News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-11-27
= mn whose father lives
at Putne tied suicide at Ber-
u,iol. pnnraIITE emily. DESTINATION

Horace Everett, a native of Wind
Sor. and son of Horace Everett, who
represented his district i'll congress
for fourteen years, died at Council
Bluffs. Iowa, on the 3D. instant.
George !. Johnson, master of the
Springfield high school, has been
chosen Supervisor of Windsor county
schools fo' the unexpired term. Mr.
Johnson i, Il graduate OF Dartmouth
College, Otthe class of 81.
The raifoad commissioners gave a
hearing al Rutland, Thursday, in re-
gard to he danger at Landon's
crossing A tunnel and other expe-
dents were discussed, but another
hearing viii be necessary to settle the
matter.
Efforts are on foot looking to the
securing Of frst-dass course of lee
lures for Bellows Falls, the coming
winter.
The horses owned by W. Seward
Webb of Shelburne farms have cap
tured a score of prizes at the horse
show In New York city.
The work of building the hospital
to be used in connection with the sol
dlers home at Bennington will not
begin until spring.
In the Lake Champlaln region
ducks and geese are reported to be
found in unusually large numbers
and the hunters are holding high
carnival.
The Alexander farm at Saxton's
river, adjoining the Vermont acad-
envy grounds on the north, has lately
been purchased and presented to the
school by Col. l.. K. Fuller, who has
already shown such substantial in
terest in the success of the academy.
Vermont ranks Both among the
states on the score of population.
= Little Rhody" comes in ahead of
US and is 35th in rank.
Speaking of mild November, it is
stated that one feature of a socia BILE
at Woodford, Bennington county,
the other night, was a sail on a large
trout pond. This soft'of picnic y
in the eleventh month of the year is
not q common thing
Commander-in-Chi Veazey of the
Grand Army of the Republic has is
sued general orders FIVE, six and sew
en-. The first requires an inspection
in all of the departments of posts not
inspected previous to the last ma
tiOnal encampment, and calls upon
6ono ri mont Y1opoar Clorc to 70 Ea inn
mediate action in the matter of de-
linquent posts. The second order
appoints assistantins generals
in many of the departments. W. II.
II. Slack of Springfield is appointed
for Vermont.
Pink-eye is the prevailing distemper
in Perkinsville at the present time,
old and young being afflicted with it.
Pansy blossoms were picked in
Mrs. NJ. A. Stoddard's flower garden
in Andover, November Is.
Representative George w. Hill and
wife of Lunenburg celebrated their
silver wedding, November Z.
The Congregational church at
CRANKY is being entirely remodeled
The Northern express comany OF
Boston is to open offices in Vermont.
A railroad is talked of to run from
Hardwick to Montpelier, q miles.
The purpose is to develop the Hard
wick granite quarries.
The grain elevator at Richford,
which, it is expected, will be com
pleted by February /, will have ca
pacity of 100000 bushels.
1t will be gratifying to the friends
of General Stephen Thomas to hear
that he is recovering from his recent
attack of pneumonia.
Hon. James K. Batchelder, ex-
speaker of the Vermont house of rep
resentatives hasiormed co-partner-
ship with Hon hGilbert Robertson,
Jr.. and will eaamenee at once the
practice lay n Troy, Ny.
The following Fermonters have
been granted PENSIONS: Original,
James SMITH II &chmond; Joseph
,luttchinso2 in al, terbury; J. II.
Hunter q Willard Fisher
7: !. j ! !; !"
OF IA1Jo1 ter of Starks-
gou g. E. East
w VIZ wo hue a lille walking
about inSe that town,
ran acrossNa "a moulding
silver coin. ele lnl scovered he
fled, leaving cdldS behind him.
CONNIE lit, anuar,l1 the local
rate upo St. ,Joh1 sbury and
Lake Chann a railroad will be re-