Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-07-05

SCHOOL No. 10, under Miss Silk closed
Tuesday with picnic.
F.A. FIELD of Rutland spent a couple
of days here this week.
Miss DAISY TIFFANY of Waterbury
Conn.,, is visiting the family of S. A.
Burt.
A SPECIAL tram for Shelburne convey
ing VIM. X. Vanderbilt and party to
Shelburne, went over the Bennington
and Rutland road the night of July Sd.
THE Cooper Manufacturing Company
is running two sets of machinery in their
mill nirhrs, and VIM. Campbell is also
rum 49,. p TART of his mill on extra time.
TIE Glowing changes occurred in the
Vermrai soldiers Home during the
quarter ending June 3Oth, 1895: Admit
ted s; died, >; discharged, 2; furloughed,
2G returned from furlough, y; total
membership at this date, 100.
FREIGHT business at the station has
been unusually good recently. Monday
and Tuesday twelve cars were loaded
with freight at the depot, and Tuesday
evening an extra freight train with rs
loaded cars left this station for North
Bennington.
COLLINS NJ. GRAVES had the honor of
being appointed chairman of Glass Day
committee at Brown University. TO his
qualification the New York as well as
Providence papers have pronounced it
the most successful Glass Day in all re
spects, ever celebrated there.
Mrs. TARRANT SHELLEY in another col
umn, adveTtises for sale the Sibley home
stead at the Centre, consisting of a
large house, barns and outbuildings,
fruit trees and 16 acres of land. This
is one of the most desirable pieces of
property at the Centre.
ROLAND MATHERs, the young man
whose arm was so badly mangled, recent
ly, in Bradford & Co.'s mill, has been in
a critical condition for the past few days.
He passed more comfortable night
last night, and this morning his condi-
ton is little more hopeful. He is at
the Soldiers Home hospital.
THE following services will be held in
the Methodist Episcopal church next
Sunday: Love Feast at 9.3Oa. M; Re-
ception of members and celebration of
the Lords Supper, at 1870; Sunday
school at u o'clock; Christian Endeavor
meeting at 6. Is p. m. The subject of the
evening sermon: "Highways and By.
ways"
GEN. CHAs. G. KINsMAN and wife and
son, G. E. Kinsman, and F. R. Kinsman,
DR.. George H, Fox, E. l. Paige, Horace
A. Batchelder, Mrs. II. BALKAN, Miss
Augusta r. Paige and Mrs. John J. P arts
and daughter of Rutland, made visit to
Bennington on July 4th, and were the
guests of Col Coffey and wife at the Sol
diers' Home. DR.. Fox and DR.. Lyman
Rogers of Bennington, were classmates
at college. DR.. Rogers was also a guest
Will JIG party dJ Iuo hOLue'
THE condition of VIM. R. Graves con-
tinues to improve. Laparotomy was
performed upon him Monday, June oath,
by Prof. w. NJ. Polk of New York City
assisted by three other surgeons and two
trained nurses. The operation, which
was for structure of the colon, was sue
cessful, and up to the present time con-
valescence has gone on rapidly. In two
or three weeks Mr.. Graves expects to be
able to go to Block Island, for stay of
several weeks with his family.
THE Vermont Soldiers Home Library
has been presented with a nice eight day
calendar clock by the following list of
Vermont soldiers now living in Spring
field, Mass: Chas. j. Tarbell, E, 10th
Vt; D. w. Ware, II, 10th vt; C. P.
Stone, F, LIST vt Calvary; Geo. NJ. Lane,
E, 9th Vt; D. B. Steadman, B, 10th Vt;
A. c. Wakefield, A, Sd vt; W. A. Coo
per, G, 18th Vt; o. A. Clark, B, 10th
Vt; Frank Rogers, K, 10th Vt; ]. NJ
LuWdltlSj ~, liJll u W. w GSp6I, Il,
Sd Vt; Chas. E. Case, II, 10th Vt; c. H.
Chamberlin, F, 4th Vt; F. c. ST. John,
D, 9Th VT; j. L. Gabory, A, LIST Vt. Cav
airy; G. W. Rogers, II, Sd vt.
CAPT. AND MRS. GEO. THATCHER
of Shreveport, La, and Miss Blair
of Fort Worth, Texas, arrived here
Wednesday night on visit to his sister,
Mrs. E. D. Bennett and other relatives.
They will remain here several weeks.
Capt. Thatcher, who is native of this
town, left here thirty-eight years ago,
and during that time has been here but
once, eleven years ago. In 1S49 he
taught school in the brick school house
on South street, receiving his certificate
to teach from the late James L. Stark.
Later he went South. At the breaking
out of the war he enlisted in the second
Louisiana Infantry and served over three
years, most of the time in Virginia. For
two years he was on the staff of Stone
wall Jackson. He finds much change
here and says that he hardly knows
where to 60 if he branches off Main,
North, or South streets.