Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-06-18

his residence Sunday night.
Miss MABEL BRANT is assisting for a
few days in making out the tax lists in
the Town Clerks Office.
THE Rev. James A. Pierce, who is at
present supplying at the Baptist church,
will officiate at the Soldiers Home next
Sunday afternoon.
The City Band was out last evening,
and after rendering II. w. Putnam a SER
enade, played several selections, on the
square near the Post Office.
w. r. PEIRsoN, formerly of the firm of
A. X. Richie & Company, but now in
business in Orange, Mass, has just pur-
chased handsome residence in that city.
Miss LoTTIE SHEPARD, who boards
with Mrs. John Burgess, living in Capt.
Albert Walkers tenement, rear of AL
Main street, is sick with diphtheria. 1t
is a mild case and apprehensions are not
entertained of its spreading. The tene-
ment is quarantined.
THE listers find that there are in the
town loo polls. There are also LOG per
sons who are excluded from poll taxes
on account of the following: q are old
soldiers who have no personal property
10 are excused by reason of poverty OF
the loss of an arm or leg, and the bal
ance are men over 10 years of age.
THE seventy-second birthday of Cor
poral w. Z. Sheldon, an occasional cor
respondent of the BANNER, was observed
at his home in Chicago, the 18th. inst.
There was large gathering of his
friends, members of the G. A. r. Post
and of the w. R. c. Corp. Sheldon was
born in Bennington County in 1923.
NEXT Tuesday evening, the 25th, an
entertainment under the auspices of the
Daughters of Rebekah, will be given in
Odd Fellows Hall, consisting of repro
auctions by the Graphophone, of musical
selections by celebrated bands, orches-
tras, and vocal and instrumental solos
also selections from favorite actors and
orators.
LIST of letters remaining unCalled for
in the Post Office at Bennington, for the
week ending June 18th, 1885: Mrs. Har-
riet Mattison, Miss Lydia L. Turner, Miss
Alice Wilson, Peter Blean, r. S. Cum
mings, Henry Draper, Henry Darling, j.
II. Day, B. r. Dennit, A. n. W. Smith.
rTl,,., l,4+,rc will no cont 70 +bo nnoJ
Letter Office July LIST, if not delivered be-
fore. In calling for above, please say
advertised" giving date oflist.
THE annual festival of the New York
State Musical Festival will be held in
Troy next week Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday. The following music
will be rendered Thursday morning,
June 9th, at o'clock: quartette, TC
Deum, in b minor, Buck, Fifth Avenue
Presby terian church choir, Troy, n. y;
Miss Isabel Ten Eyck soprano; Mrs
Mary Lennox Crawford, contralto;
James Habberly, tenor; Fred NJ. Com
stock, basso: Miss Clara Stearns, organ
list.
ED1soN's latest wonder, the kineto
scope, is on exhibition in the rooms late,
ly vacated by L. S. Frost in the Opera
House Block. This is said to be one OF
the most wonderful of the great Wiz
ards inventions and almost defes de.
scription. 1t is reproduction Of the
movements of living objects and so per.
fectly in each attitude reproduced that
every facial expression Of the performers
is distinctly seen. A great variety OF
subjects is shown; dances, scenes from
plays, etc, being reproduced to life. The
kaleidoscope will be here but few days.
PROF. J. w. VOTEY of Burlington,
Hon. O. L. Kinds of IIighgate, and Mar.
Gus Peck of Broolfeld, the State high,
way commissioners, who started from
Randolph Monday week by team, on a
tour through the southern half of the
State, arrived here Thursday, after ride
of $50 miles, which took them through
% towns, including Brattleboro, vii
mington and Bellows Falls. They are
much pleased with the general condition
of the roads and say that the town road
commissioners realize the importance of
good roads. Thousands of loads OF
gravel are being hauled on to the roads
throughout the section visited. Senator
Kinds, president Of the commission, told
the BANNER reporter that they had gath
cred much useful information on the
trip, which had not been so fatiguing as
might be supposed, but which they had
found quite enjoyable. After meeting
the Rutland county road commissioners
Saturday at II o'clock, the commission
ors left for their several homes. Later
they will take a trip through northern
Vermont.
THE New Orleans Times Democrat of
a recent date, contains quite lengthy
account of the closing exercises of the
Thatcher Institute at Shreveport, La,
which occurred the evening before. 1t
says: 1.-THE final exercises of the
Thatcher Institute took place tonight at
the handsome new court house, and
were witnessed by large and interest
ing audience. The president of the
Thatcher Institute, Capt. George Thatch-