The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-15
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.

James II. Whitney is spending the
day in Albany on business.
Conrad Schwartz and C. A. Wood
are in Albany today on business.
Thomas Healy, formerly of Webb
street, is moving to East Main street.
Miss Grace d. Livingston of East
Main street is confined to the house
by illness.
Miss Bessie Harbour of Grandview
street is confined to the house by an
attack Of tonsilitis.
Edward Cook of Branch street ex-
tension is laying the foundation for
an addition to his. house.
Repairs are being made on the
summer home of Rev. Joseph Robin
son at Bennington Center.
Henry Burgess is in Troy today at
tending an auction sale of horses at
VIM. T. Shynes' livery stable.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bushee, who
foremrly lived on Adams place, have
taken rooms at sos Gage street
Samuel Cutler of Webb street has
accepted position on the Edward
Robinson farm on Locust Avenue.
Henry Seymour is moving from
Stafford street into the Miss Olive
Martin house on East Main street
VIM. T. Nary, of Adams, superin-
tendent of the Berkshire Railway com
pany, was in town today on business.
A clam chowder supper will be
given in the Methodist church Friday
evening for the benefit of the church.
The board of directors of the grad
ed school dictrict will meet for organi-
cation on Wednesday evening, April
oath.
Joseph Brann of West Main street
has been given the position as Office
boy at the superintendent office in
the graded school
James McCue OF Park street has
gone to Chatham where he has ac-
cepted a position as piano player at
The Windsor hotel
Miss Agnes Morrissoy is at work
under the direction Of Judge T. c.
Bennett posting up the accounts Of
the Griswold store.
Rev and Mrs Claude Severance OF
New York arrived here last evening
to attend the burial service OF the late
Rev. NJ. L. Severance.
Mrs. Rhoda Kulp formerly Miss
Rhoda Bahan of this town, is seri-
ously i'll with appendicitis at her
home in Rochester, n. Y
Bartholomew Casey Of Bennington
Falls who was severely cut by circu-
lar saw several weeks ago, is recov-
ering rapidly from his wounds and Is
now able to be about.
Mrs. NJ. S. Chnds of Manchester
Depot is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. S H. Corbett of Jefferson avenue
and Mrs. Childs and Mrs. F. w. Till /
son are spending the day in North /
Adams.
George c. Wood has received an or
der to furnish 20 men for a parade /
to be held in Newburgh, n. Y. Sep
TENDER 80 The Chapman Steamer
Co., No. /, is the organization which /
is negotiating with Mr. Wood.
A few from this city are to attend /,
the tenth annual ball of the Hoosick
Falls council X. of C. April 30. Rey- |
nolds' orchestra of fifteen pieces has
been engaged. Delegations are also
going from the other councils in this
vicinity.
Library theatre today new pictures
of merit and exhibited in realistic.
size A special Thursday show OF
magic. drama, etc, arranged
to please old and young For classic
and realistic entertainment, visit the .
Library theatre
The first open car of the season
was run on the North Adams division
of the Berkshire street railway We'd
nesday. Some state that it was to be
used as a special to take a party of
fishermen from this town over the
line to Williamstown. 1t
is more probable, however. that it
was being taken to the repair shop
for a spring housekeeping.
Those who were intending to go to
Berkshire county today trout fishing
early this morning decided that it
would not be good fishing anywhere
in this section today on account Of
the high and roily water in the
streams. The heavy rains of the past
IS hours have dOOdod tho ctraan,c m