The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-28
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.
Fireworks at Battlefield park to.
night
Mrs. Mark Bottum OF New Haven is
visiting In town.
S. II. lockwood is In sandgate to.
day on business.
A daughter has been born to DIR. and
Mrs. II. X. Bristol.
Theodore l.. Thomas OF Brooklyn
was visitor here yesterday.
Arthur Spence has returned from a
fishing trip 10 Glen Lake, n. Y.
Collector Charles II, Darling OF Bur.
lington Is In town for short stay.
Miss Elizabeth Stortz Is spending
two weeks at Sacandago Park. n. Y.
Mrs. NJ. b. Middleton Is at the
Breese farm In Hoosick for short
outing.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Fred Hartman are In
Troy this week during Mr.. Harmon's
vacation
Ward L. Lyons and Arthur r.. Hol.
lister returned this morning from Al.
lantic City
Mr.. and Mrs. n. Noyeck left this
noon for New York on combined bus
mess and pleasure trip.
George |. Wall and children who
have been visiting In town returned
this morning to Rochester
Mrs. Thomas Mckee OF Cohoes who
has been visiting her mother. Mrs. Lor
EMO Storu has returned.
Mrs. Charles A. Carpenter and chill.
dren have returned from saltwater
after visiting friends there.
The regular weekly social dance
will be- held Friday night OF this week
instead OF Saturday. Ia Foresters' hall.
Alterations are being made la the
shoe department OF the Bennington
shoe store by cnlarglng aud removal VI
desks
Mrs. Arthur Stone and Mrs. J. H.
Gilbert Of New York Who have been
the guests OF Mrs. Olin Scott accom-
panied their hostess aud visited In
Cambridge yesterday.
Several carloads Of rails are passing
through here daily 10 be- used on the
Chatham division The rails are being
distributed from the Chatham end OF
the line toward Bennington.
Mrs Henry $. bingham entertained
thirty ladies at a d. a. X. whist party
Tuesday afternoon Bridge whist Was
played prizes being Won by Mrs Rus.
sell Graves and Miss Maude Belden
The members Of the Custer Relief
corps who have accepted the invitation
10 join the lioosick Falls corps picnic
at battlefield Park tomorrow will
ivaNc bennington on the 1880 car
About ~ O'Clock Tuesday night the
awning over the front door OF Cooks
lcwelry store caught fire By ciga.
rcttr stub dropped from a window
above A small crowd soon assembled
Nothing vas burned but the awning
Albert Cummings while working In
Clark's brush back mandatory Tues.
day night. while pulling cut an edg
/ INK got bis hand on 10 bench saw
aud lost the fore and middle fingers.
and the other two we're badly laccrat.
cd
Timothy Houghton Of West Dover
81 in the village on business Mr.
/ lluuEhtun has sold bis farm OF 300
acres % John A. ilartwell Of New iork
city. Who vill make a summer resort
of a. Mr. lioughion may locate In
Bennington.
There was a family reunion az the
home Of Asa D. lOomis. sunday Ia
commcmoration Of bis mothers 18th
birthday Another son Frank ID
| lnumis aud daughter barbara Of Dcu
yer. Col. Werc present There wcr,
~ members Of the family present
sumptuOus dinner Vas served.
when Dr. ~ ]. Potter arrived a
the camp at Blg Pond yesterday h
found that the condition of Probate
Judge y Carney. Who suffered a shOcl
81 apopleAy early Ia the morning woulI
not warrant moving the stricken maj
tu the village and be- vas accordingly
moved 60 Charles u Dywcys cottag'
10 WuOdiUrd city one sid" was CON
. plotsly paulyzcd aud while he appar
entity recognized his friends be- va
. unable 60 converse but very little
His condition did not improve durinl
the night and today he was apparrntl
. not 20 strong a. yesterday. Rev.
, ". ROWlsy returned from the cottag
. late this forenoon. lie said tina
Judge Carney APPARENTLY recognize