The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-07-15
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Miss Nellie Hathaway is Ill.

MISS OeTIruuo NOTtOu Vi lTOy 10
a guest Of Miss Juliet Shields.
DR.. F, ]. Hurley has sold his Hud-
son automobile to Samuel Hawks.
Miss Anna Bellville of Rutland is
the guest of Miss Katherine La
Marie.
Judge E. L Bates returned Mon
day evening from an over Sunday
trip to Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Green have
returned from visit in the northern
part of the state
c. F. North and John B. Quinn OF
PCohoes have been visiting Mr. and
Mrs. H. B. North
| Fred II. Russell of Hartford, Conn
who has been visiting relatives here,
has returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. william E. Hawks
returned Monday evening from few
days outing at Lake Hancock
Miss Catherine Healy went today
to Saratoga to be the guest for a
month of Miss Minnie Farrell.
Dan Shea, field manager of the
Bennington baseball team, Is visiting
at his home in Florence, Mass.
Miss Margaret Brazil of Gardner,
who has been visiting her cousin,
Miss Julia Brazil, has returned home.
Mrs. p. ]. Nolan of Pittsfeld, who
has been with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Eli Briggs, has returned home.
Miss Eugenia McCandliss has re-
turned from visit to her grand
fathers at Indian Hill farm in Hoo
sick.
Don't miss visiting the fancy table
at the lawn party tomorrow after
noon at the residence of H. /. Nor
ton.
Rev. George MAR of Middletown,
Conn, win preach at Ben Venue Ii
brary Wednesday evening at eight
o'clock.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wickham
and daughters, Irene and Hazel, who
have been visiting here briefly, have
returned to their home in Scheneo-
tady.
George e. Robinson has returned
to Burlington after passing a ten
days vacation with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. c, H. Robinson of Depot
street.
. Miss Zenobia Royce went to Still
water, N. Y, this afternoon to be
the guest OF Miss Alice Hudson,
who is one of her classmates at syria
cuse university.
Supper will be served from 6 to Z
O'Clock at the lawn party tomorrow
at the home of H. /. Norton Mrs.
Paulson makes the salad, everything
to go with it that is good.
Maj Merritt C. Holt, aged Sc years
died at his home in North Benning-
ton Tuesday morning, July 18th
Funeral will be held from the resi-
dence on School street, North Ben
nington, Friday afternoon at $50
o'clock.
The funeral of Mrs. John Madden
was held from st. Francis de Sales
church this morning at nine o'clock
Rev. A. ]. Barron officiating. The
bearers were John Burt, John Kelly,
Patrick Ryan, Daniel and James
Murphy and John Baker. The burial
was in the Catholic cemetery.
Mrs William H. Bentley and niece,
Miss Augusta Bentley, of Freeport, l..
l., are guests at the home of Clark
Hamilton. They have already visit
ed in Arlington, Sunderland and Brat
tleboro. They are to return home
this week and will take with them
Mary, the daughter of Isaiah Bentley,
of Arlington.
The Rutland baseball team was in
the village this morning on its way
to North Adams where il was sche-
duled for Northern Tri-State
game this afternoon. On Thursday
North Adams will go to Rutland and
Bennington will play at Adams. On
Saturday Rutland will play in this
village and Adams and North Adams
will come together on the North
Adams grounds.
| w. II. Niles of this village has in
his possession a copy of the Ulster
County Gazette of the issue OF Janu-
airy 4, 1900. II is a small four column
paper excellently printed on a light
but high quality paper and is in a
fine state of preservation. The
column rules on the inside pages are
turned out Of respect to the memory
of the first president. The paper al
so contains an account of the burial
OF Washington.
Because of the fact that there is
some question over the right of one
man present at the special village
meeting in Old Bennington on the
evening of June 3 to cast a vote in
the corporation IL has been decided
to hold another special meeting Sat.
urday evening, July 26. II is not ex.
pected that any action will be taken
at the coming special meeting that
will in any manner change the
course of events in relation to the
improvements which the village vot.
ed on the evening of June 3. The
meeting on the evening of the 26th
is to be held in order that the legal.
ty Of the bond issue shall be un.
questioned.
A man who says that he was
born in Austria and who can speak
but little English is confined in the
county Jail on the charge Of vagran.
cy. He was arrested by Deputy
Sheriff Harvey Lincoln in the town
OF Rupert. The mans strange actions