The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-10-13

Mr. AND MRS. L. p. NORTON have ire
turned from the Worlds fair.
SEVERAL members of the Second Con-
gregatioual church are observers this
week, the pastor among them, attending
the annual meeting of the American
Board at Worcester, Mass. This noted
society now celebrating its elghty-fourth
anniversary has been for half dozen
years laboring in a cloud of perplexity,
caused by conflicting views of admins
tration within the ranks of its corporate
members who have also been somewhat
at variance as to certain doctrinal views.
The service of the Second Congregation
church next Sunday morning will be
wholly taken up with the work, present
and prospective, of the Board
AT special town meeting, held Mon
day afternoon, called to TepleDish the
highway fund, which had been exhaust
ed by the road commissioner, it was
voted to draw the necessary amount
from the general fund, and to make up
the deficiency at the next annual meet
ing. That is, so far as that meeting had
any power to vote such an appropriation.
it having been discovered that the check
list had not been revised belonging to the
two villages, and this invalidated the
call for the meeting. An out-of-town
correspondent says: zone of the warm
est and most acrimonious discussions in
several years was gradually introduced
in the meeting, owing to several legal
points raised by different parties, u
which is all true, but Bennington is
used to such scenes and will survive this
little serimmage."
THE Brattleboro Reformer quotes
Grand Representative Retting, on the
subject of late legislation OF the Sover.
| ign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, as fol
lows: "While most of the business was
| legislation on appeals, decisions, etc.
the most important was the Patriarchs
Militant branch legislation and in this
there was an entire change from present
system of army organization while il
me things, especially local Cantons, i
was left the same as before, all of thu
| higher grade of offices with their expen
sive uniforms, ETC., were abolished, il
fact everything outside of state lines
leaving each state to legislate for itsel
as long as it does not conflict with thu
laws of the order. This is practically
what the Patriarchal Circle was working
for and had they not made the mistak,
of trying to run independent of til,
| Sovereign Grand Lodge they would havt
been in existence to-day. The D. of r
were not granted their desire for separ
ate state organizations, but as this wa
their first attempt, the prospect is tina
by another year they will get it."
WILLIAM FOSTER, jr., of New York
who purchased several months ago tn
Lebanon Springs rlilroad, which run
from this place to Chatham, n. Y, 8
miles, recently made an inspection o
the line in company with William V
Reynolds, who has acted for severa
years as receiver of the old corporation
1t is reported that reorganization o
the Lebanon Springs Railroad compan
will be fully effected in a short time ant
that all the officers will be instructed t.
make out final accounts before Januar,
/. A certificate of incorporation wa
filed in June with the Secretary of Stat,
of New York, fixing the capital stock o
the company at 81, 427, 800 and the mum
Der of shares ut 1929. The general of
flee will be here. The directors are W
V. Reynolds, Reynolds, N. Y; Arthu
B. Harrison, Englewood, N. j.; Schuy
Ter A. Rockfellow, Howe's Cave; vii
liam Foster, jr., Charles f. Stone
Charles L. Trotter, Alfred w. Tr0tte
and E. w. Brown of New York City
Redfield Proctor, Proctor; Edwin L
Foster, Englewood, N. j.; Charles W
Reynolds, Petersburgh, n. Y, and E. W
| Paige, Schenectady.