Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-09-03

Board of Interstate Commerce Com
mission, are at the Putnam.
N. NJ. PUFFER, A. B. Valentine, AL
bert Downs, VIM. E. Murphy, Martin
Morgan, S. E. Gleason and others leave
Thursday for the National G. A. r. en-
campment at Louisville.
CHARLES MACDONoUGH has been APP
pointed local consul of the League of
American Wheelmen by the State consul,
and will begin the work of securing re-
cruits for the League i'll CHS vicinity.
A MEMORIAL service for the late Mrs.
Frost will be held by Miriam ,. of r.
Lodge at Odd Fellows hall at 7:15 to-
morrow, Wednesday, evening. Mrs.
Frost was the noble grand of the lodge
An invitation to attend the services is ex-
tended to all Odd Fellows and their fam
! lilies.
THE Sunday school children to the
number of about sixty, connected with
the Presbyterian church of Garfielde, n
Y, accompanied by their pastor, the
Rev c. G. Cook, enjoyed an excursion
to Bennington to-day, visiting the Sol
diers' Home, Monument and other places
of interest.
SAMUEL MAcKEY Of Albany, n. Y,
who has a wide acquaintance in Ben
nington, and whose family are frequent
visitors here, is the senior partner of the
new firm in that city of Mackey d Palm
er, wholesale dealers in fancy groceries,
fruits, etc. Mr.. Mackey was for many
years with c. N. Fort &, Co., of Albany.
NEARLY two hundred tickets were
sold for the Lebanon Springs excursion
to North Adams, Monday, the occasion
being the field day of the Springfield
Diocesan Union. The F. NJ. T. A. b.
Society of this village, attended in a
body and appeared in the parade. The
society was accompanied by the band.
HOLDEN. LEONARD & Co., have COM
pleted concrete walk from the junction
of Mill and Main streets to their mill.
The walk extends on the east side of the
street to the bridge, and from there the
remainder is on the west side. Concrete
has also been laid from the walk to the
entrance of each tenement on that side
of the street. One of their new tene-
ment buildings is about completed and
the work is well under way on the other.
They are also grading the lot on which
the old tenement was recently torn down,
and are putting it into shape for lawn.
SEVERAL Bennington boys competed
in the Labor Day bicycle races at Charlie
mont yesterday, and captured a number
of prizes. Jesse Galusha won first place
in the one mile novice; Joseph Lacrosse,
first and r. p. Casey, second, in the half
mile open; Casey, second, and Alfred
Brandt, third, in the one mile open;
Casey, first and Lacrosse, second, in the
two mile lap, and Brandt second, in the
two mile unpaced open. Casey, La
crosse, Brandt and Turner Cranston are
entered in the races at the Cambridge
Fair tomorrow and Thursday. These
races will be started at 10 o'clock a. m.
A BARN belonging to Fred Madison of
the Centre, and containing considerable
hay, was totally destroyed by fire some
time during last night. The loss is
about $780, insurance $500. The fire is
supposed to have been the work of
tramps. as some of them called at
neighboring house the previous evening
and asked for matches. The barn is
some little distance from the house and
its destruction failed to arose Mr.. Matti-
son or any of his neighbors. He knew
of no unusual occurrence in his vicinity
during the night until he saw the ruins
this morning.
Mrs. MARY, wife of L. S. Frost, died
at her home on Main street, Saturday
morning about two o'clock. She had
been i'll with a complication of diseases
for some time and her death had been
expected for several days. Mrs. Frost
was about A years of age and since her
residence here had made many friends
who sincerely mourn her decease. She
was born in Walnut HILL Maine. Mrs.
Frost was member of the Baptist
church, of Miriam Lodge D. of r., the
Bennington Lodge l. O. G.. T., and the
WOman's Relief Crop, G. A. r., and was
an active worker in all these Organiza-
tons, in whose gatherings she will be
missed She leaves a husband, two
daughters and a son, who have the sym
pathies of the entire community. The
remains were taken on the early train,
Saturday morning, to Maine for inter
ment.
CHARLES ROCKwoOD, town road COM
missioner, has nearly completed what is
one of the best pieces of road work in
this town. Beginning at the intersec-
tian of Elm street extension with Monu-
ment Avenue, he has for fifty rods east
! on the first mentioned street, built al
most new highway. Ever since that
portion of the roadway was laid out it
has been at certain seasons of the year
first class mud hole. Taking a portion
of the five per cent. money received from