Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-12-27

over the quarters recently vacated in the
Banner block, by Geo. F. Heath.
THE track of the Lebanon Springs
railroad between Bennington and Peters
burgh Junction, twelve miles, is in bet
ter condition than for five years before.
"WHATEvER helps Boston helps me"
is said to have been an oft repeated say
ing of the late E. D. Jordan of that city.
This is good motto to be remembered
by those who feel that it is necessary to
go away from home to find anything
good enough to purchase.
WALTER ROBINSON, who pleaded gull
ty before the Municipal court last week,
to running away with a horse and car
rage belonging to ]. H. Slavery, was up
for sentence Thursday. lie was given
one year in the States prison. Sheriff
Wilson will take him to that institution
to-day or the first of the week.
THE employees of Bingham's box
shop presented their foreman, Chas. M.
Wood, with desk chair, and two office
chairs, Tuesday. When Mr.. Wood went
to dinner, the old furniture was removed
and the new put in place. Mr. Wood
was greatly surprised and pleased when
he returned.
THE DIST annual meeting of the West
ern Vermont Masonic Union will be held
at Wallingford, January 10th, 1896. The
business meeting will be held at 4.30 p.
NJ, grand march at Peoples Hall at 0
p. M, and banquet at the Wallingford
at II p. m. All Master Masons are in
vited. Knights Templar will appear in
uniform.
THERE is considerable interest through
out the State in the contest between N.
NJ. Puffer of this village and Capt. Joel
Baker of Rutland, for the office OF De.
partment commander of the g. A. r.
Mr.. Puffer has received numerous letters
from prominent G. A. r. men of various
parts of the State, promising their sup
port.
DEPARTMENT COMMANDER CANNON
yesterday issued orders making the date
of the annual encampment of the G. A.
r. at Rutland, Tuesday and Wednesday,
February 18th and 18th. Letters re-
ceived from COMMANDMENTS Chief Walk
er state that he will be in Vermont Feb.
ruary 18th, in Massachusetts February
18th, in New Hampshire February 18th,
and in Maine February 18th.
THE eighth annual ball of the Benning-
ton Rifles will occur on New Years Eve,
at Library Hall, and the committee has
spared no pains to make this the crown
ing event of their popular entertain
ments. Owing to the limited gallery
space and the large numbers present on
these occasions, small admission fee
will be charged for ladies without escort.
Music will be furnished by Goldsmith's
full orchestra.
BISHOP MICHAUD has been quite a
busy man the past two weeks. Friday
last, in Richmond, he ordained to the
priesthood j. O'Neil, in the Catholic
church in that village, the church of
which Father Barron, of st. Francis de
Sales, was in charge. Saturday he par
ticipated in the conservation of Bishop
Farley of New York as assistant to Arch
bishop Corrigan and Tuesday in st.
Mary's cathedral, Burlington, he or
dained James Dwyer, young man of
that city, to the priesthood.
MRS. DIR. CHISHOLM received a tele-
gram, Thursday, announcing the sudden
death in Denver, COL, that morning, of
her brother-in-law, Mr.. Hustled. No
particulars have been received. DR.. and
Mrs. Chisholm will probably start for
Denver in a few days, or as soon as pos
sible. 1t was, to-day, learned that Mr..
Hustled committed suicide during a pc
riod of temporary insanity, by shooting
himself in the head. He was known to
many in town whom he met on his re-
cent visit here.
LEVIN BROTHERS store was attached
Tuesday afternoon on an execution is
sued in favor of New York house for
$133. OF this sum, $50 was few days
overdue and S74 was not due until the
2Sth. The firm paid the bill, however,
and resumed business, but few hours
later a second execution for 1928, sworn
out by another New York firm, was
served and the store again attached.
The firm decided to let matters stand for
a few days until their attorney could ar
range with all their creditors, who are
few, however, that they may go on in
their business unhampered. The firm
claims to be entirely solvent aud will be
able to resume business in a few days.
j. r. MACDONALD, who has conduct
ed large boot and shoe store in Hoo.
sick Falls, for about two years, and who
recently opened branch store here, but
closed it about two or three weeks ago,
left the former place Tuesday night in
hurry. He had a stock valued at about
Sc, 900, which he sold to D. Rosenthal, East
ern representative of the International
Trading Company of New York, for 3d.
800 cash. 1t is said that goods worth
about 81, 900 were consigned to Lampkin,
Foster & Co., of Boston. A deputy sher-