Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-10-18

r. D. CARPENTER of Burlington, Kan
sas, is visiting his parents Mr.. and Mrs.
David Carpenter.
MOORE & ALLEN, the new firm of fish
dealers, have a change of advertisement
this issue.
VIM. W. COLLINS has resigned his pc.
sition us coachman for Mrs. j. T. Cooper
of the Centre, and will open cigar store
and lunch room in the Dewey building
10 North street.
CHESTER DERBY, an eX.inmate of the
Soldiers Home, was before the Munlci
pal Court this morning and found guilty
of second case of iDtoxication. Ee was
sentenced to 30 days confinement in the
county Jail. He was released from the
Jail for like charge last week.
The directors of the Bennington Elec-
trio Railroad Company have levied an
assessment upon the stockholders for
the EXPENSES of the surveys, which will
be made this fall. The surveyors are
daily expected.
In the surrogate's courG in Troy, Wee
nesday, was effected a judicial settle
ment of the estate of Perry W. EldIed,
late of Hoosick, the estate being esti-
mated at $50, 600 personal and 10000
real Children of the deceased receive
the estate, says the Troy Press
.
A FEW days since, C. NJ. Winslow of
Brandon, member of the State Board Of
Agriculture, was in town and examined
the herd of ten cows, beloning to Barker
NJ. Vail of the Centre, and applied the
tuberculosis test. He found one of the
COWS afflicted with the disease.
MRS. ELIZA F. CUTTING, Mrs. W. B.
Cutting, &. A. Wattles and
NJ. b. Morgan attended the
annual session of the Grand Lodge of
Vermont Good Templars, held in Rich
ford this week. An invitation was eX-
tended to the Grand Lodge to meet here
next year.
The bennington football team will
meet the Drury team, of North Adams,
on the Soldiers Home grounds, to-mor-
row afternoon at 1 O'CLOCK, and good
game is anticipated. The Bennington
boys are working hard to make good
team and their efforts should be reward
ed by large attendances at their games.
STEPHEN f. HoYT, of Troy, was taken
i'll on the early morning train
yesterday while on the way from Round
Lake to his home. His illness at first
to be quite serious, but later
he was much more comfortable. Mr.
Hoyt is father of Thomas Hoyt of Troy,
who is a son.in-law of DR.. S. b. Pike of
this village, and well known here.
DEPUTY SHERIFF NASH returned from
Rutland yesterday, having with him Pat
sey, otherwise known as Crutchey, Burns,
who has just completed an eight months
service in the Work House, for disturb
ing the PEACE, and intoxication. He was
arrested as soon as his term expired, on
the charge of impeding an officer and
will be taken before the Municipal Court
for hearing the 2StL.
The services at st. Peters church next
Sunday will be as follows: Holy Com
munion, 945 a. m; morning prayer and
sermon, 1910 a. M; evening prayer and
sermon, p. m. The Rector will speak
in the morning on THE Highest Learn
ing" Next Sunday will be observed by
the church of England and by many par
ishes in this country, as day of inter-
cession for Sunday schools.
TESTIMONY in the Hudson Page case is
being taken before special commits
sioner in Boston to-day, Counsel for
the plaintiff claim that it will be shown
there that Page was in Boston in 1887
and after with their client, and intro
duced her as his wife. The testimony
of VIM. WEIGH, clerk in the Bardwell
House at Rutland, at the time the mar
riage is said to have taken place. was ia
ken in Springfield, Mass. and was consid-
cred very favorable for the party who
brings the suit.
HERE is something of interest for adj
vertisers. The BANNER now goes into
nearly $50 Bennington families twice
each week. With an average of five
readers to each family, this gives $3.50
readers in town for both issues of the
BANNER, to say nothing of the large
number of people who are not subscrib-
ers, but who secure the paper by borrow
ing of, or exchanging with neighbors.
AS the value of newspaper advertising
depends upon the number of readers of
the papers, the above shows that the
BANNER is an invaluable medium for the
conveyance of messages from the mer-
chants to the purchasing public of the
town. Advertising pays in proportion to
its circulation among those whom 1t is
desired to reach, those who are good
purchasers.
TIE announcement of the marriage of
Miss Flora Maria Fay to Frank Albert
Evans of this place, which occurred May
18th, is another evidence that cupid is
still winning victories, and will be an in
teresting piece of news to the people of
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