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


THE four delegates from st. Peters
church this village, cast their first votes
for the rector of that church, as Will be
seen by another item.
AT the races in Middle Granville, n.
Y, Wednesday. ovation" and Frank
Burgess" were two horses entered by f.
II. Burgess of this village.
GEO. F. LEONARD, Carrie D. Leonard
and Geo. A. Leonard were registered at
the Vermont building at the Worlds
fair on Thursday of last week.
BISHOP MICHAUD was the the Officiat-
inc. prelate at the ordination ceremonies
of st. Joseph's Provincial Seminary in
Troy,N. Y, last week. 1t was notable
event.
N. b. SoUIREs, Miss Squires, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. II. Tourman and Mr. and Mrs.
Il. G. Ludlow and son Harry, will return
to-day from visit to the Columbian
xposition.-Troy Press, Saturday.
VIM. r. STILL, the reporter on the
staff of the New York Recorder who was
injured in the recent accident on the
Manhattan Beach railroad, is a cousin of
Mrs George F. Leonard of this village.
BURLINGTON is to have an electric
railway in operation in aboutsix weeks,
according to present calculations. The
power will be furnished by Winooski
Falls, where a heavy stone dam is being
erected
A PORTRAIT Of Mrs. Henry Clark is to
be presented to the Rutland library.
She was member of the board of di-
rectors with Mrs. JuliaC. r. Dorr, Mrs.
H. Henry Baxter and Mrs. DR.. ]. II.
Putnam from its organization until her
death.
PoTsDAM, N. Y, is wisely thinking
before abolshing street hitching posts.
The Courier says "business men are
solid in thinking that it would be an in
jury and a detriment to the business of
the street if the hitching posts were
ripped out"
SENATOR PROCTOR is in Washington to
act as counsel for Col. Ainsworth, upon
whom is placed large part of the res
possibility for the recent disaster at
Ferd's theatre. The senator's family
have Just returned to Proctor from trip
to the Worlds fair.
CADET LIEUTENANT E. c. BENNETT
of the Norwich University Corps of Ca
diets, commanded the artillery drill given
before Gov. Fuller and staff at the close
of the school yesterday. He also had
command in the extended drill and for
nation of attack by the corps the same
day.
A REMARKABLE scarcity of house
flies has been noticed this season, on
which fact are based dire predictions of
sickness during the hot weather. Be
careful of your diet, drink not too much
ice water, a conscience void OF offence,
and keep your newspaper accounts paid
up and all will be well.
THE reception of the graduates and
Alumni of the graded schools inILibrary
hall Friday evening was largely attend
ed. Dancing was INDUCED in and re-
freshments were served. We are told
that Miss Ball has been employed to
teach in the grades, that Mr.. Fillmore
will enter the Albany Medical college,
and that Mr. Farnham goes to Brown
University. OF the plans of the other
graduates we are not informed.
THE Pope Mandatory of Boston are
doing good work in the cause of educa-
ton by offering prizes for the discovery
of errors in school text books. Last
year six prizes were awarded to as many
persons for pointing out errors in text
books, and now the same company Offer
one of their $3.50 bicycles to each of the
five persons who shall discover the
greatest number of such errors, returns
to be made to Educational Depart.
ment," Pope Manufacturing Co., Boston,
Mass, before September l, 1898.
THE June Term of County court
which began June 6,and ended last week
Thursday, heard and determined five
civil cases tried by jury and one state
case. -Four divorces were granted and a
number of judgments decided by the
court Sheriff Wilson took Henry Nc
Dowell back to Windsor Friday morning
where he will be confined until the De.
cember term of court when he will have
his second trial here. 1t is said that the
State has already found new and impor.
tant evidence against HIM.
DID you ever stop to think how dear
your local paper becomes to an absent
friend who has wandered away from his
childhood's home. 1t is often the only
friend that remembers to bring news to
the absent, and if you could see how
eagerly they open and scan each page
and how dear the little gossip items
from each town become, you would fee
paid for your effort in sending it. You
know, even in your own case, that you
are pretty fierce to get hold of it, even il
you haven't been away but week. The
BANNER and Weekly Tribune, both pa
pers sent to any address for $l.50a year
in advance.
The Fitchburg railroad next Sunday
July 2nd, run an excursion from Troy K
Hoosac Tunnel and return. The special
train leaves Troy at 8 a. M, Eagle Bridge
at 9.54 and arrives at the eastern porta
at lilo. The return train leaves at Il. 81
p. m, arriving in Troy at 1925. Pas
sengers can stOpi in North Adams unit
the 7.55 p. N. train out of the Tune
city and this train will stop at any sta
ton between WTlliamstown and Troy t.
leave passengers. The tickets admit o
stop-Over privileges at Williamstown
The round trip fare from stations be
tween Eagle Bridge and Petersburgl
Junction, inclusive, is 10 cents, from thu
POwnals so cents-good only on til,
trains named.
SOME of our exchanges are facetiouI
over our latest Jail delivery. The Reads
boro Enterprise says "The Jail at Man
chester should be let TO some one for
chicken coop if anyone can be founC
that would dare keep their hens anC
chickens in it. Gaudette, who escaped
from this so-called Jail recently got out
by simply stamping his foot on the rot
ten floor. 1t took only two kicks and h,
was free. Mcdowell the Glastonbury
murderer, was in the same Jail but re
fnsed to make his escape. There is