News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-11-06

Ihe Fairbanks scalecompSA y have
deer era three per centsseLh-annual
dividend of $50 per share, payable
November /.
GEORGE Willis, prominent and
wealthy citizen of Rutland, 70, is
about to visit New York for the first
time in his life. !.
Morris Jones, a brakeman on con-
ductor Welch's train, was killed while
making a coupling at Fort TicOn-
deroga the other morning.
Vermont gets these national APP
preparations; Burlington harbor,
S2O,00O; harbor at Gordon's Land
ing, $4,000; Otter Creek, $4,000.
The Vermont wheel club will hold
their annual meeting on the evening
of November 6, and will have din
ner at the Brooks house, Brattle-
borO.
Mrs. DR.. Stedman of West Brattle-
bOro is said to have just inherited a
large fortune, reckoned into the mill
ions, by the death of ii New York re-
lative
David Morrison died at his home
in Binghamton, N. Y, after a brief
illness of typhoid pneumonia. He
was for many years a resident of st.
JOhnsbury.
The English syndicate having OPP
lions on Barre granite quarries since
last summer, notifies the companies
that it will make further investiga-
ton of the matter.
Rev. F. E. Dawson, formerly pas
tor of the Free Baptist church, st.
Johnsbury, was installed as pastor
of the Free Baptist church at Brock
ton, Mass, last week.
Asa Lambs house, barns and
sheds, with furniture, crops and
stock, were completely destroyed by
fire at Newport Monday; partly in
sured, but heavy loss.
The farm dwelling and corn barn,
with most of their contents, owned
by W. b. Porter, near Hartford, were
burned recently. Loss, $500. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
Patents have been granted to resi-
dents of Vermont as follows: To
Theodore= s. -Shssnsan- -Castleton,
for curry comb: to Luther E. Mellen
OF Middlebury, for a hoof protector.
A barn belonging to Frank Duprey
at the western extremity of the vii
lage of Bristol, was burned Friday
morning, together with 100 bushels
of potatoes owned by Nelson Hurl-
| but.
H. o. BiXby of Chelsea, commander
of the Vermont division of the Sons
of Veterans, has issued a general Or
der appointing twenty aids. Camps
were formed at Craftsbury and
Dandy in September.
At Lovejoy's auction at Green's
boro, COWS sold at from SO to $12,
young stock So to So, hay S. a ton /;
a yoke of oxen that weighed 301O
for $62.50, while old sap buckets
were in good demand.
Mrs George E. Cone, wife of a
prominent merchant of Hartford,
while driving alone October %, was
struck by the south bound Montreal
express at the crossing in South Vii
lage and instantly killed.
The House Of Correction at Rut-
land now contains IS men and wom-
en-. AS winter approaches there will
be greater demands by residents of
neighboring towns for situations in
that comfortable Institution.
The state fish and game league is
InIY vpI H., III
known sportsmen. The object is to
procure and enforce suitable laws for
the protection and preservation of
fist, game, song and insectiverous
birds
The report of the trustees of the
Stannard monument to Gov. Dilling-
ham shows a balance on hand of
$4S1 SO. The report recommended
that the Legislature be asked to ap-
propriate $500 for a statue to sur
mount the monument.
The Central Vermont Poultry AS
ISOLATION. has elected the following
officers resident, George Davis of
East Montpelier; vice-president, Hen
ry s. Towne; secretary, S. w. Corse :;
treasurer, F. E. Pitkin; directors,
George Davis, George Da,a, E. E.
San Hers -Ie&ae Fred En-
mons.
BY the will ofthe late Moses Dodge
of Troy, Vt, schools receive much
benefit. His property, valued at
about $4,000, was left to the town;
the income to be divided among the
school districts. 1t seems a very fit
ting way to dispose of property ac-
quired in the town; especially as4Mr.
Dodge had no near relatives.
Tom Hurley, a granite worker on
the new iron railroad bridge at White
River Junction, fell through the
bridge, Saturday, strikingia timberin
his descent and landed in the White
river a dead man or died in IA few
minutes by drowning. He was
young man, unmarried, lived in Con
cord, n. H., and was native of Nova
Scotia.
Silas Ayers, an old resident of YER
gennes, and for a long series of years
a partial dependency of the town,
took paris green Sunday night and
died about 8 o'clock Monday morn
ing. He no doubt committed the
deed from a sense of pride, for, al
though treated well at the poor
house, he said he would prefer death
to going there again.
A syndicate has been formed at
Richmond with the object of shipping
Vermont produce, principally pota-
toes and apples, to Western markets.
1t is expected that very soon 20 car
loads Of potatoes, and several of APP
pies will be started en- route to Den
yer, Colorado. Potatoes there are
now worth from 81 % to $50 per
bushel. and apples from $3 to $3.50
per barrel.
Among the patents recently an
nounced were the following to Yer
monteps To 0thel0 W. DaYis, OF
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