Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-10-22


THERE were several slight tlurries Of
snow yesterday. The flakes were hardly
discernible.
THE services of the Sunday schools
last Sabbath were evangelistic and sue.
cessfully so.
THE foundation for the new house to
be built on Union street, for Albert Fisk
is completed. The house will be a two,
story double tenement.
II. B. TAYLOR has greatly improved
the appearance of his house on Main
street with new paint and the completion
of the bay window on the west side.
BISHOP MICHAUD passed through
North Bennington on the flyer Saturday,
en- route to New York, where he
preached the sermon at the dedication of
a church in that City Sunday.
D. G. BURT, for the past three years
special Bennington correspondent of the
Boston Herald has discontinued his SER
vices with that paper and will devote
himself especially to the Boston Globe
IN the future. For the present he will
deliver Sunday Heralds, as before.
WoRK on the Richie block has been
practically at a stand still for a couple of
weeks The trouble arises from the
shipment from Chester Pa, where they
are male, of lot of brick for the front
that ere not according to contract A
new supply is on the way. The galvan-
lied Trimmings are here and some of
them have been put on.
mo better performance of romantic
drama has ever been given in Rochester"
SAYS the Rochester, n. Y. Herald, of
Salvnis work in the Three Guardsmen
in that city last week. Salvini is easily
one of the best dramatic actors on the
American stage, and the privilege of
witnessing his work tomorrow evening
will be rare treat for Bennington peo-
pie.
LIST of letters remaining uncailed for
in the Post Office at Bennington for the
week ending Oct. 21st, 1885, Mrs. Har-
riet Mattison, Mrs. Joseph Chase, Miss
Minnie .Vanornam, Master Bert Gavin,
VIM. Mcguire, John Morris, r. p. Noyes,
Samuel Shellar. These letters will be
sent to the Dead Letter Office Oct. 4th,
if not delivered before. IL calling for
above, please say "advertsed," giving
date of list.
DURING the present season the sewer
commissioner has laid }, 43S feet of sewer
pipe through portion of the village.
Beach street has had 1,06j feet, Dewey
street 92S feet, Washington street 1914,
West Main street S61 feet, Mill street sos
fe It, Pleasant street $50 feet, Park street
$50 feet, Grand View 27G feet. $1,000
has been expended. Connections have
also been made with one hundred differ
ent buildings including the Bennington
County Savings bank, Graded school
building, Cooper Manufacturing Com
Dany's mills and private houses on near
ly every street. The work, with the ex-
ception of making a few more connec-
tons, has been stopped for the winter.
A NEW sort of gambling scheme has
become popular, of late, and the woods
seem full of the workers of the game.
Watches, banjos, horses, wagons, etc.,
everything, almost-being disposed of.
The scheme is a rattle. Tickets are num-
bered from one up, the highest number
registering the full number of tickets is
sued. The tickets are placed in separ-
ate envelopes and the number drawn
represents the amount in cents, which
must be paid for the ticket; in case No.
! is drawn, the chance costs one cent; or
No. $50. $l.50. In the final drawing, the
holder of the lucky number is of course
the winner. Those who work the game
find it easier than the ordinary rattle, with
tickets at a stated prize.
PROPRIETOR HEALY of Hotel Fitch
burg, HOosick Falls, lost a valuable team
of horses and canopy top carriage, Fri
day morning. The team was engaged
by a party who intended attending
venison supper at Petersburgh. Shortly
after making their start they
were obliged to turn to the right, owing
to carriage ahead of them which had a
wheel smashed. The occupants of Mr..
Healy's carriage alighted to as
sist in repairing the break. Healy's team
Immediately started and the men saw the
vehicle and horses rolling down the steep
embankment of about thirty feet. The
horses we're seriously bruised before
they struck the water and soon persisted
after striking the river. The carriage
was completely demolished. , The loss
to Mr.. Healy is estimated at about, $500.
Mr.. Healey is son of John iHealey of
corner of Park and Gage streets.
EATON STONE, of Nutley, n, j., a IA
nous circus rider of years gone by,
filed a couple of fruit thieves with buck
shot Monday. Mr.. Stone, who'was fol-
merly resident of Bennington, has a
farm which is covered with many, choice
fruit trees. Yearly he is annoyed by
thieves, who in open daylight carry away
his choicest apples, pears and peaches.
Yesterday gang of five was discovered
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