News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-09-27
All over The State.

The first steamer ever run on the
Passumpsic river was launched near
St. Johnsbury Thursday.
E. F. Reed has been appointed
postmaster at East Dummerston, and
Warren Bingham at West Concord.
The third annual reunion of the
Third Vermont regiment will be held
at st. Johnsbury Oct, 10th, instead
of Oct. Sd.
The body of Nathan Skinner, a
wealthy Plainfield farmer, was found
Friday in one of his barns that had
been struck by lightning the day be-
fore.
Mr.. Thomas F. Smith, for six
years a keeper at the House of Cor
rection, died at the family home in
Mt Holley, early on Friday morning,
aged %.
The earnings of the Central Yer
mont railroad for the second week in
September were S66,541, as against
1921 for the corresponding week
last year, an increase of S4434.
The town clerk of Westmore, in
Orleans county, has finally made re-
turn of the election blank sent him.
Dillingham; gets 80 votes there, Shurt-
left IL and the Prohibitionists nothing.
A Windsor lady suggests that the
news from Vermont and Maine is the
best remedy yet devised for extermi
mating the obnoxious Buffalo bug"
from the White House at Washington.
Henry Gainey, brakeman on the
Central Vermont railroad, fell under
the cars at Gassetts station on Fri
day morning. One of his legs was
cut off and he was otherwise serious
~ injured.
An exchange says that A. A. Earle,
editor of the White River Junction
Landmark, is again under attachment
for libel by Mrs. S. E. Boutelle, a
milliner of that place, who places her
damages at $4,000.
Every business man should have
printed stationery. We can furnish
paper, print it, put it up in pads and
present it to you in neat, workman
like manner for small margin above
what the material costs.
Bradford Prohibitionists held the
balance of power and prevented an
election of representative. Bradford
is most too important a town to have
no voice in the general assembly, but
Incorporate temperance so wills it
this year.-Erpress.
The goth annual convention of the
State Sabbath School Association of
Vermont is to be held at Woodstock,
October 16, II and IS. General con-
ductor, Rev. j. A. Pierce, President
of the Association. The music will
be furnished under direction of Prof. |
and Mrs. d. B. Towner, of Mortified, |
Mass.
At the annual meeting of the st. |
Johnsbury and Lake Champlain rail-
road at St. Johnsbury last week the
following directors were elected: G..
W. Hendee of Morrisville, H. E.
Folsom of Lyndonville, w. A. Stow
I'll and S. G. Shurtleff of Montpelier,
;. S. Page of Hyde Park, G.. G. Lord,
Samuel G. Lawrence and Nathaniel
7. Bradley of Boston and C. E. A.
Bartlett of Lowell.
Two historic flags captured by
Commodore McDonough in the battle
# Plattsburgh, Sept. II, 1914, are
he property of Mrs. L. P. Wheeler
# Vergennes. One flag is colonial,
md has Is stars on a blue ground,
md three broad stripes of red, white,
md blue. The other has % stars
md 13 red and white stripes. Mrs.
Wheeler will present these flags to the
Vermont Historical society.
John Van Sicklen of Burlington,
and A. L. Wright of Boston, went to |.
Sand Bar Bridge in Lake Champaign
Tuesday of last week on fishing and
hunting expedition intending to be alb
sent two or three days. Wednesday
afternoon the body of Mr.. Wright
and the boat were found cast up on
the shore at Porters bay. The fish
ing lines were tangled about Wright's
body and fastened to the boat. II is
supposed the boat was upset by a
squall, and the parties thus lost their
lives. Diligent search was made for
the body of Mr.. Van Sicklen but it {
was not found until Monday, some
Six days after the accident. A slight
'ope attached to the body indicated {
hat be had attempted to tow Mr..
Wright and the overturned boat to
he shore. A cramp probably caused
he drowning, as he was an expert {
Mr.. Wright was a mem
'er of the firm of Wright & Sawyer
If Boston and was well known to
many of our business men, and Van {
'icklen was of the firm of Van Sick I
en- & Spalding. The affair is a very '
'ad one casting a gloom over Bur-
ngton where Mr.. Van Sicklen resided t
nd had host of friends. He leaves I
wife and three young children.