The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-09-08
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

Mrs S. b. Hall has an acute attack
OF rheumatism.
Mrs George Hopkins OF Pawlet Is
visiting friends here.
Herbert Davenport has returned
from two weeks stay In New York.
Miss Jennie Blddle of Searsburg
has been spending the week with
friends In the village.
Howard Fauly. who has been In town
during the past week, will return to-
day 10 his home 10 Wexford h. l.
The condition OF Mrs V. Pelter OF
Park street, who has been III for the
past two months, remains about the
same.
Mrs A. Gallipean, who has been the
guest OF Mrs w. Il. Peltier aud other
relatives, has returned TO Worcester,
Mass.
Mr. and Mrs Edward l.. Stone left
this morning 10 spend u week with
friends and relatives 10 Fitchburg and
Boston.
G. L. Harwood has been In poor
health OF late and next week will 20 TO
Lowell lake In Chester for much
needed rest
Charles Donnelly, who has been Wis
ting In town for few days, returns
today to Albany 10 resume his studies
in the high school.
The hearing In the case OF Mrs Ann
Stratton charged with being intoXica-
ted Is before the municipal court this
Afternoon for trial.
The Olin Scott machine shops will
shut down next week 10 make repairs
on the water power made necessary by
the recent break la the tume.
II. s. Bahan and Miss Georgiana
Austin will sing q duet during the
morning service at the old First church
at Bennington Center tomorrow.
The members OF ST Mary's guild
cleared over 5000 from tue auto,nboile
trip given under its auspices the after
noon and evening OF Wednesday.
Miss Alice Sears will lead the c. +
meeting in the Congregational chapel
sunday evening at $50 Topic: 'The
Meaning of Christian Endeavor.
The committee in charge OF the auto.
mobile excursion will hold clearance
sale in the Office OF DR.. A. 5. NJ. CHS
nolm, Tuesday, Sept IL, FROM a. IN.
to 9p. IN.
Mr. and Mrs Henry +. Boardman
who have been spending the summer in
Europe are expected at the Center to-
day TO spend few days with MIR and
Mrs ID. l.. Boardman.
1t is announced this morning that
he coLditioi OF Rev Thomas J. Can
ney OF Rutland was quite critical la
evening but that the attending ply sic
ians look for a crisis today.
At the Baptist church. the pastor,
Rev Frank r.. Morris will preach
morning and evening This is the
church's annual'rally day for Amer
lean m ssions. "Aliens or Americans
will be the general topic. You are IL
vited.
+. II. Thorpe, inspector OF city de
livery in the post Office department is
here investigating into the necessity
Of putting on "A new carrier Ia the vii
lage. Mr. Thorpe was formerly edit, r
OF the Middlebury Register.
Re Geo W. Brown, for over thirty
ears a member OF the Troy Confer
ence, died at his home In Pittstown, n
Y, Friday morning. His death was
quite sudden. He was pastor OF the
Methodist church in PoWnal during
the year 1899.
There is being manufactured at the
Scott machine shops an automatic dry
er for the II. 7. Cushman ochre works
With the aid of the dryer it will be
possible to turn out larger amount
OF product and to keep the plant in OPP
GRAFTON all winter.
James j. Nevils the well known car
penter and builder has established his
| headquarters in the building belong
| ing 10 the estate OF L. +. Norton, loca-
ted In the rear OF the Cutler block on
NJ ain street, the entrance ~ which is
from Main street.
j. II. Woodman for many years a
prominent resident OF this village, died
suddenly this morning at Clyde n. Y,
where he had resided several years
The funeral will be held Monday at
! Haverhill, Mass, where intermenG will
be had in the family lot.
Rev John l.. Fort Jr., pastor Of Ash
Grove church, Albany, will peach
Sunday morning and evening at Free
Library hall ut the Methodist church
services Sunday. Sunday school al
noon and Epworth League service at
6.30 p. IN. All are cordially invited to
attend these services.
Alonzo Herrick OF Poultney, n
deputy shelf OF Rutland county since
1889 dropped dead in the sheriff S
office in Rutland Friday morning while
conversing with Sheriff +. c. Fish, ne
threw up his hands and immedi tely
expired. He was we'll known al
through western Vermont.
AT the Second Congregational church
tomorrow morning DR. Isaac Jennings
of the First church will preach in ex-
change with the pastor. The subject
of Mr. Mills address at the evening
service will be 1.-The Story of the Book
of Jonah" The hours of worship are
l0:45 and 1880. A cordial welcome to
visitors and strangers.
The wheelbarrow parade which was
to have been given this noon will come
of at 100 this evening. The star
will be at the Cooper bridge and the
course will be down Main street to til,
Putnam house. The parade will bt
headed by the Bennington band. How
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