The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-11
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
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Samuel Cutler has sold his stallion
Kastus, Jr., to Gilbert Ransom.
A regular meeting of Stark Lodge
I. o. o. F. will be held this evening.
Mrs. Francis La Franchise and
daughter of Scott street, are in Troy
today.
Mrs. Earl w. Stagmeyer of Elmira,
N. Y, is visiting her father, F. o.
Graves.
Mrs. j. ]. Shepard of River street
has returned from few weeks visit
in Manchester.
Fred o. Graves, Jr., is home from
Vermont Academy, Saxton's River,
for the summer.
William H. Snow of Old Benning-
ton expects to attend the exercises
at Gettsburgh, July l.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Denick have be-
gun housekeeping in the Hawks tene-
ment on Depot street.
Misses Cecilia and Lena La Fran
chise left Tuesday for Toronto, Can
ada where they are to pass the
summer.
Miss Irene White of North street
is spending a few days in South
SALISBURY as the guest of Miss
Agnes Hurley.
Lydia Taber, the seven year old
granddaughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
M. Chamberlain, who has been i'll,
has recovered.
| J. Geo. Hudgins, who while at
work few days ago. fell from a lad.
| der, injuring his foot, is able to be
out again with the aid of cane.
| ]. B. Harte today sold his restau
rant on Main street to Howard Baird
of Rutland and James c. Harte OF
Bennington, who have taken posses
| sion.
Vice President Henry c. Shields
of the Troy Gas company and fam.
lily expect to open their summer
| residence at Old Bennington this
| week.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. ]. Loomis a. Cam
| bridge, N. Y, who have been visit
ing Mrs. LOOMS brother, Frank
Moore of Adams street, have return
Ted home.
Reception and dance, last of ser
les given by the young woman's
club at rooms over the Banner office
Thursday evening, June II. Music
by Hurley's orchestra. Admission
20 cents.
The remains OF Earl H., son of Mr..
and Mrs. A. II. Hall have been taken
up and placed in the lot in the vii
lage cemetery recently purchased by
Mr.. Hall of f. A. Greenslet.
The funeral of Mathew Weatherby
aged so, resident of Pownal, who
died at his home Tuesday from
heart disease, will be held at Man
chester Thursday He leaves one
son, George Weatherby.
The Bennington baseball team went
this forenoon to Rutland to open the
season for the Marble City team Sat
urday afternoon the team will play
Hoosick Falls at Morgan park. The
game at Fowler park with Adams
on the 18th will be called at o'clock
instead of $50.
The civil service commission, con-
sisting of Charles ID. Watson of st.
Adams, w. r. Warner OF Vergennes
and G. II. Babbitt of Bellows Falls,
was in the village yesterday and
held an informal hearing at the Put
nam house in the afternoon. Only a
few citizens attended and 1t is under
stood that no complaints were
brought to the attention of the COM
missioners.
Perhaps there never was a people
who have a more profound reverence
for education than the Chinese.
This fact is very plainly portrayed
in DR.. Headland's book, China's New
day which is being studied by the
Woman's Missionary society OF the
First Baptist church. The regular
monthly meeting will be held this
evening at 1880 o'clock. General
subject The Chinese church. All are
most cordially invited to be present.
States Attorney w. ]. Meagher
went to Pownal yesterday. where
four cases were brought before JUS
tice Joseph Norwood, Elanson Jones,
colored, was convicted af assault up
on his wife, was sentenced to pay a
fine of $50. be confined in the county
jail and to pay the costs OF the pro
ceedings. The fine and sentence
were RENTED and the defendant was
placed in charge of the county proba-
ton officer There were also three
convictions for intoxication.
Two weeks ago at the morning
service at the First Baptist church
an interesting meeting was held. In
the absence of the pastor, Rev. A. S.
Davis presided and in place of the
regular sermon there were two es-
pecially. interesting addresses, one
by Mrs. A. |. Denison, who gave her
experience of two visits to China
during the past Is years, and the
other by Miss Ada Brigham who
spoke Of the meeting of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary society in
New York. Miss Brigham is one
of the delegates from Vermont to
the special meeting of the society to
be held in Detroit.