News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-02
ALL OVER The STATE.

The Montpelier snow shoe club has
elected Frank l. Pitkin as President.
Several schools in North Pawlet
have been closed on accout of measles.
The senate has confirmed the nom-
ination of G. H. Pitkin as district at
torney for Vermont.
Aldace Vondette, of West Rut-
land, was recently offered $1,000 fol-
his racing horse, ''Vondette Boy"
C. w. Bissell, of Wilmington, sold
1858 pounds of butter last year from
six COWS, realizing over $500 for it.
The Lyndon Institute at Lyndon
Center has larger attendance than
ever before, there being 125 students
registered.
The woman's auXiliaries of the Epis-
copal churches in Addison, Chittenden,
Rutland and Lamoille counties met in
ST. Stephens church in Middlebury on
Thursday last.
E. & T. Fairbanks & Co. of St.
Johnsbury recently sold five pair OF
oxen for shipment to market weighing,
respectively, 1890, 1925, 1900, 1890
and 400 pounds.
The Fall Mountain Paper Co., OF
Bellows Falls, has organized an indie
pendent fire company so as to cope
with the fires in the mill without the
aid of the village department.
o. P. Conant, principal of the ST.
Adams high school, has resigned, and
Alvin S. Pease, for several years en-
gagged in teaching at Warren and Prov
idence, R. l., has been engaged to fill
the vacancy.
Hon. VIM. H. Dubois of West Ran
dolph will, within two months, place a
bell in the Baptist church at that place
in memory of his deceased wife, who
was an active member of that church
from its organization.
1t is stated that at the recent meet
ing of the Orleans County Historical
society, an early gazetteer of Vermont
was exhibited that was owned by the
man who entered the fort at Ticondero-
ga when it was captured, immediately
behind Ethan Allen.
Superintendent Mellen of the Pass
umpsic railroad talks of moving the
railroad shops from Lyndonville to
St. Johnsbury. The expense of re-
moval would be $4,000, and st.
citizens have shown will
ingness to contribute good share.
Vermont's share of the direct tax
collected in 1871, which Congress now
proposes TO IT fund, is Sl79, 407, and
if the money is received and applied to
the payment of State expenses, it will
save the necessity of any grand list
tax for one year at least.
The number of Republican clubs
being formed in the State gives prom
Use of large gathering at the conven-
ton at Montpelier the 10Th. The
formation of State league receives
the support of many prominent Re
publ cans in the State, and President
Foster of the national league will adj
dress the coming meeting.
The President has pardoned E. S.
Magoon, the Washington (Orange
Coz moonshiner, who was convicted
last February of illicit distilling and
sentenced to two years in prison and
to pay fine of $1,000. The main
consideration which led to the recon-
mendation for his pardon was that, af-
ter his conviction, Magoon gave infor-
nation which caused several moon
sinners in his vicinity TO go to the U.
S. attorney and make voluntary prop
ositions for the settlement of the cases
against them, and in this way hand
some sum was covered into the treasu-
~. Magoon himself was poor and
unable to pay a dollar of his fine.