Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-06-15

l street, tomorrow afternoon. A good
game may be expected.
THE same day the Lebanon Springs
| locomotive, burning wood, set the depot
on fire, the front end of the baggage car
of the same train was ignited, and they
had to stop to put out the flames.
THE putting up of the walks to grade,
and the other improvements, now in
progress, by the Messrs. Walbridge and
Gibson, will change the appearance of
| the street whereabouts wonderfully.
THE S5th annual meeting OF the Bap-
! fist association will be held with the
First Baptist church at Passumpsic,
June 26th-2Sth. Among others, adj
dresses are expected from Rev. Alexan-
| der Macgeorge, of Bennington.
ELI TIFFANY of Bennington has been
granted three patents for improvements
in knitting machines and Henry Ingham
of Bellows Falls has taken out patent for
machine for maintaining air pressure in
chambers of hydraulic rams.
CARDS have been issued by the Rev.
and Mrs. II. &. Farrar for the marriage
of their daughter, Miss Bertha Charlotte,
| to Mr.. Edward Danforth Hale, Wednes-
| day evening, June 9th, at s o'clock at
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THURSDAY was the 18th anniversary
of the adoption of the Stars and Stripes
as the emblem of the Republic. In com
memoration of the day, flags were dis
played by the Graded schools, from the
Putnam, II. M. Harris store, 9th Corps
Post rooms and other places in the vii
lage.
THE street commissioner has done a
good job on Silver street in removing the
decayed and unsightly planks that have
so long covered the gutter at the inter
section of Grand View street. Twelve
inch sewer pipes have been put in to
take off the waste water from the latter
street, and large fiat stones have been
substituted for the boards. These have
been covered with dirt to the depth of
several inches. Sewer pipe has also
been put in the entire length of where
Grand View crosses Silver street, and
these are also covered with stone and
dirt.
WE are informed that proposal is on
foot for an excursion to start from Bidde-
ford, Maine, composed of graduates of
the Ensor Institute at that place, togeth-
er with others who may join them along
the route, where institutes exist, to come
to Bennington for days outing next
August 10th. The enterprise is under
the patronage of the Hon. Mr.. Roberts
of Biddeford, prominent gentleman,
and w. j. Thompson thinks we will see
large and representative excursion.
They wish to see the Battle Monument,
and visit to the Soldiers Home, and
other places of interest, in and about
town, not to omit the Ensor Institute
here, will be interesting to these gentle
men.
The publishers have concluded to al
low their offer of the SENI-WEEKLY
BANNER three months for only 10 cents
to remain open till July LIST, instead of
closing June 18th as announced. Within
the past few days several hundred names
have been added to the already large list,
ing of the offer has drawn near the num-
Der of subscriptions received has daily
increased, hence the decision to extend
the life of the offer to July 1st A COM
parison of the BANNER list with the
Grand Lists shows that nearly every
family in several surrounding towns are
now receiving the SEMI-WEEKLY BAN
NER, and the offer is extended with the
expectation of adding to the list, for
three months at least, the name Of a
member of nearly every family in Ben
nington County.
UNDER the title of "the State flower"
the Montpelier Waterman of this week,
speaks of the 'effort to unite all minds
and sentiments in the selection of a
flower that shall represent the Nation,
having failed" goes on to suggest State
vote 1t adds: vermont does not
want, in these distressing times, such
floral war as once devastated Merry Eng
land. Bloody war, added to the accum-
ulating miseries of Cleveland times
would be intolerable. So we pray the
electors, whoever they may be, to act
with extreme caution. Don't monkey
with that Ishmaelite of the posies, the
daisy. That won't go with the farmers.
Don't select any 'weed-the golden-rod
or any other-however much it may be
glorifed by morbid fancy. A choice
anywhere from this grade of the posted
tribes would be only an Increment to
discord." In the interest of harmony
the Waterman suggests that the white
clover be the flower selected. This
would be very agreeable compromise.
SHERIFF WILSON arrived in Manches-
ter this morning with Charles Rufus
Young, who was indicted for horse steal
ing by the grand jury at the present term
of the County court, and who has been
in the State prison at Windsor since last
September for safe keeping. Young was
to be arraigned for trial to-day. There
is general opinion that he will plead
guilty and take his sentence. This is
the fourth time that Young has been ar
rested on a charge of horse stealing, hav-
ing served two terms in States prison in
New York for the same offense. Young
is about so years old and has every APP
pearance of a gentleman. Young was
quitg indignant about being placed in
the State prison by order of Gov. Fuller.
He threatened short time ago to make
it warm for the State prison directors
and the Governor when he got out, if
they did not take him. He says that he
does not question the right of the State
officers to put him into prison for safe
keeping, but did question their right to
treat him as a convict. Young has the
reputation of being the most daring
horse thief that has ever been captured
in this section of the State.
HERE is a fish story that beats all the
records of trout fishing in Woodford, OF