Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-02-26

Sunday.
Miss MAGGIE HEALY has returned to
her duties in the postoffice, after two
weeks illness.
o. r. BENNETT and wife are rejoicing
in the advent of another son, born Wash
ington's birthday.
THE Rev. James c. Carnaham of Ar
lington is to be the Lenten preacher at
St. Peters Thursday night. The service
is at 1880 o'clock.
GEORGE REMINGTON, clerk for D. S.
Packard, was thrown from the delivery
wagon this morning and sustained a
broken collar bone.
SWEET & PERRY, the meatmeu, will
hold another cash sale next Saturday.
See their advertisement in another col
umn for their bargains.
THE directors of the Y. NJ. C. A. have
elected A. Buel Sibley, president, Arthur
j. Holden, vice-p president, M. B. Morgan,
secretary, and A. F. LOOMS, treasurer.
ton given by Mrs. W. E. Putnam, Fri
day evening, were Mrs. Frank Stevens
and Mrs Fred Stevens of North HOosiCk,
and Miss Helen Wallace of Hoosick
Falls. N. Y.
ASH WEDNESDAY comes this week,
and will be observed at St. Peters church
by service of Morning Prayer, Litany
and Holy Communion, at 1890 a. M,
and Evening Prayer and sermon by the
rector at 1870 p. m. After the evening
service the new chapter of the Brother
hood of St. Andrew will effect a tempo
rary organization.
THERE'S plen ty of ginger in the COM
pany which will present that funny farce
comedy, "Hoss and Hoss," at the Opera
House, Thursday evening, and the farce
goes with rush from start to finish. All
the latest and most popular songs, paro-
dies, etc, are given, including the negro
lullaby, Little Alabama Coon" which
has set all London humming. The funny
courtroom scene, the ludiCrOus jury, and
the celebrated Bowery dance are still
prominent features,
SAYS the Troy Press of last Saturday:
cat the Griswold Opera House last even
ing 'Hoss and Hoss' repeated the success
that attended previous representations
of the same play in Troy. Jacques Kru-
ger and Chas. Aldlich, who appeared in
the leading parts, would not suffer by
comparison with the famous originators,
Reed e. Collier. Clever specialities are
introduced i'll the second act and deserve
the encOres accorded" At the Opera
House, Thursday, Feb. 2Sth.
EVERYONE who has had the village
water put into their homes knew John
Kroning-"Old john" as he was famil
iarly called. For several years he has
been boss over gang of pipe.layers
and repairers, employed by the water
company A few weeks ago he sustained
quite a severe injury to one foot, and by
not paying proper attention to it, ampu-
tation of one toe became necessary
Not recovering from it, it became neces-
sary to take off one loot. Modification
having set in, Friday mo ming one leg
was cut off below the knee, and in the
afternoon he died His funeral was at
tended Sunday morning.
THE Forest and Stream club, having
hunting and fishing preserves at Will
mington, held its annual meeting at the
Arena in West 3lst street in New York,
Thursday afternoon, and in the evening
the members sat down to dinner to-
gether at the same place. The club is
three years old, but this was its first din
ner, and a large company enjoyed it. The
clubs holdings at Wilmington aggregate
nent men in the country are members.
1t is purely a family organization, where
the members, with their wives and child
rem, go for the heated period Its trout
streams are among the most heavily
stocked in the Green Mountain State
Among those present at the dinner were
Cen. j. j. Estey and Major F. w. Childs
of Brattleboro, H. S. Bingham of Ben
nington, Col. E. A. Buffinton of Brook.
Ign, A. P. Childs of Bennington, and r.
S. Childs of BrattleborO.
MAJ.-GEN. Jos. B. CARR of Troy, n.
Y, died at his home in that city Sunday
morning. He was we'll known here and
at the time of the laying of the corner
stone of our monument, received an ova-
ton all along the line of the procession.
His disease was cancer in the mouth.
Gen. Carr was born in Albany, August
10th, 1928, and even before war times
had developed the military spirit within
him and was colonel of a regiment of the
State Militia in 1859. When the civil war
broke out he was appointed successfully
Lieutenant Colonel and then Colonel of
the Second New York volunteers. His
regiment was the first to encamp on Vir-
ginia soil, took part in the battle of Big
Bethel, and in May, 1862, joined the Pen
insula campaign, under General Hooker's
| command. Colonel Carr was present at
the engagement of the Orchards, Glen
dale and Malvern Hill, and was promot.
ed Brlgadier General of volunteers for