Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-10-08

dence next Tuesday afternoon, the 10Th.
MICHAEL SULLIVAN of Arlington,
who was so murderously assaulted last
week, is improving and is now out of
danger The hearing in the case of the
Powers brothers will take place Satur-
day.
CHAs. DERBY, a veteran at the Sol
diers' Home, was arrested and locked up
in the Jail over Sunday, for being drunk
and creating disturbance at the Home.
Monday he was fined s. and costs and
the case continued until THURSDAY, when
he will probably pay his fine.
THE directors of the Bennington Elec-
trio railroad met Saturday night and
elected A. b, Valentine, PRESIDENT l. E.
Gibson, treasurer; Harry T. Cushman,
clerk 1t was voted to raise five per cent.
of the amounts subscribed, for the pur-
pose of making surveys for the intended
route, etc.
So many orders for knitting machines
etc., have been received at the mill of
Charles Cooper, that the employees are
called upon to work until p. M, five
nights in the week. The knitting mills
of VIM. Campbell and the Cooper Man
ufacturing Company are also run until
8 O'clock every week day night except
Saturday.
AN interesting foot ball game is
promised here for next Saturday after
noon. The Bennington team expects to
play with the team from BlackintOn.
In case this team is unable to come the
Drury team will take its place. The
Bennington eleven have been practicing
well, and are in excellent condition.
ON the authority of the Health Officer
we can announce that there is no excuse
whatever for any alarm or uneasiness at
the presence of diphtheria. There are
casea in but two families, John Brants'
and the Gunshannon families, and these
cases are all light. AS far as can be
learned, the sick ones wee promptly
quarantined, before there was any ex-
posture, and those who had been in con-
tact with them were isolated. OF the
latter. none have come down with the
disease. The sickness has been traced
to purely local causes, and with the
prompt measures of the Board of Health
there appears to be no danger of any
spreading of the disease from the pres
ent cases.
IT is disagreeable fact, but it is the
truth nevertheless, that drunkenness is
becoming more common on the streets.
A number of conspicuous cases have
been noticed lately. Sunday evening
there was a crowd of several young men
on Main street, who were in various
stages of intoXication and were amusing
themselves by singing and otherwise
disturbing the peace. There was also
drunkenness in other portions of the viii
lage. This condition is, of course, the
natural consequence of allowing the free
sale of liquor on Sundays, as we'll as on
other days. The same efforts at least,
should be made towards the suppression
of the liquor business on Sundays
that have been made to close the fruit
stores and ice cream parlors, on that
day.
SAYS the Reformer of last Friday: "Col.
Oln Scott will probably close his ma
chine shop next week for the winter. the
cause being a lack of orders" Mr.. Scot
informs the BANNER that it will take
until larger part of November has
passed to complete the orders now on
hand. He is constantly receiving new
orders, and expects to continue opera
tions, with full complement of hands,
through the entire winter The demand
for the New England Pulp Grinder is
very active as is also the demand for
every kind of mechanical pulp machin-
tery, which Mr.. Scott manufactures.
About the first of November he expects
to resume the manufacture of ten foot
poles or measuring rods. This will give
employment 60 dozen additional hands.
THERE is a specimen of manhood float
ing around this section of the country in
the interest of the Mosler Safe Co., who
is doing business on peculiar scales, too
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the time of any business man. Appar-
emily clothed with the power to negoti
ate and close a trade, this beardless
youth called at the BANNER Office the
other day and desired to replace the safe
now doing faithful duty, for a Mosler
safe. Terms for the exchange were
agreed upon, and the travelling gentle
man" went out amid cloud of smoke
from cigarette. After trying to dispose
If the old safe in town, but without sue
cess, he took his departure for Rutland.
From that place he writes that his COM
pany refuses to carry out the agreement.
The question now arises, What would
the transaction have netted us, had he
been able to have sold the old safe and
collected the cash.
A COMPARISON of the reports fur.
nshed by the First National Bank to
Comptroller of the Currency, giving It's
condi Jon at the close of business Sep
TENDER 2Sth, is published to-day. That
of the Bennington County Bank was
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