Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-11-06


committee or individual.
Hon. MARTIN H. DEMING and wife of
Arlington, spent Sunday with friends in
the village.
WHITcoMB's Burlington Agency of the
Equitable Life paid policy holders last
week Sc, 3S1.40.
HENRY FALEs visited friends in Man
chester from Saturday afternoon until
Monday morning.
WORLDS fair souvenir half-dollars are
now worth their face value only, and are
in great demand all over the country.
THE Cooper Manufacturing Company
have begun the erection of a new dye
house at their plant on East Main
street.
THERE will be no excuse this year for
crops caught by the frost, for there has
seldom been better harvest weather than
that of '94.
THE Supreme Court of Minnesota has
Just decided that bicyclers have all the
rights on the roads that owners of other
vehicles have.
AT the morning service in the Second
Congregational church, Sunday morning,
there were two admissions to member
snip on profession of faith, and two by
letter.
THE marriage of Miss Lillian B. Adams
Of Bennington to Mr.. Charles l.. Hallett
of New York City, will take place at the
residence of the brides parents, on Tues
day, November Goth.
THE Old Farmers Almanac for 1895 is
ut hand. This old almanac needs no in
reduction to the public for many farm
CT would not know how to keep house
without it. The new number contains
;bout the same variety of matter as pre-
vious issues.
NOVEMBER 18th is the date set for the
expiration of the big newspaper offer
the SEMI WEEKLY BANNEB, New York
semi Weekly World and New York
Weekly Tribune, one year for only $500.
This is the biggest newspaper offer ever
made in Vermont. Call your friends
attention to this offer. Order now.
THE fire companies of this village are
each in receipt of a handsome Bible,
marked on the cover: presented by
the Sunday School Children of Vermont. "
We understand that all the fire compa-
MES in the State are to be recipients of
copy of the Holy Scriptures, through
the NermOnJ BlOle society.
S. H. RoCKwooD opens school of
writing and bookkeeping, next Monday,
the 18th, in Adams Block, South street.
Three evenings, weekly, will be devoted
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and
% lessons will constitute the term. Mr..
lockwood is a competent teacher and
will have full class. For particulars
see the small bills.
CUSTER Posi- are to hold campfire
on Tuesday evening, the Goth, inst. In
attendance is expected Mrs. Gen. Custer,
after whose lamented husband the posi-
was named, and Mrs. Calhoun, sister
of Gen. Custer's. These ladies will give
reception during the evening, and are
to be the guests of A. P Childs while
here.
LIST of letters remaining uncalled fol
in the Postoffice at Bennington, for the
week ending Nov 9Th, 1894: William
Brooks, Eugene Dietz, Miss Lizzie Nc
Graue, Mrs. Eliza Colby. These letters
will be sent to the Dead Letter Office No.
vember 10Th, if not delivered before. Ii
calling for above, please say ''adver
tised," giving date of list.
DEPUTY SHERIFF JOHN NASH and Con
stable Fred Godfrey went to SALISBURY
Saturday and arrested Frank Dowdell,
for intoxication and abusing his wife
and James Peters, who was employed 10y
him, who was charged with being intox
icated. They were brought here anC
confined in the Jail over Sunday. Mon
day Peters was released from custody
and the hearing in the case of Dowdel
postponed.
LEILA MCINTYRE leaves Thursday fo
Worcester, Mass, where she is to appeal
in "The Pareda' to be given in that city
under the direction of Capt. G. w. Eddy
1t begins Saturday evening and is to con
tinue through the following week. A
this she will make her first appearance
in new character song entitled "Th
torsaken" composed and arranged ex
pressly for her, by Paine and Collins o
Haverhill. She will be accompanied b,
her mother.
A STRONG wind came in from the cas-
Just before midnight Friday night, al
unusual thing in this section, and for
time there was winter in the air. In tn
early morning the wind veered to tn
south and brought with it steady dow
pour of rain about 10 o'clock. The win
came in violent gusts and combined wit
the rain rendered pedestrianism disa
greeable. About 11.30 O'Clock the SUI
asserted itself and in short time tn
clouds were dispelled, the sky becam
full of "blue' and the temperature of
summers day ensued.
SUNDAY morning j. Oliver Burt, @
the firm of Burt Bros, on going into tn
store on Main street, quickly discovere
that some one had been there since h
had been gone. A glance at back doc
that stood open showed that burglar
had visited the store during the nigh
and Furthermore had taken with them a
OvercOat from pile that was near til
front door, and a suit of clothes of frol
one of the tables. That the partie
knew what was wanted was evinced iror
the fact that the overcoat taken was si2
No. "a and was carefully selected frol
the pile and the suit was one to mattel
Entrance was effected by using an augC
and boring out a hole large enough fC
the person to put the hand through, an
turn the key to the lock which was a
ways left in it. That the prepetratC
was fully acquainted with the premise
is evident from the fact that the ho
was made almost directly over the loci
Appearances indicate that an attemI
was first made to remove pane of glai
from the window near the building of
l.. Nichols, and failing in this, tried I'll
door, being successful in that attemp