Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-10-29

GROUND was staked out to-day on
which the new residence for G. L. Hud-
son, on Grand View street, is to be
erected. T. A. Carpenter has the con-
tract.
THE employees of. the Bennington
Knitting Company, will. this evening,
present VIM. Moore a set of dining chaus
and table, at reception given at his
new home on South street,
F. II. ORvIs, of Manchester, in letter
to the BANNER says: "The old people
were delighted with the BANNER report
and they all wish to thank YOU Mr..
Orvis showed his appreciation of the
BANNERS report by ordering every ex-
ira copy of Fridays BANNER that was
left over, in addition to the hundred
sent him last week.
LIST of letters remaining uncalled for
in the Post Office at Bennington for the
week ending Oct. 2Sth, 1895: Miss Liz
zie Curran, Miss Pearl r. Forest, Mrs.
w. G. Lutz, Mrs. Sarah Mathews, Mrs.
Mary Rogers. James Archer, NJ. F. Bush
nell, Frank Coutine, Rextrem V. Graham,
H. F. Franklin, Walter Myers, Chas Mil
Ter, II. Somson, Edw. TOmnam. These
letters will be sent to the Dead Letter
Office Nov, 18th, if not delivered before.
In calling for above, please say "adver-
tised," giving date of list
MRS. WIN. TOoMEY, of Grand View
street, received word, Friday, that her
mother, Mrs. Patrick Lyons, was seri
ously i'll at her home in Cohoes, N. Y.
Later in the day telegram came saying
that she was sinking and If Mrs. Toomey
wished to see her alive to come at once.
Mr.. and Mrs. Toomey arrived there a
short time before Mrs. Lyons died. The
deceased, who was also mother of Ckas.
Sibball, an emplOye of the Cooper Man
ufacturing Company, was formerly Mrs,
Sibball of this village. The funeral oC-
Cured Monday. Among those who at.
tended from here were Mr.. and Mrs. D.
A. Ward, j, M. Burke, Thomas Lyons
and Mrs. John Lyons.
FREDERICK PHILPOT, who has resided
on Park street since April 1st, dropped
dead Monday, soon after arising
in the morning. He had dressed him
self and stopped over to lift up child
when he fell to the floor and before his
wife could assist him was dead. He was
Al years of age and had lived in town
Stree April 1st, coming from HoOsick
Falls. Heart disease from which he
had suffered for year was the cause.
Two weeks ago he gave up work at the
suggestion of his attending physician.
Sunday he remarked how much better he
felt and was making plans for resuming
work again this week. He leaves wife
and four children, five brothers, three Of
which Edgar, Alfred and Thomas reside
in Hoosick, and four sisters. The burial
will be in HoOsick Falls Wednesday.
IN the Bennington notes in last Sun
days Troy Budget was the fol-
lowing: For week or so there has
been an unhappy state of feeling on one
street in the village between a few of the
residents of it, caused by water. The
water company not long since laid pipe
through the street, and about all the
houses were connected with it. Among
those that were not was a double tene-
ment house in which are two families.
The owner would not connect unless the
tenants paid extra, and this they did not
propose to do. One of them went to a
for little water, instead of
using the pump in the yard. and in few
days she was notified that if she, a wild
Ow, allowed any more water to be taken,
her supply would be cut off or she would
be charged for it, Another one began to
get few pals full from where new
house is being built. 1t was not long be-
fore the builder was informed that if it
was allowed any more the faucet would
be taken out OF his house until it was
The water Impany is CIV
ing excellent service and good water, is
extending the pipes and
mains, and see no reason why, if land
lords will not put water into their tene-
m 1nts, itshould furnish the water which
appears to be perfectly proper
THE annual convention of the Epworth
League of the Troy District was held in
the FifthAvenne Methodist church, Troy,
on Friday OF last week. Rev. N. d.
Jump, of West Troy, formerly pastor of
the Methodist church of this village, was
one of the prominent orators of the oc-
casion, speaking on "The relation of the
league to Civic reform" He said the
politicians desired to use the Christian
minister aud laymen. "He must not for
get" said the speaker, that he is a
Christian. but be prepared to stand ridi-
Guile. In the coming times of troub
the Christian citizen will be the break
water against utterruin. The mugwump
will yet have mission. When once the
Christian voters are awakened politics
will become decent There is great
need of civic reform. Politics is corrupt.
Blackmail, perjury, robbery, were the
weapons of the politician" He cited