Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-03-19

baen spending a few days with Mrs. Geo.
W. Hartman.
ATTENTION is called to the new adver-
tisement of f. E. Knott, Burlington,
GLOW Men Become Millionaires," which
appears on the Sd page.
Miss BESSIE E. UPHAM entertained
twenty of her young friends last Thurs
day evening at a card party, in honor of
her eighteenth birthday. She received
quite number of nice presents.
JOHN E. SCRIvENs, yard man at the
North Bennington station, who recently
had la Grippe, was taken quite i'll Satur-
dav had and to be relieved from duty.
His place is being taken by George Green
of this village.
H. C. LINDLoFT returned Saturday
from Massachusetts, where he had been
purchasing new machinery for the Ben
nington Knitting Company mill. 1t will
be here and placed in position as soon as
possible; when the capacity of the mill
will be largely increased.
THE Lenten preacher at st. Peters
this week Thursday, is the Rev. Henry
r. Freeman, rector of st. Johns church,
Troy, N. Y. Next Sunday is 'Mid-Lent
Sunday" The Rector will preach the
fourth sermon in the series on Applied
Christianity. Subject: THE Employer
of Labor"
ERNEST ELwELL was in town last Sat
urday with large wild cat that he cap
tured on the west slope of Bald noun
tain. These animals seem to be quite
plenty this year and several have been
shot. The bounty was paid and c. G.
Kimball bought the pelt.
C. w. MACDoNoUGH, clerk of the Grad
ed school district, has completed the cen
sus of those in the district between the
ages of ) and 81 years. The total num-
Der is 1882, of which COS are boys and
SO girls. Between the ages of 3 and S
there are 221 between and IA there are
444, and Gil are between II and 81.
CHAs. BURGESS. late of Company B,
10th Vermont, died at the Soldiers Home
hospital, Sunday. He was was 50 years
of age, and had suffered some time from
paralysis and gangrene. He was admit
ted to the Home in July, 1898. His
death is No. 81 at the Home, and the re-
mains were taken to Mortified.
THE Sunday Globe of March 3D., con-
tanned an advertisement and promise of
a reward to the person that would make
out the name of person that was con-
tanned IN a mixture of letters at the head.
One of the first to send in a correct aus
wer was d. A. Ward of this village, who
has received his order for the reward of
fered and which is payable here.
THE free railroad passes for postal
clerks are things of the past The order
prohi biting went into effect March 9TH.
The Postmaster General says: THAT 1T
was not the proper thing, in his opinion,
for the Government to be continually re-
uuesting railroads to furnish passes for
the clerks, as was the case prior to the
issue of the order. Along their routes
they could travel without passes"
AT the meeting of the Citizens League
held in the Baptist chapel few evenings
ago, the following officers were elected
for the ensueing term; Chairman, John
S. Holden; vice chairman, G. j. HOyt;
treasurer, A. Buel Sibley; secretary,
DonaldP. Hurburt; executive commit
tee, Rev. Geo. L. Richardson, Rev. Chas.
r. Seymour, Charles Cooper, Chas. Mac
Donough, Merritt B. Morgan, Clement
II. Cone. At the meeting it was voted
to leave publication of matters connected
with the League to the new executive
committee.
AT the recent hearing of Herbert Kent,
keeper of the Line House near Pownal,
Ed. Fisher was the principal witness.
Fisher is now in the tolls himself, being
indicted for selling liquor without a gov.
eminent license. Fisher came over into
Vermont and sold while at the dug.
way house, another notorious resort
and the United States authorities have
him fast. He was delivered to Marshal
Harris who took him to Burlington, and
from thence to Windsor where he will be
tried. Fisher was formerly of Benniug-
ton.
THE New England Insurance exchange
has called a meeting to consider what
is to be done in the State of Vermont
to make it possible for fire companies to
do business there at profit. The Roy
al and Pennsylvania have withdrawn
from the State, on the ground of their in
ability to conduct their business at a
profit. Many other companies are about
to follow the example of these two large
ones. If companies continue to do bust
ness III Vermont, according to the opinion
of a company manager, rates will be ma
terially increased in almost every town
in the State. So says an exchange. We
cannot understand this situation, be-
cause it is said that Vermont fire insur-
ance companies are not having this expe-
rience. The local companies are pros
porous, why not the foreign?