The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-06
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

Mrs. William Holt of Pleasant st,
is confined to the house by illness.
Mrs. Calvin Endress and daughter
Adella, are spending the day in
Troy
A few from this town attended the
private dance in Bank hall Friday
night
The hose cart of the II, w. Putnam
Hose company has been repaired dur
ing the past week.
The Rebekah drill that was to be
held this evening is postponed until
Thursday night, March H.
News was received here today of
the birth in New York OF an eight
pound son to Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Donnelly.
A requiem high mass was celebrat-
ed in the convent chapel this morn
ing for the repose of the soul of Mrs.
Honora Tracey.
Mrs. Sarah Connolly has resigned
her position at Bottum & Torrance's
collar shop and returned to her home
in Saratoga, \. Y.
Saturday special at the Drysdale
store ten dozen good percale wrap
pers, medium and dark eolors, all
sizes go to 46 at soc.
The Hooslck Falls lodge of odd Eel
lows will work the first degree on
Monday, March 18th instead of next
Monday as announced last night The
lodges in this town will attend
The election returns from Glasten-
bury have been filed with the county
clerk. The nine voters in the town
cast their ballots solidly against the
court house referendum but the town
went dry by vote of 6 to ?.
The members of the senior class
of the local high school have received
their class pins The pins are of
solid gold and bear the legend B. H.
s., 1909" Unlike those Of former
years they have no enamel coloring.
Mrs Hannah Foster, aged 76 years,
died this morning about 10 o'clock at
her nome on Gage street after pro
tracted illness. The funeral will be
held Monday at o'clock from the
house, Rev. George S, Mills officiating.
The remains will be taken to East
Dorset Tuesday morning for burial.
A more extended obituary notice will
appear later.
Edward Donnelly, who has been ser
lously i'll at Memphis, Tenn, of pneu'
monia, is now reported to be on the
road to recovery. Mr. Donnelly who
was a member of the VIM II. Crane
Theatrical company was Obliged to
give up his engagement at Memphis
and for several days the reports sent
from the hospital where he was taken
were far from encouraging. 1t is now
expected that he will be able to leave
Tennessee within two weeks.
The management of the Three
Twins comic opera company has
made a contract with Manager Wood
of the opera house for the production
of this famous play here on Friday
evening, October LIST. This company
will carry 62 people, two extra bag
gage cars for scenery and an aug
mented orchestra The management
of the show has fixed the prices at 81
cents to $500. The price show will
play at in any town is determined b,
the manager of the show, the star ant
the author and not by the manager o
the opera house as many suppose.
A statement issued by the New
, York Central railroad company show
, ing the revenues, expenses and opera
| ting income of the various New Yorl
: Central lines, gives the operating rev
/ enues of the Rutland railroad for tn
, month of January as $l95,S3i.75, al
increase of $S0l9.50 over the figure
for January OF the previous year; OF
, Grating expenses, $l57 ,309.O2, de
crease of S437266; net operating rev
enue S3S,525.73, an increase OF SIP
, 392.16; one twelfth annual taxes
Grating income, $29,769.2l, an increas
of $11,S33,S5