Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-07-30

Burlington.
Mrs. GEO. ALBRo, of Syracuse, N. Y,
is visiting George Lawrence.
MRS MARY HUNTER and daughters of
Newburg, N. Y, are visiting at II. G.
Roots.
Mr.. AND Mrs. FRANK E. GAGE of
Boston, are the guests of their cousin,
w. II. Bradford.
CASHIER L. A. GRAVES and wife went
to the Foresj and Stream Club, Sunday,
to spend few days.
"Jw' LEONARD, who escaped from Of
ficer 'unn few weeks ago, and made
his ,ay into New York State, was here
last sock visiting his family.
TnnnH will be a special Canton meet
ing il u,al Fellows Hall, Friday even
ing, fol the purpose of installing officers.
A full attendance is expected.
JOHN NJ. BURT, conductor on the Leb-
anon Springs railroad, is spending his
summer vacation visiting various places
with his family.
RUSSELL GRAVES, E. B. Huling and
George Hawks, camped on the Bickford
Stream, in Woodford, from Monday to
Friday of last week. They caught $50
trout.
AT the competitive drill of Company
K, Vermont National Guard in Library
Hall, Friday evening, the company
badge was won by Corporal L. L. Fill
more.
THIRTY tickets were sold at this sta
ton for Rutland, Saturday, where Buffa-
10 Bills Wild West Show exhibited.
Among those who went were eleven vet
Grams from the Soldiers Home.
LAST Friday being Mrs. NJ. W. Stew
arts birthday, number of her intimate
friends in the Rebekah Lodge, called on
her and presented her with past officers
regalia and passed pleasant afternoon
with her.
THE 14th regiment of Vermont infan-
try volunteers are to hold their annual
reunion in Middlebury on the DIST day
of next October, which date will be the
SD anniversary of the mastering of the
regiment into the United States service
SEVERAL property owners on Maple
street have had concrete walks put in
from the walk to their houses. The
street commissioner is also having new
concrete cross walks laid at the intersec-
ton of number of the streets.
Mrs. JOHN L. WINNIE, the oldest per-
son in town, celebrated her 9Sth birthday
at the residence of her nephew, Edward
Walbridge at Bennington Falls, Satur-
day. The venerable woman is in remark
ably good health and bids fair to round
out the full century. A number of con-
CALCULATIONS were received as we'll as sew
eral mementos of the occasion.
LIST of letters remaining uncalled for
in the Post Office at Bennington for the
week ending July Goth, 1895: Frank S.
Adams, Edwin Beaumont, II. G. Bond,
Chas. L. Canady, Joseph Latin, Ambrose
Liebamhard, Richard McGrath, Mrs. Liz
zie Davis. These letters will be sent to
the Dead Letter Office, Aug. 18th, if not
delivered before. In calling for above,
pleasesay advertised" giving date of
list.
E. S. HARRIS, U. S. Marshal, returned
Friday night from Montpelier, where he
has been attending the session of the
United States Court He brought with
him to Rutland, Edward Fisher, former
ly proprietor of the notorious Dugway
house, in Pownal, who was convicted of
selling liquor without government IL
cense. He was sentenced to one months
confinement in the Work House, and to
pay a fine of 500. William Eldridge,
alias Brooklyn SLIM" and William Dris-
coll, alias "Ottawa Irish," were sem
fenced to twelve years and ten years, re-
spectively, in the State prison, and fined
$500 and 5000 each, for breaking into
the Post Offices at Windsor, Morrlsville
anu NlONCls llO odlOlJ uOllfCIGu
to that institution.
THE Fitchburg railroad received at
Mechanicville Thursday night from the
Schenectady locomotive works the finest
passenger locomotive ever seen in that
vicinity. 1t is designed for hauling
heavy fast passenger trains between Bos-
ton and Williamstown, probably Nos. 3
and 10, which are the finest trains in and
out of Boston station, being solid vesti-
bule except the baggage car. Following
is a short description of the Locomotives:
Boiler, G2 inches front ring; tlues, 322,
II feet inches long, inches diameter;
cylinders, 20x24 inches; driving wheel
centres, cast steel; diameter of drivers,
70 inches; Allen Richardson's balanced
valves; driving wheel, base feet inch
es; total wheel, base, 20 feet inches;
No 10 monitor, injectors; weight on
drivers, about $4,000 pounds; total
weight of engine, about $4,000 pounds;
equipped with Leach's patent sand blast;
tlnk capacity, 1000 gallons; working
pressure, 19Opounds.