The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the TSwh and village TSid
Briefly for Busy Headers.


Briefly for BusV Headers.
Earle S. Kinsley Of Rutland has
been iu town the past two days.
Charles Cooper of sos Main Street
is spending few days in Amsterdam.
George Moore and wife of IOs Valen-
tine ST., spent Saturday in Troy and
Albany.
Postmaster Dewey visited the Office
yesterday for the first time in some
eight weeks.
The Putnam hose company gave a
smoke talk to members and few 9TH
ers last evening,
mrs James H. Coffey and daughter
Nellie, who have been visiting in Wat
erbury for a month returned last Fri.
day evening.
Bennington Court American Fores-
ters Tuesday evening nominated set
of officers to be elected at the next reg
ular meeting.
A number of the young scholars at
the St Josephs Academy had sleigh
ride to North Bennington last evening
They had pleasant time.
James Reilly of Rutland is here as
witness in the Rogers murder trial.
He has been here since Wednesday,
but hopes to get through to day.
Several furloughs from the soldiers
home have been granted on account
of the quarantine. There are 10 pa
tients in the hospital at this time.
Miss Margaret Edgerton of the Hart
ford. Conn, hospital who has been
visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs F.. B.
Edgerton has returned to her duties.
Special Friday and Saturday Roast
Pork 10 l-2 cents. PORK Chops IL ceut.
(Green stamps) 7th Ward Market,
r. Orves. 2t
A registered Ayrshire bull has been
purchased for the Soldiers Home
farm. 1t comes from the stock of c..
NJ. Winslow the great cattle man Of
Brandon.
One of the interested attendants at
the Rogers trial is Judge Fowler OF
Manchester. For 81 years he has been
attending county court, and has been
in attendance upon all the noted cases
that have come before ii during those
years.
There has been considerable specu-
lation as to why Norris Knapp who
had been out of the state for a number
of months should have returned to
give testimony against Mrs Rogers.
II has been insinuated that the crime
Of adultery is an extraditeable one,
and that his attention had been called
to that fact.
The funeral of CHARLES Kinsley was
held from his late residence Friday
afternoon, Rev Philip Schuyler Of
st Peters church officiating. There
was quite a number of the older
people present. The entermeut was in
the village cemetery the bearers being
f. f. Rudd, NJ. V. B. Armstrong, D.
H. Rudd, James Fitzgerald.
Sheriff Wilson, Deputies Godfrey,
Nash, Morrissey of Stamford, Corey
of Salisbury Rooney of Woodford
have been on duty at the court room
during the week. Considering The size
of the attendance the room has been
remarkably quiet since Judge Watson
| had two persons expelled from the
room tho morning the murder trial OPP
ened.
A horse driven by a South street
young man SHE'D at a car in front Of
! Judge Carneys about 9 O'Clock last
night and delivered the occupants in
the street. The horse ran to Taylor's
stable and no DANCE was done except
/ that the young man has been kept busy
explaining how it happened and APP
pealing to the editor to keep his name
out of the paper.
The following from the Cambridge
Post of Friday settles matter that has
been somewhat in dispute among the
players here: About 200 spectators
witnessed the basketball game We'd
nesday evening. In the first game the
Cambridge second team had a walkov-
er with Salem, winning by so to 5.
The second game, between Benning-
ton and the regular local team, was
we'll played and exciting from start to
finish. Bennington finally winning by
q score of Is to 8.
Christmas evergreen wreaths, 10, 10,
and % cents each. Rope wreathing,
| 5 and 7 cents per yard. Christmas