The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-08
Hris Readers.

james tIe nbland, IOfuef
resident, wasN friday
Fl. H. Lee oYRutland was among
the visitors to the village, Friday.
Thomas P. Brownell was attending
the sessions of the county court Fri
day
Miss Myrtle Taylor is employed as
clerk in the Combination Cash store
for the holidays.
Miss Jennie Summersgill is ill., A
specialist was called from New York
the first of the week to see her.
Deputy sheriff. Morrissey Of STAN
ford was here Friday and Saturday
attending sessions of the court.
The ceiling and side walls in the
rooms of the First National Bank
have been retinted the past week.
Robert Morse who has been danger
ously i'll with typhoid fever at the
home Of Mrs Eleanor Houghton is re
covering.
Miss Cora Whitney head teacher in
the seventh ward school is seriously
i'll. She was taken i'll in Albany but
was able to be brought home.
The annual meeting of odd Fellows
lodge in Bennington County will be
held in Odd Fellows hall the evening
of December. 10Th.
Albert w. Davitt owner of the Mo-
hawk Knitting mill at Cohoes is a
bankrupt, Among his creditors is
Frank Lasher of this village who has
claim for patent infringement.
H. Harry Levin is confined to the
bed by an injury received while in New
York last week. While stepping from
car, be struck his leg against the
curb and injured it severely.
John Lacrosse Of Manchester who
has been in Jail here since August IL,
charged with larceny of money from
Charles Clark, was released Mond ay,
the case against him having not been
pressed at the request OF the states at
torney.
king Jollity'" a spectacular mu
steal production is to be given in Ben
niugton 10 the near future by local
talent, under the auspices of the Y.
NJ. Q, A. 1t will hs under the direc-
tion Of Prof E Wales Of Brattleuoro,
who has given it With great success in
other places.
Hon. and Mrs LeGrand C. Tibbits
sale from New York Thursday on
the White Star Line steamer Cedric
for Liverpool After visiting London,
Paris, the Rivera and other points
they will proceed to Rome where they
intend passing most of the winter.
The remains of John Lyons who died
in the retreat at Brattleboro reached
here Wednesday afternoon. The de-
ceased was 80 years of age death was
due to softing of the brain. He leaves
a wife and two daughters. His funer-
al was attended from st Francis de
Sales church Thursday morning in
terment being at Bennington Center
Several farmers in the vicinity have
recently received communications from
a charitable organization in New York
asking them if they would pick up the
apples under the trees and send them
to the city there to be distributed
among the poor. One farmer wrote
back that he would be glad to do so
but that he was going to send them to
the navy department TO be used as sol
i'd shot as they we're frozen hard
enough to be used for that purpose.
The Rutland Railroad company has
demolished the old depot atPetersburg.
1t was hoped that new station would
be erected this fall, but it is under
stood the company will defer building
until spring. Inthe meantime, delap-
itated car answers the purpose of
passenger depot, while freight car
takes the place OF freight house. The
people of this section are hopeful of
the speedy naturalization of the cleo
trio railroad from Troy to Williams
town, which has already been survey.
ed.