Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-05-29
Alabama June 9th.


village.
D. ]. LYONS of Boston, Mass, has
been spending few days, in the village,
with friends.
AT the Graded school trustee meeting,
last evening, Prof. Chas. S. Davis was
re-engaged for another year.
IRVING G. BURT has been granted an
increase of pension, and Mrs. Susan
Hover an original widows pension.
SATURDAY, Lawlor, the fruit man,
sold over 1900 baskets of strawberries,
the largest days sale of that fruit he
ever had.
THE Valentine Knitting mill is closed
this week to allow the making of some
necessary repairs, and because of Me-
mortal Day.
PARTIES in want of to mato or cab
bage plants. will do we'll to consult the
advertisement of L. M. HoltoD and Son,
in this issue.
E. L. BATES having moved back into
his old home, is now grading up the
grounds around it, laying out new
roadway, etc.
THE Free Press correspondent from
Mortified says: 1.-THE Shaksperian read
ings by Prof. Frank Bradford, were we'll
received by an appreciative audience.
MRS. S. Fl. BROWN and daughter and
Benjamin Brown, who have been spend
ing several months at the Hot Springs,
Arkansas, returned to their home to-day.
MRS. Fl. l.. SHIELDS and family are ex-
pected here to-day, to occupy their sum
mer residence. The house has been
thoroughly repainted and papered and
put in tirst-class shape for the summer.
WE are told that that there is a dan
gerous place near where number of
children, who attend the primary in the
old armory, are obliged to 60. The
Street Commissioner should see to this.
B. N. DYER, formerly first lieutenant
in the End Vermont Battery of Light Ar
tillery, died at his home in Del Norte,
Col, May 9th. He was for number of
years a resident of Salisbury and
Brandon.
A NUMBER of friends enjoyed the open
ing of night blooming cereus flower,
Sunday night, with Mrs. II. L. Stillson,
the owner of the plant. The blossom
was pure white and measured nearly one
foot in diameter when opened.
THE State encampment, Sons of Vet
Grams, will meet in Morrisville this year.
Col E. T. Griswold, who has just re-
turned from tour of inspection, re-
ports that the order is generally in good
condition throughout the State.
THE several cemeteries are being put
in shape for Memorial Day. At the Cen
tire, Martin Cone, who takes care of
great number of lots, has cut the grass,
raked the walks and otherwise improved
things. For the village cemetery, Frank
Greenslet has done similar job.
VERGENNEs will be represented at the
coming firemens tournament, by the In
dependent Hose Company. the crack Or
ganization of that city. The company
took the second prize in the hose coup.
ling contest at the tournament held in
st. Adams last summer.
THE Poultney Hose Company of Poult-
ney and the Knight Hose Company of
Fairhaven, are expecting to attend the
tournament, at Bennington, in July.
The latter now holds the championship
badge of Vermont, having been winner
in two hose company contests out of
four. The company is considered one of
the best drilled companies in New Eng
land.
ARTHUR S. DAVIS, one of the employees
in the mill of Holden, Leonard g. Com
pany, was married this afternoon to
Mary A. Hartnett, of Palmer, Mass. The
ceremony was performed at the Baptist
parsonage by Rev. A. Macgeorge, pastor
of the Baptist church. They left on the
AS p. m. train for wedding trip of a
few days. On their return they will re-
side on Depot street.
MANY people of this vicinity are tax
ing advantage of our offer of the, SEMI
WEEKLY BANNER three months for ten
cents, to order it sent to distant friends,
former Benningtonians. This secures
twenty-six issues of the SEMI-WEEKLY
BANNER, and these twenty-six issues
will contain many times larger amount
of Bennington county news than can be
obtained from that number of letters.
The cost, only ten cents, hardly covers
the cost of the white paper.
HORACE WOODLANDS double lot on
Grand View Terrace has been fixed up
with an eye to the future grade of the
street. Matters have been at standstill
for some time because of a discussion as
to whom should cut the street to grade:
the village trustees or the selectmen.
We are told that matters are now in a
way of being fixed. This improvement,
or completion, rather, of that street
should be attended to, not only on Mr..
Woodman's account, but the other dwell
lers in that part of the village as well.
WE have received notice of the death,
May 22nd, of Chas. Frederick Hallam,
Jr., son of Chas. f. Hallam of New York
city, aged 2 years, months and II days.
Mr.. Hallam senior, was the manager
here, years ago, for Haslam and Turpin,
and married the daughter of Mr.. John
Healy of this town. He is now in
charge of the dry goods department of
Stems Bros. in the metropolis. The lit
tie boy, deceased, was bright child,
and in his death the parents and grand
parents are sadly afflicted.
LAST night, at the regular meeting of
the Bennington Rifles, Sergt. Clarence
P. Niles was the happy recipient of
beautiful present in the form of SER
geant's stripes and chevrons, presented
to him by his old squad on the occasion
of his promotion to sergeant The
squad consisting of Privates Kendall,
Holt, johnson, Gerling, Crawford, Wall
and Freeman, is one of the best in the
whole company and on this occasion
showed the respect in which they held
their former leader, and by their hand
some token paid tribute to the untiring
interest which he took in them. Sergt
Niles has been connected with the COM
pany less than two years hut during