The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-27
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
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Chester Wilson OF Hoosick was in
town today
Joseph ]. O'Donnell of Burlington
is in town for short stay.
Miss Sallie Graves is home from Sax
tons River for vacation of two weeks
To hear Joseph Daley sing Sweet
| heart" is treat at the Library thea
ire.
Post cards for All Fools day April
LIST. With French greetings. At Girls
wold's.
Mr. and Mrs. John r. Burton left
today for a weeks visit in Washing
ton, d. c.
Patrick Dugan, coachman for James
A. Eddy of Troy was in town today
on business.
A new electric arc light has been
placed on the corner of Main and
North streets.
Electric lights are being installed in
the home of Miss Harriet Sibley on
West Main street.
Henry Bailey of Division street has
resigned his position in Tiffany's ma
chine shop.
'Evangeline" at the Library theatre
tonight and Saturday night. Don't
fail to see it.
Wanted:-Small tenement of two
or three rooms. Mrs. Lucy Durham,
over Rosters store
c. S. Madison is moving this week
from Washington street to his house
in Salisbury.
Miss Edith Lyons is spending her
vacation as the guest of friends in
Wallingford and Rutland.
At B. Cantor's for Friday and Sat
urday only you will buy best 15c cans
of tomatoes for 10 cents, 1872
Best Mocha and Java 80 cent coffee
for 20 cents Friday and Saturday only
al B. Cantor's, North street. 1872
Miss Eunce Lyons is working in C.
H. Houghton's store in North Benning
ton this week taking the inventory
Mrs James Thomas has returned
from New York where she has been
purchasing her spring stock of mil
linery.
Mrs. Peter Harrington and Mrs
Herbert Barney are visiting their sis
ter, Mrs. Ivan Brunette of South Had
ley, Mass.
The annual school meeting of the
graded school district will be held in
schoolhouse hall next Tuesday after
noon.
Harry Walker has sold his double
tenement house on Branch street to
Thomas Ryan. Mr. Ryan will take
possession April LIST.
Chris Jepson is moving this week
from the Judge Kingsley farm in the
west part of the town onto the Bron-
son farm in SALISBURY.
Noveck's store opened up the fire
sale with great rush yesterday. The
store was jammed with bargain seek
ers until 10 o'clock in the evening.
Yesterday was the best day in years
In this section for sugar makers.
Buckets that were emptied In the fore
noon were running over again before
night
Mr.. and Mrs. S. II. lockwood will
chaperone party Of young people
from this village who are planning to
attend the private dance in North Ben
nington this evening.
Chester Wilson has bought a farm
in Petersburg and is moving onto it
this week. He recently purchased a
fine farm team from William Houston
on the Burton farm The price paid
was $500.
Judge Bates had his new automobile
out today for the first time. 1t is a
1908 model Buick and he bought it of
Pollard & Lowe. 1t is 80 horse pow.
er car and guaranteed able TO climb
any of the hill roads in Vermont.
Superintendent l.. Wheeler and
George Greene are going over the Hoo.
sick Falls division of the trolley road
today making plans for the improve.
ments to be made on this part of the
road during the coming summer
A couple of men have arrived in
town and are making contracts for
staging and hiring men to help them
put the new stained glass windows in
St Francis de Sales church. The
windows are expected to arrive next
week and it is thought that they will
be in position by Easter Sunday.
One of the cars on the local freigh,
over the Chatham this morning jump
ed the track and ran completely Off the
rails about two miles below the Sum
nit. Traffic on this division has been
tied up all day as result. The SIZE
mixed train did not leave here at all
An engine and car were sent from
here to meet the regular mail train
and the express. mail and passengers
were transferred to this train and
brought here. A wrecking train from
Rutland is expected here this after
noon to clear the track.
Fire which broke out at the Water
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