The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-29
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.


The Drysdale store will close at
noon Memorial day.
VIM Jamison Of Rockford, H., is
visiting friends in the village,
The Foresters of America initiated
three candidates Monday night.
There will be social dane, Ia For
e,ters hall Tuesday evening.
Mrs +. j Tiffany and Mrs Y. r.
Bristol are spending the day in Tro7.
Daniel Mcclure of Division street
left oday for few days visit to friends
in New York
Geo w. Birkford who has been i'll
several weeks in WooGford is report
ed much improved.
NJ IS Adah Norton OF Worcester,
Mass, is the guest OF Mrs A. Fuel
5ibley for few days.
The Rutland railroad will give spec
ial round trip rates to those going |
away over Memorial day.
Mrs Julia Buckley OF Chatham has
come TO live awhile with her daughter
Mrs Fred Bowles OF Bradford street.
There will be matinee dance in
Foresters hall from $3.50 to II O'Clock
Decoration day afternoon and even
ing
W rd comes this morning that Prof.
s M. Bowles Of Woodford who has
been i'll several days is much improv
ed,
Robert Nichols, who has worked for
the electric light company for several
months, has severed his connection
with that company.
The fishing season in the Battenkill
will open Friday and there will be a
big rush Of sportsmen from all
directions.
Jomrade A. NJ Downs went to the
Towsley cemetery in Pownal this alter
noon and decorated the graves Of de
ceased comrades buried there.
The luncheon club was pleasantly
entertained Monday evening by Miss
Robinson in honor of Mrs H. S.
G odall, soon to leave town
Mrs F. r. Morris left this morning
for Hamilton, N. Y, to spend a few
weeks with her mother Mrs j. NJ.
Taylor, who is recovering from a
serious illness.
Harry Warren, for some time night
,peratOr at the office of the New En- p
and Tel. & Eel. company, has retired
| from the place lie will be succeeded
| by young man from North Adams.
Reward Will pay reward OF $40
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.
Tomorrow being holiday it will be
observed as such by the banks and the
| different manufactures in the village.
! The usual holiday hours will also he
observed at the post office There will
be no issue OF the Evening Banner.
|. W. Newell who lives in the cas-
tern part of Woodford and was In
town Saturday says that the deer are
doing considerable damage on his
farm. hard frost the first Of last
week also froze most early growth to
the ground.
The engagement of the Dilger stock
company at Library hall this week
has been cancelled because OF the i'll
ness Of Fred Dilger the head man of
the company. His mental condition
was such last night that he nearly
broke up the show.
John Nash has bought of Edward
Estes the latter's pace In Woodford
! Just beyond the Crooks" for New
York parties who viii take possession
the coming summer The place con
tains 236 acres and was one OF the first
settled farms in Woodford.
1t is expected that the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railway Co
will begin the actual construction of
the extension of the Berkshire county
trolley system from the Massachusetts
state line to Bennington, not later
than June 10Th. North Adams Tran
script
During his visit here last week Rev.
! Geo b. lawson went out and visited
his shack in the southeast part of the
town. He found that it had been brOk-
en- into and large part OF the con
tents ruined. II was not tbs first time
hat the place had been robbed.
Indications are that the weather to-
morrow will be fair and pleasant
Should this prove the fact the day will
be we'll observed in Bennington. The
G, A. II, Post has on the front of its
rooms patriotic stanza, and many of
its members are busy today pptting
/ flowers on the graves of veterans
The ball game between the local
team and the Ostranders of Albany
tomorrow will be called at $3.50. The
Ostranders have been a Jonah for the
bennington team but the boys expect
To close them tomorrow. The batteries
will be Mccain and Wink for the
Ostranders and McMahan and Lewis
for Bennington Mccain pitched two
winning games for the Ostranders last
/ season.
The Williams college golf team de-
Tedted the Mt anthony golf club of
bennington on the Taconic links at
Williamstown Saturday, by II to O.,
Tuxedo system of scoring. A return
match will be played on June 6. The
score: Williamson. Mitchell, -:
Wilcox, 8; l.. Mitchell, ! ID; total, II.
Mt -Worthington, 0; CHS.