The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-05-11
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necticut Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs Clement H. Cone and
son returned Tuesday from Arizona.
Mr. Cone has much improved in health.
Mr. Mills, the business representative
of the Command & Ford Company has
arrived in town and commenced to
boom the business of his company,
which will appear at the library hall
theatre all next week.
Miss Blanche Penders has returned
to her home at Rutland.
Jerry O'Donnell who has been at the
Troy city hospital has returned.
Richard Burke whohas been visiting
friends in town returned to Troy this
morning.
Miss Catherine Morrissey returned
to Troy business college this morn
ing.
George Welch has accepted post
ion with Holden Leonard & Co.
Miss Margaret Hays has accepted a
position as cashier at E, f. Harris
store.
Mr. and Mrs E. A, Potter of North
Granville who have been visiting their
sister, Mrs Carrie 7. Hawks of Union
street have returned home.
Mr. aud Mrs Eugene J. Graham will
commence keeping house this week on
Grove street.
Mrs L. G. Welch, former resident,
who has been in this section left Tues
day for Elizabeth, N. j, where she
will reside with her daughter, Mrs Syl-
vester Deming,
Three, six and nine foot leaders,
extra quality bass gut for Battenkill
fishing at McGurk's barber shop.
Mrs George Harwood has gone to
Chester, called there by the sudden
and serious illness other son G. Louis
Harwood,
Mrs ]. Il. Woodman has returned
from Troy greatly improved in health.
Miss Nellie Coffey has resigned her
position at f. f. Harris store.
Fred Remington and family have
moved to North Bennington.
Mrs DR. H.aJ. Potter jr will enter
tain circle Nos at a dime social to be
given at her home this afternoon.
The spectacle of a village trustee
riding a bicycle from the opera house
to School street on the side walk of
Main street, might lead some other
persons to think that they could pro
perly do the same.
Rev oliver Brown, who recently re-
signed the pastorate of the Congregat-
ional church in Peru, has accepted a
call from the church in Wolcott. He
will begin his duties there next Sun
day.
Miss Lillian l. Ford is in Troy and
will attend this evening the last con-
cert of the Choral society.
One of the two men killed at the pow
der mill explosion at Schaghticoke yes
terday was Chauucey Crandall bro
Their of Mrs Clinton Russell of Ben
nington Center. Mr. Crandall was a
young man about 30 years of age, and
is survived by wife and daughter
The bereaved widow also lost bro
Their in the explosion eight years ago.
Mr. and Mrs Russell left for Schaghti-
coke on the morning train.
Gov Odell of New York has signed
the Stevens bill extending the time Of
TIE Bennington and Hcosick Valley
Railway company to commence the
construction of all its extensions and
put the same in operation to June
30, 1909 He also signed the bill which
provides that the close season for trout
in the towns of Hoosick and White
Creek 10 Rensselaer, and Washington
counties shall be from September to
April 30.
The thirty-second annual convoca-
ton OF the Grand Chapter, Order of
the Eastern Star of Vermont, will meet
with Mystic Star chapter in st Johns
bury, Tuesday, June next, and will
continue through June 8. Tuesday
evening there will be reception to the
grand chapter in the reception room
of the Fairbanks museum. The fol-
lowing from here will probably attend:
H. L. Stillson, G. S.; f. H. Holden,
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