Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-10-16

lake.
THE highest peak of Bald mountain
was covered with snow Monday morning
and remained so all day.
Miss LEILA MCINTYRE is in Water
bury, Conn, assisting in Kirmess that
is being conducted by Capt. @. W. Eddy.
WALBRIDGE, the "home furnisher,"
has something of interest to the people
of Bennington and vicinity in another
column to-day.
THE Bennington and Rutland railway
are repairing their engine house here
and putting on new roof covered with
sheet iron.
A. B. VALENTINE, president of the So
ciety, Superintendent Coffey of the Sol
diers' Home, will attend the Vermont
officers reunion in Montpelier to-mor-
row.
CLARENCE P. NILES, who was admit
ted to the bar last week, has begun the
practice of law here. His Office is in the
National bank block, in rooms formerly
occupied by Batchelder and Bates.
A VOTE was taken in the Graded school
Monday morning, as to their choice for
a State flower There was large ma
iority in favor of the clover which ap-
pears to largely have the lead through
out the State.
THE 18th Regiment re- union is to be
held in Blanchard Opera House, Mont
pelier, Oct 30th. The address will be
delivered by ex-Gov. Roswell Farnham,
lieutenant colonel of the regiment.
The condition of Cashier Cone is
about the same, it not being hardly time
yet to look for much improvement. Miss
Dewey is assisting her brother in the
bank, during the Cashiers enforced alb
Sence.
A NEW issue of postage stamps not
generally heralded, has been prepared
and will be put on sale as fast as the
present series is exhausted. There will
be change in some of the larger denOm-
nations, and an eight cent stamp will be
provided to correspond with the reduced
fee for registered letters.
MISS MARY LOOMS goes to Boston,
shortly, to study music. Miss LOOMS
has fine voice and has been the soprano
in the quartette of st. Peters church for
more than year past She has been in
constant demand as a soloist for social
gatherings for several years, and those
she has thus favored, as we'll as many
OOAS4 IL AOhNAo1 "lll "lo1 AlOl ouSOSoo'
CARDS are out for the marriage of
Miss Hattie Stuart Kelly, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Kelly of this town,
and William Potter Montgomery of
SALISBURY, Wednesday evening, Oct.
oath. The bride is one of our town
school teachers, and the groom is a
promising young man. The ceremony
will take place at the home Of the BRIDES
parents.
LIST of letters remaining uncalled for
in the Postoffice at Bennington for the
week ending October 18th, 1894: George
Bennett, John II. Bolton, P. B. Camp,
Asher D. Harrington, Lyman Mckee,
Mrs. Nellie r. Cook, Mrs. George Dalm,
Miss Mary CHM. These letters will be
sent to the Dead Letter Office October
Goth, if not delivered before. In calling
for above, please say advertised" Civ
ing date of list.
THE annual convention of the Yer
mont State Sunday School Association
will be held at st. Adams, this week,
commencing to-day, and continuing I'M
til Thursday afternoon. The convention
will be under the charge of Rev. G. W.
Morrow of West Randolph, with Prof.
Stephen V. B. Ford, musical director.
Several eminent speakers are expected to
be present, and the convention will
doubtless be one of great interest.
A VERY pleasant, though brief, family
reunion occurred on Saturday evening
last at the home of Mr.. Conover on Union
street. Those present were c. E. Con
over and wife and two daughters, of
Somerville, Mass; w. L. Conover of
Holyoke, Mass, and W. r. ConOver and
wife of Schenectady, n. Y. The occa-
sion, however, was somewhat Swallowed
by oft-recurring thoughts of the absent
mother and sister at rest in the village
cemetery, sleeping that
BLESSED sleep
From which none ever wishes to return"
WASHINGTON dispatches say: can
important departure in postoffce appoint
ments has been made. Acting Post
master General Jones has issued instruc-
tions to all postmasters at free delivery
offices, directing that hereafter substi-
tute letter carriers must be nominated
from the eligible list. Vacancies in the
carrier force must be filled, where prac-
ticable, by the promotion of the senior
substitutes. All removals and new en-
Payments of clerks and carriers must be
reported to the First Assistant Post
master General as soon as made. No
carrier is to be removed except for cause,
and upon written charges filed with the
Postotfice Department. Postmasters
must submit to the department all ques-
lions relating to appointments, removal
and reinstatement of letter carriers for
settlement by correspondence between
the department and the civil service COM
mission"
THE result of the strike of wooden
mill operatives at Braytonville, near
North Adams, is concession of one-h half
of the ten per cent. demanded by the
operatives, and promise on the part of
the employers to restore the remaining
five per cent. as soon as the market will
warrant. At a meeting of operatives
held Saturday evening branch of the
Textile Workers of America was organ
lied. The despatch goes on to say: st
is hard to predict what this organization
and the victory of the Braytonville peo-
pie may lead to. The employees of the
Briggsville mills are working under a
heavy reduction, and those of Blackin-
ton are working under a still heavier
one, and they have been watching the
outcome of the Braytonville strike with
view to making demand if it should
be successful. A few weeks ago the
Blackinton operatives did make a de-
mand, but became convinced that their
employers could not afford to comply