The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-05-02
BENNINGTON BBIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
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Briefly for Busy Readers
u. l.. Nichols e. Son are having
special sale OF suits at $9,sS and $3.50
Mrs. William Graves has returned
from a visit with her son Russell In
New York.
Mrs. II. G. Roster left this morning |
for Troy to spend Sunday at her home |
In that city,
Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Mathers Of |
Pleasant street left this morning for
a visit In Albany.
Miss Jennie Valentine and Jeanette
Perkins have returned from q couple
weeks visit at Atlantic City,
Charles Il. Welles and family have
started moving into their new resi-
dence at Bennington Center.
The regular monthly meeting OF the
board of trustees OF the village VIII be
held on Monday evening at their
rooms.
main until Thursday next, last day.
Cottage Hotel Hours, a. m. 10; . y.
m. Don't fail TO call. 4St2
John Hunter has moved from over
fIarwoods drug store TO the Mulqueen
tenement on Elm street recently va
Gated by Charles Pond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Felix Gelnais left this
morning for Winooski. Mr.. Gelinais
is the local agent for the Metropolitan
Life insurance company.
Merit Wood of School street and
Miss May Sears OF North Bennington
: took the prize waltz at the Jolly Six
dance in the north village Friday
evening.
| The remains of Mrs. Eliza NJ. Case
who died Wednesday at the home OF
her son George Baldwin on North ST.,
were taken TO Wlnhall for burial this
lImorning.
| Rev. Waldo Cherry. who spoke at
the Y. NJ. c. A. convention Friday
AFTERNOON did not remain for the ban
lquet In the evening but returned
Immediately.
| The Avenue Stars played the
Dewey street Rag Boys" baseball
team this morning. The score was
| II to 10 In favor Of the avenue boys
The batteries We're Maloney and
Brazil, Purcell and Meagher.
The John Nash Real Estate Agency
has sold for Bronson Mattison his
house and barn and 16 acres of LAND
located one mile from SALISBURY
Depot. The buyer Is Leander Morgan
OF Bennington.
Services in st. Peters chapel 2nt
Sunday after Easter celebration
Holy Communion 1880 a. m. End Gel,
bration OF Holy Communion 1890
Sunday school 12m. Evening prayer
lila p. m. You are welcome.
Y. l.. Stratton Is now OH his wa,
from South Dakota to this town wher,
he will spend several weeks as The
guest OF relatives. HE Is the son o
Asa Stratton former resident OF thi!
town whose home now Is In this town
The report OF the Soldiers home fol
the last ten days ending Thursday |,
as follows: Present 70. average
present for period 70. average pres
ent and absent 80. During that perio,
two we're admitted. Homer Stanley
member of Co. !. 9th VT. from John
son, VI. and Charles +. Greenleaf o
Co. X. 2nd VT, from Winooski.
According to the monthly meteoro
logical summary issued by the u.
Department of Agriculture weathe
bureau at Mortified the mean ten
perature for the month OF April wa
81 which is three degrees below tn
average for the month during the las
% years. The total precipitation wa
2.20 inches and ~ inches of snow
which is practically the average 70
the same number of years. Their
were thunderstorms on the 23d AM
2Sth OF the month. The highes
lltemperature was rs on the 9th an
the lowest was nine on the 4th.