Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-08-23

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Troy fremen during the tournament
there.
Miss MARGARET EDGERToN is visiting
the Misses Torpey of Mohawk street,
Cohoes, n. Y.
WILLIAM WHITCOMB of Rutland, is
visiting his sister, Mrs. II. H. Packer, on
Dewey Avenue.
Miss FANNY SLOAN of Hoosick Falls,
n. Y, is the guest of the Misses Cordes
of Grove street.
Miss KITE ToRpEY of Cohoes, N.
Y, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Frank Ed
gerton of Park street.
JOSEPH HOFFMAN of Shushan, n. Y,
has moved here with his family, having
secured employment here.
The late Henry c. Babcock was in
sured in the New York Life Insurance
I Company, by A. P. Childs, general
agent.
RECENT arrivals at the Equinox
House, Manchester, include Mr.. and
Mrs. E. L. Nichols and son, Lester, of
| this village.
NJ. B. HoUGHToN left Thursday for a
weeks trip to Brattleboro, Wilmington
and other places on the east side of the
mountain.
ILLUSTRATED BANNER Supplements,
ready for mailing, five cents each. Thir-
ty pages of illustrations and matter of
| local matter.
H. G. Roof and A. B. Valentine left
Wednesday evening for New York, on
business connected with the catamount
tavern monument.
Miss JESSIE B. BINGHAM has returned
to her home in North Adams, Mass,
after several weeks visit to her uncle,
Joseph B. Bingham.
A TWELVE year old boy in the family
of Patrick Mcclure, Maple street, is
down with light case of diphtheria.
The house is quarantined.
GROUND was broken for the new
chapel in the west part of the town, to
be erected by Mrs. j. C. Colgate, We'd
nesday. Dewey Durham has the con-
tract for the erection of the building.
Mr.. AND Mrs, j. F. BUNTING and the
Misses Florence NJ. and Blanche G. Bunt-
ing of Chelsea, Mass, who are driving
through this section in their conveyance,
were guests at the Putnam, Wednesday.
SERVICES in the Methodist f .,iscopal
church at the usual hours next Sunday.
Morning subject: "The Superiority of
Love to Faith and Hope" Evening:
"The Two Hemispheres of the Duty of
Self-Denial."
NJ. E. HARRY of the New York Re-
cOrder force was in the village, Wednes-
day, looking for information in regard
to the midnight marriage of James W.
Page and Emma j. Hudson in Manches
ter, in September, 1886.
The contemplated picnic of the mem.
bers of the Order of Eastern Star will be
held next Thursday, August goth, at the
OdSluO SIOuuuo' hO nun VI oAdl IlHS
is ten a. m. Members please bear this
notice in mind and report.
AN attempt was made Wednesday
night to burglarize Firth's barber shop.
An entrance was gained by prying open
a rear window. Both money drawers
were ransacked, the lock Of one being
broken. The net result to the would be
burglars was their experience, as there
was no money in the shop for them to
take. When he closed for the night at
eleven o'clock, Mr.. Firth took with him
the money, amounting in all to quite a
sum.
THE Bennington & Rutland Railway
advertises an excursion to Lake George,
Wednesday, August 2Sth. The
programme includes ride of SO miles
through the lake. The trip on the boat
occupies oyer three hours, passing
through one of the most beautiful and
picturesque regions of America. Fare
for the round trip from all stations,
adults, S1.40; children 70 cents. Tickets
good only on special train, leaving Ben
nington at 500 a. m, and North Ben
nington at SIT a. m.
NJ. B. GooDKIND, the publisher of the
Souvenir edition of the BANNER, was in
town for a short time yesterday He is
making a trip from New York City to
Brattleboro on his wheel. In the latter
place, he recently issued a thirUy-two
page supplement to the Windham Coun-
ty Reformer, and met with a merited
success From Brattleboro he wheels
on to Claremont, n. H., where he is to
issued a souvenir edition of the National
Eagle.
TUESDAY, a team belonging to W.
Rice, of that part of the town known as
Coleville, which had been left standing
on North street, became frightened and
started towards South street. They
took lively gait and distributed the
contents of the wagon along the route,
until they were stopped near the stone
shop. No damage was done to the wag-
on, horse or harness. The same day,
one of II, e, Burgess's horses. which