The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-31
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News Of the Town ana village Tol1
Briefly for Busy Readers
Mrs Mary Maise has recovered
from her recent Illness.
F p. Shaughnessy of Mechanicyille
is in town today on business.
Miss Nellie Farrar of Gage street
is slowly improving from her recent
Illness.
Forrest w. Kehoe and Maurice vi
all went to Troy this morning for a
short visit
Edward Baker is moving from the
Townsend house on Bradford street
to Branch street.
Mrs. John Mccormick of Grove St,
has returned from a visit with rela-
tiyes in Rutland
Say have you witnessed the Cans
Nelson fight pictures at the Library
theatre II not. today is your last
chance They are great. See them
and come early.
Edna Thrombley recently received
/ a bad cut or the arm and had to be
taken to the doctor to have the wound
dressed
Philip b. Jennings who has been
spending a few days at his summer
home at Bennington Center, has re
turned to New York.
Joseph A. Evans is in New York.
! While in the city he will visit his
daughter, Dorothy, who is an inmate
Of st, Mays hospital Miss Evans
is slowly improving.
Charles Rose has moved from the
John Cone farm 10 the Oscar Cleve-
land tenement on the flats. John
Mouds who purchased the Cone farm
is moving onto the same this week.
Michael Maher, caretaker of Geo
r. Lanes place at Bennington Center
commenced his duties for the season
this week. Mr. and Mrs. Lane are eX.
pected to return from Europe on the
oath of next month.
The ice cutting on Lake Champlain
was stopped Tuesday because the sur
face was TOO soft to mark II is not
yet known whether or not it will be
begun again. The water in the lake
has risen Ave inches in the past week
and this has broken the ice near the
shore
The Y. NJ. c. A. baseball team held
a meeting Tuesday evening and elect
ed the following officers, captain, JOS
pin Thebarge asst Captain, Irving
Bum; manager Rev A. S. Davis;
asst. manager Earl Buchanan The
teams suits will be Of greenish
grey color trimmed with blue
Rev H. S. Pinkham was called to
Boston hast night to attend the funer
Al of an officer of his church After
iding most of the night and all OF
he afternoon he win speak again to-
night on The Truly Successful Life
II you missed this sermon one year
ago, you are especially invited to heal
it tonight.
S. r Kramer, trainmaster of the
Rutland railroad. arrived here Tues
day afternoon on a special car and
with assistants conducted a test Of
some of the local employees of the
railroad on colOrs. This test con
sists in being able to distinguish
readily between the different color.
used as signals on railroads.
The funeral of the late Green b
stratton was held from his home ii
the Green Mountain Valley district
on Tuesday afternoon at o'clock
Rev. Philip Schuyler, pastor of the
Episcopal church officiating. The
bearers were Frank A Evans, Hermor
Bugbee, Edward DEMO, A. E. Hollistel
Milan DEMO and Leslie Carrier TIA,
interment was in the Green Mountain
cemetery.
DR.. James H. Garfield who died re
Gently in New York was a distinguish
ed graduate of Williams college anC
a leader in educational affairs He
was at one time chancellor of the
Nebraska State University at Omaha
and was at the time of his death II
brarian at Columbia college. He Il
closely connected by ties of kindred
with the Garfield family in Arlington
He leaves besides his widow, a son
James A. Garfield, and one daughter
Miss Dorothia Garfield, who has writ
ten many short stories for popular
magazines
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dietz of New
York were seriously injured by run
away accident on Fifth avenue Sunda!
afternoon The horse which Mr.
nietz was driving became frightene,
and ran away. In its mad flight
dashed into trolley car, upsettinl
the wagon and damaging the car. TIL
four O. 3unants were thrown out, MI
and Mrs. Dietz receiving iniurie
which may prove fatal Twenty pas
sengers ON the car were injured Tn
horse had to be shot 1t was so badl
hurt Mrs Dietz Is a niece of Thon
as Stewart of River street.