The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-11-06
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.

tue udy III lIOg.
Rev. A. j. Barron and John p. Null
ligan are in Troy today
Prank Bennett of White Creek is
in town today on business.
Mrs. d. b. Keller left this morning
for a visit with relatives in Cohoes.
The Boston Globe will contain local
news items of especial interest tomor-
row.
Walloomsac lodge, n. E. o. p will
serve clam chowder in their hall this
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Cooper and
daughter Mabel left this noon on a
short trip to Chicago.
Clarence N. Sweet Of North street
will leave next week for Denver, Col,
for the benefit of his health.
Mrs. Henry Dill of Portland, Me-,
arrived here Friday evening to speno
/ few weeks with her parents, MI.
and Mrs. Daniel p. Barber of Ben
ming Center.
Charles Dwyer who accompanied
the body of his brother Alfred Dwyer
here from Colorado, will return to
Boulder, Colo, Monday to resume his
duties with the Central Colorado
Power company.
The Middlebury college football
team were passengers on the south
bound flyer Friday which figured in
way to Schenectady, n. Y, where they
will play Union college today.
A special meeting of Bennington
Aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles will
be held in their rooms in the Ayres
block Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
A full attendance Is desired as bust
ness of Importance is to be transact
ed
Fl. c. Lindloff recently mutilated the
middle finger of one of his hands by
catching il in a knitting machine in
ais works on Union street. The in
jured member is healing and he will
lot lose part of the finger as was
at first feared.
Mrs. William b. jennings gave q
delightful bridge party at the home oil
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs c. r. San
ford of Monument Avenue Friday af-
Lernoon. Refreshments were served
and the gathering was most enjoyable
IN every way.
A shipment arrived here this morn
ng consigned to II. c. Lindloff which
made remarkable time. Ten days ago
Mr. Lindloff ordered a machine in
Germany by cable. 1t arrived here
in good shape today, making the Ions
rip in remarkable time.
C. C. Jones, w. l.. Gokay, Dr. F. S.
3raley and Clarence l.. Holden left
his afternoon in the latters auto for
White River Junction. Mr.. Jones is
o return in a new Cadillac roadster
which he recently purchased through
C. l.. Holden, the local agent.
The fortx-frst annual convention
Of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany
will take place on Tuesday and We'd
nesday, November l6 and II, at ALI
saints Cathedral, Albany Bishop
Doane will call the convention to or
der in the Graduates hall in St Ag-
les' school. where a business session
will be held.
Halley's comet will pass across thu
sun S face next May Is ii the calcula
lions made by Very Rev. George NJ
Searle received at Harvard college OBJ
servatory, Thursday prove, correct
FIR Searle based his calculations from
observations at Mount Hamilton on
september u. l3 and IA, and at Will
liams bay September rs and October
20.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Emily
Wood was held Friday afternoon at Z
o'clock from the home OF her son,
Eugene Wood at Furnace Grove. Rev.
George S. Mills ofiiciated. The bear
ars were Eugene and Fred Wood.
Preston and Leslie Weld. The burial
was in the family lot in the village
cemetery. There were many beautl-
full floral tributes.
The Byrne Brothers productions
ire like new wine, they sparkle, bub-
BILE, and overflow with humorous sit
nations, fun and frolc. Their scream
ingly funny play, Eight Bells win
be seen at the opera house Monday
evening The original pantomimic
tricks are humorous and genuine.
The mechanical effects, wonders of
stage mechanism, are entirely new
and surprisingly funny.
The Union college track team pass
ed through North Bennington Friday
on their way to Burlington where TO-
day they will take part in the cross
country run this afternoon. The run
will start at three o'clock in front oil
the college gymnasium and will con
sist of a trip of about four miles end
ing at the Billings library. The team
which will represent Union will un-
doubtedly be the same which defeat
ed Hamilton last Saturday, taking
first, second, fourth and fifth places.