The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-29
THE BENNINGTON BANNER, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER %, 1898

THE first snow in Woodford, came this
morning. The ground on the mountains
was whitened.
Miss BoLTwooD of New Haven, Conn,
Wellesley '93, has been visiting Miss
HARDWOOD for the past week.
THE Eagle Bridge correspondent of
the County Post says that warren Gro
gan and family have moved to Benning-
ton"
H. S. GooDALL, NJ. D. (son of DR.. F.
W. GoodalD, has recently been appoint
ed Assistant Demonstration of Anatomy
at the Columbian University, Medical
Department, in Washington, D. G. DR..
GOodall is a Benningtonian of whose
success many will be glad, with, us to
hear.
7. ]. RYAN opens new tailor shop in
few days, on North street, below the
American House. Mr.. Ryan was for
years in the Old Bradley block which
was torn down to make room for the
Opera House block. Since that time he
has been out of business, on account of
i'll health.
THE special town meeting, warned in
another column, for Oct. 9th, is for the
purpose of adding to the highway fund,
and was partially made necessary be-
cause of the high water of last month
that washed the roads badly, especially
between here and North Bennington.
We shall have more to say about this
next week.
THE following is list of of letters adj
vertised in the Postoffice at Bennington,
for the week ending Sept. 23d, 1898.
William Devhin, J. d. Farley, Thos.
Leonard, John Moon, Miss Johanna
Cronin, Miss Sarah Draper ~, Mrs Hen
ry r. Rouse, Mrs. Pauline Short. These
letters will be sent to the Dead Letter
Office Oct. It'll, if not delivered before.
In calling please say advertised" giving
date of list.
WALBRIDGE, the irrepressible 81.
Ed" has a notice in another column
that can be seen and read by all men, es-
pecially our readers. Dinner sets, way
down in price below competition; stoves
cheaper and on more liberal terms, so he
says, than his competitions have yet af-
forded, create vacancies in stock that it
takes car loads to fill; furniTure-well,
call and see it and be convinced.
THE Rutland county fair will be held
at Rutland next week Tuesday, Wednes-
day and Thursday. Among the trotting
entries from this town and county we
} note the following: Peacemaker, I,yn-
dial, Trill, Bonafide, and Frank Burgess,
by F. H. Burgess of this village; may
Rose, by Geo. Northup. We note John
j. Paris has entered his horse B. andR.
3 The trotting promises to be fine.
THE San Francisco Evening Bulletin
of the 22nd, has a notice of the death of
DR.. G. S. Haswell, who was born in Ben
nington, March 81, 1915, and was a son
of Anthony Haswell of the old Vermont
Gazette. He WAS the youngest of a
: family of sixteen, of whom Mrs. Eliza
e HarwoOd of Ontario, California, alone
: survives. DR.. Haswell was one of the
D organizers of the Free Soil party, and in
}. 1856 was the candidate of that party fol-
e joint Senator tor Yuba and Suffer coun
ties. He was defeated, but later was
: elected Assemblyman from the same dis
f trict, and subsequently joint Senator
e In 1866 he organized in Sacramento
Q the Templars' Band of Hope, which now
q numbers 1900 members. He was 9
n prominent Odd Fellow, Mason, anC
was one of the founders of the Improved
Order of Red Men.
: THE opportunity given by the New
:. York Central and West Shore Railroads
! is such that no one can complain abou
a the facilities offered at the present time
4 for visiting the Worlds fair at low rates
The cheap day coach excursion trips ar
ranged over the New York Central anC
,. West Shore Railroads are gaining il
u popularity and many of the best class o
: travellers are awaiting themselves o
Il these trains for visiting the Fair. TIL,
. . next excursions over the West Shore R
u r. will leave on Wednesday, Oct. 4th
> and over the New York Central on Tues
day, Oct. 3D. These trains, which arr
> composed of first class day coaches, ar
IL run through via Buffalo and Niagar
; Falls, and are accompanied by an ex
|, fare by the West Shore is Sl650 and b,
a the New York Central $3.50, each.
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III A BENNINGTON man made himse
o. numerous at Burlington recently. Hell
IN is what the Free Press says: 'Saturda
al noon Joseph Martin of Bennington,
u section man about six feet tall and heav
IN ly built, entered the.house at the cornC
of Bank and Battery streets in fightln
in drunk condition, commenced to abu'
rk the occupants and break the furnitur
Sc A boy was sent for Chief Dumas, wi
M promptly went to the scene of actio
to Meantime a considerable crowd of pc
he pie had collected to see the affair. Ma
nd tin came out of the house just as ii
- officar arrival and was arrested