Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-12-24

| lHE hnlBuUS Oh GyGnldS VIII meob III
Sixth Corps Post rooms Friday evening.
The divorce case of Mrs. Lindley
against James S. LiIdley was taken up
by the Court this afternoon.
THE ladies of Miriam Lodge, D. of R.,
have issued invitations for a dance in
Odd Fellows Hall, tomorrow, Christ
mas, evening.
ARTHUR J. EIwELL and Miss Alice j.
Bishop were married last evening, at the
residence of the brides parents, on the
Burgess road, by the Rev. c. r. Sey-
mour.
THE children of the Methodist Sunday
School are to have a pleasant time in
their rooms this evening. Presents are
to be provided for each one and they will
be amused with games, etc.
THE County Court has granted de.
cree of divorce to Carrie NJ. Putney,
from Fred E. Putney. Both parties are
from Searsburg and the cause was will
full failure to support.
MISS JEANETTE ROUSE, of Gage street,
who has been helpless from shock of
paralysis fright side), for the past three
weeks, is sufficiently recovered to be
able to move about the house with the
aid of crutches,
JOHN D. THOMPSON, the we'll known
village barber, and Miss Sarah F. Man
ming were married in Plainfeld, Mass.
Yesterday, they began housekeeping
in the rooms over Allen Brothers mar
ket
THERE was quite large attendance at
the fair and festival in observance of
Forefathers' day at the Second Congre-
gational church Friday evening. An ex-
cellent supper was served and quite a
number of fancy articles were sold.
MRS. c. w. THATCHER picked bunch
of six pansies from her flower garden
this morning. She has picked several
other specimens during the past few
days. Pansies growing out of doors
here in Vermont, on the oath day of De-
cember, would apparently indicate that
winter had almost forgotten its mission.
THE Bennington Rifles have issued
their invitations for their eighth annual
New Years ball. which occurs Tuesday
evening, Dec. 31st. A bayOnet drill by
the company will take place at s o'clock.
This is a pretty drill which, few here
have ever witnessed. A concert by
Goldsmith's orchestra will commence at
s. 80 and the grand march at o'clock.
Supper will be served by the ladies of
of the New England Order of Protection.
THE annual meeting of the Citizens
League was held last Thursday, evening,
and officers elected and reports read.
John s. Holden was elected president;
Rev. G.. B. Lawson, vice president; Sid
ney j. wilkins, secretary; W. c. Hitch
cock, treasurer. The following were
elected members of the Executive Com
nittee: Rev. c. Il. Seymour, Rev. G. L.
Richardson, E. T. Griswod, Olin Scott,
Frank Greenslet, C. B. Wall, Jr. Be-
tween $50 and SO were reported to be
in the treasury.
SPEAKING of the dance given in Troy,
Friday evening, in honor of Miss Lucy
Childs, of this village, the Troy Press
says: miss Lucy Childs is fortunate
little debutante. Her formal entrance
into society was at tea, and last night
Mrs. VIM. l.. Hall gave dance in her
honor at the Troy club. 1t was bril-
liant affair and the dancing set was in its
element. The reception room was fine
ly decorated with palms, and Mrs. Hall
and her niece were assisted in receiving
by Mrs. A. Parmalee Childs, Miss Childs,
Mrs. John L. Russell and Mrs. Leroy
Mclean. The dance began
at 8 o'clock, and many guests arrived
later from the Williams students con.
cert. Supper was served at small tables
at H. 80, and in the large dining room a
table was spread throughout the even
ing.
The week of prayer in the churches
will begin January 9Th, 1896 The Evan
gelical alliance has prepared the follow
ing programme, which will be carried
out in several of the city churches: Sun
day, Jan. 5th, sermons, the text to be:
"But the comforter, the Holy Ghost,
whom the Father will send in my name,
he shall teach you all things and bring
all things to your remembrance whatsO-
ever have said unto you" John xvi,
20. Monday, Jan. 9th, Humiliation
and Thanksgiving" Tuesday, Jan. It'll,
1.-THE Church Universal" Wednesday,
Jan. Sth, Nations and Their Rulers"
Thursday, Jan. 9th, Foreign Missions"
Friday, Jan. 10th, "Home Missions"
Saturday, Jan. 18th, Families and
Schools" Sunday, Jan. 18th, sermon,
text: Let him take hold of my
strength, that he may make peace with
me-" lisa. xviii, 5. "The greatest of
these is charity" Cor. xiii, 10.
OUTSIDE newspapers are unconscious
ly helping Bennington to secure repu-
tation to which she, happily, is not en-
titled. Last week the following ap.
peared in number of papers: 1.-THE