The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-01-13

lege announcement il another place to-
day.
MAJ. FRosT's fish market, in the new
Putnam block, is marvel of neatness.
He is getting very large trade.
THE next date of the Opera House is
Jan. goth, j. P. Sullivan in "Leaves of
Shamrock" See advertisement.
MRS. E. L. Nichols entertained the La
dies Aid Society of the Baptist church
Wednes day afternoon. A large company
gathered
CHAs. G. COLE has opened his store in
the new Putnam block and has word to
say elsewhere to our readers. He has
the finest store in the State.
CASHIER CONE of the County National
Bank has few of the Columbian half
dollars left, and if our local readers wish
to obtain genuine coins, now is the time.
A PARTY of dozen Odd Fellows and
Daughters of Rebekah attended the pub
lie installation of Hope Lodge, No. 80, at
Manchester Depot, Monday. A fine
spread was served, and the exercises
passed off finely.
A SMALL company of children from
the Baptist Sunday school went down to
the downs district" Saturday evening,
to give a concert for the benefit of the
treasury of the Y. p. S. c. E. out there.
1t was greatly appreciated by the good
number assembled. Mr. Galusha very
kindly furnished one team to convey
part of them.
G. S. BLoDGETT and wife, Robert Rob
erts and wife and Mrs. Edward Lyman
of Burlington were registered at the Put
nam Wednesday. The party left their
homes on the flyer" Tuesday en- route
for Florida to spend the winter. The
baggage car of the train was completely
demolished in the smash up at Shafts
bury and they were obliged to stop here
and purchase new trunks, etc, before
they could proceed on their journey.
A VERY pleasant social event took
place at the Methodist parsonage on
Thursday afternoon Mr.. Randall j.
| Crawford and Miss Jennie II. Southwicli
were at that time united in marriage.
The only persons present to witness the
ceremony were Mr.. and Mrs. Norton, Mr..
| CrawfOrd'S son-in-law and daughter, and
the minister's family. The happy cou-
pie left on the ). 10 train, to be gone a
few days. We extend hearty congratu-
latiOnS.
THE Bennington BANNER announces
the engagement of Mr.. Edward Huling
of Chicago and Miss Sara, youngest
daughter of Hon. and Mrs. VIM. L.
Hawks of that village. The many friends
of Miss Hawks in this city will tender
her their heartiest congratulations 1t
will be long time before the courtesy
received by Burlingtonians at the hands
of Mr. and Mrs. Hawks and daughters
durlng the Centennial in 1891 will be for-
gotten.-BWtiagton Free Press.
BURGLARS gained entrance Tuesday
night to the large general merchandise
store of II. &. Babcock & Co. at Hoosick,
N. Y. by breaking glass in one of the
AIOliO uOolo' lhC DhlSldio Nli uoG StJ
into the safe but rifed the money draw
ers of about twenty dollars in change
and the jewelry cases of about Sl50 worth
of plated jewelry and some solid gold
rings. The cutlery case was partly rob-
bed of its contents, as we'll as the per-
fumery case. Exit was made by n side
door. w. F. Babcock, the junior part
ner, was in the store until nearly u
o'clock. One of the clerks sleeps in the
store, but was away that night.
TIE sympathy of many friends here
Rutland, whose wife died, recently, as
announced in another place to-day. Mrs
Clark was well known in society and was
y member of the Board of Directors of
the Rutland Free Library from its organ,
izatiOn until her death. She was a men,
Der of the Chautauqua Circle and taken
prescribed urse, receiving a diploma
as one of its national graduates, and was
for term president of che society. She
was also a MEMBER Of the Board of Di-
rectors OF the Ladies' Auxiliary of the
Young Mems Christian Association,
Mrs. Clark was an active member of the
Methodist church many years. She was
a woman who had read much, and had
travelled extensively.
THE visit next summer to the Benning.
ton battle monument of a trio of brothers
whose father was in the battle of Ben
nington will doubtless be one of the most
noteworthy events in the history OF the
tall shaft during the year. The three
brothers, who reside in Franklin county,
Massachusetts, are the sons of Joel
Shepard, pensioner who died many
years ago at the age of ninety.iive years.
Mr.. Shepard was not only participant
IN the Battle of Bennington in 1777 but
was in two or three other engagements
Of the Revolution. The brothers, who
are very old, being eighty-six, eighty and
seventy-five years of age respectively,
have decided to visit Bennington during
the summer and view the ground where
their father fought nearly 1l6 years ago,
| and climb the great monument erected
partly to his memory.
sunny SPAIN and scenes from the
life of the Great Columbus" is the fasci-