The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-29

Hon. ELISHA MAY, bank examiner,
was in town Tuesday. He found our
banks in a very satisfactory condition.
MISS JENNIE MERCHANT, and friend
from New York, who have been in town
the past fortnight, returned Tuesday OF
this week.
BENZ. f. SMITH of the Soldiers Home,
is back again after furlough OF three
months which he passed with friends IN
the north part of the state.
THE bodies of the two children of the
late Chas. Silver, who died of diphtherla
last spring, were moved from one lot to
another last Saturday under the super
vision of the State Board of Health.
WE have received from VIM. H. Frear
an advance copy of his Early Fall cata-
logue. 1t is filled to repletion with cor
rect STYLES of ladies' and children's wear,
and department for men is also in the
book. Send and get it.
THE New England Woman's Suffrage
Association hold a meeting in the Uni
tartan church, Burlington, Oct. 9th and
9th. On the list of speakers we note the
names of Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, and
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe.
THE latest arrival at the Soldiers
Home is Lieut.. Baldwin of the Fifth
Vermont infantry. He came Saturday.
There ale now sixty-five inmates of the
home, with thirteen in the hospital,
three of them in low condition.
HENRY S. WILSON, sheriff of our coun-
ty, has invented type writer stand for
office use, that seems to be ahead OF any
thing we have yet seen for convenience
and simplicity. The novel invention
may be seen at Batchelder and Bates's
law Office.
THE excursion party, Col. E. D. Ben
nett, and others, mentioned last week
started for Chicago Monday noon. They
| arrived safely at 8 p. M, Tuesday. The
party consisted of those mentioned by
us and S. Huling Blackmer and wife
the Misses Clark-fifteen in all
LAST week we spoke of lads playing
truant and that if they continued this
practice Officer Nash would be after
them. Which was the truth? He has
received number of complaints about
bows ringing door bells, and if he catches
them at 1t, as he will unless they stop
some of them will step in the cooler
that night.
WILLIAM MASON of East Oakland
Cal, is the guest of his brother, JOIN
Mason of John street. This is Mr.. Ma
sons first visit to this section of the
country in 20 years, or since his depart
ure from Bennington, of which place hi
was a former resident.-Hoosick FALL
Correspondent.
THE Troy Press Railroad notes,
says: "a new time table on the Ben
| nington and Rutland railway will 20 in
to effect October l. There will prob
| ably not be much change in trains be
| tween Bennington and Troy. During
the absence of Supt. Bennett at Chicago
Managing Director NJ. S. Colburn o
Manchester will act as superintendent o
the road"
ONE good turn deserves another, ant
when YOU order auction, dance or othe
posters printed at the BANNER office, W.
call attention to the sale or entertain
ment in the new columns of the BANNEl
| free; which is as valuable in circulating
the information as the bills themselves
Good printing, prompt work at reason
able prices.
THE Free Press has this item: "B
and R., owned by John ]. Paris of Rut
land, won the 2:30 trot at North Adams
Mass, Thursday, in three straight heats
His time was 2:34, 2:314, 2:31. Foggy
who won the 2:20 race at Providence tn
same day in 2:134, 2:164, 2164, is a so
of Alcantara, and is owned by W. ii
Bradford of Bennington. The first mil
is the fastest that Vermont horse ha
ever gone in race"
WEATHER and Crop Bulletin, No. q
| ,ooohaH tba laSf of fhic SOC
son. From it we take paragraph
potatoes are being dug and turn on
we'll as a general thing; very little re
has been reported except in Northeast
ern New York where they are rottin
badly. Late corn is ripening slowly, tn
nights are too cool; it is nearly all Gu
and will probably be lighter crop tina
usual. As reported last week, it ha
been badly damaged by hail and hig
Winds"
CAPTAIN PETER DooLEY, of Clark'
burg, near North Adams, Mass, forme
ly known in this county because of hi
relation to the law suits of the late
W. Potter of Pownal, died at his hon
last week Monday, aged about go year,
He was born in Ireland, and served du
ing the war in the 37th Massachusett
regiment where be won his title. h
was a member of Post Sanford, G. A. X
and an honorary member of the 10th re!
iment Veteran Association. He retaine
the respect and election of his old con
rades and he never lost an opportunit
TO be present at the camp fires and til
reunions of the veterans when his healt
would permit.
ANOTHER incendiary fire was kindle
Sunday night at 10 o'clock in barn {
Depot street belonging to Henry Blu
CESS, brother of M. E. Burgess, who HI
been the victim of several incendial
fires of late. The fire when discovert
was burning quite briskly, but as it wi
so early in the evening there was quiC
response to the alarm. 1t was larl
= structure, partly filled with hay, an
: containing in it nine horses, and near
other buildings that might have take
fire from it. The barn and hay we
/ partly destroyed. The following pc
, sons had horses in the barn: Bassett
Robinson one, L. S. Frost two, Geory
/ Haynes one, Edward Ford one, Hem
Burgess four. Burgess had only taxi
his horses to the barn the day befoI
George Haynes found a bottle in Il
! stable Monday morning in which hi
{ been kerosene oil.
. THE first annual meeting of the n
( braska Sons of Vermont, was held on t
State fairgrounds, Lincoln, Sept. lat
inst. The tables were spread in tel
) and grace was said by Chancellor Ca
field 81. H., of the IMMUNITY, the me
, inc shirt in the enterprise we take