The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-04-14

THE firm of Dewey Durham d Son are
at present engaged on repairs at the Col
gate Farm, Bennington Centre.
NICHOLS, Bennington's dry goods mer-
chant, is out with a seasonaole advertise
ment in another column. Read it.
THE local eontri b utions for the Lib
erty Bell, - may be sent to Mrs. l.. s.
Norton until April 10th, when they will
be forwarded.
THE Columbian postage stamps are
works of art to look at but the people
will be glad when those of the old and
more convenient style come back.
You make mistake if you overlook
the inside columns of the BANNER, for
much interesting local and original mat
ter will be found there every week.
r. j. CRAWFORD has broken ground
on j. Ed Walbridge's lot on Grand View
Terrace for one of the buildings which
he has the contract to erect for Mr..
Walbridge.
GEO. A. BURoH and N. NJ. Puffer were
the delegates from Bennington to the
Grand Lodge of the New England Order
of Protection, that met in Burlington,
Wednesday.
THE regular meeting of the Fortnight
ly occurs on Saturday, April 10Th. Sub
iect: History and Travel" The com
mittee are: Misses Anna G. Park, Catha-
rine Penfield and Jennie A. Valentine.
The Rev. VIM. w. Foster, Jr., former
ly of this place, closed five year pastor
ate with the Methodist church at North
Adams, Mass, Sunday. The union SER
vice enabled the pastors of the other
Evangelical churches TO be present and
give Mr.. Foster parting cheer. The
Transcript reports Mr.. Fosters sermon
in full.
The Rev. W. ]. Chapman was in town
the first of the week en- route to Confer
ence at Albany, N. Y. Mrs. Chapman
goes with him and takes this occasion to
visit some of the people where they have
lived in Central New York. On their re-
turn to Shelburne, they will stop over in
Bennington for short visit here. Mr..
Chapman is very pleasantly situated in
Shelburne and no doubt will be returned
there another year.
The April Festival will be held at the
Parish Hall under the auspices of the
Guild of st. Agnes Tuesday evening,
April IS, I to 10 o'clock. Patronesses,
Mesdames i. F. Abbott, F. N. Squire, L.
P. Norton, H. w. Martin, W. B. Walker.
There will be music. Celecian cake for
sale, also choice variety of fancy work.
Ice cream and cake will be served during
the evening. Everyone is cordially in
vited.
FROM and after tomorrow the BANNER
office will be found at the old place in the
rebuilt building, North street. We hope
to see our friends after we reach home
again. The rooms in the third floor in
the First National bank have been pleas.
ant, our friends have found us, and oul
neighbors have been all that could be
asked, but nevertheless we shall be glad
to get back to the old place.
OUR readers will recall that a carrier
dove bearing the mark IN" captured il
New Jersey while ago, was at first
thought to be from the missing steamer
Naronic. But afterwards it was learned
that the pigeon was owned in Philadel
phia. Last week one of these doves was
found in this village in an exhausted
condition. 1t was taken into Nichols's
fed. and for the night was placed in the
attic. In the morning it was missing
Search did not avail, but it is now feared
that the dove is down somewhere in the
building and unable to get out-proba
bly, persisted, as it cannot be found.
THE Boston Journals "war articles
have again raised the question of "whC
first entered Richmond" The fact o
the controversy is that a good man,
other Union troops than Vermoner
were about the "diggins," but we are in
clined to side with Capt. (Prof.) Abel E
Leavenworth of the Castleton Norma
school who read a paper before hi
pupils Friday, and also published tw,
long articles in the Boston paper referret
to. 1t is Prof. Leavenworth's statemen
in regard to the first troops in Richmond
that "VermOnt soldiers claim the homo
of being the first to enter Richmond.
He says the troops were "the third di
vision, oath army corps, Ma. Gen. Chas
Devens commanding"
WE introduce to our readers to-day
new firm and an additional business In
terest in Bennington. The firm ar
Messrs. Russell & March, contractor
and builders, and dealers in lumber an
builders supplies. Their yard will b
! located at the foot of School street o.
the Boardman lot north of the b. & G
railway track, and an Office will be bull
on it. Mr.. March will move his famil
here, thus adding another to those com
ing to town this spring, 1t seems to IL
that this enterprise is epportune.
lumber yard of proportions large enoug
to compete with the Burlington market
will tend to keep money at home and adj
anothe. heavy business interest to thos
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A DESPATCH from Bridgeport, Conn
dated April 9th, says: 'COl. w. II
Stevenson, formerly Vice-president G
the HousatoDic road. claims six yea
salary due him at $500 per year a
president of the New York, Rutland an
Montreal railroad, to which position h
was elected just after the formation q
the road. He will appear in the Unite
States District Court in Burlington, thi
week in the dual capacity of presideu
and witness, being sent to determine tn
legality of the appointment of VIM. '
Reynolds as receiver and the validity G
large amount of certificates issued b
him as receiver of the New York, Ru
land and Montreal road, which came int
existence through the late j. A. Bos
wick, w. II. Starbuck, j. A. Macaule
and J. F. V. Reynolds. The object we
to give the Housatonic road diret
route to Montreal by connecting at Lei
anon Springs, N, Y, but the 10-mile lin
from the State line was never built b
cause of an alliance with the Centr;
Vermont"
OK page to-day, we publish anotht
of those charming stories by Mrs. Emm
Louise Orcutt Emma Fuller. 1t