Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-11-13

been spending few days In the village
Mr.. AND MRS. G. E. Convey are spend
ing a week with friends in Coxsackie, N.
Y, and vicinity towns.
A NEW book entitled 1.-THE Virgin
Mother" by Bishop Hall of the Episco
pal diocese of Vermont, is just out.
THE people who are finding fault with
the new two cent postage stamp will con-
tinue to use it on their letters just the
same.
TEXAS and Massachusetts might pair
perhaps. Texas has one Republican and
Massachusetts, one Democratic congress.
man-elect.
HARRY p. RICHARDSON, brother of the
rector of st. Peters, church, has returned
to Bennington and will study law with
Judge Darling.
L. D. HAMLEN and wife returned last
week from trip to Buffalo, N. Y, and
Pennsylvania. Mrs. Hamlen has been
absent five weeks.
THE FortnighJly meets on Saturday,
Nov. 18th. The meeting will be in
charge of the Committee on Social
Science, Mrs. Merrill chairman.
RUSSELL & MARCH are preparing for a
good winters trade. Their stock OF
coal, wood and builders supplies was
never better than now, and they are con-
stantly making additions.
DYER MARSH is home, laid off by rea-
son of the loss of two fingers, which oc-
CURED at Clyde, Ohio, while he was
coupling cars. He is doing as we'll as
can be expected, under the circumstan-
ces.
MICHAEL O'NEIL died at the Soldiers
Home Saturday, aged 65 years. He was
formerly private in company A, 18th
Vermont regiment. he was admitted to
the Home April 18th, 1893. His burial
will be in the Catholic cemetery here.
Two important educational bills were
passed to-day, one enabling incorporated
school districts to change their bounda.
ries and another bill instructing the State
superintendent to prepare course of
study for graded schoOls.-Journal
Thursday.
W. A. Roof has been in town for a
few days, and will remain during the
week. His family will winter in Lake
wood, N. j., going down about Deem
Der LIST, or when their new house is done
and ready for occupancy.
IT wasn't necessary to go out onto the
street Tuesday night to ascertain the re-
suit. The streets were as quiet as a
church yard. Whenever there is the
smallest kind of Democratic victory,
one would think that a thousand tongues
had broke lose on our thOrOughfares.
There was not howl, yell or boot to be
heard Tuesday night. 1t was Republi-
naO Dinbt Granville SaDtiup1
The young mems club connected with
the Second Congregational church has
arranged for concert and lecture course
to be given during the winter. Among
the attractions will be a concert by the
Impett Concert Company of Troy, one
by the RokilebrO male quartette of Rut-
land, a lecture by Revs. S. Mclaughlin
and c. X. Seymour. There is also to be
monograph exhibition and a stereop-
tican lecture.
LIST of letters remaining uncalled for
in the Postoffice at Bennington, for the
week ending November 10th, 1894: Miss
Vina Brown, Mrs, A. S. Goodwin, Mrs.
Lydia E. Hitchcock, Mrs. P. G. Hubert,
Miss Lena Morse, William Bennery, Har-
ry StOll, James Quinn. These letters
will be sent to the Dead Letter Office
November 24th, if not delivered before.
In calling for above please say "adver-
tised," giving date of list.
FRIDAY evening when the train from
Troy arrived, Deputy Sheriff Nash and
Policeman LOnergan, who were in wait
ing, seized four cases of lager that came
by express consigned to one Peterson.
The beer was Immediately taken to the
Jail for safe keeping. No one appeared
before the Municipal court Saturday to
claim, and acting under orders from the
same, the beer was spilled in the gutter
front of the Court house, Saturday after
noon.
THE Y. P. S. G. E. of the Baptist
church, has arranged course of enter
tainments for the winter. Among those
already engaged are Rev. r. S. MacAr-
thur, D. D., and Rev. Chas. Ii. Parkhurst
d. D. of New York City. The course
will open Tuesday evening, November
9th with a lecture by Rev, r. S. Mac
Arthur, D. D. His subject, 1.-THE Gar
OF Russia" is at this time one of peculiar
interest. A more extended notice of
this lecture will appear in the next issue
of the BANNER.
HERE is one draw-b back to the Repub-
uCdH HlldflUy over Une late eleCGlOnS.
Bro. Mac. of the Granville, N. Y, Senti-
mel, says: "We had quite stock of fine
ROSTERS on hand at one time, but for the
past several years our Democratic con.
temporaries have been gradually borrow
ing them, knowing that Republican
cocks were good growers. We wish that
they would return them-we wish that
they had returned them in time for us to
use in this issue. We never needed them
in our lives SO much as this week."
THE Secretary of State has just issued
the 37th annual report of births, mar.
riages and deaths in the State for tine
year ending December 3lst, 1898. In
Bennington county there were during
the year 413 births, 217 males, 1856 fe,
males. OF the parentage 354 were Amer.
lean, 81 foreign, 2 unknown. The num-
Der of marriages was 1856. OF these 271
were American born, 40 foreign, l un.
known. The number of deaths was 357.
of which 1913 were males, 1874 females
The average age of the deceased was 40 81
years. The total number of births in the
State were 6.Sl6; marriages, 2,941, and
deaths, $500 The average age of the
latter being 44,3S years, and a percentage
Of 1877. Two hundred and two of the
deceased were So to 80, 100 over 90 to 95
and 81 95, and over. During the same
year, 1856 divorces were granted in the
State. The wife was the libellant in 12I
cases, and the husband in SO.
S.lr.