The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-06-05
BENNINGTON Briefs
News Of the Town aud Village Breh
Told Tor Busy Headers.

John Rogers is visiting friends here
Richard Crane of DANNY is here for
a few days.
Mrs Healey will sing tonight at tie
in X of p. hall.
Wa ted: Girl for general house
work. Inquire at Soldiers Home. i23tf
Mr. AMI Mrs NJ. W. Stewart are
spending the week with Mr. and Mrs
Otto Bennett in Manchester
Division b. Of the Congregational
church will give strawberry festival
tomorrow evening.
Mr. and Mrs Henry c. Shields win
open their summer residence AT Ben
nngton Center Thursday
Mn and Mrs NJ. f Couch of North
ADAMS were the guests over Sunday of
Mr. aud Mrs II. M. Ramsdell.
DR. A. s. NJ Chisholm has gone to
Boston to attend the meeting of the
American Medical association
A. n. Haskins of Rutland was a
guest at the home of Miss Rose Il. Du-
rant Of County street over Sunday
The Baptist CE society will hold its
sem-annual election this evening at
7:45. A social will follow the meeting.
Admission only Is cents to the mus
icale in the N. II. o. Il. rooms in the
* Of p. hall, Ritehie block, tonight
Guy W. Goodspeed Of Schenectady
was a guest at the home of Miss Maud
Gamsha OF Valentine street oyer Sun
day.
The call number of Chandler and
Blackmer at the Center has been
changed to ll2- the only number on the
line.
Abner Reyes who has been spending
the winter in Pin hurst, Il. c., is
spending a few days with his sister
Miss Celestia Keyes.
Tailor Russell went to Rutland this
morning taking with him Nat Smith
who will serve thirty days sentence
in the house of correction for n nth
conviction of intoXicatOn.
The regular meeting of Mt Anthony
chapter No. OES to be held to-
morrow evening is likely to be the last
until September plans for the annua'
| picnic are to be discussed.
a forty hours devotion service,
commenced IN ST Francis de Sales
church this morning, under the direc
J Of k'ts Ia tksh 10 a
will be assisted by some out OF town
! clergyman.
O NJ. Barber, f. L. Bates, c. II.
I Mason, l.. ID Bennett, G.. NJ. Graves.
| @. A. Maurer j. V. d 5. Merrill y.
a. Guiltinan and II. T. Healey left
/ lis morning for Manchester TO attend
the June session Of county court.
An automobile containing c. b. Me
Gunner }. w. Gardner and family Ct
/ Pownal lost wheel on the way to
North Adams yesterday. Luckily the
machine was going at low speed when
the accident occurred and no one was
injured.
Gen. n NJ. Curtis will speak tonight
at Grand Army hall at o o'clock, IN
S cad of on Thursd y night as was for
merly announced. All the veterans,
Sons of Veterans, W. L. c., Spanish
war veterans and honorary members
OF The post are invited.
A Pullman horse car, containing
horses owned by Robert T. Liucolt
will pass through North Bennington
Wednes Law, en- route from Chicago
Ill.,, to Manchester. Mr. Lincoln anC
party in the private car m Magnet
will pass through there Thursday.
Major General NJ n. Curtis, inspec
tor of the Soldiers Home will arriv,
ia the city this afternoon. This even
I Ing at O'Clock he will be present u
re local post rooms and all members
and honorary members OF tie GAR
the WkC S OF Y and Spanish wal
veterans are requested TO meet there a
hour named.
If You are lover OF good must,
you can hear IL if you attend the mus
lcale m the n h o. u. rooms in thi
X OF T. hall in the Richie block to
night, There viii be vocal ard il
stumenial music and rotations 4
crnet solo 10y girl eleven Years o.
ith piano accompaniment, will Lt
/. an 1nla1al feature OF the evening.
Snrgcon General Putnam left thi,
IN rnIng to join Governor Bell who
with a portion OF his stan is in attend
ance at tbs horse show IA Rutland
This evening ne party will attend |
grand ball To- he given in honor OF thu
horse SHOW. Tomorrow they will b,
in Poultney TO attend a social func
tion to he given by Poultney Grange
The 50lh anniversary of the found
Ing Of Rensselaer, lodge No 80 f. q A
NJ. of Iloosick Falls wi II be celebrate,
Thursday OF this week The gran,
10 ige will be present ThGe all b
observances both in he afternoon an,
evening. Invitations to attend hav
been received by several past masters
and others connected with the loca
lodge.
At the meeting Of the stakeholder
OF the Saratogaand Schenectady rail
road in Waterford yesterday Henr
G. Shields and Thomas Vail summe
residents at Bennington Center wer
elected directors Of the company an
at meeting Of the stockholders OF lh
Rensselaer, and Saratoga railroad tn
same day VIM II Shields was electe
one Of the directors.
j. w. Dornsniie who does larg
contracting aud building business il
Burlington was in town yesterday il
connection with the proposed new \
IA G. A. building Mr. Dornsnife ha
figured somewhat in the conirovers
that has been given considerable spac
in the newspapers regarding the az
OF the youthful soldiers in the civ
war. Mr. Dornsnife enlisted in
Pennsylvania regiment on the day h