The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-07-25
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Briefly for Busy Readers.
News Of the Town and Village Told

miss oaule ocott IL spehulhB inc uhy
In Troy.
G. |. Hendee Is visiting at the home
OF M. q. Scutt In Arlington.
BE sure and see the Passion Play"
this week at the Theatorlum
Miss Anna Sherlock has been visit.
ing at her home In East Dorset.
Have you seen the Passion Play at
the Theatorlum this week. Great
Frank Harrington of Washington
has been visiting relatives In town.
Misses Bertha Green and Elizabeth
Morrlssey are visiting In ST. Adams.
Moving pictures Illustrating the
Life of Christ" at the Theatorlum all
this week.
Rev Joseph II. Lyman who has been
spending his vacation here has return.
cd to Pittsneld. n. IL
Edward Donnelly who Is spending
the summer at his cottage In Wood.
ford City was In town today.
About twenty-five OF the Guldeboard
Sunday school plcnicked Wednesday
at Notions grove In Pownal.
over $50 enjoyed the Methodist Sun.
day school picnic at Hoosick Valley
park In North Adams yesterday.
Clarence Sweet and Fremont Barnes
yesterday caught I'm Lake Hancock
three and one-half pound black bass
Miss Gertrude Hlnklcbein who has
been visiting Miss Mary Doyle return.
ed to her home In North Adams today
George Cook has the frame partially
up for the new house he Is building at
the corner OF North and County streets
Mrs. william French. formerly Miss
Agnes Green Of Walden. y. Y. called
on Mrs. NJ, =. Armstrong Wednesday
The infant child Of Mr.. aud Mrs
Harry Hurley died last night az Troy
where Il was taken yesterday for med.
ical tpatmcnt
A. W. BREASTED left this morning for
New York where he will Join A. W.
Putnam. Jr.. for cruise on the latter's
new seagoing yacht
Mr. and Mrs s n. lockwood who
have been spending two weeks In ri.
conderoga and Crown Point are expect.
ed TO return Saturday.
Rev. and Mrs. Philip Schuyler and
three children who have been visiting
Rev aud Mrs u. d. -. Mcneil at Man.
chester Center. have returned.
Mr.. and Mrs Garry W. Papers are
today moving from q. o. Cleycland'F
house on the fats 90 one OF Charles
Coopcr's houses on Pleasant street
Mrs. August Cordcs and daughter
Lena OF Ioosick Falls and friend. Miss
Marion Nought OF brooklyn spent one
day this week with Alrs. NJ. r. Arm.
strong u Gage street
a meeting will be- held az the Sold
iers Home SATURDAY. July e. from 60
I under the auspices Of the ". G. T. 4.
n North bennington The program
consisting of papers. rcCitatIuns and
music viii b. furnished by young lad
ics Of bennington.
Bradstrects report for the week has
the following. Prosperous conditions
are reported among manufacturers no
bennington merchants are having ful
~ a. good trade as o. expected at this
time Of the year. Many SUMMER
guests are in evidence.
A horse belonging 10 James nuFhcc
while standing in front of the First
National hank this morning became
frightened aud simddlod n granite
hitchlng post Before u could De- "a.
tricatcd the horse had smashed the
harness and slightly damaged the bug
KY
The eclipse last night was so thor
ourhly cclipsed blythe thunder shower
that Il might just COL well never have
happened az FAR as this section h. con.
ccned u 81 reported though that
several gentleman Who we're late gct.
TING home told their wives that the
eclipse made II so dark that they lost
their way
The whereabouts of Abrahams of
pOvnal. who left town Saturday. July
q. are stiil somewhat uncertain. al
though his friends have made n dili
gent search. II Is thought h. had
about 5000 with him when he disap
pcaurd. ile has conducted a large re-
tail meat business % the north end OF
the town Many believe. however.
that he IL In Troy.
Superintendent Harmon telcphoncd
10 Deputy Nash this morning that two
men we're making n disturbance on the
grounds ~ the home and when the OH
Ger responded 10 the call be- found two
wcayprs. one stranger and the other
n resident Of Bennington and goncr
lally known a. pep" Mercior. in an az
grayated state ~ intoxication They
had apparently been ln the grove just
west Of the home all nlght and present
81 q sorry appearance. During the
might Mercicr had removed bis cloth
ing aud was so thoroughly intoxicated
that he was unable Ia dress himself
The officer lodged the men In Jail.
Among the summer guests who ar,
spending the season no the bromley
house In Peru u Mrs i.ucius q. WEIGH
lnfty years ago and more n resident ol
the town aud who will be well re-
membcrcd by the old people now liy
INK here. She was q daughter Of Asa
Duty one Of the early business men al
Sage CITY" now North bennington
Mr.. Weich was one OF the first con
ductors on the old Western Vermont
railroad after II was built and later
on the New York Central. Troy and
=. lioston. aud years was conductor on
the Panama railroad. Mr.. Wclch died
/ several years ago In New York Sh,
~ accompanied this year by Miss Mas
Deming. daughter OF slyycstia Dcming