The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-07-07

HENRY FAIEs and wife are rejoicing
over the advent of a daughter, born this
L. B. YAUCH and wife of New York
City are visiting at Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
MRS. R. ]. CoFFEY and daughter Mel
lie are visiting at Mortified, Montpelier
and Waterbury.
MRS. VIM. II. CADY and daughter,
Jennie, have gone to Essex Junction, for
a two week. visit with friends.
USE Waterman fountain pen, for
sale at the BANNER Stationery Store.
You will then discard the use of steel
pens. Try one.
Mrs. ]. JAY GREENSLET, who has
passed the winter with her son Geo. b.
of Glens Falls, n. Y, is visiting her son
Frank A. Greenslet of this village.
THE work of putting in the system of
sewers for Bennington goes rapidly on.
The pipe is laid from the outlet to
County street, and up Depot street to the
corner of River street. The whole will
be put in this season.
Miss FRANCES L. COLEMAN of Cali
fornia, after few weeks spent at the
Columbian Exposition, has come to her
mothers early home. She, with her
sister, Miss Sara Coleman, will spend the
summer with their relatives here
ALARGE crowd attended the races at
Rutland this week and were well paid
for their trip, as they had the pleasure
of seeing some of the fastest horses
owned in the state. Bennington was repre-
scented by Joan, Lark and Frank Bur-
CESS.
THE pastor of the First Baptist church
takes a vacation of two weeks, therefore
there will be no preaching services in
that sanctuary during the two coming
Sabbaths. The Sunday school will meet
as usual at noon, and the Christian En-
deavor society at six o'clock in the
evening.
JUDGE HUGH HENRY of Chelsea was
at the Soldiers Home Wednesday on
business trip. The annual meeting OF
the Board Of Trustees will be held at the
Home Wednesday, July 26. No add
tional buildings have to be provided, tol
the present are ample accommodations
for about 100 inmates.
On Monday the selectmen laid out
street, three rods wide, running parable
with Hillside avenue, connecting Silver
and South streets. We have not hearC
of any name yet for this new thorough
fare, but it will not long remain name
less, as already eight dwellings will bt
erected on it this year, as far as hearc
from to date.
JOAN, the chestnut mare owned by U
F. Leonard, showed herself to be game
race mare by her performance ar RUTLAND
this week. Starting with ten Others sh'
won second money, trotting the fourtl
heat as fast IS she did the first. She ha
a record to-day of 2:33, but this won
trouble her any if she keeps on improv
ing as she has all this season up to tn
present time. The horse that beat he
at Rutland was PAGER, while Joan is
trotter, which makes some difference il
racing.
THE store of E. H. Mcintyre in tn
! new Opera house block is closed and il
the hands of Officer Godfrey. Claims t
the amonnt of 81, 700 have been put upo
the stock. 1t is probable that petition
in bankruptcy will be brought, but a
this writing nothing definite is known
| Mr.. Mcintyre is hard working man an
good citizen, and we hope his financia
embarrassments will not be so serious a
is now the outlook. He has quite stoc
of goods, but some lines are not readil
saleable, and money is tight, hence th
failure.
Mrs. HILDRETH, mother of Mrs. E. /
Mcintyre of this village, died at the res
dence of her son-in-law on Silver stree
after lingering illness, Monday, 3r
| ~ A ,fa finn nf
service was conducted by Rev. A.
Heaxt on Tuesday afternoon. Mr.. job
Hildreth, her son, and Mrs. McIntyl
left with the remains on the 5:15 p. n
train for Troy, where they took the |
& II. night train for Keeseville, N. Y
where her son formerly resided. The il
terment was in the Keeseville cemetei
on Wednesday.
DIR. j. NJ. WHITNEY of Honolulu is
town, the guest of the Misses Park. Ii
son went 10 the Christian EndeavC
meeting in Montreal this week with ii
Bennington delegation. DR.. Whitne
has lived in the Sandwich Islands
years, and is, therefore, competent
speak of the situation there. In I'll
Cleveland News and Herald we find
statement made by DR.. Whitney that "
shall give our readers next week. II
article of a column long is full of hi
torical facts, and will be of interest
our people, especially in the light of Il
well-known labors of the Rev. Stephe
Bingham in the islands more than
years ago.
A NEAT circular of the Mt. Hoil
n. j., school for young ladies, fro
the Rev. G. Cotton Kimball, d. D., fl
several years pastor of the Second Co
gregational church of Bennington,
Gates that gentleman in a pleasant al
useful position. DR.. Kimball's BENIN
ton friends will be pleased to hear
him. He is eminently fitted by educ
ton to be the head of this college pr
paratory institution, and we wish hi
success. DR.. Kimball was until late
at the head of the school of Literatu
and Languages in the New EnglaI
Conservatory of Music, Boston, Mass
and manager in that great institute
also.
Mrs. CHAs. MATTIsoN of New Cent?
vile, N. Y, whose illness we noted
! few weeks ago, died Tuesday, and Il
funeral will DC held tomorrow or Su
! day. Her sister, Mrs. Enos Adams, W
go on to attend the obsequies. MI
, Chas. Adams has remained at h
mothers bedside and cared for her du
ing the entire illness. While visitil
, here last winter and spring Mrs. Mat
l son accidently hit her head against &
/ corner of stove as she raised up aft
STOPPING to pick up something. Lit
attention was paid to the circumstanc