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Republican To
Bennington. Vt Feb. 5 1887.


II. S. BINGHAM,
Republican Town Committee
Bennington. Vt Feb. 1887.
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Fields MINISTRIES drew an audience
that filled the Opera House, Wednes-
day evening, about thousand per-
sons being present.
The Bennington Shoe Store has in
augurated an inventory reduction
sale" to make room for spring goods,
and many good bargains in boots and
shoes are advertised in another column.
Geo. H. Taplin, of St. Johusbury,
Grand Warden of the n. e. o. p, will
pay an official visit to Walloomsac
Lodge on Thursday evening, the 18th.
Arrangements are under way to accord
him hearty welcome.
j. Bernstein, formerly designer
for the New York Bargain Store, has
! opened ladies tailoring establish
ment in the rooms formerly occupied
as store by John H. Lawlor, at 424
Main street.
Frank Dowdell, of Mccall street,
was brought before the Municipal
Court yesterday to answer to the
charge of drunkenness, and was given
sentence of three months at the
House of Correction.
The Bennington and Rutland
Railway Company has taken advan
tage of the recent big drop 10 the
nrice - ~ . ~ to make some quite
-.s.ss ovefoents
along the line Of the road will be be-
gun in the near future.
Several Bennington carpenters are
working on the house of the Misses
Heather, in Searsburg. 1t stands be-
side the main road three miles this
side Of Wilmington. When completed
it will be the finest house lin chat
town.
List Of letters remaining uncallt d
for in the Postofhce at Bennington, for
the week ending February 9th, 1897 ;
Lizzie Hanrahan, Mrs. L. j.. Horton,
Miss Minnie Toll, William Bray, JOS
eph Bidor, James F. Hart, Peter Han
son, N. T. White, These letters will
be sent to the Dead Letter Office Feb
ruary 22nd, if not delivered before.
In calling for above, please say "ad-
vertised, y giving date of list
In this issue OF the Banner will be
found history of the Episcopal
church in Bennington County, writ
ten by Mrs. E. A. Graves, of Sunder
land, and read by her at the recent
missionary conference, at Manchester
of the Bennington aud Rutland Dis
trict of the women's Auxiliary of thu
Episcopal Church. The paper wa
highly praised by those who listened
to it.
The firm of Kemp Lemon, o
Rockville, Conn, has. recently pur
chased the dry goods stock of Georg'
Y. Young & Co., of the same place
Says the Rockville journal -" The.
will conduct both stores for the pres
emit until they can transfer their stool
from their present store, when the.
will give up the smaller one and occu
by the corner store, which will Civ
them room adequate to their increas
ing business. " They are at presen
conducting a $4,000 sacrifice sale
of dry goods. John W. Kemp, senio
member of the firm Of Kemp 4 Lem
on, was formerly connected with tn
store of A. X. Richie & Co., of thi
village.
DIR. NV. Burgess and 10. Sanford
of Stamford, a member Of the Stat
Board of-AgricuIture, visited Pownal
Tuesday, and killed one tuberculou
COW in the herd Of Albert r, Towsee
Mr.. TowsIees herd Of 10 cows wa
tested by D.. Burgess few week
previously, and all but one we're fouu
TO be in a healthy condition. d.
burgess and Mr. Sanford also visite
Daniel A. Deans herd. at Powni
Centre, consisting Of l3 cows,
which the test has been applied
short time before, but none Of tn
cattle we're found to be diseased
the herd Of Leander Thompson, {
P0wnal Centre, five Of the eightee
cows reacted to the test which woul
seem to indicate that they we're tubei
culous, but the reaction was not cor
sidercd sufficient to warrant killing
One Of the five will be fatted, and in
short time killed. II examinatio
then shows the presence Of tubercul'
sis, the other four under ispspicio
will also DO destroyed The TSoldier.
Home herd OF - COWS was agai
testei a short time ago, and--'wt
found 70 be in an excellent condition
When the herd was first tested seyerI
mopths ago, two cows we're cor
dewpsd.