The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-03-10


ford, n. j., in few days to visit her
daughter, Mrs. o. r. Bennett
THE BANNER job rooms are in the old
place, rear of the burned front, North
street, and our faculties for jo0 work are
not crippled in the least. Send in your
orders as usual.
THERE are more sons of the Revolution
than one might suppose. The father
and grandfather of Peter Fay of South
boro, says the Boston Journal, were in
the Continental army. Peter Fay's
father, at the age of seventeen, was in
the battle of Bennington.
THE plate glass front that Enos Adams
has been putting into the drug store, to
be opened shortly by Van Week & Pot
ter, is nearly completed. 1t is of the
same pattern as the post Office building.
'Uncle Enos" moves slowly but when
he fixes up building it is first quality
of work.
THE N. Y. Tribune prints despatch
from Columbus, Indiana, and asks the
question: SIS euchre for prizes gam
bling?" The despatch reads: 1.-THE big
gest social sensation ever known in this
CITY was occasioned by the Grand Jury
causing service to issue March Sd, on 100
men and women, society leaders of the
city, members of wealth and prominent
families. The plan is to have them in
dicted by the Grand Jury for gambling,
for playing progressive euchre in which
prizes are offered. The professional
gamblers, who are seeking revenge for
being suppressed, are the instigators."
WARNER RICE has shSwn us a stalk of
corn, taken from his field last fall, that
had FOUR fully developed and ripened
ears. In all his experience he says he
never saw OF heard of an instance like it.
The variety is the small, eight-rowed
corn, and he also gave us samples of two
ears on stalk, that showed he raises ex-
cellent crops. He says rich soil is what
does these things, although he has Sc
lected seeds from the largest of two ears
Ou OllC blttlh dilu PlOuuSN 10
more likely to be larger yield than from
seed selected haphazzard from the
largest ears. Who can come up to Mr..
Rice's record.
THE Lock Haven, Pa, Democrat of
February 23d, says: Last evening at s
o'clock at the residence of the BRIDES
parents, 700 Bellefonte avenue, Elder c..
S. Long performed the ceremony that
made l.. j. Marsh, of Philadelphia and
Miss jeanette Chatham husband and
wife. Among the guests present were
Mrs. II. w. Marsh, mother of the groom,
of Bennington, VT. Mrs. E. E. Phillips,
sister OF the groom, of Blackinton.
Mass. Richard Jobson Of Johnsonburg
and Miss Dora Bechdel of Blanchard.
The newly married couple left last night
for Philadelphia, where they will make
their future home"
w. j. THOMPSON of the Ensor Insti-
tute, the discOverer of the remedies used,
starts from Omaha for Bennington to-
day. The Doctor will arrive Monday
and arrangements have been made to
have him meet number of our leading
citizens. A dinner party at the Putnam
will no doubt be part of the reception
programme. The medical fraternity of
the town have expressed desire to
meet DR.. Ensor in connection with the
experimental institute established here
and now the opportunity will be afforded.
The test cases undertaken have proved
the efficacy of the cure. Lei the good
W rk proceed.
WEDNESDAY night, says the Troy
Times, fire was discovered in the card
room of the Standard knitting mill,
Cohoes, operated by Pilling & Scullen.
The building and machinery are owed by
Newman & Adams. Six or seven streams
were directed from the fire engines upon
the burning structure. After two hours
work the fire was under control The
proprietors are at q loss to know the
cause of the fire, but it is supposed to be
spontaneous combustion. The damage
though great in all of the south part of
the building, is principally in the card
room. The mill was not in operation at
the time the fire started. The loss can
not be estimated, but it is probable that
betwee $4,000 and $4,000. Three sets
of cards valued at $4,000 each, were total
ly destroyed. The lower floors of the
building were flooded with water. Pill
ing & Scullen commenced operating the
mill abont six months ago.
THE Tribune Almanac for 1898 has
been promptly issued, and now lies be-
fore us on our table. There never be-
fore were so nany valuable tables, nor
so much exceedingly useful information,
packed into Tribune almanac as into
the one for $685. which has just been re-
ceived There are $50 pages, including a
page nap of the Worlds Fair grounds,
and hundreds of features of the most
timely interest The officers and COM
mittees and other data of the World
Fair are given in full, this feature occu-
plying eleven pages. The elaborate
tables, showing the amount of gold, sill
yer and paper money in circulation, year
by year, since 1861, will be needed for
constant reference as long as free coinage
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