The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-10-27


visiting here.
E. E. HART has been in New York pur-
chasing a stock of goods.
]. S. HOLDEN and wife are spending
the week in Massachusetts,.
PEREZ HARDWOOD started on Monday
for Southern California where he is to
spend the winter with his uncle, II. M.
HarwoOd.
CHAs. G. WILCOX and wife, of Hoo
sick Falls, Y. Y, were in town last week.
F. G.. Hutchins returned home with them
and will remain for a short time.
AT the Kings Daughters meeting with
Mrs. w. C. Hitchcock, Friday, Nov. Sd,
Mrs. Harwood, the treasurer, will give a
report of the State convention recently
held in Brattleboro.
]. OLIVER BURT is making some need
ed repairs on the Wattles residence on
Main street. recently acquired by him in
exchange as stated in the BANNER.
When completed it will be quite an inn
provement to the street.
On Wednesday evening, fifteen mem
bers of Mt. Anthony Lodge of Masons
paid fraturnal visit to Tucker Lodge,
No. As, of North Bennington. The
Third degree was worked, and speeches
rounded out the occasion. The d. ID. q:
NJ, Chas. D. Phillips, was present and
assisted in the work. The visitors
reached home at midnight and the occa-
sion was pronounced most enjoyable.
THESE letters are advertised in the
Postof1ice at Bennington, for the week
ending Oct. Dist, 1882 Chas. H. Dwell
", Rev. Edward Morgan, Ambrose
PARSE, Merritt H. Shaw, L. j. Smith, F.
| M. Twitchell, Mrs Hattie Andrews, Mrs.
Jos. Cooper, Miss Stella Buergard, Miss
| Mclaughlin. These letters will be sent
to the Dead Letter office Nov. 4, if not
delivered before. In calling, please say
"adverhsed' giving date of list.
TIE Hon. Fl. G. Root has been for
some weeks relaying his side walk, on
South street, to grade. That part of the
| improvement has gone SLOW enough, but
this week Mr.. Root took in hand the
matter of grading up his lawn and things
! have moved right along. Even now
some idea can be had of the way his resi-
dence and grounds will appear when the
whole is completed. 1t is notable i'm
provernent to that street.
THE Masonic Temple association of
! Vermont was organized at Burlington,
| Friday evening. Bylaws were adopted
and the following directors were elect
ed: NJ. A. Woodbury., Burlington; A..
A. Hall, St. Adams; DelOs NJ. Bacon, St.
Johnsbury; NJ. o. Perkins, Windsor;
John H. Whipple, Manchester. A. A..
Hall was elected president, W. G. Rey-
nolds clerk, D. n. Nicholson treasurer.
A large part of the capital stock has al
ready been taken.
THE Vermont Bar Association met
this week at Montpelier, in connection
with the General Term of the Supreme
Court. At the business meeting,
Wednesday, the following officers were
elected: President, c. NJ. Wilds of
Middlebury; vice presidents, W. S.
johnson of Woodstock, John II. Stetson
of Bradford, o. NJ. Barter of Arlington;
secretary, George w. Wing of Montpe-
lier: treasurer, Hiram Carlton of Mont
pelier; executive committee, E. G.
Swingington of Rutland, u. S. Stanton of
Roxbury and d. NJ. Foster of Burling-
ton.
A CIRCULAR, signed by T. n. Smith,
superintendent of the National Express
Company, has been sent to each Office of
the corporation: "The foil wing, from
General Superintendent HUT, is the re-
! suit of correspondence in reference to
standing rewards in case of an attack by
robbers upon any of the employees of this
company having money in charge: In
case of such attack the company offers a
standing reward of 81 900 for each rob
Der who in making such attempt is shot
dead; five hundred dollars for each rob
Der shot or crippled so as to be un BILE
to get away; one hundred dollars for
each robber arrested in the act"
The repairs on the Methodist church
building are progressing. When COM
pleted that congregation will have fine
place of worship. We had really set our
heart upon the idea that this ancient
stone edifice should be finished with a
new stone front with towers, in the in
terest of enterprise and the added
beauty, but investigation shows that
such plan is beyond the means of that
people, and we give in to the inevita-
BILE The cost would be so great, we are
told, that it would be the better econo.
my to tear down and build anew, which
cannot be done now.
WE remarked last August that the
railroad officers in this village were of
ten in receipt of notices of railways GO
ing into insolvency or receivers hands
We find list of forty which have gone
into the hands of receivers since Janu-
airy l. The total mileage of these lines
is 1889 The aggregate Indebtedness
is SSl2, 1881, 379 of which S642, 637, 81
stands against four roads-Reading
Northern Pacific, Union Pacific and Erie
The stock of the 10 roads is S402, $40, 100
The stock and bonds of these roads rep
resent about one-eight Of the entire rail
way capital in the United States. In the
years 1878 and 1874 the mileage of de
faulting roads was 1884, the bonds
1858, 72l OLA and the stock 1912, 541 $40.
JAS. E. DAMON of San Francisco, Cali
fornia, is in town, stopping at the Put
nam Mr.. Damon was connected witt
the BANNER some fifty years ago. ant
during his sojourn on the Pacific coas
he has been quite successful in life. The
changes in Bennington, especially dur
ing the past thirty years, must be quitC
striking to an old resident, coming
again, as Mr.. Damon does, to the scenes
OF his earlier years. We hope he will
think kindly of the suggestion to conn
East and remain here the remainder o
Z his days. Why not? Bennington is {
good place to retire to, and of late year.
{ has been an excellent location for bust
! ness, as is witnessed now in contrast Il
many towns about us-we have had NJ
) hard times to speak of yet.
THE Alumni of Williams college ar
not alfoOathpr statistical with the cornOr