Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-06-29

Mrs. JOHN B. HUTcHINs of Shushan
is visiting sister in the village
Mr.. DAVID E, JACOBS of New York
City is visiting his sister, Mrs. w. M,
Morse.
MISS GIFF1N, of Rutland, is the guest
of Miss Nellie Coffey at the Soldiers
Home.
MRS. S. S. PRATT, and her two grand
children, go this week to visit in Nor
wich, N. Y.
FRANK FoBEs, wife and child, of
Greenfield, Mass, were the guests, over
Sunday, of A. P. Childs.
MRS. FRANK MOORE of Everett, Mass,
is visiting Mrs. VIM. j. Kennedy with
relatives on Union street.
A. BUEL SIBLEY and wife, went down
to Orange, Mass, Wednesday, to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. W. r. Peirson.
THE funeral of the late Albert W. Har-
wood will be held from the house, to-
morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock.
DIR. PRESCOTT, the oculist, comes here
from BrattlebOro highly recommended
by its physicians and bestfamilies.
A. G. HALsEY, now of Boston, has
been visiting in town for few days.
His wife and children have been here for
some time.
Mrs. JAMES CLARK of Boston, accom-
panied by her two boys, is visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman HARDWOOD
of this village.
REMEMBER that the ten per cent. rate
for the SEMI-WEEKLY BANNER expires
July LIST. Three months for a dime is an
offer you should avail yourself of.
WEDNESDAY evening, Manager Tiffany
gave the 9th entertainment in the Opera
House, to close the season. The play
was "The Sea of Ice," by the Ranous
Company.
MAJOR A. B.. VALENTINE has secured
General Horace Porter of New York as
orator at the annual meeting of the Ver-
mont Officers society, which meets in
Montpelier, October 18th.
THE officials of the Bennington Coun-
ty Bank, yesterday, were obliged to get
an expert from Troy, N. T., to open
their vault, its lock having become dis
arranged by loose screw. 1t is in
working order to-day,
DRYsDALE will "move goods" begin
ming to- morrow morning. If you doubt
or believe this statement, visit to his
store will convince you. See his an
rouncement in another column to-day
1t is, positively, six days sale, so come
early.
THE Geographic reports from the
Democratic State convention, makes
mention of Postmaster Orvis of Man
chester, Postmaster Robinson, and
Deputy Postmaster Martin of Benning-
+O,, oDoOr0 tho 1ao5ipcr MAN, how, -,
attendance.
THE July convocation of Mt. Anthony
Chapter, No. l, Order Eastern Star, will
be held next Wednesday evening in Ma
sonic Hall, this village. The report of
the Grand Chapter, and the reception of
petitions will be part of the order of
business.
Miss ANNA ROGERS is attending the
Commencement at Oswego, N. Y, this
week, where she graduated, and after,
later, being guest at a wedding of a
friend in Syracuse, she is to attend the
Chautauqua summer school, returning
home the last of August.
Two cars of the Hoosick railway COM
pany, one open and one closed car have
arrived at Hoosick Falls. The company
will have three of each kind. The bridge
at North Hoosick is completed, and the
rails are being laid upon it. The COM
pany will run cars as soon as the genera
tors arrive.
WHEAT has been selling for one cent a
pound in various parts of the country,
and some farmers in Western Vermont
are holding oats for sixty cents bushel,
with the prospect that they will receive
their price. The same price per bushel
for wheat and oats is state of affairs
unprecedented in this section.
THE parlor car that has run between
Montreal and Albany, on the filters"
over the Bennington and Rutland rail-
way line, now runs through to New
York. 1t leaves Montreal at o'clock in
the morning and reaches New York at
$3.50 in the evening. Leaving New York
at 8 40 in the morning, it arrives in Mon
treal at 1915 in the evening. An extra
sleeping car now runs between st. AL
bans and New York on the ''sleepers" to
accommodate tie increase in travel.
UNION services on Sunday evenings
have been arranged for, at least, five
weeks in succession. The first one, next
Sunday evening, will be held at the Sec
ond Congregational church, Rev. Chas.
r. Seymour, preacher. Rev. A. Mac
george will preach at the Methodist
church July Sth; Rev. Geo. l.. Richard
son at the Baptist church, July 10Th {;
Rev. S. Mclaughlin at the Second Con-
gregational church, July 22nd. July
Goth, ReY. DIR. Putnam, of Boston, will
preach at the Methodist church. The
subject chosen for the first of the series
is christian Unity"
THE listers are engaged in making the
quadrennial appraisal of real estate
This is most important part of the du-
ties devolving upon these officials once
in four years. We have always had a
feeling that in some of the counties this
appraisal has been too high. Not that
the property was not listed for an
amount large enough, but that other
counties made the real estate too low,
and so paid less taxes than their Just
dues. The equalization board does not
seem to even up matters. We suppose
this state of affairs will continue to the
end, but the duty of the lister is plain,
under the statue, and if all performed
their full duty there would be no cause
of complaint. We think the Bennington
Board will fearlessly do its duty, and we
hope others will do likewise.
In our Tuesdays issue we gave our reg
ular court report up to the recess. In
the Manchester Journal appears one or
two items additional that we copy. 1t
says: In the case of Susan MoffiJt of Sand