The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-30
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.


James Davis is making repairs on
his house ON County street.
Prof VIM. NJ Bryant OF Atlanta, Ga.
IS visiting Mr.. and Mrs. j. =. Wallace
Mrs. John Baker, Mrs. John Madden
and Mrs James Murphy spent Wed.
nesday In North Adams
John r. Drlfea and Legrand Plat
Of Waterbury Conn, were In the vii.
lage Thursday
Mrs. l.. A. and Miss Bessie Marshall
OF North Adams were visitors In the
village Thursday.
Miss Laura Williams has gone TO
Watham. Mass. where she will be the
guest of Miss Nettie Pierce.
The regular meeting OF the Custer
Relief Corps will be held this evening
A full attendance Is desired.
Mrs. J. II. Livingston and daughter
Grace and niece Miss Daisy Wood
spent Thursday at Camp Champney
on the Deerneld river.
/. n. Gibson has put AN excellent
gravel sidewalk fronting his double
tencmeuts at the corner OF Grand
View and Silver streets
Mrs. Alfred Il. Hes OF Washington.
u. G.. who has been spending four
weeks at the Walbridge homestead.
has returned 10 her home.
G.. Newmcyer who IL stopping with
his son and daughter at Saranac Lake
| In the AdirOndacks arrived Ia town
! yesterday for short visit
Mr.. and Mrs. T.. r.. Rawson returned
yesterday from an outing nc Crystal
Lake In Barton. MIR. aud Mrs. =. II.
! Packard returned several days ago.
| Mrs. J. s. Holden and Miss Maude
Carpenter have returned from n yaca.
ton spent at North Weymouth Beach.
Mass, making the trip In Mrs. IIol.
dcn's automobile.
An accident To freight engine at
the top Of the grade between here and
North Bennington this morning neces.
/ Stated the sending OF another engine
10 the assistance OF the train crew.
lockwood a Howe real estate deal.
crs. have sold for Mrs Eliza Jewett
the large tract OF land back OF her
South street residence to George NJ
! Hawks. whose other South street
property II adioins.
Mrs. r. N. lloughton aud daughter
Ella aud Mrs Fred Bugbce aud daugh
ter Alta have returned from a visit Ia
North Adams Mrs Geo. Slade. Mrs.
! liugbvc's mother came home with
them for visit here.
Ira Davenport. great uncle OF T. A.
] Davenport OF this village died at his
home in Upper Troy Wednesday night
after a brief illness. at the age OF 50
years. Deceased was one Of the lead.
Ink groccrymcn OF his city. +. A.
/ Davenport was clerk for him from
1858 90 1855 Mr. and Mrs Daycn.
port will attend the funeral Saturday
at s3u 3. M.
| John TO0mey who has been In the
Maple hill district In SALISBURY for
the past eight days moving farm
house from the cnd Of a pent road 10
the main highway. nearly a mile dis.
/ tant, Was in town over night with his
j NNNNNNNH ~ by NAANA wv aAAF AANA AZ
uncommon sight there in the early
morning. one buck with a fine set Of
horns having been frequently seen eat.
Ink apples in the orchard.
There have been many orders r..
coi,ed thus far for Sketches OF His.
toric bennington" by J. V. -. =. Mcr.
rill aud Caroline r. Merrill So great
IH the demand for this valuable book
aH "a souvenir that a second edition ia
being Published This edition will con
tain a hnc picture Of the Rev. Isaac
Jennings Who for 80 years Vas pastor
of the old First church. The price
of the book has been reduced % 81.
On. of the features being arranged
Tor the Forostcrs field day h. 100
foot race between stick Blanchan
u the fast hascman ~ the Bennington
baseball team and John Sawyer Who
defeated iilanchan by m inch or less
at the D. ~. T. 4. Is picnic here Aug
uat &C. BlanChau whsn at Yale vas
considered an unusually fast spfint.r
sawyer b. n North Adams boy Who has
brcu running with hose team IN a
humber 81 events no the fairgrounds
and lately has developed good form.
The plans for four team baseball
league a. comprise bennington. iloos.
ick Falls. North Adams aud rittsncld
may be- iut,rfcrrd with b. the ambit
Ion Of the two latter towns Ia become
members of the Hudson River league.
Ia prospective reorganization of the
Hudson River league includes the cit.
i"H uf puuEhkcepsic. Hudson. NcWburg
IGioNcrsyillc. Pitlsnrld aud possibly
Nurth Adams. Negotiations are nov
under way towards the securing Of an
enclosed ground iof u baseball ncld IN
plttsncld next season