The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-04-20

from Colorado yesterday.
GEO. II. MOORE, who is builling a fine
residence on a comman ding site on
Washington avenue, above Weeks street.
has begun on the supsrstructure.
In the item on the second page, relat-
ing to runaway at North Bennington,
a despatch received too late saws: SIT is
Ernest Northouse instead of Morris Fitz-
gerald"
THE street sprinkler would have had
plenty of business the past week, and
was needed as much as at any part of the
season. We learn that arrangements are
being made to sprinkle as usual.
THE anniversary of the Battle or Lex
lngton was observed by few people,
Tuesday, who displayed their patriotism
by displaying the National colOrs. The
display should have been more general.
JOHN HOLLAND, farmer of Poultney,
who has been living in Vermont since
lo4I, and is eighty-three years old, came
before the Rutland County Court
Wednesday, and took out his final natur-
alization papers.
The Hon. Geo. W. Hartman was the
Pawlet delegate to the Vermont Consti-
tutional convention of 1S43. His only
living associate, says an exchange, is Cur
tbs Kelsey, the West Haven delegate
who lives in Sudbury.
The lawns of the Baptist, Episcopal,
Second Congregational and Methodist
churches of this village, have been raked
over, the rubbish removed, and greatly
improved In appearance. This is what
every church should do each year.
The occupants of the new residences,
Grand View street, have graded the
grounds in front and seeded them down,
which will result in giving them ali
handsome lawns, and greatly improving
the looks of that part of the village.
CHAs. ADAMS has purchased lot on
the ellison, South street, property, and
will erect house this season. Russell
d March are the contractors. This is
the second house started on that tract
this year. 81. G. Lindloff owns it.
L. S. FROST dispensed from his fish
market to-day Chicken haIibut." in
Down East parlance, "chieks." This
is an addition indeed to, his line of
goods, nowhere else to be found outside
the large cities, and not in all the mar
kets of such even.
WIN. FITZGERALD of Troy, N. Y, a
drummer for a liquor house, was ar
rested yesterday, brought before the
Municipal court and fined 500. The
case was appealed to the County court.
This is the first case of the kind for
Bennington.
| The attention of our readers is call ed
to the regulations of the State Board of
Health, thatno pig pen shall be allowed
within 100 feet of any dwelling. There
are very few places in the village where
swine can be kept. And between April
and November the village bylaws are
very strict.
The Verona Jarbeau Company was
| greeted last night in its second appear
ance, by full house. The programme
was full of telling character acting and
from Jarbeau herself, down, the promise
we made last week was fulfilled. 1t is
interesting, also, to nOte that George
Robeling, who took the Dude" in the
first DR.. Bill, was one of this-company
and took the part of the leading CONNIE
dian exceedingly will. The company
broke up, here, their engagement being
at an end.
LIZZIE SCHwAB, the seven year old
daughter of George Schwab, shoemaker
on Depot street, dropped dead on the
street, not far from her home, about Z.
o'clock last evening. She was as well as
usual all day, and after eating supper
took her hoop and went out to play with
some of her companions. While romp-
ing with one, she suddenly fell to the
ground. Her playmates saw her fall but
were not old enough to realize what had
happened. DR.. Goldthwaite of South
SALISBURY. who was passing by, saw
her laying there, and went to her side.
She was apparently dead then. He took
her home, directly across the street. Dr..
Daley was, also, summoned and the two
used every possible means to restore an
imation, but to no effect. The parents
are about heart. broken over the sudden
death of their youngest child and only
daughter. Heart disease is supposed to
have been the cause.
SINCE our last issue, DR.. f. w. Good.
all has rallied in most emphatic man
ner, and is now gaining so rapidly as to
make his recovery certainty, although
it will be some time before he will be
able to attend to his general practice.
Since DR.. Vanderveer of Albany, on
March 31st, cut down into the DOCTORS
back and found the abscess, he has been
attended by his son, Henry S. Goodall
Of Washington, d. c., who is not only
skilled, but has been thoroughly drilled
in modern surgery, as well as in general
medicine, having been two years in the
largest hospitals in New York city,
eighteen months of which time as a
member of the resident staff of Charity
hospital.
JUDGE HUGH HENRY, Gen. ]. G.. Me-
Cullough, Gen. ]. j. Estey and Col, u.
A. Woodbury., members of the Execu-
tive Committee of the Board of Trustees,
of the Vermont Soldiers Home, met
here to-day, to inspect the Home and
consider the necessity of building an adj
dition to the hospital before the annual
meeting which occurs in July. The
committee decided to build a wing, ex-
tending north towards the chapel, which
will provide eight additional rooms.
Painting the building and other repairs.
were postponed for the present. The
membership at date is SO; 10 present.
Gen. VIM. L. Greenleaf of Burlington,
of the Board of Trustees, was also pres
ent. DR.. Lyman Rogers, Home physi-
clan, met with the Trustees.
Two years ago or more one Fred
Steiner, then living in Readsboro stole
some harnesses and other things for
which he was arrested. While in con-
finement awaiting hearing he managed
to escape. Previous to that time he had
escaped from officers on several occasions
and once or twice from jails, and has the