The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-08-18

MISSES MARY AND JULIA dANLON Vi
Troy are visiting at Mr.. Chas. Dunn's ut
Bennington Center.
MRS. WALTER SEARS and three child
rem are visiting Mrs. Sears mother, Mrs.
Mai. Harrington, at the Centre.
Mr.. AND MRS. NJ. L. HARRINGTON and
child, of Harrisburgh, Penn, have been
visiting in Bennington Center the past
week.
THE second paper from the Expert
ment station of the Agricultural College
at Burlington, will be found on our in
side pages to-day.
p. G. BOND goes tomorrow on his sum
mer vacation. Miss Mary Monroe OF
| SALISBURY will take his place in the
railroad ticket Office during his absence.
MEssRs. Z. L. NORTON and W. d.
WRIGHT of New York, gave a trout sup
per to friends from out of town at the
Summit House in Woodford, Monday
evening, August IA.
THE sixteenth" together with our
foreman's absence as noted in another
item, leaving us shorthanded this week,
makes the BANNER little late, but we
expect to be promptly on time with our
next issue.
VIM, ]. CRANsToN of SALISBURY, had
stolen from him, or he lost lit is not
known which, $50 in bills, S25 note
and tax bill of $40, on Wednesday,
somewhere between the Corners and the
circus grounds.
MRS. KELLY, accompanied by her two
sons, and Mrs. Oliver, formerly Mrs.
Chas. Houghton, of Newark, N. j., are
in town visiting Mr.. and Mrs. C. D. Glib
son and other relatives. Also Miss Full
Ter of New York.
ONE of our citizens the other day was
reading about the snow storm in Massa-
chusetts this month, and remarked that
he saw a snow pillow at North Benning-
ton, day or two before, out near the
school yard and ready for an emergency
1t is well to be prepared.
GEORGE KEEsEMAN, senior, died be-
fore his son reached Mt. Holly Springs,
Pa. Saturday. He had been an Odd
Fellow for more than fifty years, and the
Lodge, together with the X. of p, at
tended the funeral Monday. Mr.. Geo.
w. Keeseman is expected home to-mor-
row.
THE infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Durham passed away very sud
denly on Sunday evening. This little
} girl was bright babe, and had been quite
healthy until within few days. The
sudden bereavement has cast gloom
over the household and family of Deacon
Dewey Durham, the grandfather, as the
little one was the sunshine of the whole
, household.
LETTERS advertised in the Bennington
Postofice for the week ending August
~: Patrick Brady, Edward Casey, Thorn
as Jones, Herbert Lyon, D. P. Mattison,
Mrs. Fl. A. Fl. Clifford, Mrs. Emily Mar
, tin, Mrs. Sarah II. Williams, Miss Mamie
Jacobs, and Miss Nora Powers. These
! letters will be sent to the Dead Letter
Office August 26th, 1898, if not delivered
before. In calling, please say "adver
tised' giving date of list.
: THERE is no use of people coming tC
! Bennington to secure work. The town
. has been full of strangers for month
! people seeking employment. While oul
! mills and banks are doing all in theil
power to make the hard times here al
easy as possible, the fact remains tina
= many are out of work and the numbers
are increasing. We are, however, bette
+, off than some other localities, but this il
no inducement for people to come herr
= expecting to secure employment.
f THE Rev. Hiram Bingham, D. D., TO
S many wears missionary to the Gilber
Islands in the South Pacific, accom-
. panied by his son, a resident of tn
. Sandwich Islands, is visiting relative
: here. Mr.. Bingham, ST., has recenti
y finished the translation of the Dible in
g to the Gilbert Island language. He ha
= also translated hymns and school books
- At the Congregational Sunday schoo
. Sunday both gave interesting accounts
= the lands in which they reside. - 2
g THIS village now has another frs
l. class hotel, the Elm Tee House, opene
the sixteenth. This large and commodi
If GUS building has been thoroughly re
/" built during this season and has spaciou
vt verandas for outdoor sittings. Tn
1t rooms are furnished entirely new, an
o all are heated by steam. The landlor
10 is the owner himself, Michael Healy
% lately of Hoosick Falls, n. Y, formerl
e. of this town. Mr.. Healy knows how
the reopened hostelIy, the Elm Ire
n House.
m YESTERDAY Frank Rice of PittsfelC
1t Mass, aged As, who has but one arm
:; and Miss Emma Sprague, aged 30,
81 Bennington, arrived in Albany, N.
e After strolling on Pearl street in front {
u the store windows for a while the
. wendell their way to the city buildin
" and waited until the court room doc
were opened. 1t was about 2 o'cloC
~ when Justice Thomas Meegan arrives
O. He had hardly taken his seat before M
y Rice informed him that they wished
Ie be married. The justice performed Il
II ceremony, after which the couple I
- - turned East.-TrOy Telegram.
of Col. ALBERT SCOTT, Brother of DR..
e. W. Scott of this city, who has held d
%; position of collector of internal reYenl
ii. at Louisville, KY, during the past TO
ed years, has just been presented with }
IL chest of silver on his retirement fro
Office by his admIring friends among q
:. manufacturers and business men wi
whom he had dealings in his official {
III pacity. During the Coloneps term
Mt. Office he handled over forty millions
,se the government funds. Besides the ma
80 nificent silver service, one hundred a
no six of his subordinates rendered hin
ey banquet, at which they presented hin
rs, Ave hundred dollar diamond.-Tr
OF Press. These gentlemen are Berksh
ne county boys, who are well known
ST Vermont.
en-. WE give the prospectus of the Ca
he bridge Valley Fair in another place