Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-11-20

The Rev. A. j. Barren leaves to-day
for few days visit to the north part of
the State.
TYLER GoODELL, representative from
Readsboro, draws the most mileage of
any member of the Legislature. He
travels 223 miles making about $45 for
mileage. Mr.. Lord of Montpelier draws
20 cents.
Hon. GEO. W. WING, chairman of the
Committee of Arrangements, has issued
the programme for the annual meeting of
the Fish and Game Club at Montpelier
tomorrow evening. 1t is the fourth an
nual gathering and will be held at the
Pavilion hotel. Gen. Mccullough is one
of the vice-presidents.
A GANG of bridgebuilders, who are at
work for the Vermont Construction
Company, arrived in the city Saturday.
They go from here to Bennington, where
they will build bridge. They will then
build bridge in Sherburne, after which
they will begin work on the foot bridge
here.-Herald, Monday.
THE forty hours alteration will begin
in st. Francis de Sales church next Tues
day morning, the 9th, inst. Ten priests
from abroad will be present to assist in
the services. Among the priests invited
are father Gaffney, Rutland; Barrett,
Fairhaven; Carmody, Bristol; Shea,
Jacksonville, N. Y.
GOVERNOR WOODBURY. has appointed
Calvin E. Clark of Bradford, Provost
Marshal on the staff of the Brigade Com
mander of the Vermont National Guard
with the rank of Major. The newly
appointed officer was for several years
commander of the Bradford Company of
the first regiment, and is in every way
qualified for the position.
AT the readings and entertainment by
Mrs. Margaret Custer Calhoun and Mrs.
Gen. Custer, in the hall of Custer Post
this Tuesday evening, the following
male quartette will furnish music: Fred
Flagg, Troy; Arthur Childs, Brattleboro;
A. P. Childs and Prof. Ed. Long of this
village. Mrs ]. Ed. Merrill, Misses
Mamie Sullivan and Mary Loomis will
also sing. There has been large sale of
tickets.
THE funeral of James Silk was largely
attended from st. Francis de Sales
church Monday morning. Mr.. Silk was
one of that parish, and had seen it grow
from small beginning to be one of the
largest in the Catholic diocese of Yer
mont. The altar and its ornaments were
appropriately draped in black. Rev. FIR
A. j. Barron celebrated Requiem High
Mass, assisted by Revs. Fathers LIE
Chance of North Bennington ana Paquet
of Arlington. During the services DR..
E. B. Daley sang as solo the hymn
Come we Disconsolate," and as the re-
mains were being carried out of the
church the choir sang, "God be with you
till we meet again" The bearers were
Thomas Madden, Thomas Kinney, Hugh
Kelly, Jesse Robinson, Patrick Cone,
John Lonergan. A large concourse Of
friends followed the remains to their
last resting place in the cemetery at the
Centre. Mr.. Silk had lived in the house
where he died for So years. 1t was built
on the site of the first house ever erected
in Bennington, by Samuel Robinson, the
fist settler in town.
THE best game of foot ball ever seen
in this section came off on the Soldiers
Home grounds, Saturday afternoon be.
tween the Rutland High School nine and
that of the Y. M. e. A., of this village.
There was much interest manifested in
the result of the game, as the visitors are
considered one of the best eleven in YER
mont The home club had the advan-
tage in size of the members, and dis
played the good results of the past two
weeks coaching and defeated the visitors
in well contested game of 90 minutes.
Score, II to 0. The pretty features of
the game were the runs by DAVIS and
the line backs of OuShman, both of the
home eleven. The referee was Matthews
of Rutland, umpire, A. J. Holden of this
village, linemau, Prof. Stroud of Manches-
ter. Touchdown, Davis, Cushman and
Fl. c. Hartman. About 800 spectators
were in attendance. The Rutlanders
were much disappointed in the result of
the game as they lhave been victors in
about every game they have played this
season. They were so sanguine of win
ming that they brought their tin horns
with them TO celebrate their victory, but
these were not wanted. However the
best of feeling prevailed between the
clubs, and there were no disputes or ac-
cusations. The line up of the clubs was
as follows.