Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-12-17

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THE commissioned officers of National
Guard of the State, will meet in Burling-
ton Jan. 14th and 10Th.
THE Young Womens Club will have
their regular monthly business meeting
on Wednesday evening, Dec. 18th.
THE Campbell mill resumed work
Thursday, after two weeks shut dowu.
The full force will be at work by toll
row.
CAPT. N. o. WILCOX is barely alive at
the Soldiers Home hospital. 1t is i'm
possible to say whether or not he can
survive the night.
THE Sunday school connected with
the St. Peters Episcopal church will
have its regular Christmas festival and
tree the Saturday evening preceding
Christmas.
COUNTY court resumed its session
Monday afternoon, the case of F. B.
Bowles being resumed. The testimony
is not all in up to this afternoon, and it
is quite probable that the case will last
the entire week.
THE Rev. G. B. Lawson, of the Baptist
church, will speak to the pupils of the
High School tomorrow at l.3O p. m. on
1.-THE German High Schools" The
friends of the school are always made
welcome.
Gov. WOODBURY. is expected here,
Tuesday or Wednesday, to inspect the
Jail. He comes in response to the recent
petition requesting him to order the re-.
moval of Mrs. Wetherbee to the House
of Correction at Rutland.
THE ladies of the Second Congrega.
tiOnal chnrch will observe FOrefather's
day on next Friday evening by fair.
Fancy articles will be sold and supper
will be served at and after six O'Clock.
A small admission fee only is charged
THE person who has genuine inter-
est in the welfare and prosperity of Ben
nington will patronize home merchants
for holiday goods. Money spent here
helps to build up the town; if spent else
where, some other town receives the
benefit.
ONE of the pleasantest entertainments
held this season was the talk ON magic
in Science" given by Superintendent
Alger to about fifty young men, in the
Y. M. G. A. Rooms, Friday evening.
The talk was illustrated with various
experiments which were both instruc-
tive and entertaining
THE chorus choir which was recently
discontinued at the Second Congrega-
tional church is being again formed un.
der the direction of E. E. Long. This
choir will sing the Pilgrim chorus from
Tanhauser at the Forefather's day ser.
vices next Sunday evening, and will sing
regularly at the Sunday morning servi-
ces thereafter.
MANY calls for clothing have come to
the Kings Daughters of late and they
| feel under the necessity of again asking
their friends to come to their assistance.
Friday afternoons until further notice,
the Emergency Rooms, located over the
Young WOmans' Club rooms, Union
street, will be open to receive contribu-
tons of cast off garments. Hours from
2 to p. m. Mrs. Frank W Harwood
secretary.
VIM. H. TIPPETTs. of Glens Falls, has
been engaged by the Senior class of the
High School to give one of his illustrat-
ed art lectures which he has been giving
in various places. Nothing but praise of
his entertainments is heard, for in them
he is said to have reached a high artis-
| tic plane. The lecture will occur in the
Graded School hall next Thursday even
ing, Mr.. Tippetts' stereopticon views are
charming, and his descriptions are said
to be both entertaining and instructive
! TUE st. Francis de Sales church choir,
under direction of Miss A. E. Clark Or
ganist and choir director, assisted by E.
c. Bennett, is preparing an elaborate
musical service for Midnight Mass,
Christmas eve. Chas. H. Bennett will
conduct the service and will also sing an
Ave Maria with violin obligato by Geo.
Donnelly. Owing to the careful, pains
taking work of Miss Clark, the choir has
we'll kept up the high standard set in
former times and beautiful service is
assured.
DAVID SCHENGERHORN, an ex- bar.tend-
er at the Cottage Hotel, under the Luz
nan administration, and Florence Ben
nett, a comely blonde daughter of Mrs.
Richardson, the ostensible housekeeper
of the house, were before the Municipal
Court Saturday, after spending night
in Jail. They were charged with i'm.
proper conduct, the complaint being
made by Landlord Lunan to get even
with Schemerhorn for betraying him to
the officers, short time before. They
were released, the evidence not being
strong against them. Schemerhorn was
Immediately arrested for selling liquor
and in default of bail, locked up in Jail
for future hearing.