Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-12-03

MISS JOSEPHINE MoNAT, of Willow
street, is seriously i'll with compiled
ton of diseases. A consultation of ply
sicians was held this morning.
THE Forty Hours Devotion in st.
Francis de Sales church begun this morn
ing at Mass. There will be several Wis
iting priests to assist in the services.
AN eleven representing "Crowtown'
met the High School team, on the Sol
diers' Home grounds, Saturday, and were
unable t. score, the High School boys
making total of 26 points. The
"Crowtowners' were without organiza-
ton or practice.
MRS. H. S. ARMSTRONG has received
the news of the sudden death in Clare
mont, N. a., of her sister, Mrs. c. A.
johnson, of that city. Mrs. Johnson
was found dead in her chair. The news
was quite a shock to Mrs. Armstrong,
who is in poor health.
The horse belonging to Edgar Buss be-
came frightened on Union street Monday
morning, and started on run down the
street without the driver. The wagon,
which Mr.. Buss uses in his oil business,
etc. These went into the road. The
horse turned on to South street where it
was stopped. The horse was uninjured
but the wagon was badly damaged.
THE Graded School building was thor
oughly fumigated Saturday, over 100
pounds of sulphur being used. This
was done under the direction of the
school trustees, who thought it best, by
reason of the fears that had recently
been expressed by many that the germs
of diphtheria were lurking about the
basement and the first floor. The build
ing is in excellent sanitary condition.
GEORGE A. McBURNEY, who was ar
rested last week for the embezzlement of
SlA0 from Macdonald's shoe store re-
turned Saturday as he said he would but
did not settle. McBurney claimed that
his confession was made under excite
ment and that an inventory of the stock
would show that there was no such
shortage. At his request new inven-
tory of the stock, etc., is being taken.
THE'U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
sitting in New York, on Monday handed
down its decision in the case of Adelbert
Lee Traver VS.. Eugene II. Brown. This
is suit brought by Traver who resides
at Philmont, n. Y, against Eugene H.
Brown, formerly of Bennington, for in
fringement of his patent for trimmers
and ravelers. These machines are used
in trimming the edges of sleeves and
cuffs of knit underwear preparatory to
sewing them together. The decision
practically destroys Mr.. Traver's patent.
QUITE delegation from here attend
ed the funeral of Joseph Haussler which
was held in Hoosick Falls yesterday. In
the party was Postmaster Robinson, NJ.
e. Healy and family, whose daughter
was the wife of Mr. Haussler, John Hea-
ly and family, Letter Carrier Healy,
Frank Guiltinan and VIM. Lundergan
There was a large attendance at the flu
neral and most of the business places in
that village were closed during the SER
vice. In addition to the above, Martin
Lyons and family, Mr.. and Mrs. p.
Whitney, Mrs. Sara Costello, Mrs. Mary
A. McDermott and Miss Nellie Meagher
of this village attended the funeral.
AMOS ALDRICH, of Woodford, brought
down and locked up in Jail Sunday, 10
Caulson, a Swede, who broke into the
house of Jed Mallory in that town and
proceeded to turn things upside down.
The house was unoccupied, Mr.. Mallory
with his family being over the mountain
where he is at work. Caulson was intox-
icated and caused considerable commo-
ton among the people of Woodford. In
the Municipal Court Monday he was
fined s. and costs for being intoxicated,
and, not being able to pay the fine, went
to Jail for twenty days. The charge for
breaking into the house was held in abey-
ance.
THE Opera House was filled last even
ing by those who had come to enjoy the
feast of fun provided by the F. NJ. T. A.
B. Society's Big Minstrels. Excellent
singing, dancing, banjo playing, etc.,
nearly every effort receiving an encore,
were provided throughout the evening.
When the curtain was raised a yachting
scene was exposed in the background,
the Defender and Valkyrie with crews of
girls dressed in white yachting costumes.
On either side was banked chorus of
young ladies, dressed in blue and white,
disguised with burnt cork. In the fore
ground were the arrangements usual
with minstrel entertainments, with Ber-
nard Duffy in the centre and Jas. H.
Whitney and Jas. L. McGuirk on the
ends, in the first edition and NJ. S. Taft
and Arthur Crawford in the second. A
feature that brought down the house
was the impersonation, by j. H. Whitney
of five separate characters, with songs
appropriate to each, the quick changes
in costume being made in the view of
the audience. Another pleasing feature