Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-08-28

Lena Smith, on Union street.
MISS LOUISE COMO of Truxton, N. Y,
is visiting W. G. Mathers and wife.
MISS FANNIE ToNILINsoN of Stamford
is visiting her parents, who reside here.
FRANK SHELDON and wife of Sandy
Hill, N. Y, are visiting at United States
Marshal Harris's.
THE fall term of the Graded school be-
gins next Tuesday. There is to be no
change in the corps of teachers.
MISS ALLIE MATHERs of Whitehall,
who has been spending her vacation with
Mrs. W. S. Pike, left for home Saturday.
Work at the Lasher stocking mill is
booming, and the mill is now run until
nine o'clock at night, in order to keep up
with the orders that are received.
THE net receipts of the late picnic of
the F. M. T. A. B. were $1S5. Consider
ing the hard times and the first-class at
fractions offered, the result is quite graf
flying.
MRS. III. L. HOVER is in Schodack, N.
Y, visiting her mother. She went down
last week and returns Friday. Miss
Mate Westfall went down there over
Sunday.
THE memorial window that is to be
presented to the Second Congregational
church and society, by Olin Scott, has
arrived here, and the work Of putting it
in was begun to-day.
WE are reminded by our Arlington
correspondent that Perry o. Judson took
the State Championship from S. G. Dem
ing last year, and in that respect our late
item should be corrected.
GRADUATED sugar advanced on Sat
urday over one-quarter cent a pound. 1t
will retail now at six and one-half cents
a pound with prospects of going higher.
These are Democratic times.
THE Deerfield Valley Times of Friday
had the following: Maj. Valentine and
W. e. Hawks of Bennington stopped in
town few hours the other day and
noted that Wilmington was improving
every year."
THE water in this location is so low,
that trout that has been for year or
more in spring back of D. w. Hyde's
residence was found dead in it, Monday
morning. The trout weighed pound
and was beauty.
EX-GOV. DILLINGHAM; arrived in town
last evening, and to-day is hearing the
arguments, as Special Master in Chancery,
in the Battle Monument case. 1t is
thought these arguments will occupy the
balance of the week.
WILL our correspondents and friends
throughout the country take pairs and
send us the election returns by first
mail next week, including the town rep
resentative vote? What we want is a
sample ballot marked with the vote cast
for each candidate.
THE daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Moore of Depot street, who has been
sick for three weeks, was such this
morning, that the physicians have but
very faint hopes of recovery. The dis
ease Is the same that has been prevailing
in Rutland of late.
JOHN H. LAwLoR returned from New
York Saturday, where he was called to
attend the funeral of his aunt, Margaret
Howard. The deceased, who was an oc-
casional visitor here, had been ill some
time, but her death was not expected
quite so soon. Mr.. Lawlor was accom-
panied by his oldest daughter.
WIN. LIsBEY, who has been sick with
consumption a number of months, died
at his home on Maple street, Sunday
I1e was IWenGy -elSuG years VI eISo' liz
was for several weeks an inmate of a
hospital in Troy, butreturned from there
a number of weeks ago. His funeral
was observed to-day.
OLIN SCOTT returned from ten days
visit to Canada, yesterday afternoon
While there he began negotiatims, fol
pulp machinery which he expects will
end successfully. He says that the Ca
nadians were anxiously looking for the
new tariff bill to become law, feeling
certain that their trade would be greatly
increased with the United States if the
provisions of the same were fully carried
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