Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-03-19
Miss ALLIE PRATT is very sick.

to that place.
Miss MAMIE BATCHELLER of Walling
ford has been the guest of Miss Nellie
Coffey, at the Soldiers Home,
Miss MARGARET j. HEALEY, delivery
clerk in the Postoffice, spent Sunday with
relatives in Hoosick Falls, N. Y.
SWEET & PERRY close out their meat
market stock, Saturday, regardless of
cost. This is the last of their sales.
MRS. B. C. JENNEY and her sister Miss
Dewey, will entertain their friends at u
card party Thursday afternoon, March
2lst.
MRS. DoTY BRDiMER has had a shock
and is not expected to live. She is at
her sisters, Mrs. p. Crawfords, at the
Centre.
THE case of VIM. Hulihan of White
Creek, for selling liquor in the State,
comes before the Municipal Court to-
morrow.
The little daughter of DIR. L. b.
Daley, aged three and one-half years, was
taken critically i'll yesterday, and is not
expected to recover.
Miss BEULAH B. BATES has birthday
party to day, and entertains "a goodly
number of her little friends. 1t is her
sixth anniversary.
THERE is several contemplated eXcur
sions to Bennington aud the Soldiers
Home, during the comming summer,
from different places in the State
The County Christian Endeavor So
cieties are holding convention here to-
day. 1t is well attended and the lecture
by Mr. Cosgrove this evening will call
out large congregation.
CONSIDERABLE of the large timbers to
be used in the building of the new Saw
ings bank, is being drawn and put on the
vacant lot near the mill of the Benning-
ton Knitting Company.
THE entertainment to be given by the
Juvenile Templars, will be held April
Sd. Mrs. L. S. Fost, superintendent Of
the local temple, has spared no pains TO
make this event enjoyable. The public
will help the little people by purchasing
tickets.
ALTHOUGH spring does not begin until
Wednesday, according to the Altman c.
yesterday marks the turning point in the
comparative length OF the days and nights
and until the Goth of next September the
sun will be with us more than half tie
time every "a hours.
CAPT II. d. FILLMORE is in New York
a couple of days making arrangements
for costumes, etc, for the production of
the Opera, THE Millers Daughter. The
same local talent that produces it here
will produce it in Hoosick Falls, n. Y,
under the auspices of the 32nd Separate
Company.
LIST of letters remaining uncalled for
in the Postoffice at Bennington, for the
week ending March 18th, 1895; Mrs.
Nellie F. HarwoOd, Mrs. John Leonard,
Miss Ida Coon Charles Hunt. These
letters will be sent to the Dead Let
ter office April lst, if not delivered
before. In calling for above, please say
"advertised," giving date of list.
MEMBERS of the Vermont Ensor Com
pany, here, have received invitations to
be present at a meeting of the graduates
of the LansingbuTgh, n. Y, Ensor Insti-
tute, to be held at Powers Opera House,
Thursday evening, March DIST, at s
o'clock. New York Ensor Club, No. 1,
will be organized. Several from Ben
nmgton will attend. The Lansingburgh
Institute has been in operation about
nine months, and is prosperous.
WIN. SIMMoNDs, of the Soldiers Home,
who has been in Jail here since March
LIST and who was sentenced to 20 days
from the Sd, for drunkenness, was re-
leased this morning, although he had 3
yet to serve. The release was granted
because of a telegram from his daughter
that his mother, woman over so years
of age, died in her chair yesterday. He
left on the afternoon train to attend her
funeral which is to be held tomorrow.
THE entertainment Civ en- in the Opera
House, Monday evening under the aus.
pieces of the st. Monica's Society, of ST.,
Francis de Sales church, was largely at
tended, every seat in the house being
taken. The drill by the 'Black Hussars"
was first class in every respect. The liv-
ing pictures, and the woman's colored
quartette as well as the male siXtette,
and the songs of the ten end men, were
heartily applauded. The solos of young
masters Healey, McGurn and others were
repeated in response to encOres. Craw-
ford, Cox, McKale and others all did
well. The affair was a complete success
in every respect.
THE Sons of the American Revolution
will hold their congress in Faneuil Hall,
Boston, on April 3Oth. 1t will be a red
letter day in the history OF organization.
Distinguished neil from q States will be
present Among the speakers will be
Hon. Chauncey NJ. Depew, President of
the New York Society, Sons of the Amer
lean Revolution; Gen. Horace Porter,
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