News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-11-11
WOLCOTT.
Bert Phillips has done a nice job in
painting on Pardon Davis dwelling
house inside and outside.
The sick ones are cnnyalescent.

Bert Phillips has done a nice job in
! painting on Pardon Davis dwelling
house inside and outside.
| The sick ones are convalescent.
The Gospel meetings are being pro-
| tracted another week. Considerable in
terest prevails and good results realized.
Rev. A. B. Riggs of Underhill gave the
pastor and the church valuable aid last
week.
Abel Putnam and his daughter, Mrs.
Wood, of Hyde Park were guests at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Fife.
Representative Burnell spent Lords
Day at his home, and left for Montpelier
last Monday morning. after doing all he
could at the fire. Brave fellow!
The third snow-storm visited us last
Lords Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernando Chaffee lost
their little boy last week on Thursday.
Burial services on Saturday, Rev. S. G.
Vail officiating. - 1t is we'll with the lit
tie one.''
Mrs. Amos Boardman is getting quite
smart again.
The G. A. Z. will hold sociable at
the house of Comrade Albert Brown on
Tuesday evening, the 18th. All are
invited.
The post-office removed in the building
formerly erected for that purpose adjoin-
ing the Westinghouse.
FIRE.-On Monday. Nov. s, between
two and three o'clock, a cry of fire and
the ringing of church-bell were heard,
until the whole community was stirred
from their slumbers to the scene of de-
structiOn. On reaching the place, 10, and
behold! it was the store building owned
by Angie Jones, and occupied as a dry
goods and grocery store by A. j. Miles;
also the pOst-Office located in same build
ing. The upper floor was occupied by
M. X. Hubbell, an inventor, where he had
shop and office, and Kept all his pat
terms, etc.; and G. Baker had a room,
where he had stored his household goods. |
A hard north west wind was blowing, !
and drove the maddening flames on to a
dwelling-house, owned by 2. G. Wood, |
and occupied by E. w. Cram, with some
forty cords of nice hard wood, which |
were all consumed in short time. Every |
effort was put forth to save Mr.. Mann's |
tin-shOp, which was in close proximity, |
and to prevent the fire from spreading
westward. If not, Mr.. Moses Leach's |
drug store and house, DR.. Fairman's |
barn, and Willie Parker's house would |
doubtless have been burned. Fortunate
ly the shop was saved. All labored
bravely and heroically, to save all they
could. Hence Mr.. Cram saved his house
hold goods, and some of the goods in the
store, and the post-office goods; but Mr..
Baker, after almost endangering his life,
failed to reach his goods.
and only saved few. Mr.. Hubbell lost
all he had. Mr.. j. Morrow lost a sleigh
he had stored away in the shed part
where the fire was first discovered. The
store building was insured for $500.
Goods in the store insured for $4,000.
Mr.. B. G. Woods house insured for $3.50.
Cause of fire is unknown. On the whole,
it was a sad affair. 1t throws Mr.. Milet,
a young man who had commenced bust
ness there but a short time ago, out of
1t leaves Mr.. Hubbell
without any thing only what he had on
his person, and robs Mr.. and Mrs. Baker
of their household goods.