The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-05
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.

Mrs. Celia A. Winslow OF Union
street is i'll.
S. NJ. Bowles of Woodford visited
in town today.
A ]. Elwell is in South SALISBURY
today on business.
grip and resumed his duties at c. A.
Woods printing office.
George o. Everest of White Creek
was in town today on business.
Edward Stone of Grove street is laid
up with blood poisoning in his leg.
Jesse w. Buss of Union street has
recovered from a slight attack of the
There will be a regular meeting of
Monument lodge, Knights of Pythias
this evening
Mrs. George Atwood of Brooklyn is
a guest of her mother, Mrs. +. +. Raw
son of Elm street.
Arbor day Friday will be observed
with appropriate exercises by the To-
cal schools Friday.
Mrs. Leveridge of New York is Wis
iting her mother, Mrs. Sara White of
Silver street for few days.
A new pole is being put in position
in front of the Y. NJ. c. A. building
by the Bennington Electric company
Charles Barnes has a force Of men
at work painting the interior of James
A. Eddys summer home at Benning-
,on Center
Mis-. Cora Perry and daughter of
North Adams were GUESTS Tuesday OF
Mr. AID Ms David iabon.bard of
Gage street.
Mrs. James A. Eddy who has been
spending a few days at her home a
Bennington Center, returned to Troy
this afternoon.
The highest temperature so far this
month was recorded this afternoon a,
one o'clock when the mercury reached
he Goth mark.
Sayre Mcleod of Troy was in town
Tuesday His residence ct Benning
ION Center has been painted and other
wise repaired this sprine.
Luke Bishop has taken Dol" Frank
A. Evans' fancy driving horse and will
get him into condition and training
or the races at the North Adams fair.
Hon and Mrs Charles Il. Patterson
If Troy are expected TO arrive here this
afternoon to open the Howard II.
Shields place which they will occupy
his season
L. +. Royce has purchased the ma
terial for new cabin on the land he
recently purchased at BARRIERS pines
and will start work on the same with
in q short time.
There was another hearing today
1t the Office of Bennett & Graves in
The bankruptcy case of E. r. Griswold.
The appraisers of The stock have
completed their inventory.
Bennington Grange will hold reg
ular meeting this evening with initia-
ton of candidates in first and second
degrees The second degree work
will be done by the ladies' degree
staff
The work of laying ties on the troll
ley road on Main street - from the
Cooper bridge is progressing rapidly.A
work car with a quantity of ties ar
rives here every morning at s o'clock
from North Bennington.
George II. Dewey. S. A. Burt and
Arthur T. HOLSTER, appraisers APP
pointed by Trustee Il. c. Bennett in
the Griswold bankruptcy case, hays|
completed taking inventory of/the
stock now on hand in the store.
Inspector d. J. Rapp/0f the post
office department called upon Post
master Collms/M. Graves unexped-
IDLY last evening but found the Ben
lington/1nail distributing machinery
in its~usual first class condition.
= Word was received here Tuesday of
he death of Albert c. Barney in No.
Salisbury Monday night. Mrs. Bar
hey was a brother of Martin f. Bar
ney of Beech street The funeral
vas held this morning at II O'Clock
rom the house. The burial will be
n the village yard this afternoon.
George A. Rising arrived here today
rom North Adams where he has been
listing his grandson. Albert Bate
nan. proprietor of the city market for
wo weeks. While IN this town he
viii be the guest of his daughter, Mrs
|. II. Allen OF West Main street
VIII Newell who lives in the cas-
IN part of WOodford is in town to-
lay II is the first time he has been
iown since November. He states
hat there is still considerable snow
n the woods and at the foot of Leray
ill there is more than p foot of snow
nd ice in the road.
The steamer Vermont will make
her initial trip of the season on Lake
Ihamplain May % when she will
cave Burlington for Platsburg on the
Afternoon trip. The tourist season on
he lake this summer is expected to
De larger than for several seasons be-
fore on account of the tercentenary
celebration.
The advance sale for "A Knight for
a Day" which comes to the opera
louse tomorrow evening is large. All
The balcony seats have been taken and
4 large share of the main section is
taken. The following clipping, a crit
icism of the play. was taken from to-
days Rutland Herald: The return of
b. c. Whitneys A Knight for a Day,
was welcomed by very large audi
ence at the opera house last evening
and the fun, tunefulness and charm of
the piece elected unusual applause
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