The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-02-16

lllCu WIN 'SSf -
being comparatively free from snow.
MRS. SUMNdERG1LL, sister of Mrs j. II.
| Ayres, who has been visiting here, re-
turned to Brooklyn, N. Y, this week.
FRANK SHUFELT and Miss Eliza Web
BEL. both of Bennington, were united in
marriage February 9Th, 1894, by the Rev.
NJ. l.. Severance at the parsonage.
THE Stark Hose Company announce a
| clam chowder social, at the rooms on
Pleasant street, Saturday evening, the
18th. Usual prices and everybody in
vited.
MRS. MCINTYRE is quite i'll. Miss
Leila, her daughter, has had to give up
one of her engagements with Captain
Chas. W. Eddy on account of said ill
ness.
MRS. MYRA BRADwELI died Wednes-
day. She was the proprietor of the Chi
cago Legal News and the first woman in
the United States to be admitted to the
bar She was born in Manchester, this
county.
JUDGE C. H. DARLING has been in
BrattlehOro this week, in attendance up
on the U. S. Circuit court, in a railroad
hearing pertaining to the settlement of a
cause lately decided against Savage and
| Danforth.
BUCKLEY CASE an old resident Of Ben
nington, died Friday last after most
painful illness. Four daughters and
three sons survive him. The funeral was
held Monday afternoon, the Rev. Mr..
Macgeorge officiating.
THAT old chestnut of the CONNER
ciai drummer, who was ventriloquist,
has been revived by Burt and tackled up
on the Bennington and Rutland railway.
Even the Troy Times copies it. Il first
appeared as a Boston and Maine story
20 years ago.
CAPT. H. D. FILLMORE and Lieuts.
Davis and Burnham of the Bennington
Rifles, Major G. w. Evans of the Second
battalion, V. N. G., and Lieut. Hover,
adjutant of the same, will attend thu
officers school at Burlington February
9th and 2Sth.
MRS. GEO. w. BACON, whose illness
we noted last week, was taken to a sani-
tarium in Connecticut, where she can
receive special treatment We did not
state the place, although we knew it, and
the above is made to correct some erro-
neous newspaper comments.
THE Walter A. Wood moving and
reaping machine company of Hoosick
Falls, N. T., says through the assistant
secretary that: "The orders for the COM
ing year are greatly increased over for
mer years, and the prospect for another
years business is bright"
On Saturday Lester Nichols gave a
sleighride to North Bennington, to about
twenty of his friends, and on the return
of the party a collation. was served at his
parents residence. 1t was an enjoyable
affair and the merry party voted both
the sleighride-with four-in-hand and
reception a success.
IT is difficult for person of sane mind
to understand the motive of such wan,
ton act of hatred as the latest bomb
affair in Paris. There seems to be GER
tain mania for killing which is taking
possession of perverted and unbal-
anced minds in France. 1t is to be hoped
the delusion will not appear near home.
THE appointments of Bishop Hall fol-
his Vermont visitations have been an
nonnced His dates for this county are
Bennington, Second Sunday after Easter
April Sth; Arlington, Fourth Sunday
after Easter, April 22nd; and no date sci
for Manchester as we read. but probably
that town will also be visited.
IT is rather later this year than usual
but it always comes and is only a ques.
ton of time. New Vermont maple
honey" is now on sale in the city mar.
kets, at least month before any trees
are tapped. The State press should
take immediate steps to warn outsiders
against this swindle. -Hardwick Gazette
THE State Board of Health will hold a
meeting at the Putnam House in this vii.
lage next Tuesday afternoon. They
would like to meet as many Health Off
| GERS OF the county as can make it con.
venient to be present, and a number OF
our people will be invited in to meet the
Board, as we'll as the resident physicians
and local Board of Health.
THE editor is under obligations to Miss
Agnes M. Potter, who is passing the win
ter with her mother in Los Angeles, Cal
ifornia, for an orange and twig of orange
blossoms, picked from the grove OF
Thomas McDaniels Potter, near that city,
recently. The specimens reached us in
good shape. A box was sent to Miss
Alice D. Smith at the same time.
LIST of letters remaining uncalled fol-
in the Postoffice at Bennington, for the
week ending February 10th, 1894: Noe.
bert Gauthier, w. H. Montgomery, Mrs
II. C. Coly. Mrs. Elizabeth Leagcy
These letters will be sent to the Dead
Letter Office February oath, 1894, if moi
delivered before. In calling for above
please say: advertised" giving date Of
list.
A COMPANY has been formed to build
an electric road from Waterbury tc
Stowe, ten miles. Ample water power
is available. The estimated cost Of
bulldog and equipping the road is $3.50,
600. Thus one after another locality
occupies the field. 1t is only question
of time when Bennington and Hoosicl
Falls will be thus connected via NORTH
Bennington and North Hoosick.
WHILE some boys were coasting on
Silver street hill Wednesday evening
they ran into horse and cutter ascend
ing the hill, throwing the driver out anc
severely injuring Geo. Hawks, one of the
coasters, son of Mr.. VIM. E. Hawks. DR.
Putnam was obliged to take severa
stitches in an ugly cash cut in his leg
He was otherwise severely bruised. Nc
blame seems to be attached to any one
THE little son of E. B. Patterson, OF
st. Valentines Day, Seymour Valentine
Patterson, gave birthday party to six
teen of his little friends. He was foul
years old, and was named for his middle
name, after the late Park Valentine, anC
being born on St. Valentines Day, it il
safe to say that the observance Wednes