The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-10

tREEMONr GREGG Is quite Ill bnreaJ-
ened with typhoid fever.
NJ. GUILTINAN of Saratoga, n. Y,
visited his brother here last week.
OLIN w. HARDWOOD has returned from
a weeks wheeling trip down the Hud-
son River.
| TICKET AGENT BOND has been away
| for day or two, and Miss Mary Monroe
of SALISBURY has been his assistant.
MR.. and MRS. JAS. A. HoUGHToN are
rejoicing in a son born to them Monday.
First daughter and then, a son." etc.
EIGHT hours for work, eight hours
for rest and eight hours for what we
will'' is the motto of the Carpenters
Union.
Mrs. MAJ. CoFFEY is quite i'll with
pneumonia. Both lungs are involved
but her condition is hopeful. She was
Frustrated Monday.
MELVIN WADswoRTH recently cele-
brated his S0th birthday. He is stop
ping for the present at E. $. Harris's
mothers home in Hoosick. n. Y.
MRS. PooR's lunch rooms, in connec-
ton with her domestic bakery, North
street, are nicely fitted up, and it is a
good place to procure lunch or din
ner.
A STEAM bicycle is one of the late
wrinkles. The steam is generated in a
boiler suspended between the wheels
and heated by benzine. 1t is patented
in SaXOny.
Col. E, d. BENNETT is slowly conva-
lescing from his attack of bilious fever,
complicated with sciatic rheumatism.
He is not yet out of bed, but hopes to be
in few days, and strong enough to see
his friends when they CALL
The Stark Hose company give clam
chowder tomorrow evening, inviting in
the general public. There will be a
small fee charged for the chowder. This
will be good place to go for part of
an evening.
A PAPER mill in Salina. Kansas, has
made several tons of paper from sun
flower stalks. It's said to be superior
to straw paper, and this is claimed to be
the beginning of an important departure
in paper making.
G. B. SIBLEY has Just received large
additions to his stock of fall and winter
goods. Sibley's is one of the we'll known
stores where people find nice fitting
clothing, and also fashionable cloths for
custom suits-the Free Library building
is the place.
NJ. B. MORGAN returned home a few
days ago after quite an extended alb
sence. He attended the State Christian
Endeavor Convention at Barre, the Good
Templar Grand Lodge at Montpelier, the
Worlds fair, and visited friends in vari-
GUS localities.
DIR. JOHN T. SHURTLEFF attended the
Episcopal Choir Guild festival, at Rut-
land Wednesday. The Herald prints a
long list of delegates from most of the
leading parishes in Vermont, nine going
up from Manchester Centre, and five
from Arlington.
HART starts in next week with a
special sale, to continue until December
LIST. When flour can be bought by the
barrel for 50 90 to S4.60 per barrel, there
is no excuse to purchase it by the pound.
Flour was never sold at this figure in
Bennington since before 1860.
MR.. AND MRS. N. NJ. PUFFER, Ms. C.
D. Gibson, Mrs. Fred l.. Houghton. Mrs.
A. G. Sweet, Mrs. f. B. Griswold and
Mrs. II. L. Stillson were attendants
from here upon the Rebekah State Con
vention at Rutland, Wednesday. Mrs.
Puffer was elected delegate to the New
YOrt State Convention.
THE Long Distance telephone office
was open Tuesday evening until a late
hour taking the election returns
Through the courtesy of Manager LARA
bee the bulletins were posted in varIoIrl
places: Coopers lower mill office, tho
Putnam House, Red Mems rooms, etc
1t is safe to say that the returns" were
highly gratifying to Republicans h
MRS. CURTIS WOODWARD had a shock
, last Saturday evening and lies in a crit
cal condition. She was at the supper
table when attacked, and the first init
nation that Mr.. Woodward had of any
thing wrong was when he spoke to hel
and she did not reply. Medical attend
: ance was speedily procured and hel
children were sent for.
JAMES HURST, formerly gardener, ETC.
for the Messrs. Putnam and a resident
} of Bennington for several years, is in
town for few days visiting his ole
friends. Mr.. HurS5 is now located al
:. Newport, r. l., and has charge of "GoolC
Island, :" the most beautiful summer place
in Newport, owned by the Romans fam
lily of New York. He is again trying hi!
hand at hunting.
ITEMS like the following show how the
, college mentioned is coming into notice
in the way of sports: The Norwich Uni
versity football eleven defeated the Mid
dlebury college team on their home
grounds, Saturday, by score of "a to 0
The Norwich team played three games
last week. On Tuesday they defeated
, Windsor II to 0, and Wednesday they de
feated Vermont Academy 4 too
To those converSant with the common
school geography taught nowadays, tbt
: various newspaper yarns printed abou
railroad deals, seem quite amusing
, President Mcleod of the N. Y. and New
, England, a rival road to the Consolidated
, between New York and Boston, is tn,
prime mover in these railroad rumors
: That that road should be DESTROYS o
communicating with the Canadian Paci
fic via the l.. S., B. & r. and Contra
Vermont lines would sound better from
, Geo. Francis Train than any other mar
{ we now recall. The Canada road al
ready connects with the Boston anC
Maine system, and to New York via tn,
Consolidated aforesaid
, w. II. SPEAR, n temperance lecturer
! now il Connecticut, wants an engage
ment for Bennington about the middle
! of December. From the newspaper &C
counts of his work we should judge i
would be good thing for our people I,
t arrange for series of meetings. Tn
! Good Templars are willing to assist ant
1 make union thing of the proposal. Mr.
: | SMEAR vag in Rutland last wear and her