The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-28
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BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News Of the Town and Village Told
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The Drysdale store will clio .
at noon Memorial day
Miss Agnes Morrissey was home
from Albany over Sunday.
VIM Henderson of Ryegate was the
guest OF friends over Sunday.
Miss Nellie Farrar is visiting Miss
Nellie Winslow in Schenectady.
There will be a social dance in For
eslers hall Tuesday evening.
States attorney Daley is in Sunder-
land today on truancy case.
Mr. and Mrs L. b. Hyde went to
Brandon Saturday and spent Sunday.
The monthly official meeting of the
a f. church will be held this evening
1 mt 1870.
Miss Nellie Hogan has returned
from two weeks visit in Schenectady
aud Glens Falls.
Col Thomas Harmon was called to
Bratteboro Saturday by the death Of
an aunt. He returned this afternoon.
The local base ball team will play
the Ostranders of Albany Memorial
day. The game will be called at $3.50.
There will be a matinee dance in
Foresters hall from $3.50 to II O'Clock
Decoration day afternoon and even
ing.
The republican county convention
will be held here this year, date to be
announced later, probably the last of
July.
Miss Nellie Coiley tripped on a box
ia Nichols store Saturday evening
and fell, injuring one ankle quite
severely.
Somebody left the water running in
Armory hall Sunday and Jeweler Cook
found his store wet down quite badly
Monday morning.
Mr. and Mrs Nelson A. Kennon re-
Greenfield. While away somebody
stole all the flowers growing in their
front yard.
The Dilger Stock company arrived
in town today and will make their first
appearance at Library hall this e en-
ing. II is said TO be good company
and deserves to be well patronized.
The memorial exercises which were
to have been held in the Hinsdillvile
cemetery yesterday and which were
postponed until today have again
been postponed on account of the rain.
Reward will pay reward Of SIC
for information that will lead to the
arrest and conviction of the parties
who robbed my tulip bed Friday night,
Saturday night and Sunday night. -
John S. Holden.
John Craven S house was struck by
lightning during the. shower Friday
Aside from splntering some wood
work and knocking of plastering' nc
damage was done but Mr. Craven's
son was knocked down and rendered
unconscious for u short time.
Saturday night drunken man went
to sleep with his head across the rail
of the electric road just beyond Wal
loomsac A car camealong and was
Stopped Just In time 10 save tne man :
life though his head was caught under
the ieuder and badly bruised The
man was too drunk to tell his name.
A we'll known resident of this village
is observing his 9th birthday today
in quiet manner, but sister believ
ing that such events should not pass
by unnoticed, ca He'd at the Banner OF
ice paid years subscription in adj
vance to be sent to him, and as she
left the Office said that she knew b,
would be pleased. And we hope hi
will
Governor Higgins of New York last
Saturday evening signed Assembly
man Filley's bill extending the time
for the Bennington & Hoosick Valley
Railway Co to finish work on its pro-
posed street railway extension frou
June 30, 1906 to June 3d. 1909 The
act however does not apply to the vii
lage of Cambridge nor to that part of
the proposed line from Cambridge 10
Greenwich. The amendment was put
10 the measure after public hearing
ut the request of the authorities o.
Cambridge.