The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-04-05
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.


Sap is running in fine shape today
Mr. and Mrs Ed Holden spent Sun
day in Manchester.
O. Perry Gokay is i'll with an at
tack of pneumonia.
Miss Amy Bentley has returned
from a visit in Sunderland.
Probate Judge John V. Carney is
confined to the house by illness.
Edna Russum who has been i'll at
her home is able to be out again.
H. Z. Rudd whose leg was broken
a couple of weeks ago is getting along
well.
Andrew J. Downs has been suffer-
ing several days with badly ulcerat-
ed tooth.
Stark Lodge IOOF will work four
degrees on several candidates Wodnes-
day night.
John Harrlgan of Upper Troy is
spending few days with relatives in
this place.
Fred ellis who is i'll at the home
of Mrs Kate Green on Imperial ave.
is gradually failing.
Camp Frank Ray S. of V. will give
a dance in their rooms in the Norton
block Friday evening.
Clarence Holden gives ball tonight
in Foresters Hall in honor of several
friends who are visiting him.
The regular meeting of Mt Anthony
Chapter No o. +. S. will be held on
Wednesday evening at 1870 O'Clock.
Mrs j. H. Norton, sec.
Mr. and Mrs w. H. Lonergan, who
have been in Hot Springs, Ark sever
al weeks for the benefit of his health,
will leave for home the last OF the
week. He is much improved.
Navigation on the Hudson has been
opened for the season. The steamer,
City of Troy, having left New York
Monday evening, and arrived at Adam
street dock in this Troy morning.
Mr. and Mrs James H. Wood have
moved into the cottage on Imperial
avenue. w, Charles Firth will move
Wednesday into the place on Pleasant
street vacated by Mr. Wood.
Rev George II. Smythe Jr., of New
York City was in town Friday on bus
mess connected with "Best View, the
summer residence Of Rev George II.
Smythe of East Orange, N. j.
Seele Z. Pike for some time in the
meat business has retired, and ac-
cepted a position in Springfield Mass
He has broken up housekeeping here
and with his family will remove to
that city at once.
Mrs William Cleghorn died in North
Adams Monday aged 50 years. Death
was due to a complication of'diseases.
Mrs Cleghorn was born here, her
maiden name being Margaret Don.
The family left here years ago. She
leaves husband, 3 sons, and one
daughter.
The section men on the Chatham
branch of the Rutland railroad who
have only been working nine hours a
day for several months we're put back
onto the ten hour system the first of
April 1t is the intention to do a
large amount of work on this section
during the coming summer and fall.
f. Z. Long who has been conducting
singing school in Steventown for the
past ten weeks, closed it with very
successful concert Saturday evening
in which his pupils took all the parts,
except that the professor sang one sell
ection "Like Dream" There was
a large attendance and the affair is
highly spoken Of
The first number of 1.-THE Burtonian"
the new paper published by the stud
ents of Burr and Burton seminary,
has arrived from the printers. The
Alumni and others wishing copies of
the paper should send fifteen cents to
O. B. Hughes, business manager. On
receipt OF twenty-five cents copy Of
this number and one of the next num-
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