Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-05-18
Too much dust and too littIe rain.

Too much dust and too little rain.
Hon. Il. G.. RooT and wife returned
from California, Tuesday.
MRS. REMcK THOMPSON and child, are
visiting at G. L. Hudson's.
MRS. WILLIAM MOBILES is very i'll at
her home on Stafford street.
!. ELLIS GooDALL visited DIR. and Mrs.
s. A. Spinner at HOosick Falls, N. Y,
last Sunday.
SAMUEL B. SANFORD and family occu-
pied their summer residence at the Cen
tire Wednesday. -
HARRISON 1. NORTON has been absent
for several days visiting different places
in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New
York.
In the garden back Of the Heman Arm
strong house, on Silver street, is ounce
tree on which are over hundred bios
SONS.
FRED A. BURT entertained party of
little friends at his homo on Main street,
Thursday afternoon, it being his ninth
birthday.
ASSOCIATED press dispatches State
that Nelson L. Nourse Of Bennington
has been granted reissue and increase
Of pension.
DIR. F. W. GooDALL is so far re-
covered that he is now able to see
patients, at his Office, from 10 to II a. M,
and from to 3p. m.
THE second sermon in the Sunday
evening seriesat the Second Congrega-
tional church, has for its subject: 1.-THE
-Four Years struggle"
WE are glad to hear that DR.. Jared
III IT, Nf lot Nv orr "
i'll with blood poisoning, is better, and
he, will probably recover.
HMoRY s. HARRIS is attending the in
yestigation that is being made in Castle
ton, as to the origin of some of the re-
cent fires in that village.
J. G. COLGATE, of New York, arrived
intown Thursday evening, for short
stop at his summer home. 1t is not ex-
pected that Mr.. Colgate and family will
spend much time here this summer.
COUNTY JUDGHs BOND AND BURTON,
and Sheriff Wilson were here, Thursday,
drawing the list of grand and petit jur-
Ors for the coming term of the County
Court which convenes at Manchester,
June 9Th.
THE team now driven by VIM. Camp
bell, attracts much attention as driven
through the streets. The horses are
bright bays and well matched, both
in color, size, and all outward appear
apces.
TIE store of Nicholas Noveck in the
Hupf block, on Main street, has been
closed by Deputy Sheriff Godfrey, to sat
isfy chattle mortgage given by the
proprietor. The entire stock is offered
at Sheriffs sale, Saturday, the Goth inst
HART this week leads the company Of
local merchants in his bargain sale, in
another column. Hart and Company
are hustlers and "goods will move" at
the Mill store for the ensuing few days.
Read the price-list in another place to-
day.
HORACE WooDMAN has purchased
through William Toomoy, the building
lot on Grand View street, belonging to
R L. Lyons of Cohoes, and adjoining
the lot of Mr.. Woodman on the West.
The lot is one of Che most desirable on
hat street.
SHERIFF WILSON will ask the County
Court when it convenes, for authority to
appoint two more Deputy Sheriffs. tits
his intention to have one on duty at the
Jail in Manchester, night and day, dur
ing the entire session, and not trust to
hired watchmen.
THE continued dry weather is causing
some anxiety among farmers, who fear
that the crops will not be as good as the
season has thus far promised unless rain
comes soon. The streams are low and
some of the mills have been obliged to
use steam alone, the past few days.
THERE will be a Celebration of the
Holy Eucharist in st. Peters church on
Trinity Sunday, May Goth, at Z a. M,
notwithstanding the notice was omitted
last Sunday. 1t may be of interest to
the congregation of that parish to know
that it is, also, the anniversary of the
ordination of the rector, the Rev. Geo.
Lynde Richardson.
WHILE John Il. Burgess was returning
from Arlington, Wednesday, with the
pair of horses that DR.. Webb had driven
from here to that place, when coming
down the long hill this side of South
SALISBURY, the leather to the neck yoke
broke, letting the carriage on to the
horses. They began to run and soon
tipped the carriage over, throwing the
occupant out. One of his ribs was
broken, his right arm was sprained and
he received other bruises. The carriage
and harness were also pretty badly
broken up.
THE Vermont Fish and Game League
are doing grand thing in stocking the
streams throughout the State with trout
fry. Between 10000 and $4,000 trout fry
have been placed in four brooks in Chit
tenden county within = week. These
brooks are located in Milton, Westford,
Jericho and Underhill. A nice deposit
of lake trout, $4,000 in number, have
been placed in Lake Champlain, off Col
chester Reef. The good results of this
work have been discernible in this sec
ton this spring, in the number of fine
catches that have been made. Accord
ing to law, fishing in the streams that
are stocked this year, is prohibited until
1897.
BY notice in another column it will
be seen that the firm of Squire & Rawson
is dissolved and that the senior partner
will continue the business at the old
stand on Main street. Mr.. Rawson, who
has been here for the past seven or eight
years, will continue his profession of OPP
tician, and at the old place until June
End, next. We learn that he is not fully
decided as to his plans. He may con-
tinue here part of the time or he may
settle elsewhere. We hope for his sue
cess wherever his lot may be cast. Mr..
Rawson is first class Optician and our