Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-05-14

THE Supreme court convenes in Mont
pelier to-day. W. B. Sheldon and G. H.
Darling left yesterday to attend the
same.
THE tops of several of the highest
mountains around here were covered
with snow Monday morning, and the
thermometer at o'clock marked APO
above zero.
ONE of the new combination baggage
and passenger cars of the Fitchburg rail
road is now on the run between here and
Troy, leaving at 1925 am, and returning
at 6;3S p. m.
II. c. WHITE, secretary of the North
Bennington Driving Park Association,
says that all indications point to a large
display of horses at their fair to be held
June 9Th and 9th and that the trotting
will be better than ever
THERE seems to be growing interest
in the entertainment to be given at Lii
brary Hall, on the Dist. 1t has been a
long time since there has been first
class magician in town and this promises
to be something out of the usual order.
CHAs. KRoNING has given up his posi-
ton in the paid fire department at Tam
pa, Fla, and returned home. Edward
O'Donnell, who went there few weeks
ago to take position in the department,
has already been promoted TO be second
at the fire station.
LIST of letters remaining uncalled for
in the post-ofIfce at Bennington, for the
week ending May 18th, 1895: Mrs. Flora
D. Huntly, Miss Maggie Marsh, Mrs.
Fred Orr, Chas. Allen, L. B. Burgess,
VIM. Crompton, John S. Dewey, Willie
II. Durfy, c. Pollard, Homer Fits, Louis
Hubble, John w. Smith, A. n. w. Smith,
VIM. c. Wood, Campbell Printing & Press
& Mfg Company. These letters will be
sent to the Dead Letter Office, May 9th,
if not delivered before. In calling for
above, please say "advertised," giving
date of list.
THE extremely warm weather of last
week continued through Saturday, that
day beating the record. At seven o'clock
in the morning the mercury was up to
seventy. eight degrees. The weather
continued to grow warmer until at 2
O'Clock the thermometer registered nine
ty.four degrees, the warmest of the year.
The temperature this month is far above
that of year ago. May 9th, 1894, the
thermometer registered sixty-fiye de-
at o'clock. On the following day at
one o'clock the thermometer was eighty
two degrees in the shade. A year ago
Sunday the mercury was fifty-nine de-
grees at o'clock. The big drop in the
temperature in the West was felt here
late in the afternoon and Sunday morn
ing the thermometer dropped to As de-
grees with cold rain falling which con-
tinued all day.
THE Old First Church at the Centre, in
which the centennial convention of the
Congregational churches and ministers
of Vermont, to be held June 11th-13th.
was organized in 1861 and is the oldest
in the State. The present edifce was
built early in the century. Its first pas
tor was the Rev. Jedediah Dewey, known
as the Fighting Parson," and among its
early members are recorded the names
of Jonas Fay, proprietor of the old Cata-
mount Tavern. Ethan Allen and Seth
Warner were among those who attended
religious services in the old church, and
into it the wounded prisoners taken at
the Battle of Bennington were carried
for treatment. Under the shadow of the
present building repOse the remains of
many who lost their lives during the
Revolutionary War, including 800 Hes
slams who were buried in the cemetery in
one large grave, and men that have since
made their names famous in Vermont.
OWING to the large number of orders
on hand at the Campbell mill, notice was
given the help, Friday, that during the
rush overtime would be required. For
all overtime wages and half are to be
paid. Saturday morning about fifteen
of the male help, mostly boys and young
men, failed to put in an appearance, as
they objected to working over hours.
No notice was given by them that they
intended to leave and their action great
ly interferred with the work in the mill.
New hands have been secured and as
soon as they can be broken in, matters
will be again running smoothly. Few of
those who left will be taken into the mill
again. In addition to dropping their
own work they tried to induce the other
help to leave. Overtime is being re-
quired in other mills in this vicinity.
and such orders as given in this case are
given in most all mills. No dissatisfac-
ton was found with the wages.
MR.. JESSE E. BARNEY, last year a
member of the Bennington High School,
is studying in Ithaca, N. Y, where he
went on the advice of Supt c. S. Davis.
The latter urged Mr.. Barney, if possible,
to secure free scholarship in Cornell
University, but to do this the law re-
quires the candidate to be student in
one of the schools of New York State