News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-08-13
LOCAL NEWS.
NJ ORRISVILLE.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES.

RELIGIOUS SERVICES.
SUNDAY AUGUST 10th.
Congregational Church.-Rev. W. A. Bushee
Pastor. Services commence at IO.45 a. m.
Unlyersalist Church.-Rev. F. E. Healey, Pas
tor. services commence at 2.I5 p. m,
Nj. E. Church.-Rev. NJ. p. Bell, Pastor. Sci
vices at 10.30a.m m,
The band went to Cambridge las
Saturday.
Geo. Earle and family are spending
a week at Highgate.
G. A. 8arrows and wife have gon,
west on visiting tour.
The - Industrial Society" will meet
Aug. 2Sth. instead of Aug. 18th.
Mrs. U. G. Stowe is visiting her
son, DR.. Willard Stowe, at Palmer,
Mass.
Prof. Wyman, the celebrated fancy
skater. will be at the rick Friday
evening. See bills.
The backs to the pews at the Cong
Church are being raised, and made
more comfortable to sit in.
The Good Templars' County Union
ID DOSIpOuSt dIit4l aug -cbus Oh luS
to the temperance camp-meeting.
II. G. Fisk has pitched tents at
Highgate Springs, and with his family
will spend week or two in camp.
Mrs. d. Cobleigh has very desir-
able place, for any one wanting to
purchase such a property in Morris
vile.
Arthur Noyes has formed partner
ship with Will Simonds at Albany,
NY, Instead of with Choate Bros, as
stated last week.
a union temperance meeting was
held at the Methodist Church Sunday
evening. Remarks were made by Revs.
Bell and Bushee, and Geo. J. Slayton.
Harry A. Collins, of Concord, n.
H., and Dana G. Collins, of Hillsboro
Bridge, n. H., brothers of Mrs. j. A.
Robinson, are spending the week in
town.
Rev. Mr.. Wright of Montpelier, will
exchange pulpits with Mr.. Healey
next Sunday, Aug. 18th, preaching at
Stowe in the morning and Morrisyille
in the afternoon.
We are informed that c. A. Rich,
Cort. Slayton and A. G. Small ale
still in the field as candidates for the
postmastership, all reports TO the con-
trary Notwithstanding. Ofcourse these
gentlemen are not the only applicants
for the position.
MAsoNIc.-The next District meet
ing for the 18th Masonic district, will
he holden at Wolcott Aug. 21, A. l..
1885, at 10 o'clock a. m. Work on the
Blue Lodge degrees will be exempll'
fed. There will also be an address by
the Rev. Frank Healey. Let there be
a full attendance.
Z. II. STONE, d. ID. q. Nj.
The long expected history of the i'm
portant and gallant part taken by the
soldiers of Vermont in the War for
the Union, prepared by authority of
the State, by the State Military His
torian, Hon. G. @. Benedict, is now
offered to the public. The first vol
ume is now ready for the press, and
the second will soon follow. The
History will be q valuable work, and
should be in every Vermont family.
A. E. Piastridge of Mortified is now
canvassing this town for the work.
H. H. Morgan, who has been i'll
and confined to the house for several
weeks, died last Sunday morning.
MIR. Morgan has been a resident OF
this town several years, was proprie-
tor of the foundry, and was a highly
esteemed citizen. A post-mortem ex-
animation showed that his disease was
necessarily a fatal one-being cancer
in the stomach. The funeral was held
Tuesday afternoon.
There being no Grant memorial SER
vices held on Saturday, a memorial
service was held at the Methodist
Church Sunday morning, with large
attendance. Rev. Mr.. Bell delivered
very appropriate and interesting adj
dress. Post Warner, No. 8, G. A. r..
turned out about twenty in number
and attended in body. The scrip
lures read and hymns sung were the
same used at the funeral services or
Mt. McGregor. The church was taste
fully decorated with flags and emblem'
of mourning, and a handsome collec
ton of ported plants and flowers.
BASE BALL NOTES.
The No-Name base ball team wor
two brilliant victories last week, ant
it now appears that they have met ant
defeated the mines from Johnson, No
HYDE Park, Hardwick, HYDE Park
and Underhill this season.
The match game last Saturday, be
tween the No-Names of this place AM
the Resolntes of Underhill, at Cam
bridge. resulted in a victory for th
No Names by a score of ~ to II.
c.. r. Jameson, Vice-President. ant
Il. M. Tobin, Manager, of the Swan
ton club, witnessed the game Wednes
day. Mortimer Capsey, of New York
a member of the Metropolitan club
who is spending few weeks in Swan
ton, vas also present.
The game of ball on the old Fai
Ground Wednesday, between the No
Names of this place and Rqstics O
Hyde Park, was witnessed by larg
crowd, and resulted in the best playe
game ever seen in this county. Up +
the eighth inning the scoring on bot
sides was low and nearly even, but
wild throw from Sd to list, and ba
fielding on the part of the Rustics, re
suited adyantageously to the No
Names who won the game by a scor'