The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-11
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Bus Readers

a regular meeting tonight
Miss Carrie Kelley of Troy visit
ed at her home here Monday.
Mrs. Charles H. Clark of South
street is confined to the house by
illness.
Miss May Whitney has returned
from a visit with relatives in Pitts
field
Mrs. Collins NJ. Graves and two
children left this noon for visit in
New York
Mrs. William R. Graves Of Ben
nington Center is convalescing from
her illness.
Rev B. Kelley returned to Man
chester today after short visit with
Rev A. J. Barron.
Mary Ryan, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Patrick Ryan of Bennington
Center is i'll of scarlet fever
Sister Bernardine of Rutland, for
merly of this town, is visiting at the
local convent of the Sisters of ST.
Joseph
A large attendance of members is
requested to be present at the regu-
lar meeting Of the Bennington Elks
this evening.
John Fassett has returned to his
studies at Pennington, ~ j., after
spending the holidays with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Fassett.
The Sunday school of the Secono
Congregational church will give a re-
ception and social to it's officers Ia
the chapel tomorrow evening at 100
In connection with the Big Pur-
chase sale at the Boston Store cor
ner North and Pleasant streets the
semi-annual 19c sale is also in pro
gress. These l9c sales have always
proved the most popular of any sales
ever held in town.
Mrs. Mary Trudeau Of Stafford ST.,
fell on the icy sidewalk on the lowe,
end of Gage street Monday Afternoon.
and sustained a sprained wrist. Az
first is was feared that the woman
had suffered serious injury and "a
physician was summoned
The infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs Harry Atwood of North street
died this morning after a long illness
Of whooping cough. The child was
six months old The funeral will be
held at the house Wednesday after
noon at o'clock Rev. w. W.
Brunk will ofIiciate and the body will
be placed in the vault.
The funeral Of Comrade Daniel Nc
Ginty who dropped dead at the Sold
iers' Home Monday was held this al
ternoon at o'clock, Rev George S
Mills officiating The deceased wa,
76 years old and was admitted tC
the home from Brighton He served
in the Civil war in Company NJ, Is
Vermont cavalry.
Word from the Rev ]. j Rice re
ceived through Bishop Beayens a
the Episcopal residence announces
that news of his appointment ha,
been received by him from officia
sources. His papers will probabl,
be in his possession by the latte
part of the month Before these ar
made out, he will take the oath be
fore the papal delegate at Washing
; ton.-Burlington Free Press
The following item taken from tn
Rutland Herald illustrates the one O
the greatest dangers of the presen
good sleighing season: Leon Morto
young boy, had one of his legs bro
ken yesterday while catching bobs
on West street The boy tried to &c
p aboard a log team when he slippe
and fell, one of the runners of tn
runners of the sleigh passing over hi
leg. He was taken to the Rutlan
City hospital"
w. II. Phillips of Black River Hill
S. D., is here after an absence of /
years because of the Illness of hi
wife, who came east ahead of hil
and has been in critical conditio
for some weeks at the home of he
sister, Mrs James Dinwidde
Woodford. 1t was Mr.. Phillips fam
ly that Phillips st. in this city wa
named, and Mr. Phillips took a han
= in laying out the street. He wei
= west in search of health and hs
4 found both health and fortune. Aft,
two years of little action in the wei
he began some building operation
and has been successful.-North A
ans correspondent of Boston Glob
Fifty years ago today the broa
lake Champlain froze over. There
\ however, no sign of that taking pla,
- today Even the slips about the lal
front have not been skinned ov
as yet, and the broad lake has n