Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-03-26
SEE FRosr's local advertisement.


Rutland.
MRS. B. W. BURT of Castleton, is visit
ing here.
THE condition of William Campbell is
said to be improving.
THE first robin reported this season
put in an appearance Monday.
MISSES EFTIE AND MINNIE CHILDs are
Tisiting friends in Burlington.
MRS. L. L. BATES is recovering from a
severe attack of the la Grippe.
MRS. LUTHER R. BURT, who has been
quite i'll of pleurisy, is recovering.
MRS. FRANK MOORE passed Sunday
with friends in Cambridge, n. Y.
OF the 1906 students enrolled at Middle
bury College, three are from Bennington
county.
THE New York State G. A. r. Encamp-
ment is to be held at Saratoga, May 18th
and 18th.
THE MASONIC LODGE of this village
confers the Third degree, this evening,
1T special communication.
CHAs. H. BENNETT had charge of the
musical part of the services in ST. Fran
els de Sales church, Sunday afternoon.
MISS MoLLIE CHILDs is spending her
vacation in Troy, n. Y, and Ella Bing-
ham is in Lakewood, N. j., for the week.
THE Bennington Social Club has is
sued invitations for full dress dance in
Library hall the Monday evening after
Raster.
AT meeting of railroad officials in st.
Adams, Thursday, it was decided to pay
particular attention to summer travel
through Vermont the coming season.
THE Cooper Manufacturing Company
received, last week, two new binders,
Cor their works which will go into the
new part of the mill They are of the
attest pattern. One by one the manu-
faGturers keep adding to their machinery.
CUSTER Posi- has arranged for the eel
ebration of Lees surrender the evening
of April 9th. Quite a number of posts
have been invited and Post Wood of
Hoosick Falls, n. Y, have accepted the
invitation. The event promises to bring
out one of the largest gatherings of Grand
Army men seen here in years.
EDWARD G. O'DoNNELL received tel
egram, Friday afternoon, from Tampa,
Fla, Offering him good position in the
paid fire department of that city. He
left for there on the sleeper the same
night and sailed for Tampa by one of the
steamers of the Clyde line, Monday. VIM.
Kroning, who is also connected with the
department, secured the position for
Aim.
THE first rain seen here in weeks came
Monday, and large part of the snow
that was left quickly melted away. In
the afternoon the showers were preceded
by long and loud peals of thunder. The
rain fall was quite large in some parts of
the town and in others it was very light.
The appearance of the sky was very pc
culiar and attracted considerable atten-
ton.
BISHOP MICHAUD and the Rev. A. j.
Barron are expected to sail on their yoy-
age home April 10th. The bishop is an
nounced to assist in the exercises to be
held in Boston in May, when the golden
anniversary OF the ordination of Arch
bishop Williams to the priesthood will
be observed with appropriate exercises.
In the matter of new buildings there
promises to be quite a boom here this
summer. The erection of the following
buildings has already been contracted
for and work begun on some: A. X.
Richie, business block, $4,000; Savings
Bank, $1,000; VIM. Campbell, residence,
= high priced one; John Heaey, resi-.
dence and store, $4,000; VIM. Barrett,
Chas, S. Kehoe, residences, about So, 900
each.
FOSTERS weather predictions for the
coming week, are as follows: "My last
bulletin gave forecasts of the storm wave
TO cross the continent from the oath to
The 2Sth, and the next will reach the Pa.
Ciflc coast about the Goth, cross the West.
eru mountain country about the Both,
the great central valleys from the 3lst to
April End, and the Eastern states about
April Sd. This disturbance will occur
during cold period and the week will
average below the normal, the warm wave
going above aud the cool waves consider.
ably below, normal. A few places will
have rains from this disturbance, but
generally the rainfall will be deficient
and signs of an approaching drought will
be apparent. The warm wave will cross
the Western mountain country about the
Goth, great central valleys the 3lst and
Eastern states April End. The cool wave
will cross the Western mountain country
about April LIST, great central valleys
April Sd, and Eastern states about the
9th" -. '''