Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-07-24

lCI W WISH lis blOgOAt AhAH' w
ter of School street.
THE lawn party at Daniel Robinson's,
in the interest of the Old First Church,
July 9th, will call out a generous patron
age. See notice in another colum.
A. M. SMITH and wife of New York
City, have been visiting a couple OF
weeks with II. L. Hover. Mr.. Smith
has returned, but his wife remains few
days longer.
THE Rt-Rev. John S. Michaud, DID,,
celebrated Mass at Plattsburgh, N. Y,
last Sunday. He will remain in Platts-
burgh for tine in attendance upon the
Catholic summer school.
GEORGE w. DELoNG, wife and daugh-
ter of Binghamton, N. Y, are stopping
with ]. II. Warren few days. They go,
shortly, to visit an uncle near Hoosick
Falls, before they return home.
THE Vergennes items OF the Rutland
Herald, contains the following: Minnie
Brown, IA years old, formerly of Ben
nington, an inmate of the reform school,
died Saturday of consumption"
THE health of D. j. PRATT does not
improve as fast as it was hoped that it
would. He returned to New York Mon
day afternoon for treatment. His daugh-
ter, frankie, accompanied him.
The "boys'' had some fun, Thursday,
when one of the marshaPs took Paddy
Ginau's rig out of the way of the Fire
mans procession. Whether the sport
was at the expense of the outlandish
turnout or of the marshal we are not in
formed.
THE people of Gage street, Sunday
morning, though there must have been
''cloud BURST in the neighborhood, by
the water that ran down the street. The
break in the city main between Bradford
and Grove streets has been repaired and
the normal condition of things restored.
THE Bennington Rifles took lesson
in camp life Saturday, remaining through
the night. 1t was done to refresh the
memory of the older men in the COM
pany and to initiate in the newer men,
beers. The effort was satisfactory we
should judge, as the rain poured down
the greater part of the night. The camp
was in the DIR. Clark grove.
AN old subscriber to the BANNER, in
writing for a renewal, has this good
word' to say of our town: 1.-THE radical
improvement in your paper, changing
from weekly to Semi-W eekly, is an indi-
cation of the prosperity and growth OF
Bennington and which rest assured is
especially gratifying to those who are no
longer privileged to live there"
LIST of letters remaining uncalled for
in the Postoffice at Bennington for the
week ending July 23d, 1894: P. M.
Clark, Eliza Cook, Miss II. F. Hawkins,
Miss Dora Watson, Mrs. A. L. Prindle.
These letters will be sent to the Dead
Letter Office August 9th, 1894, if not de.
livered before. In calling for above
please say advertised" giving date Of
list.
Mrs. HOPKINS and her daughter, who
have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. G. D.
| Gibson, expect soon to go to Newark, N
j., where they will remain for a time
before their return home to San. Fran
cisco, Cal. Miss Hopkins is an elocu
| tionists of much promise and has de
| lighted several audiences during hel
short stay here. They have made many
friends and we hope will come again tt
our town.
THE annual meeting of the board O.
Trustees of the Vermont Soldiers Homt
will be held at the Home tomorrow
Wednesday. 1t will be an impOrtan
meeting, as the necessary expenditure
for the Home for the next two years will
have to be considered and the necessary
amount appropriated by the Legislature
of 1894. The present membership is 80
| 1t is expected that the Home will hav'
to care for 100, during the coming win
ter.
G. G. OLIN of Waukesha, Wis, ha
come to Bennington to pass few week
of the summer, and is stopping with Col
! Olin Scott. 1t will be remembered b.
our readers that Mr.. Olin is the historian
of the DIN family, whose two annua
excursions here have attracted consid
cradle public attention. One of the re
unions was quite notable event. Will
here, Mr.. DIN will call upon those o
our people connected with the family
in the interest of the genealogy and his
tory aforesaid.
THE annual camp meeting of the Vel
mont w. G. T. U. will be held at NeN
Haven camp ground, August 7th to 18th
A day will be occupied by the State Sur
day School Association, the Presiden
and Secretary giving addresses. Mrs
Seymore of New York City and Mrs
Matthews of London, Eng, will ais
speak. The Home and Foreign Soclet
have a day, with good speakers; an
Sunday is under the direction of Ell. I
Reynolds, president of the Vernon
Holiness Association.
THE arrest of the Elder Matthews, II
Gently by U. S. Marshal Harris, has bee
followed by another. A despatch frol
Malone, N. Y, of yesterday, says: "Hor
Allen S. Matthews, member of Assembly
for this county (Franklin), of Fort Coy
ington, N. Y, has been arrested b
Deputy Collector G. W. Hollister of tina
place and taken to Plattsburgh, N. Y
for examination. The grounds of arret
are alleged wool smuggling transactions
His father has already been arrested o
similar charges. The arrest has excite
a good deal of comment"
In commenting upon the opening c
the Munson House, Granville, n. Y
Bro. Mac of the Sentinel says: HE b
lieves in patronizing home institution
He never sends out of town for anythin
he can get here. He has never yet had
cents worth of printing done at fo
eign Office. 1t is for this reason we ca
say kindly word for him and tax
pleasure in doing so. 1t rasps one
nerves to puff up mans business in
way that will bring dollars to his poke
when that man never thinks of us whe
he wishes a dollars worth of printin
DONE" This applies to us all.
EVERYBODY has been talking abol