Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-11-26

on Wednesday evening.
THE rain of Friday night and Saturday
has removed all danger of scarcity OF
water, which was feared.
LETTER CARRIER HEALY is expecting
to set up the cigars. It's plump girl,
born Saturday afternoon.
The schools will close Wednesday af-
ternoon for Thanksgiving and will not
open again until Monday morning.
The Good Templars' Lodge worked the
initiatory on one candidate, Friday even
ing and several others are waiting
initiation.
THE Sixth Corps Post G. A. R. is con-
sidering the plan of having couple of
lectures by men of note, sometime dur
ing the season.
THE residence of VIM. Barratt, on
Grand View street, is about ready for
occupancy. 1t is one of the best houses
of the many good ones in that section of
the village.
In Fridays issue we stated that a new
meat market had been opened in the old
Tiffany'iHose building, corner of Main
and Union streets, by Smith & Sweet"
The firm name should have read Sweet
& Perry.
J.B. 9Th. II. ALLEN will receive es-
pecialy for Thanksgiving, large lot of
oysters direct from the beds at Fair Ha-
ven, Conn, and Delaware. Don't fail to
leave your orders.
QUITE a large number of Christmas
trees have been shipped to New York
during the past week and Sunday large
quantity were piled near the Columbian
House, awaiting shipment this week.
ACTING AGENT MCRAE, of the Nation
al Express Company, has made some
improvements in the office that will give
better accommodations to the force en-
ployed there and the public as well.
A TRAIN composed of twenty.eight
cars loaded with hay came down over
the Bennington and Rutland railroad
one morning last week. The train was
drawn by engine No. 6, George Hast.
ings, engineer.
MANAGER BENNETT of the local foot
ballIteam has arranged game with the
North Adams team for Thanksgiving
day. One of the best games of the sea-
son is anticipated. Game will be called
promptly at 8 o'clock.
THE firm of John Y. Hall IL Son is re-
arranging the interior Of the office. A
high, but neat partition will enclose that
portion of the room now containing the
desks and Office appliances, leaving the
rest of the room for general purposes.
UNION Thanksgiving services Of the
Methodist, 4 Congregational and Baptist
churches will be held in the Methodist
church Thursday at 1915 a. M, Rev. G,
Z. Lawson preaching the sermon. Ser
vices will be held in the Episcopal church
at 10:30 a. m.
ABOUT sixty couples attended the re-
ception and dance given by the Putnam
Hose Company Friday evening to the
young ladies who helped them during
their fair. Z Dancing was in the hall of
the Columbian House, supper being
served in the Company's rooms. Gold
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LIST of letters remaining uncalled for
in the Post Office at Bennington, for the
week ending Nov. 25th, 1895: Miss An
ME Bellmore, Miss Jane Bingham, Miss
D. A.gFrost, Miss Irene Scromn, Mrs. S.
D. Glidden, W. S. Davis, Ed
ward Homghlin, Henry Lucid,
Roland Mathewes Mr. G. Wilson.
These letters will be sent to the Dead
Letter Office, Dec. 9th, if not delivered
before. :, In calling for above, please say
ADVERTISED" giving date of list.
A BANNER representative recently
came across an invitation card with or
der of dances etc, issued by the General
Stark Steamer Engine Company, dozen
years ago or more. E. R. Buss was then
captain of the Company and W. R. Hyde,
secretary. There are twenty-six orders
on the card. The committee of intro
duction was James Hurley, George Wal
ton, James Shea, John Dalton, M. Nash,
James Connor. Their badges were
white ribbon. The floor committee was
Michael Lonergan, John Murphy, Ed
LOnergan, NJ. j. Mahar, Frank Moore,
John Nash badge, blue ribbon.
CHARLES KENDALL fell from the top
of a nine foot ladder in the Rifles ar
mory, saturday evening, badly cutting
his hand on an electric light shade, which
he carried with him in his fall. He was
adjusting one of the lamps, when the
ladder slipped from under him. In fall
ing, he struck some of the furniture
and as he reached the floor, the shade
was smashed and many pieces of the
broken glass were forced into his hand,
making several bad gashes. He was CON
fined to his bed for two or three days,
and will be laid off from work for two or
three weeks.
THE Bennington and Rutland railroad