Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-10-16

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FRED SMITH goes to New York to.mOr-
row to buy his fall and winter stock
Miss LIZZIE KINNEAR of New York
City, is the guest of Miss Isabel Gold
smith.
MISS TENA SWIFT has a fine position
in large millinery establishment in
Pittsfeld, Mass.
G. L. HARDWOOD and Willie Wilcox go
to New York City on the excursion to-
night for short vacation.
Mrs. LUCY GIBSON as department in
spector, inspected the Joyce Post, W. R..
c., at Poultney, Thursday evening.
MRS. CooMBs of Manchester formerly
Stella Burgess), has been visiting Miss
Emma Wilcox, and returned home last
week.
PATRoNIzE the BANNER jobbing de-
partment, where there are the best of IA
cilities for turning out tirst-class work at
moderate prices.
]. A. SHUFELT of the Bennington and
Rutland railway, has moved into the
lower part of one of Mrs. Sibley's tene-
ments on Depot street.
LOUIS LoEwENsTEIN, well known to
our local and State fireman, is one of the
executive committee of the Rensselaer,
County Democratic Committee.
A FOX ran through the village Satur-
day, coming down the river in the Grad
ed school grounds. In few moments a
couple of hounds appeared on its trail.
THE Willing Workers gave their first
hop of the season in Odd Fellows Hall
Friday evening. Some thirty couple
were present. This will be followed by
others.
DIR. LYMAN ROGERS has been elected
a delegate from the Vermont State Medi-
cal Society, to represent it at the annual
meeting of the Connecticut State Asso-
citation.
THE Fortnightly meets on Saturday,
October goth. The subject is: "Art."
Committee in charge: Misses Alexan-
drina Clark, Sophronia Collins, Irene
Putnam.
A WOMAN residing on Depot street was
the recipient, Monday, from her hus-
band, of handsome seal skin sack, that
day being the eighth anniversary of her
marriage.
THERE will be meeting of the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
at the Sixth Corps Posts rooms, Opera
House block, Thursday evening, Octo-
Der 18th, at 7.30 p. m.
AT the annual meeting of the corpora
ton of the Home for Destitute Children
held in Burlington, Friday, Miss S. E.
Park of this village was elected director
for Bennington county.
THE Republicans of the first district
of Rensselaer, county are thinking of
nominating D, G. Woodcock for Assem-
blyman. Seymour Van Santvoord, an
independent Democrat, also has been
suggested for the place.
DIR. JOHN Il. SHURTLEFF has recently
put up fine U. S. standard thermometer
IN place of the small one stolen while
ago. Shurtleff's thermometer has been
the weather test for years at the "cor
ners' in our village.
LAST week some more cadets uniforms
arrived making nearly forty in the ag.
gregate. These are procured through
John II. Ayres, the tailor, who has the
agency of the house furnishing the
clothes. How it can be done for the
money is a mystery.
Miss IRENE BoNYNGE of New York,
who has been spending several weeks
with her aunt, Mrs. c. yelling Thatcher,
returned to the City on Monday. Miss
Bonynge, together with her sister and
mother, intend spending the winter at
Mt. Dora, Orange county, Florida.
II. ]. MAAR of the Soldiers Home, ex-
hibited in the BANNER Office Monday,
large handful of raspberries that he
picked direct from a clump of bushes
near the dam at VIM. Compbell's mill.
They were as large and luscious berries
as have been seen this year.
AT Kansas City, Friday, j. A. R. Eli
oft broke the worlds record at trap
shooting at so yards boundary in the
second match of the series with DR.. w.
F. Carver. Elliott made clean score of
100 killed, which is one more than the
best record heretofore made. Carver's
score was 80.
THE Transactions of the Grand Chap.
ter of Vermont o. E. S., for 1894, are
out, printed at the BANNER Office. Sew
eral large pamphlet jobs have been done
here during the summer and early au-
tumn, the job department. of this paper
being especially well equipped to do this
class of work. The Transactions, noted
make book of 96 pages and are being
sent out to the subordinate chapters.
THE bill introduced by DR.. Weston of
Newfane, to repeal the charters of Grad
ed schools throughout Vermont, is not
in accord with that gentleman's usual
sense. We give a copy of the bill in an
other place. The bill will not pass, but
it behOoves the friends of education to
be alert, as this kind of mischievous leg
islature is popular in some quarters.
APPLICATION has been made to the
Probate court for the appointment of a
guardian over the estate of Edward j.
Hall, who, as our readers know, has been
in i'll health for number of months.
Mr.. Hall is now in retreat near Hart
fard, Conn, and is not gaining very fast
vi health. The application is made by
his sister Mrs. f. b. Yates. The hear
IL on the petition is set for the first of
November.
THERE was a great CONSERVATION at
Murray Hollow, near Shushan, and vi
entity Saturday, when it was learned that
Wilbur Brown was freed by bear al
most in sight of his house. Wilbur was
hunting, accompanied by his dog, and
when he came to rise OF ground he
spied bear and three cubs, nearly full
grown. Mr.. Brown discharged his gun,
which was loaded with bird shot, and
hit the bear in the face. The bear i'm
mediately moved towards Mr. Brown,
who ran up tree. The old bear viewed