The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-02-23

through Judge Whites agency.
THos. j. TIFFANY is one of the in
spectors of election in Ward 6 of Rut-
land, at the coming city election.
MRS. o. R. BENNETT and son of Ruth
erford, N j.. are visiting Mrs. Benefits
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. w. Stewart.
FIRE started Saturday evening in the
upper part of Huling Blackmer's house
at the Centre, but was subdued with
slight damage.
THE many friends of Mrs. H. Stuart of
East Wallingford will regret to learn of
her death. Heart failure, the result of
la Grippe, was the cause.
Col EDWARD L. BATES has returned
from his trip to Denison, Texas. We
are in receipt of late papers from that
city through his courtesy.
Mr.. AND MRS. FRANK THOMPSON give
reception this evening. at their home
on Beech street, in honor of friends from
Williams college and Stamford.
TACOMA keeps tramps away by the
custom of Immediately giving each one
cold shower bath, and a thorough
scrubbing with coarse towel as soon as
he puts in an appearance.
W. N. SEVERANCE, son of the Rev. M.
L. Severance, will open a jewelry store
in the Dewey extension, North street.
He is competent workman and was for
years in this business in New Jersey
THIS evening there is to be reception
and banquet at the Y. M. G. A., rendered
the Board of Directors and the new mem
bers. 1t will be an enjoyable occasion.
Toasts and responses will follow the
dinner.
BY invitation of the Misses Herring.
ton party of sleighriders went to Hoo
sick, N Y, Wednesday evening, and
while there were entertained at the
house of relative of the lady promoters
of this enjoyable occasion.
THERE are but few commercial men
travelling now and they report business
decidedly poor. Many of them have
found trade so light that the firms by
whom they are employed have laid them
off indefinitely.
A PARTY of twenty-four Good Temp
lars went to Woodford Tuesday even
ing, in four-in-hand, and organized a
lodge of that order at the Mountain
City. 1t starts off promisingly. The
party reached home at about o'clock,
Wednesday morning.
WIN. E. HAWKS and wife started Mon
day for two weeks trip through the
South and Southwest, travelling with a
party in private car. They go first to
Washington and make short tarry at
the National capital, and thence go
South.
NEWS has been received here of the
death of II. H. Hamlen of Cleveland,
Ohio. brother of Mrs. Chas. E. Dewey.
He died Saturday of pneumonia, aged
about 60 years. Mr.. Hamlen was a
prominent man, and was known to some
of our people, having visited here with
his wife in 1901. Further particulars
have not yet been received.
THE Schaghticoke Wooden Company
has closed its mills for an indefinite
time. Lack of orders is given as the
cause. The mill has been doing but lit
tie for long time and had been operat-
ed forty hours week with about one
half it's usual number of hands. The
shut down will throw number out of
work.
THE icy incline of the sidewalk on the
postoffice corner is a very dangerous
place. 1t should meyer have been al
lowed to stay over another winter, but
the authorities having permitted it they
may thank their ''lucky stars if the vii
lage is not called upon to settle smart
bill of damages. We saw two people fall
there this week. Possibly damages
might be collected of the property
owners.
Both budgets of our belated county
items reached us last week after the
BANNER had gone to press. Will our
CnnnhnntS TlnaGn nnfn that fhnIr
letters should reach us regularly Thurs
DAY morning and not later than afternoon
of that day. If anything important
happens after your items have been sent,
forward the particulars by first mail. 1t
may reach us in time if not too long and
of Importance.
THE Denison Herald of last week, has
the report of the annual elections OF the
Denison Land ard Investment Company,
the Denison Street and Belt Line Rail
way Company, the benson Gotten Man
ufacturing Company, and the Denison
Building and Land Company. Among
the directors of these we find the follow
ing Vermonters: A. P. Childs and E.
L. Bates of Bennington, B. j. Derby of
Burlington. A. P. Childs is president of
the two first named, and vice-president
of the last Company.
THE Vermont State railroad commits
sioners have issued their report of the
finding in the matter of the recent COLI
sion at South SALISBURY. They find
that the cause of the accident is clearly
attributable to the fatal blunder of j. ii.
Archer, who was acting as train des-
patcher of the Bennington and Rutland
Railway company at Bennington. Pur-
suant to the orders the conductors and
engineers of the two trains were justifi-
ably on the road between SALISBURY and
South SALISBURY, and no blame attaches
to them for the collision which occurred
with fatal results
D. G. BURT has been appointed CORE
spondent of the Boston Globe, making
seven daily papers that he serves in that
capacity. He also handles the Boston
Sunday Journal, Globe and Herald in
town, these papers having combined
circulation of 800. His daily sales of the
Troy Press are from 90 to 100 copies.
Evans handles the'Sunday Budget, of
which Burt is correspondent. All this
in addition to the ordinary sales and cir
culations of other daily and weekly peri
odicals. We think the reading census of
Bennington people will be hard to par
allel in town of its class.
IT has been decided to repair st.
Peters church in this village. The in
terror will be decorated the woodwork
naintad new carnetS laid and the huild-