Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-02-05

EMERSON EASTABROOk ana FAMILY
moved into their new home, the Manser
homestead, yesterday.
Miss M. BLANCHE SHELLEY spent Sui
day with her family near Albany. Her
mother has been quite i'll.
Mr.. AND Mrs. L. F. ABBOTT and Mr..
and Mrs. S. Huling Blackmer haYe been
in New York for short visit.
MRS. WALTER COLLINS and child came
from Burlington Friday last, and are at
the Putnam. The family will occupy
the south part of the old Stark House.
MRS. HENRY DIXON is critically ill.
She has not been we'll for some time and
of late has been worse, having lain in an
unconscious state since Sunday. She is
IA years of age,
MIR. AND MRS. HORTON of Staten Is
land, have come to Bennington to reside,
and will occupy the south part of DR.. A.
u. Cutters house on Silver street. Miss
Horton, our high school teacher, is sis
ter of Mr.. Horton and she will make her
home with him.
THE special village meeting, called by
the warning in another column to- day, is
on the right track. The reader will note
that the question of future meetings is,
also, to be acted on. This is an impor-
tant matter and our people should attend
the meeting. We shall, undoubtedly,
continue to use the Australian ballot.
LETTERS received from the party COM
posed of Coadjutor Bishop Michaud of
the Roman Catholic diocese of Vermont,
the Rev. A. j. Barron of this place, and
Father Barrett who are making a trip
through the Holy Land and Europe, an
nounce their arrival at Gibralter, Janu.
airy 14th. The outward trip was pleas
ant excepting two days. They were at
Gibralter six hours, when they sailed for
Alexandria, Egypt.
SUNDAY was genuine dry day in this
village. Friday evening, the proprietOrs
of those places where it is supposed
drinks of various kinds have been dis
pensed, had private meeting and 1t was
decided that hereafter all places should
be closed at eleven o'clock each night in
the week, except Saturday nights. Sat
urdays the closing hour is to be at mid
night, and to remain closed until Mon
day mornings. lis said that an iron
clad agreement was drawn up and signed
by nearly every one present, and that
those who did not sign are heartily in
favor of the agreement and will carry
out its provisions, although not willing
to bind themselves in writing. There
has been very limited amount of the
effect of liquor seen here of late.
SATURDAY evening, George Sullivan,
who has been suffering for week from
an attack of la Grippe, went into the
music rooms of NJ. o. Kelly, of which
his sister is in charge. While there he
appeared to be taken crazy, and proceed
ed to smash something. His sister, be.
coming frightened, went for help, lock-
ing him in the store. He went to break
ing out glass in one of the doors. cutting
himself badly on one wrist, and before
his sister returned with the help she
went for, the inside of the store present
ed very much the appearance of slaugh-
ter house. Before the door could be
unlocked he had broken out three large
lights of glass and did some other dam
age. He was finally taken to the livery
office of NJ. B. Houghton. Doctor Put
nam was called, who sewed up the
wound, quite bad one, and the young
man was taken to his home, somewhat
weakened from the loss of blood. The
young man is known as quiet and peace
able, and it is said his actions were
caused by the medicine he had been tax
ing.
JOE OTIS new piece, "The Star
Gazer," comes to the Opera House, Sat
urday, Feb. 9th. 1t is what is denomi-
mated ian astronomical farce comedy"
and as such lays more claim to plot than
does the average farce comedy. Still,
the plot is not obtrusive, and no one who
sees the piece may go away with the idea
that some one has been trying to make
him think too hard during the action of
the piece. Joe OFT takes the part of
Prof. Jupiter Mars. an Astronomer in
search of a comet. While he is engaged
in this loft y pastime he, in turn, is pur-
sued by Mrs. Orbit, a widow, with a pen
chant for comets and the mother of Day
light Orbit. who is heress to several
millions, provided missing heir does
not tnrn up. Both the professor and
the widow are prosecuted by an Italian
villain, who is not an Italian hut an
Irishman, and is working in the interest
of the executor of the estate to which
the girl is heress. 1t finally turns out,
that the Professor is really the heir and,
as he marries the widow, the money is
kept in the family after all. The action
of THE Star Gazer' opens in the obser-
vatory of the Professor, and from there,
after many amusing situations, goes to
DR.. Jimwood Fennel, where the
audience is introduced to the eighth
wonder of the world, hydrogenozonic
gas and some clever specialties. The fl
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