The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-03-09
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News OF the Town and village Briefly
Told For Bnsy Readers.

Mrs James WOOD is In New Ork'
Walter Myers is visiting in North
Adams.
George Phillips is working at Har-
woods drug store.
Miss S. A. O'Connor Is visiting in
Rutland and Ludlow.
| James H. Whitney was in Troy
! Tuesday.
Mrs Geo Grogan entertained friends
Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Lillian and Daniel Guiltlnan
were in Schenectady Wednesday.
Leon Farnum and Frank Sherman
are spending the day in North Adams.
Circle No 2 of the ME church will
meet with Mrs Geo r Smith tomorrow
afternoon.
The evening service OF the Catholic
church during lent are being held at
the old building.
The executive committee of the Con-
go CE society will hold meeting az
the Chapel this evening
Miss Adelaide Burnham who had a
severe shock of paralysis few weeks
ago is improving slowly.
The Congregational CE society viii
hold social at the home of Miss Cecil
Powers tomorrow evening.
The Grade Songs of Many Nat
ions" will be given at the Baptist
chapel March 22nd by the Junior CE
society.
A large party from here enjoyed n
eighride to Frank Jewetts Monday
and were pleasantly entertained in the
evening.
At the regular meeting of Stark
lodge IOOF Wednesday evening the
fir ,tdegreewas conterredupon two =
didates.
The topic at the Baptist church this
cre0ing vii ba The influence of
Chris o. the Nations . Inc pastor
wi lead the meeting.
AT regular convention of Mt An.
thouy chapter OES Wednesday even
| ing quite a number of names were bal
loted on for membership.
1t has been decided to dedicate the
new Soldiers monument at Manchester
| on Memorial day. The programme
has not been arranged as yet.
A telephone has been installed at! B
A Qulnlan's residence 2l-l4. Several
people have contracted for phones but
are waiting for new instruments to ar
rive.
Mrs Sutton. daughter of Mrs Mary
Lowrie will soon occupy the west
tenement in the Bingham house on
Union street, adjacent to that of her
mother.
Louis r. Martin, who has been for
some time a fireman connected with
the Boston and Maine railroad has
given up his position and returned
home.
John Butts of White Greek, a fire.
quent visitor TO Bennington, is coniin-
ed to his home with fractured left
shoulder. He was getting out of his
sleigh when he slipped on the ice.
The water is so low at the present
time at North Adams, Mass, that the
city officers are alarmed. 1t is down
twenty i've feet at the North reservoir,
the normal depth of which is forty
nine feet.
List OF letters remaining uncalled
| for in the post office for the week end
| Ing March + f. Brown, Turner Glib
son, Hartil James, + L Lincoln, P l.
Lynch, Lansing Sanborn, Mrs Por.
| ter Brown.
Application has been made to de
| partment of Vermont for charter for
a camp of Spanish war veterans to be
organized here. Most of those who
served during the war are 10 favor OF
the move.
There have been two additions to the
Soldiers home this week. The first
was H. C. Myers, who served during
the civil war in Company f, 4th YER
mont volunteers, and Company C, 9th
Vermont. Robert Morris served in
Company G, 18th Vermont Both we're
admitted from Rutland.
A $4,000 residence in Granville be-
longing to Alva Clayton was COM
pletely destroyed by fire yesterday
afternoon. The fremen were compar
atively unable to do any good because
of the lack of water. The furniture on
the first floor was partially saved.
Mrs Clayton, who is an invalid was
taken out on bed
One week from today the home OF
Troy lodge BPOE which was badly
| damaged by fire some weeks ago will
be formerly opened after having been
! improved and altered Ladies will bs
entertained during the day, and in the
evening the members will have house
warming. Several members of the To-
cal lodge are planning to attend in u e
evening.
News has been received of the death
in Ballston, N. Y, of Thomas J
Tracy after an Illness of three months.
He was intending to start soon for
Colorado to spend the winter but was
not able to go. Mr. Tracy was
born in SALISBURY over fifty years
ago, and since leaving here has been
in business in Mechanicville, N. Y,
and Ballston.