The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-05-06
BENNINGTON BIEFS
News Of the Town and Village TOLD
Briefly for Busy Readers

Mrs. Walter Taylor left this morn
ng for visit In Waterbury.
Mrs. Reuben Smith OF Hoosick
Falls is visiting Mrs. Colby Of Union
street.
Delicious brick Ice cream In pints
and quarts. For sale at Quinlans
pharmacy. 52tf
John A. Connolly Is putting new let
tering on the windows of the Gokay
drug store.
Wilbur Davis OF Main street has re-
signed his position In Clarks brush
back factory.
Miss Daisy B. Wood OF Main street
has taken position In Mrs. McLeod's
parlors.
The bridge over the Roaring Branch
on Park street extension Is being re.
painted this week.
Many improvements and alterations
are being made on w. A. Walls store
on East Main street.
james Morrissey is moving from
North street to the Dewey tenement
on West Main street.
Charles ID. Sawyer has moved into
he Summit House In WoOdford which
he will conduct this summer.
Garrett Paddock OF Dewey street is
working In Hoosick this week building
a barn for his brother James.
There will be devotions for the
month Of May this evening at 1880 in
st, Francis de Sales church.
John r. Burton, formerly of this
town. but now residing In Hoosick,
calledon friends In town today.
The b. H. S. baseball team will play
the Williamstown high school team on
the athletic field next Saturday.
John p. Fitzpatrick the celebrated
cigar manufacturer from Troy Is In
town today calling on his customers.
The lumber for the new grandstand
ON the baseball grounds and the work
OF building 1t was begun this morn
ing.
Miss Ophelia MERCER OF West Main
street returned home today after few
days visit with friends in North Ad-
ans.
Road Commissioner John Scully has
a force OF men working on the high.
ways east and southeast OF the village
this week.
William NJ. Barron was In North
Adams Tuesday to attend the grand
balloon ascension held In that city
yesterday morning.
The b. II. s. baseball team left on
the 2:30 car this noon for Adams
where they will play the high school
team there this afternoon.
Arthur Beaham of New York who
has spent the summer In town for the
past two years came here and will re-
main for several months.
The dust continues to blow but the
sprinkler Is not yet In sight. II II
does not come before long We will all
be blind and won't be able to see IL.
Francis MCGUIRE. former resident
OF this town, who has been spending
a few weeks with friends here, return.
ed to his home in Pittsfeld Tuesday.
Mrs. H. w. Burgess has purchased
from H. Harry Levin as administrator
|Of the estate OF the late Rev. B. Berg
the property known as the Mccall
house on West Main street.
Rev. H. s. Rowe, the new pastor Of
the NJ. e. church. Is moving his house
hold goods from Ballston Spa to the
parsonage on Pleasant street. He
will be joined by his family in few
days.
The Vermont club will give dance
in Foresters' hall Friday evening, May
Is. A door prize of four piece silver
tea Set will be given. II is now on
exhibition In Hyde's drug store win
dow. 62t3
During the years engagement at
the Knickerbocker theatre, New York
City. last season, "The Red Mill" play.
ed tot gross business Of $780, 900 and
was witnessed by nearly one million
people.
The first degree was exemplifed on
two candidates Tuesday evening by
the X. OF c. On Friday night the
second degree will be worked on sew.
leralcandidates. The annual state con.
lvention will be held here on Tuesday
May IL.
About so members of the st. PAU
Commandery of North Adams will
come here Thursday evening on the
1880 car and will be entertained by
the Taft Commandery X. T.. At nine
o'clock the ladies of the o. f. s. will
serve banquet.
A balloon which left North Adams
this forenoon sailed over the wesl
part of the town early this afternoon
and was visible from the village fol
some time. At 2.30 II could be seer
some distance west Of the north enc
Of Mt. Anthony.
About fifteen members of the Coop
er machine shop went to Sucke
pond Saturday and remained unit
Tuesday During that time the,
worked on their cabin and have 1
about half completed at present. !
will be the largest on the pond whel
finished.
The order OF the village trustees In
lstructing Chief of Police Brazel to re
move the overhanging signs on all tn
streets In the village Is already beal
| ing good fruit. One Of these ovel
hanging signs was taken down las
evening and the owners have express,
ed their intentions to follow suit.