Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-09-21

in a fen days from the time remittance is
made, notify the publishers.
D. G. BURT will receive subscriptions
for the New York Press and World.
THE last day to pay taxes and obtain
the per cent. discount, is September
goth.
MRS. E. L. NICHOLS is in New York
this week for new goods. Call and see
them.
klMR. AND MRS. j. E. STURTEvANT of
st. Adams, are visiting at D. B. Haynes
for few days.
Miss BLANCHE MORGAN of Pough-
keepsie is visiting her cousin, Miss H.
j. Morgan.
OBSERVE the Mill Store advertisement
this week. There is some very marked
changes in the prices
TwENTY-oNE tickets to the North
Adams fair were sold at the station here,
Wednesday morning.
MISS MARY GEE, who spent the sum-
mer with her people in Middlebury, has
returned TO Bennington.
MISS SUSIE E. SMITH of No. 3, 226 Sixth
avenue, Troy, n. y, is spending couple
MRS. FRED MONROE of Racine, Wis,
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. D. M. Black
mer, and other friends in town.
CHARLES ROBINSON, wife and children
of Greenwich, N. Y, started Tuesday on
a few days trip by team, through Ben
nington and Arlington.
WE are glad to note that E. S. Harris,
U. S. Marshal, who has been under the
weather for the past three weeks, is out
again and attending to business.
THOMAS McGRAw and Scott Bump of
Manchester, to serve sentence of 20
day each for intoxication, was taken to
the work house at Rutland, Tuesday.
FIFTY children received their firstcom-
munion and were confirmed at the Ro-
man Catholic church in Brattleboro,
Sunday, by Bishop Michaud of Burling-
ton.
FRANK SULLIVAN is putting in new
and substantial walk in front of his
streets, recently occupied by William
WEIGH.
OUR readers are requested to make a
note of the visit of Bishop Hall and the
services in st. Peters church, to-mor-
row and Sunday. They will be found in
Tuesdays paper.
In the free for all race for $500 trotted
at Middle Granville, Tuesday, Frank
Burgess won second money, taking first
heat. The race was won by Highland
s. Best time 219.
THE Bennington and Rutland Railway
are making considerable repairs at the
freight depot here. Among the altera-
tions is new outside platform for load
ing and receiving freight.
APPROPRIATE services connected with
the unwilling of the memorial window
recently placed in the Second Congrega-
tional chapel will take place at 9.45 a. m
Sunday. A general invitation is ex-
tended.
TUESDAY evening a hanging lamp
dropped from the ceiling in the dining
room of Cyrus B. Kellogg's residence on
Grove street, exploding as it fell and the
flames were only subdued after very
lively struggle.
WE call the particular attention of
cur people to the opening of VIM. 81.
Frear 6 Company, noted in another
place to-day. Frear's openings are al
ways attractive, and the one to begin
next Tuesday, September 25th, will sur
rass his previous events.
WE learn that Governor Fuller was
suffering from quite high fever and
rulse of ia, during his speech at the
resentation of the record book to the
Sixth Corps Post, Tuesday night. DR..
Putnam was called to attend the Govern
or Immediately after the exercises
Closed.
WEDNESDAY evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. II. Burch were surprised by about
30 relatives and friends, it being the six
teenth anniversary of their wedding.
The evening was most enjoyable and the
Surprise" was complete. The self-in-
tied guests brought with them an easy
chair, A couch and pillow, besides other
membranes,
ARTHUR HOLDEN went to the Adiron-
dacks, Saturday, for few weeks: Mon,
day, in company with a man who had
been there some weeks, he went deer
hunting. During the hunting trip Mr..
Holden killed large buck, the first one
that he saw. The party who was with
him had not been able to bring down a
deer, during his entire visit there.
IT was reported Wednesday that case
OF scarlet IoV6T eAlSGeu III OCnOOl NO' b,
Miss Griffin, teacher. The teacher
promptly excluded the other children
and notified the health officer. An in
vestigation disclosed no scarletina much
to the relief of the neighboorhood.
Such action is to be commended in all
reputed cases of contagious diseases.
WE notice that the Rev. S. E. Spoor
of Winooski, is candidate for Chaplain
of the House. We have known Mr..
Spoor for many years and the House will
make no mistake if it elects him Chap
!. lain. He is graduate of Middlebury
College, and has gallant war record of
three years of active service with the
18th Vermont regiment, six months of
which was spent in Andersonville and
other rebel prisons, and the effects of his
terrible experiences there still remain.
CAPTA1H ]. E. WELD, formerly com.
manding Company K, Vermont National
Guard, and now residing in Round Lake,
N. Y, has presented the company a
handsome Sharp's military rifle, which is
to be competed for by the members Of
the company at competitive drill, to be
holden in Library Hall, Friday evening
the % inst. The Herald says: capt.
H. E. Dyer of this city has been invited
to preside as one of the Judges in rife
competition he'd by Company K of Ben
nington, at that place Friday, September
18th"