Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-12-07
MRS. F. c. WHITE is in Boston,
Mass, visiting relatives.

given at one dollar when it should have
read three dollars, in Watson's ad.
THE Electric light company are wiring
the plant of the II. c. White Company at
North Bennington for electric lights,
which will be furnished by separate
dynamo with a capacity of $50 volts.
THE annual convocation of Temple
Chapter, No. s, r. A. NJ, will be held
next Monday evening. There will be a
"spread" after work, and election of
officers, and all visiting companions will
be made welcome.
The comptroller of the currency has
approved the designation of the National
Bank of North America of Boston as the
reserve agent of the Bennington County
National Bank, and the designation of
the National Bank of Redemption of
Boston as the reserve agent of the Bank
has been revoked.
MARSHAL HARRIS took Frank Carey,
who has been held in the Burlington Jail,
to await trial on the charge of dipping
Edward Lane of South Burlington on a
girl" scheme, to Montpelier Tuesday.
Carey will probably be tried at the term
of the United States Circuit Court which
opened there Tuesday. His home is in
Deerfield, Mass.
THE following from the Burlington
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our readers: Some of Col. II. w. Hall S
Burlington friends have presented him
with pretty badge of the Society of the
Sons of the American Revolution. His
name and rank are engraved on the
badge; also the words, From his Bur-
lington friends
THE Christmas sale by the ladies of
st. Peters church, to be held next We'd
nesday in Odd Fellows Hall, promises
to be fine affair. st. Mary's Guild will
serve, in connection with the sale, an ell
egant supper, to which the public, gen.
orally, are invited. All our people will
find something of Interest in connection
Herewith.
THE Montpelier correspondent of the
Burlington Press writes as follows to
that paper: Miss Ethelynd Gould of
West Randolph, and a graduate of the
Emerson School of OratOry, gave dram
attic recital in the G. A. r. Hall last even
ing. Miss Gould is very well spoken of
by those who heard her speak. Miss
Gould appears here next Friday evening,
under the auspices of the Good Templar
Lodge.
ACCORDING to the report of the Super
intendent of Internal Revenue, the col
lectiOns in Vermont for the year ending
June Both last, exclusive of salaries, was
$23,375. During the same time there
80 arrests for violations of the internal
revenue. Vermont reported one fruit
distillery and production of SO gallons
of apple brandy. During the year there
was paid as bounty on maple sugar pro-
duced in New England Sll6,121, over
half of which was paid in Vermont.
MASTER HARRY p. HUDSON is a young
Republican who will be heard from, later
Recently he was assisted in making a
double runner" of an improved style,
at an "old line Democrats shop" and
the new sled is named Mckinley" after
the great apostle of Protection. We i'm
agine when Young Hudson reaches the
voting age some of those assisting him
in this enterprise will vote as he does;
that is, if four years of Cleveland does
not kill us all off.
THE new structure near Middle Falls
owned by the Bennington Falls Pulp and
Paper Company, was entirely destroyed
by fire at o'clock Sunday morning. 1t
was of brick veneer and located Just
across the canal from the old pulp mill
of the company, about one mile from
Middle Falls toward Schuylerville. 1t
was constructed by a company compris-
ing Stevens and Thompson of North
HOosick and Crandell and Kendall of
Greenwich for the manufacture of manil-
la paper. The building was barely COM
pleted and the machinery nearly all To-
Gated, all of which is practically des-
troyed. The cause may have been hot
box, as some of the machinery was in OPP
Grafton. During the progress of the fire
the boiler exploded and was hurled
across the deep ravine into the woods, a
distance of fully 500 feet. There is
about $500 insurance, and the loss is
estimated at three times that amount.
DURING the tariff campaign of 1892,
manufacturer remarked that the opposi-
ton to the Democracy and free trade
thus far had been borne by the employ
ers That the workingmen had sympa-
thized for number of years with the
free trade Democracy, all of which
proved true when the votes were count
ed, as our readers know. But the
change came and the laborer soon be-
came sick of his bargain. The ava
lanche of last month will not soon be for.
gotten, but the conditions have changed.
The Democrats have firm grip for two
years more, and, meanwhile, the bust
ness of the country will settle itself to
the new conditions. What will be the
result to the workingman, who threw
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