The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-08-25

THE Kings Daughters meet with MIS-.
Dr. Goodall, Friday, Sept LIST.
MRS. MARY E. SHARP of Undertook,
N, Y, and Mrs. A. G. Fenton of Broad
albin are visiting at G. E. Corey's.
GIL. HARDWOOD, clerk in Van Week
and Potter's, is having his vacation in
Albany, Mechanicyille and vicinity.
J.H. RUSSELL and daughter Edna, re-
turned to New York last Monday, after
a two weeks visit with friends in town,
MISS JESSIE P. SMITH Is the Hello"
girl of the Central telephone office in this
village. She will make a competent
operator.
GEORGE KINGSLEY of Bennington ar
rived in Rutland, Wednesday to visit
several weeks with relatives and friends
Herald.
THE copy for the new Village Direc-
tory is nearly ready for the printer. The
Directory will contain several hundred
new names.
MRS. G. S. CLAPP has been quite i'll
with bronchitis, and is not yet to the
convalescent stage, but hopes to be bet
ter soon.
MISS FLORENCE MONROE of Woburn,
Mass, is visiting Miss Maude Severance.
Both were graduated from Wellesley col
lege in the class of '93.
MISS KATE J. LEONARD, formerly a
teacher in our Graded School, but now
of NJ nneapolis, is visiting in town this
week on her way back to that city.
TwENTY-rHREE fresh air children left
TROY. N. Y, this week for Fresh Air
Haven. near White Creek. A party of
100 will return to that city this week.
THE Rev. Chas. r. Seymour and fami-
ly have returned from their two weeks
trip to the World fair. Mrs. Seymour's
brother lives within mile of jackson
Park.
Miss DAISY TIFFANY will shortly re-
turn to her home in Waterbury, Conn,
after a visit here. She had intended to
go Monday last, but has deferred it for
few days.
DR.. S. R. WILcox, who took a two
weeks vacation in Milford, Mass, re-
Gently, has returned home. He incident.
ally assisted in establishing an Ensor In,
stitute while in that town.
PROF. FRED N. SQUIRE has number
of visitors. His nephew, Harry n
Squires of Boston; Miss Edith, daughter
of Geo. P. Squires of Brooklyn, and Miss
Lizzie jameson of Bridgeport, Conn.
AMONG the popular attractions al
county and church fairs in Missouri are
naildriving con ests. Two sets OF prizes
are given: for the most accurate driving
and lowest averages of profanity from
contusions.
EMPLOYEES in the freight and passenger
departments along the line of the Fitch
burg railroad company have been mott
fed that they will be laid off Saturday.
until further notice. This will reduce
their working week to five days.
MRS. ALICE HURD, accused of shop
lifting at the stores of The A. VI. Churcl
Company and E. G. Tower & Co., o
Troy, N. Y, was bailed in 5000 on eacl
of the charges before Assis tant Magis
trate Hannah last week.
THERE is but one case of diphtheria il
town that we know of, and that is out
the villa ge, near the Hathaway bridge
II is the family of Frank Caery. Thi
village has t case of contagious dis
ease of any kind, and has been thus fire
for the past twenty days.
RECEIVER SHAW of the Gilbert Ca
Works Company has filed his bond, il
IIlt SUN vi 2tDsUOOs .OldllOo L P00Ni
son, attorney for the Gilbert family, lef
Saturday for his summer cottage at Ben
nington, where he will pass the comm
two weeks.-Troy Press.
IT is difficult to understand why man
taxpayers, who have only poll tax, wi
wait until the constable gets their lis
and adds 50per cent for costs, ETC., befor
they will pay their tax. All taxes ar
due and payable to the town and vlllag
treasurer, as noted in another place tC
day.
THE Montpelier people ''go Benninl
ton one better" in the Gamewell fiji
alarm. w. E. Laird of that place has il
vented an attachment that throws oper
outward, each hose house doors at til
first stroke of the bell as it rings tn
number of the box for the second tint
The daily test does not effect it.
JOHN ADAMS and George Wake
tramps, were brought in court Monda
/ charged with being intoxicated, pleade
, guilty and were sentenced to the worl
house at Rutland for their fines an
costs. AS we said a short time sine,
this is the best way to dispose {
, tramps, while workmen in seeking en-
, ployment should not be molested.
! THE Rev. G. T. Ridlon, Sr., of Kez;
Falls, Me-, writes to ask us if there is
family of the name of Edgecomb anon
+: our readersl He is DESTROYS of fndiI
/ the Vermont branch. He say
' "This is an ancient and distinguish
4 family. / trace them back to 1890, A.
: At Lower Edgcumbe, Cottrele and NJ
' Edgcumbe they have been seated for Sc
eral centuries. Two great branch
/, have spread through New England, d
: seended from Nicholas Edgecomb, wi
! settled in Scarborough, Me-, in 1887, ar
/. John, who settled at New London, CT
d He is compiling family history.
J, THE circus was pronounced good
y some and by others very poor, so v
: think it will be wiser for us not to pa
an opinion. The horses numbering IA
were all fine animals looking as thoul
they were we'll fed and cared for. Sc
eral of our towns people lost money
. the numerous gambling games that a
y company circus, one man loseing tif
u dollars and another twenty. The
. were also an unusually large number
II pickpockets on the grounds we shou
,, Judge from the pockets rified, one gent
u man having his pocket cut out and |
IS money stolen, he not missing it until
!, was purchasing a ticket. The she
= came from Bennington and went frC
q here to Mi1dlebury. brandon Union.
! THE Troy Press has this to say e.
10 torially of the election of bishop for
i Episcopal church in Vermont, the 30t
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