News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-11
HYDE PARK.
Catholic services next Sunday.
1884 is rapidly drawino 10 n Gins

4Oof Is FaplIlIy uraWlnS TO close
Don't be bashful or backward about
paying for the paper.
Court has adjourned and our village
has resumed its quietness.
Rogers has a large line of ladies'
and gents underwear to close out.
James Withers has removed to
apartments in Cranes brick house.
Christmas in two weeks and al
ready mysterious packages are being
seen.
Mrs. Paul will speak in the Town
Hall, Sunday, Dec. l4th, at the usual
hours.
Will Putnam has rented apart
ments in II. j. Lilley's house, where
he will live this winter.
To keep a cigar lighted one must
not talk too much. This is one reason
why women do not smoke.
Commencing next week, the mail
train going east will leave some twenty
minutes earlier than it now does.
Page has sold the Eastman dwelling
house and blacksmith shop at Centre
vile to B. t. Stephenson OF Boston.
n. L. Flintom has purchased the
tenement house heXt to the Catholic
church, and will at once take possess
sion thereof.
Not a very large crowd at the en-
tertainment Tuesday evening; never
theless a snug sum was realized for
the Christmas festivities.
The days will continue to become
shorter until the 21st of the month !;
then they will begin to lengthen and
tbe cold begin to strengthen.
The Grand Jury was photoed"' in
front of the Court House Friday after
noon by Photographer Robinson. For
tunately the camera stood the shock.
The pay of the employees of the St.
j. & L. c. Railroad has been reduced
10 per cent. We understand this
does not affect station agents and
bridgemen.
A Lamoille County member of the
Legislature says the exact number Of
hours the Legislature was in session
during its last meeting was 14l
hours and 81 minutes.
care you a Democrat?' asked
little Hyde Park Miss of her grand
mother recently, YES" was the re-
ply whereat the little one again quer
led, "When are you going to get over
it,"
December and May had q Irritation
in unblushing fashion last week-the
weather being very mild and genial.
Monday morning a SNOW storm set in
and December is now quite now like
itself.
H. c. Lanpher, although greatly
disappointed at the political results,
exults in the weight of his pig which,
only seven months and twenty days
old, tipped the beam at $40 pounds
dressed.
A large line of dolls, books, photo
graph and autograph albums, dress
ing cases, cups and saucers, games,
smokers goods, toilet sets and toilet
articles too numerous to mention, at
A. o. Gates corner drug store.
DR.. A. Stewart of Montreal has To-
Gated in town. He is a graduate of
McGill College, Montreal, also of the
Royal College of Physicians, London,
Eng. He comes well recommended.
He will be found at +. Ii. Sherwin's.
Conductor Ranney is in trouble
again. A passenger inspected the end
of the conductors nose the other day
and asked him how long he had been
a Democrat. As he was big fellow
the interview stopped right there
Union.
Our readers attention is called to
Wiswelrs holiday advertisement. He
has an assortment of useful and orna-
mental goods of almost every style.
His display of watches, jewelry, and
plated ware is also very nice. Be sure |
to see his stock before you buy else
where.
Edgar Noyes has recently set
handsome granite monument in our
cemetery. tt was furnished by Ii. r.
Mack, of TIardwick, and is considered
one of the best monuments in the
county. Mr.. Mack has set about a
dozen other head-stones in different
yards of this town the past summer.
County Court re-conveAed Friday,
and after calling the new docket the
chancery and divorce cases were taken
up. Divorces were granted in the
following cases: Iyra Allen V. Mary
Allen, intolerable severity; E. A. Pix
ley V. Josephine Pixley, desertion
Harrington V. Harrington, of Eden,
adultery; f. d. Wood V. Emily
Wood, desertion. Seven other di-
vorce cases were entered, and those
not dismissed will be heard next Mon
day at Morrisvillc. The Grand Jury
reported seven true bills and nine not
found. The committee appointed by
the Grand Jury to inspect the Jail, re-
ported as follows: ''We find the jail
in very good condition, and think the
present jailor, Mr.. Lanpher, is keep
ing it in good shape. We find it neat
and clean and in very good order.
We find that two prisoners have es-I
capped during the past year (through
the floor, out under the south walD
one of which is now at large; but the
floor has been repaired, and we think
the Jail as it has been for the past
year, as safe as jails are generally
in this State, and are of the opinion
that in its present condition it will
meet the requirements of the county
for the present, with the exception of
some small repairs, which can be
made by the jailor; and we recon-
mend that 70 larger expense be made"
Probate Court-LannoiIie District.
The following business was trans
acted at the Probate Office in Hyde
Park, during the week ending Dec.
6, 1884:
Dec. I.-Elias Chadwick's estate, Cam
bridge; B. F. Wiley appointed admins
TRAITOR; Fred Carpenter and Chas. Il.
Buker appointed appraisers and commits