Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-06-07

paid 70 0-10 per cent ON the dollar, to
| privileged claims only.
LAST week Mrs. George Thorp and
Mrs. Dr. Shaw of Hoosick Falls, visited
Mrs. Charles Russell on Willow street.
HUGH HENRY, president of the board
of trustees of the SolGi 3rs' Home visited
the institution Wednesday and Thursday.
DR.. r. w. BENNETT, who has been
suffering for some time with carbun-
Gle on his back, is improving and able to
be out again.
Mrs. DANIEL CASEY, of the West part
Of the town, sister OF John Purcell of
this village, has been q1ite i'll, but seems
to be improving.
AT the 3Oth annual meeting of the
Vermont State Eclectic Medical Society
held in Montpelier, yesterday, Dr. II. J.
Potter Of this village was chosen one of
the council of censors.
A PICNIC for the benefit of st. Francis
de Sales church will be held in Hunts
Grove on July 4th. The amusements
! will consist of bicycle races, games, ath-
letic feats, etc.
Z. O. JOsLYN of Morrisville, who is
to conduct the hotel at Camp Comfort
this season is getting the place ready to
open about the Goth inst. The prospects
for the season are good.
The meeting called for last Wednesday
evening at the Y. NJ. C. A. rooms, for the
formation of bicycle club, was post
poned to next Monday evening. The
promoters of the enterprise believe that
there are good prospects for a strong
club.
The Father Matthew society has re-
ceived an invitation to attend the first
annual field-day and parade of the Albany
Diocesan union at Bennington, vt, Aug
ust 10th, and the invitation will be ac
cepted. -North Adams Transcript.
The 45th annual meeting of the Yer
mont Homeopathic Medical Society met
in Montpelier yesterday At the ban
quet held at the Pavilion in the evening,
Mrs. DR.. NJ. E. PARTRIDGE of this vii
| lage responded to toast, 1.-THE Ladies
in the Medical Profession
JAMES LEONARD, who escaped from
Officer Dunn, last Monday, through the
latter's carelessness, as noted in Tues
| days issue, has not been apprehended,
nor is he likely to be, for he has the rep.
utation of being very slippery fellow
when wanted.
A FEW days since watch belonging
to c. A. Wood was placed on a stand in
his residence, and little later bunch
of flowers was also placed there and COW
ering the watch. The next day Mrs.
Wood threw the flowers into the race
way, running through the village. The
watch managed to go with the flowers,
Mrs. Wood not knowing of its presence
among them. The watch has not been
recovered.
ARLINGTON and Manchester have been
constituted a separate parish by the set
ting off of PowDal and Readsboro, which
now form a distinct parish. Father
Plamondon, who supplied the pulpit of
st. Francis de Sales church during the
absence of Father Barron in Europe, has
been appointed first pastor of the new
parish.
LITTLE business as yet has been done
in court at Manchester. The first case
tried was Cassell VS.. Town of Jamaica.
When plaintiff rested, defendant asked
for verdict, which the court gave.
Thursday afternoon, Fred Steinhaus was
sentenced to hard labor in the States
Prison at Windsor for nine months, for
grand larceny. The Grand Jury have
not completed their labors yet. The
term promises to be a short one.
CAPTAIN WELLS LAFLIN FIELD, U. S.
n, accompanied by his wife and their
sisters, Miss Anna T. Clark of Fernhurst,
this illage, and Miss Field of Stock
bridge, Mass, set sail yesterday from
New London, Conn, for a cruise to the
following ports; Azore Islands, Lisbon,
Portugal, and to the Island of Madeira.
They sail on the Nautical School Ship
st. Mary's of which Captain Field is in
command; and if favorable conditions
count for anything, the trip must prove
delightful one. Our best wishes go
with them, and we expect their safe re-
return about Sept. LIST.
IT seems to be a favorite amusement
of some of the young hoodlums of the
street to make life as miserable as posi-
BILE for the Chinese laundrymen in the
Dewey building on North street. Yell
ing and hooting and throwing sticks and
stones into theif shop seems TO be the
favorite mode of operations against
them. Last Tuesday, hoodlumism be-
came unbearable in the vicinity of the
laundry and the proprietor, Thomas Kee,
gave chase to his tormentors. They
managed to elude him, after run of
some distance. These Cinnamon, who
seem to possess the commendable habits
of minding their own business and pay
ing their bills, should, in some way, be
relieved from the pranks of the hoodlum
element. In Brattleboro, recently, some
of the prominent citizens caused the ar
rest of some bows for ieerino a simn1e