News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-09-04
LOCAL NEWS.
MORRISXIIlE-


Morristown's checklist had the
names of 10 voters.
Edwin Spiller has the cellar COM
pleted for a house in Brooklyn.
Ernest R. Bracket arrived Monday
night from Boston for a short vaca-
ton.
Remember the reading by Miss
Fairman Friday night. Admission,
20 cents.
E. E. Allen and wife are expecting
to spend the winter with their son in
Brooklyn.
Mrs. Lucinda George is occupying
her new and very pleasant house on
Union street.
Regular meeting of the W r. c.
Tuesday evening, Sept. Z. Full at
tendance desired
E. S. Robinson and wife returned
from Revere beach near Boston on
Thursday evening.
AFRO Hadley, wife and child, from
Trenton, n. j., visited at l.. III. Had
ley's the past week.
George Mears and wife, of Boston,
were here over Sunday with his
brother, A. w. Mears.
DIR. Holbrook has bought of A. D.
Thomas the lot on the corner of Con-
gress and Union streets.
G.. A. Barrows took possession of
the Depot restaurant Sept l, and
will run it for l.. B. Boynton.
c. HI. Slocum is making improve
ments about the livery barns and
sheds at the Morrisville House.
Mr.. and Mrs. Slocum and Mr. and
Mrs Currier returned home Saturday
night, reporting delightful trip.
Austin and Mortimer Parker, of
Chicago, visited their uncle, L. H.
Hadley, and other relatives last week.
Fifteen members of Mrs B. o.
Shaw's Sunday-schoOlcla class were very
pleasantly entertained by her on
Thursday afternoon last.
After the dull and dreary last two
weeks of August, September opened
up business Monday morning with a
decided improvement in every way.
Mrs. P. B. Griswold, of Montpelier,
and Miss Ada GriswOld, of New York
lily. DOIn lOEIHeE nave
been at B. o. Shaw's for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs Dunklee, of Boston,
have been here this week visiting Geo.
X. Currier and wife. Mr.. Dunklee is
one of the proprietors of the Hotel
Brunswick, Boston.
Quite an amount of the smaller
sized water-pipe has been drawn over
to the BrooKlyn side. with the inten-
ton of connecting that part OF the
village with the water-wOrks.
The railroad bridge here is now
completed with the exception of the
covering. One of the men at work
there last Friday crushed his right
hand quite badly. The wound was
dressed by DR.. Rublee.
The "Clover Blossoms" entertain
ment drew a fair-sized audience at
the town hall Friday evening. A
short program was presented by the
Young ladies, after which the time
was spent in prOmenading-
School commenced at the Academy
this Wednesday morning with 80
registered. and other departments
correspondingly full. On account of
the sickness of Miss Cora Mudgett,
her sister Emma takes her place.
The new block on the corner is
booming these days The brickwork
is steadily enveloping the walls, and
with fair weather will go ahead rapid
Nv. Woods section Will be plastered
this week; Gov. Hendee expects to
have his section ready to occupy by
tho middle of October
The season for agricultural curiosi-
ties is here, and within the past week
three have been brought to us.
HI. C.. Boardman leads the dance with
q large hens egg which weighs OF.
and measures u inches in circumfer-
ence one way, and 8 inches the other.
The second specimen runs to small
ness mostly and tips the beam at
uuarter of an ounce, measuring ~
and z UNDERSTANDABLE chiefly as a
curiosity. The third comes from I'm
Gle Dexter Pieces 1t is in the form
of a potato, among the sprouts of
which are seven small but perfectly
formed potatoes.
Following are the members OF the
new band: Solo Clarionet, h. b.
Gile: Solo Comets, c. A. Gle and W.
M Talbert: LIST Cornet, I. c. Cheney;
2nd Cornet, +. A. Heath; Solo Alto,
I Burdick; 2nd Alto, Chas. Small;
1st Tenor. Fl. ID. Drown; LIST from
hone. j. G.. Murphy; End Trombone,
7 Morgan: Baritone, r. NJ. Lang
worthy: b fat Bass, b. b. Blake;
Tuba. n. ID. Blake; Snare Drum, ID.
A Sanders: Bass Drum and Cymbals,
w. f. Field. New music has been or
dered. most of which has arrived, and
tbe hand will soon be in a well-organ-
lied condition and will give us some
GOOD music. Let US all support it
heartily.
In spite of the almost continuous
rain of Saturday afternoon an eight
inning game was played on the fair
ground between the No Names and
picked nine from the county. Neither
aide "pIayed ball" to amount to
much; the DRILLING rain took all the
starch out of both players and spec
tators. DR. Woodward umpired; the
batteries were Miner, GauthIer ana
Dnrkee. and Cheney and st. Louis.
Score 10 to 8, favor of No Names.
Next Saturday our boys play re-
turn game with the ST. JOhnsburys at
that place. If twenty-five go from
here. half-fare rates will be given, and
the game will probably make itself
interesting to all hands.
DIR. Hubbell is at the Morrisville
House this week. His professional
services are appreciated, and ne Is
reaping a harvest in the sale ana au-
iustment of spectacles. The doctor
i q master in his profession, deals IN
the best goods manufactured in the
optieaI line. and does absolutely
Guarantee all cases. Prepared III
tn and practice to meet all re-
cuiraments in the most difficult cases.
the citizens of Lamoille county do