The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-05-12
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF thsRTown and village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

List OF letters remaining uncalled
for in the post office for the week end
ing May Q 1904: Orlin Atwood, Fred'k
A. Fuller, j. NJ. Phillips, Joseph
Kopicko, Mrs j. L. Davis, $50 Bank
st.
Mr. and Mrs Lewis V. N. Potter, of
Pownal are rejoicing over the birth of
daughter, Bessie Louise, born April
18th.
Mrs Theo VanKleeck and daughter
Lillian spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs
L. V. N. Potter of Pownal.
Elias T. futile has taken a position
with the Metropolitan Life Insurance
company and will commence his duties
Monday.
Thomas Vail and family of Troy
occupied their summer home at Ben
nington Center Wednesday.
Miss Lillian |. Ford returned from
Troy this morning.
Charles Clark of Poultney spent the
first of the week with friends here.
Hiss Cora Brown who has been i'll
here has sufficiently recovered to re-
turn to her home in Pownal.
The loss on the Schaghticoke powder
mills by the explosion Tuesday is es-
timated at 10000
The continued cases brought by John
DeForge against three licensees of the
village, claiming damages for selling
liquor to a minor son, will be called
in the municipalcourt tomorrow morn
ing.
The first golf match of the season
will take place on Mount Anthony
grounds Wednesday next between the
Williams college team and the local
club. The formal opening of the club
house will take place some time next
week.
Mr. and Mrs Daniel Robinson are at
their summer home in the west part Of
the town.
A. D. Gibbs of Burlington was one
of the visitors to the village today
1t begins to look around town as il
there was going to somthing happen
in the theatre line for all one caH see
is German & Ford Co which will APP
pear all next week at Library Hall
Theatre,
The new catalogues of the New Eng
land telephone company have crms
and will be distributed today, in
order to secure prompt service sub
seribers are requested by the manage
ment to call all subscribers by num-
Der.
Mrs C. NJ. Rollins is in Barre where
she was called by the death of her
father, Mathew Allen, whose funer' l
occurred yesterday.
Janette Shurtleff, Julia LaMarre,
Georgia Cutler and Sallie Graves
gave a dance in Forester's hall last
evening from to 10 to a party Of
their young friends. The affair was
chaperoned by Mrs L. L. Tiffany.
Flossie March played the piano.
E. S. Harris has gone to North
Bennington this afternoon, with a
check from the Mutual Life Insurance
Company of 1924 to be paid to the es-
tate of the late Milo c. Huling.
Mrs Albert Harwood who has been
spending the winter with her son, is
again occupying her house on Wash
ington street.
Mrs Lowrie is having the grounds
around her new residence graded up,
and seeded down. The iron fence for
the west part of the lot is also being
placed. c. c. Kimball is doing the
work.
Mr. and Mrs j. d. Stehman left this
morning for Buffalo to attend the In
ternational YMCA convention, which
will be in session from May il to May
10. At the close of the convention
Mrs Stehman will proceed to her home
in Pennsylvania where she will remain
for several weeks.
Frank Teal, who has just completed
a four years enlistment in the navy is
home on thirty days furlough, grant
ed with the expectation that he will re-
enlist. His service thus far has been
on the ship Hartford" the one in
which Farragut passed the forts on
the Mississippi early in 1862. During
his term OF service he has visited diff |