Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-12-03
THE Kings Daughters meeting is Dec.
9th, at the usual time and place.

FIVE cars at the railroad station are be-
ing loaded with evergreen and spruce
trees for the New York market.
SATURDAY., st. Andrews day, relig,
ious services, with Holy Communion,
were held at St. Peters church.
DURING the month of December, Cole
store will remain open Tuesday and
Friday evenings as well as other week
day evenings.
THE Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist
church, which was to have met at Mrs.
Stafford Pratt's on Friday, will be post
poned one week.
U. S. MARSHAL HARRIS has received
notification from the clerk of the United
States district court, to call the adj
to meet in Montpelier January 7th, next.
MT. ANTHONY CHAPTER No. l, Order
of Eastern Star, will hold their annual
election of officers Wednesday evening at
7.3O. Attendance of all members de-
sired.
NJ E. BURGESS was before the Munlci-
pal Court, Saturday, charged with rent
ing house. THE Cottage" where intox
icating liquors were sold. He was fined
500 and costs, which he appealed.
The ladies' of St. Peters church are to
give dinner on Thursday, Dec. 18th, at
the rooms of the Sixth Corps Post, in the
Opera House, block, for the benefit of
the Parish treasury. The time is $3.50 p.
III. The bill of fare: turkey, chicken
pie and appropriate dessert. The price
is fifty cents and everybody is invited.
To number!Of herds of cattle in town
have been applied the tuberculine test to
ascertain whether or not tuberculosis ex-
isted The latest herd to be tested is that
of W. G.. Richardson, who has received
word from C. NJ. Winslow, secretary of
the State Cattle Commission, that Or.
Burgess, who applied the test, reports
the herd free from the disease.
LUCIUs COLLINS was before the Munic-
ipal court Friday, and fined 500 and
costs for renting room where intoxicat-
ing liquors were sold He appealed.
Three other charges against him, for sell
ing, keeping, with intent to sell and main
tanning nuisance, were nolle pressed,
he paying the costs amounting to S37.
Another case for selling was continued
two weeks.
VIM. H. BRADFORD and DR.. B. c. Jen-
ney, who have been in the Michigan
woods for few weeks, returned home
Thanksgiving day The party among
which they were numbered was quite
successful, killing As deer. MI. Bradford
brought with him a deer's head and
horns, which he had had mounted while
away and which he presented to Mrs.
Jenney as a memento of the trip.
THE Women of Sedgwick Relief corps
have already begun their annual contri-
button of canned fruit and jellies for the
Christmas boxes to be sent to the Sol
diers' Home at Bennington. Knowing
there are many outside the order who
would be glad to participate in the good
work a committee has been appointed to
visit each house in the village so that all
who wish to help may have an opportu-
nifty to do so.-Brattleboro Phoenix.
JOHN DAVIS may well claim to be the
champion hunter of the county. Al
though only 10 years of age he has shot
251 foxes and has record of where every
one was killed and what disposition was
yellow foxes, except two, which were part
ly black. He has never caught one in
trap. Davis has also killed three bear
and assisted in the killing of one. Dur
ing the past season he and Jesse Gregg,
who frequently accompanies him, have
killed over $50 woodcoek.
AT noon, on Wednesday last, a quiet
wedding occurred at the parochial resi-
dence, Miss Catherine A. COyle, daugh-
ter of Martin Coyle, and Everett S. Young
being united in marriage by Rev. A. j.
Barron. Miss Annie, sister of the bride,
acted as bridesmaid and Thos. Gibney as
best man. The bride was prettily at
tired in a costume of light material. AT
ter the ceremony the happy couple left
for New York and Newark, N. j. The
bride and groom are both highly es-
teemed and we'll known here.
A DISPATCH from Santa Barbara, Cal,
says: Local society had surprise
Friday, in the marriage of Mrs. Thad- |
deus A. Snively and William Alexander.
Mrs. !Snively was recently the defendant
in divorce suit preferred by her former
husband, Rev. Thaddeus A. Snively, rec
tor of an Episcopal church of Chicago.
Mr.. Alexander is the junior member in a
real estate firm" Rev. Mr.. Snively was
formerly rector of St. Johns church in
Troy. Separate suits for divorce were
brought by him and his wife in different
courts and. each was granted a divorce,
there being'no appearance in either case
by the defense:
Mrs. E. E. HART and children and J.
S. Holden and family attended family |
re union, Thanksgiving day, with Mrs. |
Eliza A, Holden in Palmer. Mass. The |