Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-05-03

N. l., is WISHING mere
MRS. JNo. SCOTT is seriously i'll at her
home on School street.
Mr.. AND Mrs. c. H. Cone have moved
into their house on Hall street,
A. S. NEWTON left oday for few
days visit in Springfield, Mass.
WILLIAM HAYTREE has occupied his
new residence on South street.
THE house on Main street occupied by
-Chas. II. Rice, is being re-painted.
THE Misses Clark are at Fernhurst,
their summer residence, near the village.
Mrs. W'r WINTER, of Kingston, N,
Y, is ,O,iring her sister, Mrs. W. H.
Cady.
Mrs. & 5 SCOTT has given her house
:, new Goa. Of paint, adding much to its
appearance
Miss ISABELLA GOLDSMITH has re-
turned home after a two months visit in
New York City and Lansingburgh.
A NEW flag staff, 90 feet long, has been
received to replace the one recently
blown down at the Soldiers Home.
THE treasury of the Young Mems As
sociaton gained $50 by the production
of the "Mocl1 Trial." Wednesday even
ing.
THE membership of the Home at the
present time is 1O1. Eighty are present.
The other members are away in furlOughs
of 30, 60 and 90 days.
STEPS are being taken to form trot-
ting circuit, comprising Washington
county, Cambridge, Western Vermont,
Saratoga and North Adams fairs.
THE show windows of E. L. Nichols's
store have been very much improved by
the substitution of a single panes of glass
for the smaller ones heretofore used.
II. W. PUTNAM and his nleces, Misses
Annie and Irene Putnam, arrived in New
York, Monday, from California. They
were met there by Mr.. E. H. Putnam,
who, accompanied by his daughters, ar
rived home Tuesday afternoon.
SHEPARD DICKINSON died of apo
plexy at the Soldiers Home last evening.
He was a member of Company X, 10th
Vermont Regiment and was admitted to
the Home July 3D., 1891, from Mortified.
His burial will be at his former home.
This is death No. 50.
JUDGE HUGH HENRY and Gen. G.. c.
Kinsman, president and secretary of the
Board of Trustees visited the Home to
day and audited and approved the bills
for expenditures for the month of April
and attended to other business connected
with the management of the Home.
G. D. GIBSON, a member of the staff of
the COmmander-inC hief, G. A. R.,
and Thomas G. Lawler, will attend the
Department Encampment of New York,
at Saratoga, next week. On the 14th
Gen, Lawler will review the veterans
parade. Several others from this vicin-
ity will also attend.
Miss VALENTINE will give the first of
her promised Emergency talks to the
Young Women's Club Monday evening,
from 1870 to $3.50 o'clock. The series
will be very practical and the discussion
each evening will be thorough. All who
would be fOrearmed for accidents, should
come that they may be forewarned.
THE Railroad Young Mems Christian
Association of Rutland has succeeded in
securing the greatest leader in Municipal
reform of the present age, Rev. Chas. II.
Parkhurst of New York City, to give an
address in the City Hall in Rutland, We'd
nesday evening, May 18th, on Good Cit
izenship" This is rare privilege, and
it has been made possible for many peo-
pie in this vicinity to hear him. Re-
duoed rates on all roads, and extra &C
commodations for returning have been
secured.
TIE entertainment to be given at Ii
brary Hall on the 21st, under the auspi-
ces of the Mems Club of the Second Con-
GregatiOnal church, promises to be an
especially attractive one. The Club has
been very fortunate in securing the SER
vices of Mr.. Fred Jewett of Hartford,
Conn.,, and of Mrs. Eulie Gay Rushmore
of Troy. Mr.. Jewett stands high as a
magician and is justly ranked with Her
mann and Keller. Mrs. Rushmore is al
ready very popular here as reader.
THE Board of Water Commissioners,
appointed by the village last Tuesday,
have already begun their duties. The
Board consists of Messrs. John Robin
son, A. j. Dewey, R. M. Houghton, A.
B. Valentine, H. S. Bingham, l. E. Glib
son, VIM. II. Bradford. Their duties
are defined in the resolutions printed in
another column. The Commissioners
elected A. B. Valentine, president, and
Arthur j. Dewey, secretary. They have
sent to the president of the Water Com
pany for his signature waving the thirty
days notice required to be given the
County Court, requesting the appoint
ment of commissioners to estimate the
price to be paid, if the Village and Com.
pany cannot agree,