The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-29
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

Lyman BOWleS mas taken POSITION
at Cooper's mill.
John Toomey of Gage street spent
Sunday In Buskirk Bridge.
Important meeting of Stark Hose
company tonight at O'Clock.
James Wallace left this morning for
Baltimore to spend the winter.
Miss Mary Mcclure is critically i'll
at her home on County street.
Mrs. Maria O'Donnell of River street
Is confined to the house by illness.
George Young of Burlington is spend
ing a few days with friends in town.
Mrs. Ann Tomlinson of Morgan st.
left this noon for visit in New York.
Miss Bessie Woodland of South
Branch street Is threatened with pneu-
monia.
Municipal Judge Il. l.. Bates was
quite i'll Monday and is still confined
to the house,
Mr.. and Mrs G. l.. Harwood have
returned from short visit with rela.
tives in Troy.
The Mission Study and New Tesla
ment classes meet at the Baptist
church tonight at 7.45.
Frederick Bugbee and daughter,
Alice, Of Branch street extension spent
Sunday in North Adams.
Miss Julia Powers, stenOgrapher for
Ernest Barber, was at her home IN
North Adams over Sunday.
Rev. Philip Schuyler left this morn
ing for Manchester to assist at the
funeral of S. H. Blackmer.
Mrs T. A. Davenport of Gage street
has returned from couple of weeks
visit with her father in New York.
Peter Savas of Oswego. n. Y, is
spending few weeks with his brother
at the candy kitchen on Main street.
e. L. Nichols & Son have just re-
ceived large shipment of black lace
waists ranging in price from s. to
SIS.
Miss Alice Sears, B. II. S. '05, and
now of Middlebury, '09, is substituting
for two weeks in the Fair Haven high
school
Mrs. Catherine Ryan of Depot street
) who has been critically i'll for the past
few days, is reported as slowly i'm,
proving.
An initiation will be held by the
local lodge of Elks tonight Refresh.
ments will be served after the work
is done
Miss Elizabeth Schnurr of Depot ST.
has returned from couple of weeks
vacation in Stephentown, n. Y, and
Pittsfield, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Tennyson,
who have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
John Denley of Harrison avenue, have
returned to their home in Springfield,
VT.
Thomas Vail, nominee for city treas
urer on the Democratic ticket In Troy
has closed his residence on Benning-
ton hill and will spend the winter in
Troy.
i A special meeting of the Knights of
Pythias will be held Wednesday, Oct
30. All members should be present as
business of Importance will be tran.
sacted.
The Roaring Branch is reported to
be as high as any time last spring.
Unless the rain stops soon some dam.
age may be done I'm the Brooklyn"
district.
| Edward Lindsey is spending q few
days with friends in town. Mr.. Lind
sey is conductor on the Wilmington
Railroad. This is his first visit since
1888 to this town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Ferguson of East
Main street expect to attend the first
anniversary celebration of the Tunnel
city lodge of N. +. o. p in North Ad-
amse this evening.
John Proud of Park street. who is
now employed by James Morrissey
has accepted position as travelling
agent for the Kennedy and Murphy
Brewing Company.
The Brotherhood of ST. Paul of the
Methodist church will give farewell
reception to Secretary Lieby of the
Y. M. c "A. at the Brotherhood rooms
Wednesday evening.
Walter J. Ely and Miss Grace l. Hill
of this town were married Monday
morning in the clerks Office of the
district court room at North Adams by
Edwin b. Cady, clerk of the court
During the performance at the the
atre last night George c. Wood and
his orchestra received another invita-
tion to lunch at Odd Fellows hall
Chicken pie seems to be in season
there.
George COones, who has been EN-
ployed by II. w. Putnam for the pas,
six months, has resigned his position
and left for his home Bondville
| where he is engaged in the lumber
business.
The train crew of the morning trair
over the Chatham division reported
that the rain in the south was ever
| heavier than in this section and Their,
was some anxiety lest the track be
come so flooded that the return triI
could not be made.
Mrs James Ryan of South stree
was called to New York yesterday OF
account of the serious illness of he
sister, Mrs. Thomas Graham, in tina
city. Mrs. Graham was Miss Margare
Scully before her marriage and has
large number of friends here who will
be sorry to hear of her Illness
] John Cooks family of brooklyn
was attacked by cat early this morn
ing in rather peculiar manner. TIL
cat, which belonged to a neighboi
came down the chimney and got int
q room where a stove had been takel
down and knocked over nlant stand