The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-14
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly Cor Busy Readers.

O visitor here yesterday.
The lock of the vault at Probate
Office is now in complete repair.
Walter Strunk is temporarily EN-
ployed at the store of Il. E. Hart.
The Molly Stark bridge whist club
met with Miss Ella Bingham last eve
ming.
Rev. DIR. Rowley has gone to Hoo
sick Falls for the burial service OF Mrs.
Miraette Wright.
Waloomsac lodge n. f. o. p. will
hold its annual installation of G.acers
Tuesday evening.
Wash goods at wholesale prices at
&c to l5c will be found at Il. l.. Mich
OILS & Sons store.
Hubert Hart, in charge of the shoe
department of f. Il, Hart, is confined
to the house with the grip.
Miss Bertha Lambert, daughter OF
Joseph Lambert of Pratt street, who
has been i'll five weeks, is gaining.
Hon. James X. Batchelder went yes
terday to Montpelier to attend the
January term OF the Supreme court.
Mrs. Emma S. Parmenter, who has
barely escaped pneumonia is still con-
fined to her bed and under the care OF
her physician.
Miss Mary Skane left today for AL.
bany where she will probably undergo
an operation for appendicitis at st.
Peters hospital.
The boys who slide on South street
should understand that they are vio-
lating the village ordinances and are
liable to arrest.
Fred Woodward, charged by his wife
with drunkenness and breach OF the
peace, still languishes in the county
jail for lack of bail
w. E. Frost, d. D. G. NJ, went to
Poultney yesterday to be present at
the installation of officers of the local
encampment, /. o. o. F.
The Marble City ten pin team of
Rntland will bowl return game with
the Colonial team at the Corbett-
Grennan alleys this evening.
Luman S. Norton, Gen1 Agent Of
Northwestern Life Insurance company
is in the northern part Of the state on
business connected with his COM
pany.
The ladies' aid society of the Congre-
gational church will hold its annual
meeting for the election Of officers
and the reading of reports Wednesday
evening.
Margaret, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Walker of Branch street, is
seriously i'll with diphtheria. All pre-
cautions have been taken to prevent
its spread.
Charles Thompson, who has been at
his home in town since Saturday, re-
turned this morning to Albany to re-
sumo his studies at the Albany school
of pharmacy.
1t will only cost you % cents to get
rid of that cold and grip feeling. Try
a box of A. d. S. Cold Tablets and see
how soon you will feel better. For sale
at Quinlan's Pharmacy.
Several of the directors of the Val
ley Fair Association, resident in Ben
nington, will go to Brattleboro to at
tend its annual meeting for election
Of officers, etc, on Friday next.
Village Clerk John H. Kelso is seri-
ously i'll at his home on Main street.
He is afflicted with hardening Of the
arteries and trained nurse has been
In attendance during the last few days.
A regular communication of Ben.
nington Lodge Of Perfection, Ancient
and Accepted Scotch Rite, will be
held in Masonic hall. Friday after
Aoon, Jan. II, at 2 o'clock for the
transaction of business and conferr-
ing degrees.
When the new fixtures Of the post
efice were installed the old ones were
But In storage. The old fixtures have
now been sold by the trustees for the
original purchasers to William b. Shell
don. It Is said that by the yearly
dividends made them the original pur-
ehasers have. been fully reimbursed
for the money by them advanced In
their purchase. -
Class meetings will be held at the
II. E. church this evening at 7.30.
Class No. /, ]. II. Evans leader, will
meet in the primary room; class No. 2.
A. M. Torrance leader In the Brother
hood room; class No. 3, Mrs. Ida M.
Hitchcock leader, in the Ladies parlor.
Every member of the church has been
assigned to some class and are urged
70 be present at the meetings.
Postmaster Collins M. Graves re-
turned Monday evening from Albany
where he had been called to see his
young son, William, who recently un-
derwent an operation for appendicitis
at the Albany city hospital. When
Mr.. Graves left Albany the boys cdn.
Sition was much improved. Mrs.
Graves will remain in Albany until
the patient Is able to be brought home.
List of letters remaining uncalled
for In the postofice for the week end
ing January 10 1908: George Sawyer,
A. @. Scammon, Terry Burke, G. H.
NcKane, ]. W. Morrow, M. D., Harold
Sherman, VIM. Wood, Loring Davis,
A. Dyer, M. Rudd, Miss Jennie Simp-
kins, Miss Mary Hamelton, Mrs.
Elizabeth Howe, Mrs. Nicholas Mac
Donald, Miss Mable flanagan, GA Liv-
mgston st.; Mrs. c. A. Monroe.
The destruction by fire of the Par
ker Building in New York city on FRI
day night last is possibly the begin
ming Of new era 30 far as the con-
tinued erection Of sky-scrapers are
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