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


JOHN BROWN, of Cheshire, Mass, is
visiting here.
Miss MARY FITzsrN1oNs, of Troy, is
visiting here.
MISS BESSIE GRAVES is visiting in
Hoosick, N. Y.
MR.. AND Mrs. j. II. HABBERLY spent
the Sabbath in Saratoga.
C. j. SmDALD of Cohoes, spent Sun
day with friends here.
Mr.. AND Mrs. H. N. WILLIAMS are
visiting relatives in Dorset
THE Methodist Sunday school will en-
Joy days outing at the Casino next
Friday.
IT.. 9A3 IMpETT, the well known tenor
of ! &c., is a. the Centre for a months
vaca; g.
joins :. UoLDEN and family left Fri
day, for IL Two weeks visit to Cottage
City, Mass.
EUGENE FARNHAM left Saturday to
spend two weeks vacation in Boston
and Vicinity.
TIE Misses Nellie and Bridge Meaher
are spending a two weeks vacation with
friends in Troy and vicinity.
Mrs. GEO. CRAWFORD has returned
from two weeks visit among friends
and relatives in Hartford, Conn.
CORPORAL L. L. FILLMORE has been
promoted to be a sergeant, and Private
VIM. Frost to be a corporal in the Ben
nington Rifles.
Mrs. OLIN SCOTT gave her Sunday
school class trip on the electric road
and picnic on the Casino grounds, Fri
day afternoon.
THE Putnam Hose Company is agitat-
ing the subject of sending running team
to the tournament to be held in Troy,
the goth to 9th, inclusive.
Mrs. CHAs. ?. LUTHER will soon be-
gin the erection of a two story double
tenement house on Elm street. The
plans call for an outlay of about $4,000.
WALTER PEER returned Friday from a
fishing excursion to Glastonbury bring
ing home with him $50 trout, eight of
them weighing two and one-half pounds.
W. C. STAFFORD, bugler of the Nor
witch University Corps of Cadets, and
Geo. Atwood, both of North Bennington,
will accompany the Bennington Rifles to
muster as buglers, next week.
EDWARD VALENTINE has accepted a
knitting mills at Mechanicville, N. Y,
and James Martin will return to his old
place as head knitter in the mill of Geo
lockwood and Co., in this village.
A TALLY-Ho load of people came here
from North Adams, Sunday, and took
the electric cars for the Casino where
the day was spent. The cars ran every
half hour during the day and evening
and were we'll patronized.
THE highest temperature of the month
of July was 50 degrees on the Sth, and
the lowest Al degrees on the 18th. The
average temperature for the month was
g. degrees. The total precipitation was
2.S2 inches. Seven days were clear, l.
partly cloudy and 10 cloudy. The pre-
vaiIing winds were sOutherly.
MICHAEL FARRELL, corner of Park and
Spring streets, was arrested by Deputies
Nash and Godfrey Saturday. He had il
his possession two gallons and bottle o
whisley, one gallon of rum and one OF
gin, which were seized. Before the mu
nicipal court he pleaded guilty to keep
ing with intent to sell and selling HI
paid ST in fines and costs.
Col. AND MRS. E. D. BENNETT, anC
Capt. and Mis-. Geo. w. Thatcher o
Shreveport, La, accepted an invitation
personally extended by Mrs. U. S. Gran
to dine with her at the Equinox House
Manchester, Saturday. Some of the in
innate friends of Capt. Thatcher wer
well known bv General Grant, some o
whom he often visited. This fact cam
to the notice of Mrs. Grant during he
visit here last week,
IN its report of the Firemens Con
ventiOn, the Fairhaven Era compliment
as follows the Bennington band, whiCI
participated in the parade: The Ben
nington City Band was a handsomel
uniformed and clean looking body O
men. Under the leadership of r.
Goldsmith, they did good work in til
parade. The band serenaded a numbe
of business places after the tournamer
and received many compliments for thei
skillful playing.
CONSIDERABLE repairs, ETC., are beir
made on the mill in the northeast part {
the town owned by the Lyons brother
and which has been unoccupied for
number of years. New hard wood foo
are being laid, and automatic sprinkler
etc. put in. The dam above has also bee
put in thorough repair as well as IL
trunk leading to the mill. Rumor has
that knitting machines are to be put il
thereby starting new industry her
The building is admirably adapted for
business of that kind and the water poI
rs, /, l,no1yr 90 ono of the hest in TOWN.