Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-03-08
DAVID RocKwooD is critically i'll.

York for few weeks.
Miss FRANCES BROWN is visiting Miss
Helen Davis of Rutland.
THE Equitable Life, W. H. S. Whit
comb, Gen. Agent, paid policyholders
$21 .325. 81 in February.
RAMON J. OWES and his bride are ex-
pected home this week from their bridal
trip. They are now visiting Mrs. OWES
parents in Rutland
D. X. SIMONDs, county examiner, has
held the examinations advertised for yes
terday and to-day. Fourteen applicants
appeared for teachers certificates.
THE Herald, this morning, says John
Coe, formerly of Bennington, while at
work saving wood with horse power
circular saw, in New Haven, Wednesday,
had foot sawed off.
W. B. EDGERToN has been in town
this week in the interest of The Werner
Company, book publishers, of Cincinnati.
The firm issue an elegant booklet of
Glow book is made
SERVICES will be held in the Metho-
dist church, Sunday, at the usual hours,
morning and evening. Morning subject:
1.-THE Law of Spiritual Interaction;"
evening: "FollOwing Jesus"
THE pastor of the Second COngrega-
tional church will for number of Sun
day evenings, leading up to Easter, speak
of the parsonage Jesus of Nazareth. The
subject for Sunday evening will be:
"Jesus Recognized as The Christ"
THE Hudson River Telephone Com
pany intends to build a new line between
Hoosick Falls and the State line, there to
connect with a line to be built by the
New England Telephone Company from
Bennington.-Tro Times, Thursday.
THE Main street sewer was found to
be frozen the other day, and the steamer
has been employed several days in trying
to thaw it out and force passage
through the pipes The cold weather of
last month is the cause, but in this ex-
perienCe we are no worse off than our
neighbors. The frost this winter has
penetrated to greater depth than usual.
AT the solicitation of many of the citi-
zens, Governor Woodbury. has commits
stoned ex-State's Attorney Archibald as
special prosecutor for the town of Man
chester While States Attorney, Mr..
Archibald was hung in effigy one night,
the supposed reason being proper OBJ
servance of his duty, and his appoint
ment to the present position is well re-
ceived by his friends.
THE subject for the morning sermon az
the Baptist church will be: Hidden
Sins" In the evening the second of the
course of illustrated sermons on Pill
grim's Progress, will be delivered. These
illustrated sermons are becoming quite
popular The extra services during the
week, held in the chapel, have developed
quite an interest and will be continued
next week with preaching each night ex-
cept Saturday.
A. P. CHILDS, who is in Dennison,
Texas, in the interest of the sharehold-
ers in the Dennlson Investment Company,
who contributed to the fund, to purchase
the property at the court sale, held in
Sherman, Tex, Tuesday, telegraphs to
friends in Vermont: Sherman, Tex,
March 9TH, 1895. Cobb, President Ma
tional Bank, purchased property for con-
tributing shareholders and bond holders.
We are happy. A. P. CHLDs.
THE new board of county road com
missioners and surveyors of turnpikes
has been announced as follows: Bur
ton of Manchester, Bacon of Sunderland,
w. C. Cromack of Bennington. Mr.. Gro
mack's friends have been cOngratulating
him upon his appointment for more than
a week. These officers may be called up
on to perform as important a duty as
that committed to Frank Weaver, sur
veyor of shingles and measurer of lum-
Der.
THE total eclipse of the moon which
occurs next Sunday night is a compare
lively rare occurrence, and one that has
not lost its element of strangeness and
attraction for sublunary morals. The
penumbra will be first seen at about nine
o'clock, and the total eclipse will last
from 9:51 to 1927. At 1921, Monday
morning. the last vestige of shadow will
di.appear. This eclipse will be visible
throughout the United States, and the
longest possible total eclipse is but 10
minutes longer than the one predicted
for March 10th.
WE are in receipt of new piece of
music: "Reveries, or the Mothers
Prayer" from The John Church Com.
pany of Cincinnati, Ohio, with the COM
pliments of the author James Habberley
and composer r. o. Goldsmith. We
mentioned this piece of music several
months ago, having heard it while yet in
manuscript, and are glad to tell our PEG
pie of its success. VIM. Ii. Loomis will
sing it on our Opera House stage the
18th, inst, during the entertainment of
st. Monica's guild THE Black Hussars.' -
With full orchestral effects our prediction
as to the excellence of this composition