Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-04-23

The Butnam House mack, rebuilt AFTER
its wreck of last winter, is again in use.
GEO. H. BICKFoRD and wife have
moved into their new residence on Dewey
avenue.
JOHN PERCY e Son are in the field
this year as icemen. They have nice
delivery wagon.
IT is thought Mr.. Carlisle would ac-
cept either gold or silver for the Treas
ury vaults-if he could get it.
WORK has commenced on the demoli-
ton of the old red tenement house on
the corner of Main and Mill streets.
Mrs. GEO. Fl. BURCH has so far re-
covered that she begins to walk out
pleasant days, but not very far at time.
Mrs. GEORGIA RIDDLE is having her
residence on Main street re-painted, and
is also grading up the grounds around
it.
F. b. EDGERTON has commenced work
on the foundation for house on Dewey
avenue, on lot next south of the new res
idence of Geo. II. Bickford.
LIST of letters remaining uncalled for
in the Postoffice at Bennington for the
week ending April 22nd, 1895: Miss Mary
Flynn, Miss Lucy Harris, Mrs. John
Smith, Miss Annie Welsh E. A. Baker,
Ambrose Green, John Meehan. These
letters will be ent to the Dead Letter Of
flee May 9Th if not delivered before. In
calling for above, please say ''adver-
rised," giving date of list.
The "Unicycle'' is claimed as an i'm
provement on the bicycle. 1t is single
wheel, over seven feet in diameter, in the
centre of which the wheelman sits 1t
weighs 81 pounds and can be run 60 miles
an hour The first inventor is said to
have been French Canadian named VIC
tor BelaDger from Sherbrooke who made
a machine that could run so miles an
hour but it could not be stopped at will,
and on the day of trial Belanger run into
a canal and was nearly drowned. The
machine is now claimed to have been
perfected by E. n. Higley of Boston, so
that it Can be stopped and governed at
will.
The spring is backward and fishliars
have not begun to warm up much yet,
but here is one from the far Northwest
which will do while we wait. The Alas
ka Mining Record says the Rake Indians
of that country make very strong dis
titled liquor called hoochnoo. and one of
these savages while recently working his
still got very drunk and fell asleep near
the fire. In some way his breath caught
fire from the flame, and presently his in
sides were all ablaze, smoke and flame
issuing from his mouth. He died on the
spot but the veracious chronicler insists
that combustion continued for some
time after the spirit had fed" Who
says we paid too dear for Alaska?
THE trustees of the Graded school
have engaged John N. Alger, graduate
of Brown University, class of 1890, to as
sumo the duties of Superintendent of the
schools at the beginning of the school
year in September. Mr.. Alger comes
highly recommended by President An
drews of Brown and the Superintendent
of schools of Providence, r. |. During
the absence of one of the University pro.
fessors in Europe, Mr.. Alger was teacher
of mathematics. He is now an assistant
in the University, and preparing to re-
ceive the degree of A. NJ. at the next
commencement. He was engaged as a
teacher in Providence, r. l., for year
and has taught in the English and CLASH
cal Insti tute at Rutland.
THE Caledonian says: L. B. Head,
has shown us an interesting Vermont bill
which is an order on the State treasury
for over 500. The note is in printed
form with the names and figures written
in ink and read as follows: "Oct, 10th,
17S5. The State of Vermont acknowl-
edges themselves indebted to John Hos
ford in the sum of 20 pounds, IA shillings,
lawful money, which promise in behalf
of said State to pay the said John Hos
ford, or possessor. on demand, with in
terest at six per cent. annum-sad in
terest to be paid in hard money annually,
If demanded, by virtue of an act of as.
sembly dated at Windsor, Feb. 1888.
Witness, |. ALLEN. Treasurer" Mr..
Heald has been informed by lawyers that
this note is still good and they tell him
he can collect it if he chooses.
BENNINGTON CENTRE will witness an
interesting event in June, when the Tooth
annual meeting of the general convention
of Congregational ministers and church.
es of Vermont will be held in the Old
First church, the Oldest in the State.
The society now meeting in this church
was organized in 1868. The reports to
be submitted will show 203 churches of
this denomination in the State, with
membership of 21,134. This is the
largest number of churches ever reported
and the membership is the largest since
1913. 1t is a gain of 1853 during the year,
and this gain has only been three times
exceeded in the past half century. The
convention numbers 2O6 clergymen, of
= 4.