The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-04-07

BELLE POTTER, aged about ten years,
of Bennington Centre, died suddenly
this forenoon.
LANDLORD COLLINS Of the Putnum is
thoroughly renoYating and refurnishiDg
that popular summer hotel for the BUSH
ness this season. There will be more
rooms opened and all will be filed with
guests.
THE eighth annual reception of the
92nd. Separate Company, at Hoosick
Falls, n. Y, was held last Friday.
Among those present we note Capt. II.
ID. Fillmore of the Bennington Rifles of
this village.
AN Easter hop of the young people,
was given in the Father Matthew T. A.
B. Society hall, Monday evening. About
twenty-five couples enjoyed the occasion.
Goldsmith furnished tine music.
WE note that last Saturday the mill of
the True Blue Marble Company at West
Rutland suspended operations for an in
definite period, and at Proctor so men
were discharged from the employ of the
Vermont Marble Company.
THE Pittsfield, Mass, Sunday morning
Call, through one of its correspondents,
tells good story of Berkshire county
alderman. 1t says that the city official,
/ who sent 80 to a house in Maine adver
Using to send on a steel engraving of the
landing of COLUMBUS, has received u new
| two-cent postage stamp, and, as the firm
mas fulfilled its contract, of course, the
city official INDUCES in no kicking.
A WOMAN tried yesterday to use the
No. 40 fire alarm box for letter box,
installing the one for the other. In Bos
ton the other day, by like mistake an
alarm was rung, the box not being
locked and minute directions how to
open the door, etc., placarded. The Bes-
! ton woman was a Scotch lassie, just
over, and she was greatly frightened
when she found the tiremen gathering
around in response to her innocent call.
Here nothing came of it except that she
found no receptacle for her letter.
THE Graded School trustees met Sat
urday evening, and organized with the
reelection of Col. (. d. Bennett, presi-
dent and /. e. Gibson clerk in place of
G.. G.. Cole who declined the office.
The following committees were appoint
ed: Building, l.. r. Abbott, l. Z. Glib
son, e. b. Daley, Eli Tiffany; teachers,
Lyman Rogers, E. ID. Bennett, G.. g..
Cole, L. b. Daley; finance, G. G. Cole, L.
E. Gibson, Lyman Rogers. The full
board of trustees are as follows: Ward l.,
DR.. Lyman ROBBERS; 2, G. G.. Cole; 3, DR..
E. b. Daley; 4, Col. L. f. Abbott; 5, Col.
E. ID. Bennett; @, /. E. Gibson; 7, Eli
Tiffany. These gentlemen visited the
schools yesterday afternoon on tour of
inspection, and found things in excellent
shape.
HENRY BISHOP of this town was
brought to the Jail in this village Sunday
for safe keeping. He is insane and his
brother thought he was unsafe to be
trusted longer with his family. Bishop
was examined by a physician after his
arrival and pronounced temporarily in.
sane. His chief hallucination is that he
has killed his wife and five children
which he did through fear of poverty
coming upon them. When his neighbOrs
induced him to go with them he carried
a loaded gun and an axe, and his brother
who visited him Saturday, fully believes
that he intended to kill them ALL Bishop
is "A years old. He has always been 9
hard working man, with no bad habits
and thoroughly devoted to his family
When seen at the Jail he persisted in say
ing that he was murderer and begged
the visitor to 60 to a lot near the house
where he had left the two youngest chill
dren, and properly bury them. OF course
his family is alive and well, but there i:
no knOwi what he might have done i
left to himself. There are only two in
mates in the county Jail, Napoleon eau
dette, committed for burglary, anC
Bishop.