The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-26
BRIEFS
Neas Of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.

Nh and Mrs. Adolphus Mercier
have moved from River street to Man
chester.
Joseph r. Watson of Stafford street
left his morning for a short visit in
Rutland
Harry Noon has returned from New
York where he has been spending sew
eral days.
Mrs. James Burns ST., who has been
i'll for some time is now somewhat
improved.
Miss Bessie Morrissey of West
Main street is confined to the house
by illness.
Robert Gardner of the south part of
the town lost valuable four year old
colt yesterday.
Miss Nora Kearns who recently
spraned her ankle has recovered and
is able to be out.
J. H. Loring & Cos buss has lust
returned from the painters glistening
in new coat of paint.
The two daughters OF Mr. and Mrs.
James Bushee Of Mill street are ser
iously i'll of chicken pox.
Misses Johanna and Catherine Jen.
sen left tnis afternoon for a few days
visit in Chatham and Troy.
S. NJ Bowles of Woodford is visit
ing his brother, George w. Bowles of
the chapel district who is critically
i'll.
A telephone has been installed in
the residence of Mrs d. G. Burt on
Grandyiew street The number is PIP
-l3.
Miss Julia Loomis of Union street
who has been spending the winter in
California, is expected to return aome
Friday.
Deyotions for the month of MAY
will be held at st. Francis de Sales
and the Sacred Heart churches this
evening.
John O'Hare has moved from Div
sion street into the tenement on
Gage street recently vacated by Sam
W. iNhoNiibh1 3
Miss Adelaide Merrill arrived acre
from Brooklyn Tuesday evening call
ed by the death of her grandmother,
Mrs. Adelaide R. Bingham.
large class of children of the Sa-
cred Heart church are preparing for
their first Holy Communion which will
be given on Sunday, June g.
Miss Charlotte Perry, superintend-
ent of Paxton hospital in Utica. n. Y,
who has been a guest of Mrs. W. b.
Sheldon for few days returned this
morning.
A well to do man from Pittsfield
was in town Tuesday trying TO make
arrangements to start a moving pic
ture theatre aere. He said he had
abundant capital and was willing TO
invest ii here if he thought there was
an opening. He returned last night
without closing any deal.
Seymour Van Santvoord will return
to Troy tomorrow night with the par.
~ of young people including his two
daughters, Misses Edith and Virginia
Oh RNiht NOblur anu MiS6 OlCOlL ut
New York and Miss Mary Van Schoon.
hoven from his camp at Lake Four in
he Adirondacks. where they have
been since Saturday. Mr.. and Mrs
Van Santvoord and family will open
their summer nome at Furnace Grove
the first week in June.
w b. Walker of Pleasant street Is
| IA,
ment of the General Theological sem
mary. The annual exhibition of the
Brooklyn academy of Photography, OF
which he is an officer; the two hun
| dredth anniversary exercises of Trim
ity School; and commencement weel
celebrations of Columbia University
On Decoration day he will be the
guest of two Grand Army Posts an(
viii deliver an address. He will alsC
| take part in the annual outing of hi.
former club of young men in connec
ton with settlement work in Brook
Ign.
The Village improvement societ,
urgently request all owners of lot
in the Village Cemetery to put then
in order before Decoration day will
especial reference to the stones whicl
need resetting. The cooperation O
parents is asked in forbidding thei
children from making a playground o
tne park; and people generally ar,
urged to keep in the roadways il
crossing the cemetery and not t,
make paths through the grass. TIL
society have plans which will great
improve the beauty of the grounds il
fun therance of which two of our pub
lie spirited citizens have. given gen
erous portions of land.
Ezra Turner, father of Oscar TUT
ner, whose body was found in Powna
Saturday, as reported in the Trans
cipt, says he was not notified that tn
funeral would be held Sunday and tina
consequently he and other relative
in this city did not attend. They en-
pected the funeral would be held Oh
Monday and tnat they would be not!
fed and they feel badly about it. MI
Turner complains that from the tim
his son is believed to have been mlI
dered five weeks ago he has neve
been notified of any developments i
the case and has been obliged to lear
what he could through the newspaper
and by heresay, and he feels that h
has been ineXcusably neglected i
connection with this matter.-Nort
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