Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-08-06

MISS NELLIE B. COFFEY is visiting in
Burlington, the guest of Gen. and Mrs.
VIM. L. Greenleaf.
AN addition to the laundry at the Sol
diers' Home is being built for the ma
chinery department.
Mr.. AND MRS. BENNETT and son
Charles, and their guests, Capt. Geo.
Thatcher and wife, and Miss Blair, also
Mr. and Mrs. II. r. Cushman of North
Bennington, left Monday for trip
through Lake George. They will return
Thursday.
AT the regular meeting of the Board
of Trustees, last evening, permission was
granted the Union Gas and Improvement
Co., of Philadelphia, to lay pipes in the
village streets for the purpose of supply
ing gas for lighting and heating pur-
poses.
THE funeral of Mrs. Bridget McMahOn
o.. who died in that part of the town known
as Sodom, Sunday, was observed from st.
johns church in North Bennington, this
morning, Rev. Phi. La Chance officiating.
The burial was in the Catholic cemetary
at the Centre, the remains being fol-
lowed TO their last resting place by a
large number of friends.
THERE was large attendance at the
afternoon service in st. Francis de Sales
church Sunday The music of the ser.
vice was admirably rendered by the choir
under the direction of Chas. II. Bennett.
The Ave Maria solo rendered by Il. G.
Bennett, accompanied by George Don
nelley on the violin, was exceptionally
well executed as was the work of the
quartette, Mrs. Daley, Miss Mary Sulli-
van, Chas. II. and E. C. Bennett with or
gan accompaniment by Miss Bessie Root.
Miss Root plays at the organ with much
skill.
LOCATED on the west shore of Wood
ford Big Ponds Camp Wildwood" and
pleasantly situated are its occupants,
Mrs. Geo. II. HarwOOd, Mrs. Fanny Will
cox. Misses Maud Miller, Susie Wilcox,
Hattie Wilcox, Messrs. Louis Harwood,
D. Hurlburt and Willie Wilcox. Sat
urday and Sunday they entertained Mes
Sis. Louis Tiffany, Olin HarwOod, Leroy
E. Pierce, Mr.. and Mrs. f. NJ. Tiffany
and children, and Miss D. A. Fallon of
| New York Mr.. Pierce remains with
the party till Thursday. All report a
very enjoyable time. The party will
break camp Thursday.
WHEN'the improvements, now being
made on Mill street by HOlden, Leonard
& Co., are completed, there will be a
continuous concrete walk from the Post
Office to their mill. Beginning at the in.
tersection of Main and Mill streets, a
new walk is being laid on the east side of
the street to the iron bridge. Many
loads of dirt have been placed on either
side of this walk, which in some places
has been raised foot or more and this
earth is all to be sOdded. From the
bridge to the mill, the walk on the west
side is being graded. Concrete will be
laid on this and probably on the oppO-
site side. The Mill street side walks
have never been hardly worthy the name
of side walks, and these Improvements
will be among the most noticeable of
any attempted in the village during the
present year.
THE first number of The Vermonter,
published by Chas. S. Forbes, of st. AL
bans, has just made its appearance. The
magazine, a monthly, enters field here
tofore unoccupied, being devoted entire
ly to VermOnt's interests, material, ed
ucational, patriotic, social" An impor-
tant feature is it's Societies Depart
ment," the contributors being recognized
as the leading men in the organizations
which they represent. II. l.. Stillson
has charge of the Odd Fellows column.
The illustrations are profuse and excel
lent and the whole magazine suggests
painstaking care by publisher and print
er. Mr.. Forbes is we'll known here, be,
ing a frequent visitor. For several years
he has been connected with the Boston
Journal, as its Vermont representative.
AMONG those from here who will at
tend the National Encampment G. A. r.,
at Louisville, which is to be held Sep
TENDER 1Oth-12th next, will be n NJ. Puff
fer and wife. They will leave here about
week before the eGcampment begins,
visit Gettysburg and the Shenandoah
Valley and other historic places, arriving
in Louisville in time to be present at the
opening of the encampment. Three OF
four days will be spent there, thence they
will 90 to Chattanooga, and the battlefield
of Chicamauga, being present at the ded'
icatory services that take place on this
battlefield, the week following the G. A,
r. encampment. From there they will
visit the Atlanta and other Southern bat
tlefields, returning home through Rich
mond and Washington, after an absence
of about two weeks.
THE annual encampment of tho Yer
: mont National Guard will be hold II
Fairlee beginning Monday next. Com
pany X will leave here in time to arrive
in PuHand at 7 n m where il will iOiI