News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-07-24

ing County convention will be held at
the Town Hall Saturday evening,
July 26, at O'Clock.
Mrs. w. H. Vanderbilt's handsome
private carpassed through here Mon
day morning on the mail train.
Among the occupants were Mrs. Van
derbilt. 1t was on it's way to Bar
Harbor.
Another installment of city people
arrived at "The Elms" this week
making a very lively and pleasant
party now quartered there. A hand
some Ivers & Pond piano has been
placed in the house.
J. H. Macomber, the new principal,
accompanied by his friend, Frank
Hazen, stopped in town Monday
night. They were enjoying a tramp
through the country with the White
Mountains as the objective point.
Business is dull " remarked a ply
stefan the other day, its been very
dull the past month or two; but if
this cool weather keeps on We'll have
typhoid fever and that'll make bust
ness lively" Business is business with
that physician.
An elegant new smoking car, or
rather a parlor car Transformed into a
smoker, now runs on Conductor Ran
ney's train. The ticket puncher is as
proud of it as boy with his first pair
of boots, and takes pleasure in show
ing it to everybody-ladies and all.
Pitching quoits is a popular pas
time just now and many are becom-
ing interested in it. 1t is said that
Frank True puts in all his spare time
through the day in practicing, and
then comes up on the hill in the even
ing and shows the boys show to do
it."
A very pleasant ebay ride" in We
solden style was enjoyed by party of
young people last Thursday night.
The clarion notes of a few fish horns
taken along, made the welkin ring, "
and completely overshadowed the
shrill blasts of the modern tally-ho
bugle.
Tbepossibility of putting in a sewer
on the western half of Main street is
being There appears to
be a general desire on the part of the
property owners that a sewer be put
in, as it would not only be an accom-
mediation but aid in making the san
itary condition of the village perfect.
Some two hundred tons of coal is
the amount required by c. NJ. Strong
to supply his customers this year-a
remarkable increase over few years
ago, when % or 80 tons supplied the
demand. Mr.. Strong has recently
erected very substantial shed at the
depot for the storage of anthracite
fuel
Fresh air" children from New
York are being cared for couple of
weeks by the following people: Barney
Currier, Almon Crowell, W. n. Put
nam, c. S. Page, G. w. Brown and
Frank Slayton The children taken
by these parties were here last year
and come again this time by special
invitation.
An egg, exceedingly diminutive in
size, is brought us by V. A. Gilmore,
as a specimen we presume of how
small an egg fowls can produce. The
egg measures 3klx4 inches and is from
an ordinary fowl. Now neighbOr,
bring in a few samples of your big
eggs and we will see if they can be
beat by others.
The dockets for the August term of
supreme court for this County are
out. There are five cases, to wit: III.
A. Waterman V. d. G. Holmes, H. A.
Watermanv O. & A. HI. Buck, Arthur
Lyman V. Harmon Morse, Geo. Bak-
er V. c. j. Ufford, Mt. Mansfield Hotel
Co. V. W. p. Bailey. The term COM
mences August 10.
RIVERSIDE JoTTINGs.
Fred Crowell is on the sick list. Hehas the
Mrs. Carleton and daughter have returned
to their home in Lowell Mass after spending
several weeks with friends in town.
Mrs. Sarah Maxfeld, who has been visiting |
her daughter, Mrs. Wilbur Griswold in Mil |
ton, has returned to Hyde Park, and is now
stopping with her daughter, Mrs. John But
ton.
Mr. Willie Mooney and wife of Nashua, n.
l., and Mrs. Albert Mooney of Lowell Mass,
were in town over Sunday, called here to at
tend the funeral of their niece, Mrs. John
Sinclair.
Many from this and adjoining towns at
tended the funeral of Mrs. Eta Sinclair which
was held at the house last Sunday. Rev. Mr..
Saunders officiated and B. l.. Austin had the
funeral in charge. The bearers were W. +.
Waters, w. w. Spaulding, H. S. Mudgett and
J. Sinclair. The flowers were very beautiful.
The community extend their heartfelt syppa-
thy to the grief stricken husband and child
rem, and indeed the blow falls heavily on the
father and two remaining sisters. In this
their hour of affection may they lean on Him
who was her stay and support.
CENTREvILLE.
Raspberries are beginning to ripen.
Those sick with measles are all better.
Some are well along with their haying while
a few have just begun.
The crops in this section suffered consider
ably during the late storm.
C. S. Noyes was in this place recently in the
interest of settling the David Campbell estate.
part of George Hyde's barn was demol-
ished and made wreck by the late cyclone;
fences were blown down in every direction.
The greatest damage was done to many of
the sugar places, Ambrose Collins suffered
badly the best part of his sugar place being
entirely destroyed.