The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-04-11
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
New, of the Town and Village Edsry
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New, of the Town and village Wdery
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MIDI w oatmAn welt yesterday to
Rutland for few days stay.
james Buraes went this morning
TO Albany on a short business trip
Miss Jeanette voght OF Lee. Mass,
is the guest OF Miss Lizzie McDermott.
Mrs II + Robinson returned last eve
ming from several days visit In Troy.
Charles Magee Is home from New
York, called here by the death OF his
father.
Rollin Backus OF Brandon was
among tie visitors to the village Wed.
nesday.
Joseph Mcclure and Louis Lavally
have begun working IS trainm on on
the Rutland road.s
Mrs Henry Roster OF North Benning
ton Is spending the week with her
daughter, Mrs j. Ed Walbridge.
John Leahy, who has been spending
n few days with bis parents at the cot
taRe hotel, returned home yesterday TO
Troy,
Mrs ID. Ed Moore has Joined her hus
band and they will 90 10 housekeeping
at Wstervliet. Mr. Moore Is employed
In Albany.
TIE license commissioners made Q
tour OF the saloons yesterday TO gre
the new member OF the board, DR. + 3
Pratt, an introduction to his probable
constituency during the coming year
Miss Mary Gleason OF Greenwich,
who came to Bennington 70 attend the
Knights OF Columbus ball and who has
since been the guest OF Miss Lizzie
McDermott, returned home last even
Ing.
Four freight cal went OF the iron
about two miles this side OF Petersburg
Junction during Tuesday night and a.
result the Chatham division mall
train due here between 10 and ii o..
clock In the forenoon did not reach
the local station-un 8 O'Clock yester
day afternoon.
Miss Marjorie Sburtlen, who under
vent q serious operation Tuesd,y
night passed through the following "a
hours In q more comfortable manner
than was expected unde.' the circufn.
stances and this morning q decided
Improvement In her condition was no
ported.
An alarm was rung 10 this morning
from box "a AZ the corner OF Adams
and North street and the Stark Hose
company promptly responded only 10
End out that burning chimney at Q
tenement occupied by Michael Kelley
on Adams street was the cause OF the
disturbance.
Because OF the action taken st n q
annual town meeting reducing
the labors and compensation OF the
town clerk . readjustment has beer
necessary and Miss Katharine Morres
sey. who has bern Clerk T.. A. Booth,
able assistant for the past two years,
has severed her connection With th'
Bennington Office.
The funeral OF Frank Horton VII,
died suddenly In Saltwater .Mooda,
morning was held from :St John
church AZ North Bennington this NOR
log. The young man was for son
time q conductor on the Hudson Val
ley electric railroad and was very Dol
ular with the travelling public. Re
Thomas Schaefer officiaied.
There vas az unusually large 10
tsndsncs at the spssial sonvocatios .
NJ Anthony chs pter OE5 10 maseni
hall last evening. The chapter had q
members presen, with q few from Mort
Bennington. The degrees we're COZ
refreshments we're lnduleed in. Afs
the work was over, and the chapter al
missed, several remained and indulge
In cards for souple OF hours.
The Troy Times OF Wednesday nigh
contained The following: Miss Floresc
Evans Of Bennington, while en- rout
10 Glens Falls, was taken suddenly II
NJ the Troy Unlon Station yesterda,
afternoon. She was accompanied b,
her father. sister and brother. Tn
Dung woman remained 10 the ladies
reception room during the afternoon
and evenin- aud was attended by
doctor. Miss Evans left for her hom'
on the ll.90 O'Clock train last night.
In his report upon The Saratoga dil
trict OF the Troy conference wednes
day the presiding elder says the follov
log about two preachers OF which have
been here. Our two ponagenarians
Rev Aaron Hall and Rev Bostvlck
Hawley, ID. D., are a benedIctlon 70 us
They are 80 cheerful and helpful thal
We wish they might live long past tbs
century mark. Each preached during
the year on the Sunday nearest bis
birthday. Brother Hall at the age OF