The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-03-10
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News Of the Town and village Briefly
Told For Bnsy Headers.

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Paul NJ. Sanders has taken farm
in Hoosick and will conduct it the
coming year.
Eugene Drault won the shoes in the
c club at the Bennington shoe store
last evening.
". H. Bradford has recently pur-
chased in Rutland fine piano, which
has arrived.
Mrs Lawrence Gokay has gone to
Troy to spend few days with rela-
tives and friends.
g. s. Perry of Perry and Keeseman
has been confined to the house por'
ton of the week by illness.
Mrs Lucy Il. lockwood entertained
a few of her friends Wednesday even
ing. Refreshments were served.
w. y. Budlong OF Rutland and p.
j BCland OF North Adams are among
the visitors to the village today.
Robert p. Moore went today to Win
hall to report the Johnson murder
hearing for the Evening Banner.
Galen Miller while visiting in the
west part of the town was kicked by Il
horse cutting a large cash in his face.
The first issue of the Roaring
Branch under the management Of the
new editorial board will be out next
week,
Considerable repairs and improve.
ments are to be made to the interior of
the st Francis de Sales parochial resi-
dence.
The condition of Mrs Esther Oatman
who has been quite i'll for several
weeks, is reported today as not i'm
proving.
Mr. and Mrs Zebra Quackenbush
who have been in Europe on a pleas
ure trip are expected here the last Of
The month.
Mrs NJ. G. Russell who is stopping
Mt Bennington Centre for the present,
came down Thursday morning and
speGt the day.
Miss Anne Witherell returned today
W HeT nOlnt III DIOOhllDcS sud oo' NlSo
Florence Wilcox went with her to re-
main few days.
Miss Lura Harbour OF Bennington
and Mrs Linda Burnett of Savoy,
Mass, spent yesterday in Woodford
with Mrs John Rooney.
Mrs Louise Warren has been in
Troy part of the week visiting her
son, Harry who is 10 hospital there
and who is improving slowly.
The Bennington shoe store will be
open everyevening in the week during
the big temptation sale. This is nec-
essary to accommodate the public.
1t is rumored that in order to reduce
expenses the Office of the Western
Union Telegraph company will be re-
moved to some location where the rent
will be cheaper.
Parties who drove into the village
this morning from South SALISBURY
say that at no time during the winter
has the seighing been finer than it
was early today although the snow
was getting soft.
State railroad commissioner, H.
S. Bingham is in Rutland today,
where the board is holding hearings
in relation to two accidents that have
recently occurred on the Rutland, and
Delaware and Hudson railroad.
A foreman and several Italian lab
orers have arrived at the Colgate farm
from New York for the purpose OF
looking out to see that no damage will
result to the new road under construc-
ton from the summer residence of Mr.
Colgate to the top OF Mt Anthony when
the snow goes off. Work on the road
will be commenced as soon as the
weather will permit
w. J. Roche, Who has been employed
as section man on the Lebanon Val
ley and Rutland roads most of the
time since the former road was built
over thirty years ago has retired from
the rk aud is now off all kinds OF
duty for the present. He has been a
faithful employee and as a souvenir
has now claim against the Lebanon
Springs road of 800 for work done un-
der the receivership of William e.
Reynolds.