The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-26
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.

Miss Mary Root went to Troy this
morning to spend the day.
Walter Woodward was in Williams
town Sunday visiting friends.
Rev. Isaac Jennings. d. d., of Ben
nington Center, is in Troy today.
Raymond Howard of SALISBURY has
purchased a fine new top buggy.
Mrs. Nellie Estabrook has gone to
Baltimore, Md, to visit her uncle.
John NJ. Culliton of Hoosick Falls
spent Sunday with friends in town.
Miss Catherine Stewart of River
street is confined to the house by Ill
A ness.
John OBrien and Jacob Wall spent
Sunday at their home in Schaghti-
coke
Miss Carrie Sigworth was the guest
of her sister in Schaghticoke over
Sunday.
Martin Keams of County street has
accepted a position with the Cooper
Mfg. Company.
Harry Middleton is spending a few
weeks at Elmer Rudds farm in the
west part of the town.
Mrs. Margaret Henchy of River St.
has accepted position in Bottum &
Torrances collar shop.
Mrs. Ellen G. Connolly is making
extensive repairs and improvements
on her house on Monument avenue.
Special today at the Colonial thea
ire "A Cowboy Argument" a western
drama full Of life. Admission five
cents.
Miss Sarah Flynn OF Bennington is
spending some tina With her aunt
Mrs. Patrick Shea. Eagle Bridge
Mirror.
Charles II. Dewey and VIM. NJ. Bar
ron were in Pownal Sunday assisting
in the search for the body of Oscar
Turner.
Edwin f. Wentworth, manager of
Firms Uncle Toms Cabin" tent show
for the past FIVE years will open his
season May IS at North Bennington.
Library Theatre caters to the peo-
pie of refinement and endeavors 10
please. Todays show is bound to
win your approval and you must see
it.
Mrs. Joseph A. Evans left this
morning for ew York where she will
visit her daughter, Dorothy. who is
receiving treatment at st. Mary's hos
pital.
Rev II. S. Rowe returned from
Cambridge this morning where he was
assigned as pastor of the Methodist
church at the last Troy Conference
meeting.
Mrs Lorenzo Stortz and daughter
Libbie and Mrs A. H. Madison have
returned from Sandy Hill. n. Y,
where they have been attending the
funeral of a relative.
The funeral of the late Rev Thorn
as b. BorGhton who died in Huron,
South Dakota last Friday will be held
from the Second Presbyterian church
in Troy, Tuesday morning az 1890 o.
clock
Williams college was defeated in
its first home game OF the season
Saturday afternoon by the Massachu-
sets Agricultural college. The score
was to 8. A few from this town
attic ded.
Colds niths orchestra has been en-
gagged TO render the music at the
dance to be given in Forestcrs hall
Friday evening, May T. by the EN-
ployes OF the Bennington Electric Co,
and the New England Telephone and
Telegraph company.
Rev. w. W. Brunk, the new pastor
of the local Methodist church, sup
Piled the pulpit Sunday for the first
time and made a very favorable i'm
preston on the congregation by his
first sermon. Rev Mr. Brunk left
this morning for his home in Troy.
Some idea of the rush on the North
Adams division CT the trolley road
Sunday due to the search for the body
of Oscar Turner in Pownal, may be
cleaned from the fact that one con
ductor collected lfS fares on one ron
on a car the seating capacity of
which is 10.
The avenue leading from the high
way to the residence of James C. Col
gate is being considerably repaired
this week Crushed stone from
quarry on the Wilson farm Is being
put on the road which will afterwards
be thoroughly packed by the Fillmore
Farms steam roller.
Library Theatre today complete
new show of pictures and songs OF
he highest quality and new celc-
brated VOCALIST, and the greatest II
all big surprise to our patrons. Ii
you are looking for the real goods
you can get 1t hereafter at the real
moving picture home Library Theatre.
Miss Ada Brigham arrived from
New York Saturday and opened her
home at Bennington Center for the
summer. This morning Miss Brig
ham went to Buffalo, n. Y, where she
will attend a meeting of the Woman's
Baptist Foreign Missionary society.
which is being held in that city this
week
Sandy Miller colored, who was SEN
fenced to a term in Jail for intoxica.
ton on the 18th, has developed symp-
toms of insanity. Saturday afternoon
Sheriff Fred Godfrey noticed that San
dy was talking more than usual and
that his conversation was vague and
incoherent Sunday morning his con
dition was worse. He shouted and