The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-10
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

}. Il. Rush OF HooSlck rails was III |
town today on business.
Mrs. Caroline Mattison left this noon
for a short visit in New York.
Earl Marsden is confined to his |
home on Pleasant street by illness.
Mrs. A. w. varney has returned !
from a visit at her home in Middle |
bury.
Misses Amanda and Agnes Nolan
are in New York doing their spring
buying.
Napoleon Laren has gone to work
for Perry Gardner in his carpet clean
ing works.
A party of ten from the Pownals at
tended the play at the opera house
last evening.
The Y. NJ. C. A. basket ball team will
play the Bennington Falls team Satur-
day evening.
Mrs. Eliza Vanderburg is in North
Adams visiting her daughter who was
lately married,
Mr. and Mrs. j. l.. Harbour and son
Packard were guests Sunday of
friends in Ferndale.
Mrs Frank B. Edgerton of Dewey st.
has returned from visit with rela-
tives in Cohoes and Troy.
Mrs. James Hornidge and son Ned
of Mechanicville were here today to
attend the funeral of Mrs Gibney.
Harry P. Burt of Philadelphia, who
has been spending a few days with his
mother. returned this noon to his
home.
There will be meeting of the Elks
this evening, nomination OF officers
and other important business will be
transacted.
Division F of the Second Congre-
gational church will meet in the
chapel Thursday afternoon at 2
O'Clock to sew.
Calvin Endress attended meeting
of the Grand entertainment committee
of the Odd Fellows held in Rutland
Monday evening.
Mrs. Fred Aines and son, Cecil, of
Dandy and Mrs. J. H. Belden of vii
Jamestown, Mass, were guests OF Mrs.
j. j. Risdon on Monday.
Il Mrs. Earl Howard and son Stafford
returned to their home in Petersburg
Monday after spending two weeks with
Mrs. Charles Carpenter.
The price of thread which has been
raised to cents spool for some
time, has been lowered again to the
former price Of five cents.
Mr. and Mrs. John Sweet, Mrs
Sweet and Mrs. Arthur Merchant of
Pownal attended the play isle Of
Spice" at the opera house last even.
ing.
Mrs Mary Hathaway of Grand View
street has rented the tenement be-
longing to +. +. Bottum on West Main
street to be vacated by Arthur W.
Russell on April LIST.
F. e. Bottum and w. d. Newton
left this morning in the formers auto.
mobile for North Adams where they
took the early train for Boston 10 at
tend the automobile show
Assistant Judges Potter and PECK
were in town yesterday on business
Judge Peck stated that the license
commissioners would probably be ap-
| pointed some time during the week.
The funeral of Frank Ferrin was
held from the home of his daughter
Mrs Harry Willoughby at O'Clock
this afternoon. Rev. Philip Schuyler
officiated. The body was placed in
the receiving vault,
Prof. Lewis of Williams college will
be present at the Baraca supper to BE-
given in the Congregational chape
Wednesday evening and will give {
talk upon the subject, THE Truthful
ness of the Press"
| Given Away: At Sipperley's MILL
merry store for this week only to clos,
out the winter stock and make room
for the spring goods. trimmed hats
cut to such a ridiculously low price
they are practically given away. 2t.
Il The following from out of town wer,
here today to attend the funeral o
the late Mrs. Mary Gibney: Thomas
| Cone and daughter of Lincoln, Mass
Mrs. Robert Mccullough of New York
Mrs. Thomas Cone of Troy and vii
| liam Cone OF Chatham.
Mr. and Mrs. M. w. Miller have re
turned home from their western TRIP
They reached Cleveland the day afte
| the Collinswood school disaster an,
the entire city was so wrought up owe
the horror that they at once left OF
their homeward journey. While ava
they visited their two daughters VIII
are at school in Birmingham, Pa.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Nichols hav
returned from Brooklyn where the
have been spending couple of weeks
While in the metropolis Mr.. Nichol
attended the annual banquet of tn
Brown University alumni assocatio
held in the Hotel Knickerbocker las
| Friday evening. The principal speal
er was Gov. Charles f. Hughes, 81
and was given great ovation by hi
fellow graduates
To look your best get Jar {
Peroxide cream at Quinlan's Pha
macy and begin to use ii today 7,
morrow you will see the improvement
After three days most your friend
will notice you are looking better
light application of the cream nigf
and morning will keep your compile
ion white. smooth and clear rs cent
per jar.
A stranger in town was arreste
this morning on complaint of Mrs Al
ME Shaw on the charge thathe insulte
ing upon complaint of Mrs. Ann
Shaw on the charge that he insuIte
the woman on the street Monday ev
ming. He was given partial hearin
before Clerk e. G. Bennett of tn
municipal court and the case was CO..
tinued to Saturday. Lee furnishe