News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-11-29
HYDE PARK.

County Court next week, and the
Grand Jury along with it.
The winter term at the Academy
opened Monday with an increased num-
Der of Out-Of-the- district pupils.
1t is said that the st. j. & l.. G. Road
has done more business in October and
thus far in November than for any cor
responding time since its existence.
Among the new locomotives, new to
this section of the country, that have
been brought into service on the Lake
road are the Daniel Webster, John {.
Calhoun, and General Sedgwick.
In the matter of the fatal accident to
| Daniel l.. Durkee, of this place, last
August, the railway commissioners re-
| port that the engineer did just as he was
| told and that no one was to blame.
On Wednesday evening, Dec. 18th,
| the Good Templars will give mas
| querade Sociable at the Town Hall. No
| admission fee, but light refreshments
| will be served. Proceeds for the benefit
of the organization.
Owing to the poor weather, our mer-
chants say that the fall trade has not
been what it should have been. With a
settling of the weather, probably bust
ness will show an activity which all
look upon with delight.
Herbert Fairbanks closed a successful
| term of school in the Benson district
| Stowe, last Wednesday. In the evening
| there was an exhibition, which Drum
Major Waite and portion of the band
attended and aided by favOring the audi
We have received from the Governor
oar certificate of election as High
Bailiff." 1t is very handsome piece OF
work, geographically, and just as big as
those sent to the Sheriff and Other
county officers. Every subscriber who
will pay up may have the privilege OF
seeing it. It's immense.
The many friends of Ephraim Hitch
| cock, of New York, will regret to learn
of the death of his wife, which occurred
Friday, the 10th, after an illness of
several months. Mrs. Hitchcock was q
native of SWanton and married MIR
| Hitchcock some twenty years ago. Mr.
| II. is a brother of Mrs. Chas. Crane
of this place.
| A public entertainment will be given
at the Town Hall Wednesday evening OF
next week, by the Good Templars organ
| iZatiOn. There will be addresses by Rev
| f. j. Ward and Geo. Gilmore. Other
exercises, including music, recitatiOns
| &c, will be rendered. The entertainment
will be free and the public are cordially
invited to attend. Exercises commence
at half-past seven.
The johnson Serenade Band visited
the band at this place last Thursday anC
passed very pleasant evening at the
Town Hall. The two bands cOnSoli
dated for the occasion, and the twenty
five pieces rendered excellent music
which was highly appreciated by large
number of our citizens who were IN at
tendance. During the evening the Hyde
Park Band escorted their guests to The
. Americana" where an oyster supper
was served. The johnson Band like
orr own is made up of excellent young
men, and we hope the boys will frater
niZe often.
The following from the Swanton Cog
rier will interest many of our Hyde Parl
readers: An important real estate trans
fot. tbiS week was the sale of the Contra
Id use. by the Babbitt estate, to J. F
Kelley. Mr.. Kelley is one of the mos
successful, best known and most popular