows how TO
please his guests at the table as well as in
other matters.
THE reports of the Young Mems Assc-
citation. the annual meeting of which was
held March Goth appear in our columns
to-day. On our second page (printed be-
| fore these reports came to uS), we call
attention to the Free Library, and we
note that Mr.. Seymour's address is on
the same line of thought.
CHAs. Form, Benningtons only rep
resentative of the Race Celestial, it is un-
derstoOd, proposes to obey the law about
registration under the Geary exclusion
act of Congress. This was to have been
expected Mr.. Form is a likely young
man, and will not belle the Christian
character he has borne in town where he
has resided several years.
LUTHER GROVER, an inmate of the
Soldiers Home, died in the Home hospi-
| tai Saturday. His death was from old
age and erysipelas. He was admitted to
the Home January Goth, 1889. and this is
the Both death there. He served in Com
pany X, 2nd Vermont infantry. He was
a member of f. J. Ormsbee Post, GA. r..
of Brandon. His remains were taken to
Brandon for interment.
LAST Monday, Jos. Martin, son of
| Michael Martin and lad named O'Don-
nell were fooling with a pistol in the
hands of O'Donnell, when it was acct
dentally discharged, the ball entering the
cheek of Martin, and lodged in his head.
! The ball was extracted by DR.. Chisholm,
and the boy is doing well. 1t was a mar
row escape from death In the language
of the old Admiral addressed to the Sab
bath School: Boys, don't fool with
| powder"
THE personal estate of the late Walter
A. Wood was valued at s257,936 and
when Walter A. Wood, jr., William S.
Nichols and George H. Nichols under
| took to qualify as executors of the estate
of his wife, Elizabeth w. n Wood, they
found that they would have to give bonds
in double that amount. The testator
left these stocks: ., 900 shares IN the Wal
ter A. Wood Moving and Reaping com
panY, 80 shares in the First National
bank of Hoosick Falls, 14S shares in the
HoOsick Falls Gas Light company. The
total value of the stocks in $164, 900. The
executors were unable to give a bond in
the amount required, so they furnished
a bond for $lSj,O0O and Surrogate Lam
sing has made an order permitting them
to deposit the certificates of stock with
County Treasurer Morey in order to
meet the deficiency.
Mrs. MARY II. DANA, widow of Z. A.
Dana of New Haven and near relative
to the Robinson family of this town, has
! just completed and sent to the Worlds
Fair, where they are to be exhibited, a
collection of q oil paintings executed on
Vermont marble, and ultimately intend
ed to be placed in the residence of Sena-
tor Proctor in Washington. The artist
has been engaged nearly year in the
work and was personally selected by
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