The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-04-06

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schools.
MRS. CHAs. II. DEWEY entertained the
Ladies afternoon card club, Wednesday
April 4th.
MRS, JOHN H. KEHOE entertained the
Ladies' Sewing Society of st. Peter
Parish yesterday.
FRED SMITH advertises correct styles
of hats in another column. See his show
windows of an evening.
MISS EsTABRooK' card of ''pupil'
wanted,u III another column, is of inter
est to'sOme of our readers.
MRS. G. WELLING THATCHER gave ;
party Tuesday evening in honor of hel
niece, Miss Adelaide Boyner.
MRS. JOHN r. PILLING of Cohoes, N
Y, and Miss Edwards of New Jersey
have been visiting friends i'll town thi'
week.
Col. EDWARD L. BATES has begun the
building operations noted in these col
umns, recently. He will erect a very
fine residence.
Mr.. CHAs. KEHoE moved Thursday
from Pleasant street to the ellison house
on South street, lately occupied by Mr.
Edward Valentine.
ONE of M. T. Hamlen's large trout
died this week, and is on exhibition in
Maj Frost's show window. 1t is g
beauty, and a monster for brook trout
THERE was large congregation out
last, Sunday evening, to hear the Rev
Chas. r. Seymour's sermon on "The
Troy murder" 1t was fine discourse
THE Troy Press of last evening says,
that Post Hartshorn, No. 487, G. A. R.,
of Schaghticoke. N. Y, will attend the
campfire of Custer Post tomorrow even.
ing.
CHAs. A. RUSSELL of Hoosick Falls,
n. Y, of the firm of Russell & March, is
moving to Bennington, and will occupy
one of r. o. Goldsmith's houses on viii.
low street.
G.. E. TowNE, for several years land
lord of the Stark House here, has just
leased the Mountain Spring Hotel at
Lake Dunmore for the coming season.
The housed is being thoroughly renovated.
On Tuesday morning Michael Muir
ply of Troy, N. Y, was buried from st.
Patrick's church. The Rev. Father
Swift celebrated Mass. Among those
present were James Meredith and wife
and David hurry of Bennington.
AT the Trustee meeting last Monday,
the old health board, DIR. E. B. Daley.
president, and DR.. r. w. Bennett, vice
president, were re-appointed. The mat
ter of the police was laid over until the
next meeting, the old officials to "hold
over.",,
The end annual session of the Troy
Methodist Conference meets in Cohoes,
N. Y, April 18th, and continues until tie
the 10th. Bishop Henry W. Warren,
D. D., LII. D., of Colorado, will preside.
We notice that the Rev. A. D. Heaxt is
chairman Of the committee on second
year examinations.
ADDED to business letter from Mrs.
George Barber of Minneapolis, Mimi, is
an item that will interest many of our
readers. She says: "At this writing,
my mother, Mrs. Sarah Clark, widow of
Geo. w. Clark, whose home was former
~ III Bennington, lies very dangerously
i'll at the home of her son, S. F. Clark of
this city"
DIR. GooDALL was operated upon on
March 3lst, by DR.. Vapderveer who cut
deep into the back behind the bowels
opening an abcess of about half pint S
capacity. Since the operation DR., Good
all has remained in very critical condi-
ton but is at this time beginning to
rally, having called for food yesterday
for the first time in over four weeks.
THE celebrated trio for female voices,
Slight Thine Eyes" from Mendelssohn' S
oratorio, Elijah" will be rendered at
the offertOry next Sunday morning at
II, Methodist En;coOno1 hy
Misses Audria Bowen, Ida Sweet and
and Schilling's Christ Our Passover"
music last Sunday,
MISS ANNA c. PARK has been inter
ested for some time in the genealogy Of
her fathers family, and has been at Miss
Fanny Parks in Woodford, on visit,
where she found considerable material of
interest in that conn ection. Several old
MSS, written'by the elder Mr.. Park, as
well as newspaper articles have been dis
covered, one of which has been furnished
us for publication. 1t will appear
shortly. 80 '
THE people employed in our mills, the
schools, and some other people, are en-
joying holiday to-day. 1t must be
highly pleasing to them to thus observe
the Governors Sunday, inasmuch as they
have become so used to Cleveland holt
days during the past year. If these peo-
pie ever get an opportunity to vote on
National issues, they will send the Dem
ocracy higher than Gilroy's Kite, if the
preambling rumbes of this week in
municipal elections are any criterian.
Mt. ANTHONY LODGE of Masons have
elected the following officers: John/M.
Burt, w. M; Frederic Godfrey, S. w.;
Chas. Fl. Mason, J. W.; G.. B. Sibley,
treasurer; John G. Clark, secretary;
H. l.. Hover, S. b.; Fred Kimball, J. D. !;
G. s. Perry and Harry T. Cushman,
stewards; r. j. Coffey, marshal; H. L..
Stillson, Tyler. Thos. A. Hutchins,
chorister; F. NJ. Tiffany, organist; j. T..
Shurtleff, VIM. e. Murphy, finance COM
mittee. The annual communication was
held Tuesday.
As soon as our series of Southern let
tiers, by Fl. T. Eaton, is finished, we shall
begin the publication of several articles
by Miss Annie NJ. Brainerd of Cleveland,
Ohio, an accomplished lady we'll known
to many of our local readers. Miss
Brainerd has passed the winter in the
South of England, and her comments on
life in Britain will entertain all our
readers. Having been abroad several
times she speaks in these letters with
more assurance than the ordinary tour
list.
ENos ADAMS, the senior member of
the firm of Enos Adams q COMPANY, has