The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-09
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Briefly for Busy Readers
G. Newmayer and daughter Mildred
are visiting in Manchester today.
Mrs. Julia A. Harlow now has rooms
at Mrs. J. H.. Loring's, 300 Main street.
Miss Eva lockwood of Jefferson av.
enue is confined, to the house by i'll
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mcclure of Union
street are rejoicing over the birth of a
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad Schwartz Of
mess.
Ten nonresident sportsmen have al
ready taken out hunting licenses in
Bennington county.
Rev. George S. Mills went this morn
! ing to Manchester to attend the Sun.
day school convention.
The Whitney boarding house on
Main street will be open to boarders
on Saturday, october II.
| Mrs. J. l.. Fort of Albany is visiting
her mother, Mrs. George Townsend OF
| Gage street for few days.
Tess of the 'Urbervilles' arrived
| this afternoon from Great Darlington
where they played last night.
Frank Newton of Silver street who
has been troubled with an ulcer on
one of his eyes has completely recov-
cred
There will be no other show at the
opera house after tonight until Oct. rs
when the AT Yale" company will
play here.
Mrs. Pellerin of Woodford has taken
position as assistant teacher in the
school of the Sacred Heart church on
School street.
Miss Mary Lundergan has resigned
her position at Bottum & TOrrance's
and will open select boarding house
on North street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward ID. Moore of
Gage street left last night for New
York where they will attend the funer-
al of a relative.
Misses Gladys and Grace Smith who
| Union street have returned to their
home in Colraine, Mass.
Edward Wheeler of Nottingham who
has been visiting his brother, +. T..
Wheeler of East Main street for few
days has returned home.
Frederick E. White who has been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. II. Nj. Ramsdell
of Washington street returned to his
home In Enosburgh Falls Tuesday.
II. C. Roster & Co. will start their
9Th annual sale tomorrow and also hold
their fall opening. Free souvenir to
ladies'. See their large add of today.
Mrs. Milo Remington of Jefferson
avenue who has been i'll some time
suffered shock last night and is re-
ported to be in serious condition to-
day.
H. c. Roster & Co. have added
another lot of new fixtures. This time
it is new shell brackets. Surely they
add greatly to the appearance OF this
lively store.
Clarence Chandler and family left
this morning for a trip across the
mountain. They will visit friends in
Manchester, Winhall and Brattleboro
and return by the way of Williams
town.
The funeral of Howard Surdam
was held at eleven o'clock this morn
ing from his home on Gage street, Rev
{. W. Rowley officiating. The burial
will be in the cemetery at White Creek
this afternoon.
The infant child of Elmer Elwell Of
the North Bennington road who was
burned quite seriously by boiling
water some time ago is not improving
very rapidly. The doctor thinks that
proud flesh is forming.
A pile driver is at work on the Depot
street railroad bridge driving piles in
to the river bed A temporary bridge
will be built on these while new iron
bridge is being built. Work on the
new bridge will be commenced as soon
as the temporary one is built. All the
material for the new one has been in
the yard for some time.
The H. L. Bradford company is build
ing new round brick chimney for
their plant on East Main street 1t is
being built of specially prepared curv-
ed chimney brick and will be so feet
in height with diameter of four feet
at the base. 1t is already built up
about 80 feet and when finished will
be the first of its kind in town.
The annual meeting of the Woman S
Missionary society of the Baptist
church will be held Thursday after
noon at half past three o'clock. Miss
Clara A. Converse, recently returned
from nearly twenty years of mission
AIRY service in Japan, Is expected to
speak at this meeting, also she will ad
dress the meeting Thursday evening
as this meeting takes the place of the
usual weekly prayer meeting. Men as
well as women are cordially invited to
attend
Argo Red Salmon is cleaned and
packed entirely by machine, and not
tOunhod nv hand flor trying n WI,