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CHAs. II. BENNETT is spending the
week in town.
MRS. FANNY MCLEOD has returned
from New York
CHAs. CARL is drum-maior of the
Bard this season.
Miss LEILA MCINTYRE is visiting
friends in the village.
E. w. PIERCE and daughter of Green
field, Mass, were in town yesterday.
ARTHUR j. HOLDEN, now of Boston,
passed Memorial Day at his home here.
DIR. STAFFORD and j. William Dingec,
of North Adams, were in town yester-
day.
TIE marriage of Miss Minnie E. Dick
insou ,.',,I. liam l.. Long is announced
for june I2,h.
Work has been begun in digging the
cellar for the home on Imperial Avenue,
to be built by Mrs. Green.
MRS. A. G. SHERRY, and son Ralph, of
Troy, N. Y, are visiting with Mrs. Sher-
RVS mother, Mrs. S. S. Scott.
ENGINEER WILLIAM SHELLEY, of the
Bennington and Rutland Railway is
down with scarlet fever. His house was
quarantined by the Board of Health yes
terday.
I'M UpTT1I1- Of i
spent Tuesday trying his luck, in COM
pany with a friend, along the trout
streams in the vicinity of Bennington.
They had good luck.
SEVERAL car loads of the iron that is
TO form the new water trunk that Holden
Leonard Il Company are to put in, has
arrived and the work of digging the
trench is to be begun at once.
Mrs. FRANK WHITMAN, living on Sill
yer street, was bitten by a large dog a
few days ago, belonging to Isaac Pratt.
An ugly, but not dangerous wound was
made Just above one knee. The dog was
given a dose of strychnine and conse-
quently will be a source of no further
trouble.
THERE seems to exist some confusion
in regard to the meaning of the item pub
lished last week referring to the cost of
this paper. The prices quoted are for the
BANNER including its delivery in the
village, and not, as many believe for the
delivery alone. No extra charge is made
our subscriber for the delivery.
RICARDO DOMINICA of North Benning-
ton, was arrested Tuesday for selling
liquors, A search of his place brought
to light several bottles filled with cider.
He was before the Municipal Court and
pleaded guilty. The fines and costs
which amounted to about $40, were paid
by him.
BENNINGTON sent quite delegation to
the Amherst-Williams ball game at Will
Jamestown, yesterday. A party made up
of Messrs. Estabrook, Uhlrich, Rawson,
Galusha, Hutchins, Blackmer, Fonda,
Winslow and John H. Ayres, and sons
Elmer, John and Joe, made the trip on
bicycles. The game resulted 6 to in ia
vor of Williams.
WE omitted in our Tuesdays notice of
the Memorial exercises at the Methodist
church, Sunday evening, to mention the
fine organ playing by Mrs. Parmenter.
The voluntaries as arranged by her in
Cluded many of the old war songs and
were played in exquisite style. The vo-
cal duet by Mr.. and Miss Morgan, Hail
to Our Country's Defenders" was new
and was well received by the veterans.
GEO. II. DAKIN employed as an assist
ant in the George lockwood d Company
mill, and Miss Sadie Clarity of the Cen
tire village, were married Saturday even
ing. The ceremony was performed at
the parochial residence by Rev. A. j.
Barron and was private. The young
couple began housekeeping in a house al
ready prepared for them, instead of tax
ing wedding trip. There were quite a
number of presents, mostly furniture,
etc.
MARSHALL w. LYONS has taken the
.
held R. L. Barney. Mr.. Lyons formerly
lived here and attended the Graded
School, but for the past several years has
been in business in Wallingford. His
object in moving here is to dispose of a
number of building lots which he owns
on County street. He is erecting house
on one of these lots which he will occupy
with his father, Homer A Lyons and
family, who will shortly come on from
Wallingford.
FLOYD E. BURcH, five years of age, and
son of Fred Burch of this village, died in
st. Luke's hospital in New York Mon
day. The direct cause was brain fever.
The boy had been in the hospital about
three months suffering from a complica-
ton of diseases The remains arrived
here Wednesday morning and the funer-
al was observed at p. M, the same day,
Rev. Geo, L. Richardson officiating. The
interment was in the village cemeterv bv