The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-06-06
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of The Town anI village Brief
Toih for Busy Read rs

Johh McGurn ana son spent Sunday
in Burlington.
G l.. Wood is attending the circus
in Troy today,
Rollin Taylor left this morning for
Rutland to attend the horse show
S. T. Newton of Worcester, Mass. is
visiting his brother, r. h. Newton.
Wanted; Girl for general house
work. Inquire at Soldiers Home. i2s /
Miss Dawson of Bridgewater, Nova
Scotia, is the guest OF Mr. and NJ
Clement h. Cone,
DR. and Mrs e. r. Pierce have gone
10 his home in PutLey for vacation
OF several weeks.
Division B will hold a straw Gerry
social at the Congregational ch pei at
$50 this evening,
Ensign Saunders of Troy will speak
AT Salvation Army hall tonight aud
tomorrow evening
Col. Thomas Harmon fthe Soldiers
home left this morning for Brauebo
70 to be absent week.
Mrs f. NJ. Tiffany is here
called by the death and burial o. by
man Harwood her father.
There will be sale of clothing al
ST Peters parish house Saturday af.
ternoon June 9th at two O'Clock.
j. M. Ayers, KELLEY Cole and Pa m
err Boughlon returned yesterday from
two days fishing trip in Woodford.
Mrs G. S. Mills aud Mrs w. r..
Sheldon went this morning to Burling-
ton to attend a missionary convention.
WmOBrien is moving today from
John L2ahy's house on West Main
| street to d. f. Cronin's tenement on
Depot street
Mr. and Mrs f. B. Jennings are on
an automobile trip through Vermont
and Massachusetts to be absent about
! o couple OF weeks.
At the regular communication OF Nj
Anthony lodge f. * A. NJ last even
ing the second degree was conferred
on one candidate.
II. / SpafT0rd one OF the auditing
trustees OF the Soldiers home was at
that in titution Monday auditing last
mont IS account.
According to Bradstroets weekly
repC ~ the sales at all the retail dry
goods and clothing stores for last
month was unusually large.
Attorney J. V.D. s. Merrill will lie, =
ture in tue Union church at Woodiord
| City, Friday evening on "Abraham
Lincoln, his favo ite theme.
Joseph NJ. Dyer died yesterday al
his home in White Greek, aged rs years
md eight months. The funeral will
he held Friday at ; o'clock
DR. II. j. Potter and DR. l. Ii. Ross
left today for Boston to attend the
American Medical Association meeting
to be absent the rest of the week.
| Miss Frances Ernst who has been
spending few days with Miss Lucy
| Haynes has returned to her duties as
nurse at the Samaritan hospital ia
Troy.
Mr. and Mrs w. ID. Newton took an
automobile trip to Rut and yesterday
! to attend the Horse show now in pro-
gress in that city. They will return
today.
Mr. and Mrs Joseph pellerin lerl
Monday for two weeks trip to Boston
and Fall River While they are away
they will attend a silver wedding AT.
niversary.
a. o. Cummns of Montpelier who
has been visiting at the home OF Nh
and Mrs Frank II. Howe during the
past week left this morning for his
home in Montpelier.
Harrison l. Norton, l.. F. Abbott,
and W. c. Bull as guests OF II. T..
White of North bennington have gone
to Rutland to attend the automobile
show making the trip 10 Mr. White S
auto.
There will be q hearing before the
( railroad commissioners at the munich
pal court room tomorrow morning at
ten O'Clock to discuss the advisability
Of placing an undergrade crossing at
/ Pixies
The building committee OF the YMCA
| has decided to build the new structure
/ for the association on the corner OF
Main and School streets without letting
a contract and have selected Joseph
Coyne for superintendent.
The work OF the listers is being
/ rapidly comp eted aud the end
of the week will see their books
nearly finished. The burning out of
the futile Printing company's plant
at Rutland delayed them for some time
Gibbon English was arrested Satur-
day charged with stealing rides on the
cars over the Chatham division of the
/ Rutland railroad. In the municipal
court Monday he was fined including
costs $500 and given three weeks in
which to pay it.
Quite a number Of the members of
the GAR and other patriotic organi
cations met Gen N. NJ Curtis Z. S. A
retired, in the Grand Army hall last
evening. He was given good receipt
ion and for some time interested those
present with war and other stories
Gen Curtis lost an eye while in the
service.
A check for $S7 was received from
Judge Sanford l. Tenney of North
Adams yesterday, it being the sun
necessary to pay the costs and fines
imposed on Dan Phelps in the mnnic
ipal court Monday evening. AS soor
as the money was received Phelps was
metby his father and the two left the
village for home,
VIM English and Thomas Delude o
this village who were taking a trip tt
North adams were arrested in tina
city Saturday. They were accompan
led by four strangers. All were intoX
icated and all were arrested. Monda,