The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-07-08
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

briefly TOT buoy ncducIbs
Curtis Burt Of New York is visiting
In town.
Mr. and Mrs John Warren are in
Troy today.
A son has been born to Mr. and Mrs
George Teller.
Harry r. Southall visited his mother
In Pittsheld Sunday.
Miss Louise Bunum has returned
| from a visit In Dorset and Rutland.
Harry Mattison of the Rutland Her
aid stan spent Sunday at his home
/ here.
Amos Aldrich Is slowly recovering
from a severe attack of acute indiges'
| ton.
Mrs Walter Slocum OF Schenectady
Is visiting her mother. Mrs Scanlon OF
Adams street
Charles Kendall and little daughter
| Mildred Of Dalton visited relatives In
town Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs Fred Rickert Of Bruins.
wick n. j., are visiting In town.
MIR and Mrs Myron Chandler left
| this morning for Saratoga 10 attend a
| Masonic convention.
Mrs Leroy Davis OF Glens Falls Is
/ spending a portion OF the month with
/ friends In Wo0dford.
Robert NJ. Kinsie. n noted architect
OF New York spent Sunday with
friends In theyillage.
Mrs Adele Smith and her slster.ln.
law. Mrs n. &. Pratt. OF New Haven.
Conn. visited relatives In Pittsneld
Sunday.
The condition of David lockwood.
over 90 years of age. who has been
quite 100 for some time does not mater.
/ Tally change.
There was large number OF visitors
I In town yesterday. the large majority
coming over the new electric railroad.
Many OF them came from points be-.
yond North Adams
Thirtyfour years ago this morning
occurred the surrender Of Port Hudson
after a seigc OF a. days. There were
| two. now residents Of Bennington.
present on that occasion.
y L. Virgins OF North Bennington
| who has been car inspector for the Rut
| land railroad leaves today Tor Palmer.
Mass. where be- has secured a similar
/ position with the Central Vermont
/ railroad.
The ladies Of 50 Mary's Guild Of 81
| Peters parish will commence holding
I Wednesday afternoon q sale Of fancy
I articles. the proceeds of the same to
ro towards the fund for the erection
of the new church.
There we're heavy thunder showers
With lightning Saturday evening The
l lightning struck In several places la
I thu uu.h part of the town and inter
! ruptrd the electric ears somewhat but
/ did nu material damage.
/ Air and Airs Frank l.. blake OF
Grand Rapids Mich. are expected 10.
morrow a. visit 40 the home of I. g.
3 Gibson. SIR Blake was - former res.
idcut 81 this village where be- o. well
known. For ~ years he was iu bust.
ness in the store now occupied hy W.
A Wall and before this was 1n partner
ship with Mr Gibson.
The regular quarterly meeting OF
the bennington County Medical aocie.
o. Will b. held To- this village Wcdnes
day. Several important papers have
been announced on the program All
are relating Ia the Diagnosis and
Treatment of Heart Disease" aud will
De- read by Drs y e. Liddlo 81 Dorset.
John O. Cochmnc Of East Dorset and
William a. stewart OF this village.
Milo Pratt % Wiiliamstown spent
the Fourth ln Bennington and b. had
q narrow escape from losing an eye hy
a cannon cracker exploding directly In
front of bis face. Ills face Vas some.
Whnt burned and one cyc was injured
by the explosion but Il a. believed that
his oycsight will not b. affected hy the
explosion. lie was on the street IN
Bennington when some one by acci.
dent threw a lighted cracker directly
in front uf him. iie did not see the
cracker in time Ia get out 81 ita way.
as d. exploded while .u the air North
Adams Herald