The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-02-17
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town. and VILLAGE Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

L. y. Archibald OF Manchester IS III
town.
George Hawks is confined to the
house it'll cold.
Charles Ayers, Fred Tiffany anc
Frank Newton were in Troy Tuesday
Mrs j. Egbert has left Tichenor
Place for her home in Bronxville, N
Y.
Miss Dorothy Beach Of Bangor, Me-,
was a recent guest at Ttchenor Pl, ce.
Miss Mary Sanford of New York
CITY is with relatives here.
Miss Mary Weeks is in Cleveland
Ohio, with Mrs Elizabeth Lyman and
daughter of Montreal, Canada.
Mr. and Mrs William Sanford OF
Troy have been visiting relatives here
of late.
Miss Addie Wills entertained a few
young friends at her home on Union
street in honor of her birthday.
John Kinney OF North Bennington
is one of the jurors at the U. S. court
now in session at Rutland. The only
case TO be heard is that of Bartholo-
meau VS. d. & II. r. r. Co. He was
killed near Center Rutland on the
morning of Nov. -, 1902.
Miss Grace Harmon entertained a
few friends last evening.
Mrs w. S. c Russell and son OF
Boston are with Mrs A. X. Richie.
Mrs John Holden entertained Whist
club No l last evening
c. d. Greenslet attended the district
meeting Of the second district IOOF in
Rrtland Tuesday evening.
c. NJ. Rollins wentto Hoosick Falls
Tuesday to adjust an insurance claim
A bluebird was sev,ra and was heard
to sing Monday morning.
Harry Moron gave a rabbit supper
70 several of his young friends Tues
day evening.
Rear Admiral Fields made a flying
trip to Bennington yesterday. He was
entertained by Harrison l. Norton.
A fair sized crowd attended the
benefit exhibition given in Glover Hall
last evening under the direction of
William Percy. TaDieaux, singing
and the farce "A Figure of Speech
were the entertainment for the evening.
Misses Lake and Hatch sang. The
money goes TO the Clover Hall fund.
Miss Annie Dakin spent several
days in Albany last week.
In accordance with an order issued
by the postmaster-general, Washing
TONS birthday, February %, viii be
observed as a holiday by the rural
free delivery carriers Of the post office
department and no delivery will be
made on that day.
Employment agents from Baltimore
have been here this week with a view
of securing all the men that they eau
to go to that city to work while the re-
bulldog of the structures burned in
the recent great fire is going on. All
kinds Of workmen are wanted and good
pay is promised to all who will go.
II is stated that the physicians who
are attending Col Merritt Barber con-
slider his condition very serious.
william J. Tiffany who has been
qHite i'll for several weeks, was taken
to a Troy hospital Monday for treat
meht,
The deer, which has been an object
of much attraction in the Soldiers
Home menagerie for several years is
dead. 1t escaped from It's enclosure
S Saturday night and afterward came in
contact with a wire fence and received
injuries that caused its death. It was
great attraction, especially to chill
dren.
At the regular meeting of Mount An
thony lodge, f. and A. NJ, Tuesday
evening, the Z a degree was conferred
on one candidate.
The rooms of, the Baraca Union of
the First Baptist church are now open
every Monday evening. The arrange
ment went into OPP ration Monday.
Herbert F. Robinson has withdrawn
bis name as candidate for auditor
on the Independent Democratic ticket.
The name was placed on the ticket
without his knowledge or consent.
The Chinese New Year, Monday, was
observed by the Celestial" residents
Of this village, who transacted no bus |
ness. There we're no particular OBJ
ieryances only by burning few extra |
oss sticks and resting.