Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-07-06

MATTERS OF interest to everyone in
Bennington in next Sundays Boston
Herald. Early delivery.
Mrs. EDWARD VAIL of.Pawlet, is Wis
iting Miss Woodward and her sister,
Mrs. DR.. Streeter of this village.
TAFT CoMMANDERY, K. T., conferred
the Order of the Temple last evening,
and 'called off, until the regular con-
clave the first Thursday in October.
AT the bicycle races in Hudson, N. Y,
the Fourth, j. Elmer Ayres won the sec
ond and third in competition with
number of the noted riders in the coun-
try.
BISHOP MICHAUD was present at the
conservation of Bishop Burke of Albany,
N. Y, last Sunday. He dedicated the
new French Catholic church at Rutland
Wednesday.
MISS JEAN MARsDEN of Bennington
and Mrs. Ernest Marsden of Connecti-
cut, spent the Fourth of July with their
sister, Miss Stella Marsden of Troy,
ny
Fl. G.. BREEsE, the well known fruit
man, has been drawn on the list of
names from which the jury will be Sc
lected, in the Cough case that is to be
begun in Troy next week.
GEORGE GREEN of the Bennington and
Rutland railway, has been promoted to
a conductorship and is now in charge of
the yard work and runs the sleeper
trains out and in at night.
BOYS have recently begun bathing in
the river just below where the sewers
empty into it. This should not be as the
water at that point is so foul that it can
not but cause sickness.
AT the Union service on Sunday even
ing, to be held at the Methodist church,
the Rev. Alexander Macgeorge will
speak on 1.-THE Lost Man." The sing
ing will be entirely from the Pentecostal
hymns.
Two new fire alarm boxes are being
put in this week. One of them, No. %,
is being put in position at the corner of
South and Weeks streets, and the other,
No. 80, on Main street, near Campbelrs
mill.
THE Baptist people and their friends
are to enjoy a musical entertainment at
the parsonage this evening at 7.3O. At
s. 80 there will be band concert. The
ladies will serve ice cream and refresh
ments. You are cordially invited.
REV. j. J. Noe, presiding elder, will
preach in the Methodist church next
Sunday morning. We are glad to note
the improvement of the pastor, the Rev.
S. Mclaughlin. The Union services are
noted in another item.
QUITR number from here attended
the races at Island Park, near Troy,
Wednesday. In the free-for-all race,
Foggy won in three straight heats, the
fastest heat being 2273. Pappoose,
owned by ]. Fl. Osterhout of Troy, was
second.
THE repairs and improvements on the
Putnam Hose company house are being
carried forward as fast as possible, and
the house will be in as good shape as
any in the department the day the State
convention and tournament occurs. The
boys will be prepared to do ''the nice
thing"
THE Ensor Club of Springfield, Mass,
25 to 80 in number sure to come, voted
last Friday night to visit Bennington on
the 10th of August. The Biddeford,
Me-. club are expected ON the same day.
The probable number from aboard will
be 200, which, added to those here, will
make quite large company
CHAs. H. BILDENRoTH, merchant
tailor of the German persuasion, de-
camped last night with his goods, leav-
ing on the 5.15 train. He has beat every
body he had anything to do with. He
got up "suit club" and had collected
all he could on it, some over $500, and
owed $50 rent. These are only part of
the debts the fellow left for the mourn
ers to wall over.
THE Fourth was quietly observed, a
large number of people going to Troy or
Rutland. The day was ushered in by
noise enough to waken the ''seYen sleep
ers," but fortunately for those who de-
sired to sleep, it did not continue long.
During the day the streets were quiet,
having the appearance more like Sunday
than the Nations birthday. There were
several entertainments offered during
the day and evening. The Good Tenn
plars of Pownal, South SALISBURY and
the local lodge picnicked at Woodford,
late in the afternoon. The
Junior Y. P. S. c. E. of the Baptist |
church, held lawn party on the church
lawn from 4 to p. m, where ice cream
and cake were served, and at which !
there was quite good attendance. The
Women of st. Francis de Sales church |
gave an elaborate evening entertainment |
on the large lawn of the parochial resi-
dence, it being handsomely illuminated
by Chinese lantern, etc. There were
several varieties of entertainment offer