News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-11-26
STATE NEWS

| HaIkeU.
E. V. Wiley has been appointed postmas
! ter at Granville.
About 5000 logs were burned on the noun
tain in West Enosburgh recently.
There has been more typhoid fever in YER
mont this fall than for a long time Low
water is the probable cause.
| The Central Vermont railroad pays Middle
| bury 5000 per year-for tltalwater used by it
at the station in ~ 1si-=sc.
Mrs. E. J. Brown, of North Troy, has, by
the death of her father, come into real estate
in Chicago valued at$10,000,
] Rocks are being blasted out of New Haven
river so that logs can be foated to the Mid
dlebury pulp mills with less difficulty.
Henry J. Harris, prosperous and we'll
| known farmer, living two miles from Stowe,
| took fatal overdose of medicine Thurs day
| morning.
| The house of D. " Porter of North Troy
was burned early on the morning of Novem-
Der ID, and only a small part of the furniture
was saved.
| The house. shed and horse barns of Charles
! Louis at South Reading were burned Tues
day, November 10, with most of the furni-
ture and clothing.
d. j. Foster. of Burlington, who was re-
Gently elected instructor in Oratory and rhet-
oric at Dartmouth college, has accepted the
position and entered upon his duties there
last Thursday.
The Mortified News saws that Charles N.
Ciey of West Berlin recently caught a pan
Their in a fox trap. He went to his house to
get a gun, but when he had returned the pam
ther had disappeared with the trap.
An unoccupied house at Bethel owned by
Patrick Winn was burned a few days ago
About 100 bushels of ears of corn several
cords of stove wood, and quantity of cloth
ing and bedding stored there was destroyed
15-year-old son of Chester Wilbur of
Moretown was recently detected in stealing
So from the money drawer of the Ward grist
mill in that town, and as this isn't the first
offence he may he sent to the Reform school,
The first steel derrick ever made in the
United States has been raised at the granite
quarry of c. E. Taintor & Co., Barre. The
boom has radius of II feet and the mast is
80 feet high, it being the highest unsupport-
ed metal column in the world.
The three barns on the Royal Pulsipher
place, owned by H. H. Marks, near Rocking
ham, were blown down Tuesday. Nov. II.
Three hogs were killed and a horse was
caught by falling timber, but was taFen
o. uniniured. The loss will exceed $4,000.
Daniel AFRO Ashley Buck eldest son of
Daniel and Content Ashley Buck, born in
Norwich, April 10, 1889, was the first native
horn speaker of the House of Representatives
in Vermont, having held that position from
1920 to 1923, 1925 to 1927 and 1929 to
1890.
The 22d annual meeting of the Vermont
Dairymens association is to be held in Brat
tleboro about the middle of January Efforts
are being made to secure a large list of
prominent speakers, and so far the principal
officers have been very successful in this
respect. '-'
John Crowley, of Burlington, aged IS
years, was thrown from his wagon Friday
and dragged quite a distance by his runa-
way. horse. His leg and gose We're broken.
two teeth were knocked SdG the under lip cut
open, and he injured anternally.
H. b. Williams of the board of cattle com
missioners visited the farm of Joseph Cross
at st Adams Bay the other day in company
with DR.. c. l.. NORM, aud ordered killed 20
hogs which were affected with cholera.
Twenty-nine of the drove of 40 had died be
fore the officials were notified.
Mr.. Geo. Leroy recently made the propo-
sition to his townsmen, of Ludlow, that if
they would raise $40, 900 he would advance
an equal amount, for the purpose of
establishing a wooden factory. The sum
named was subscribed within two days, and
there is now talk of increasing it.
The ST. Johnsbury Republican says: "The
republicans of Brattleboro have made most
excellent move and one worthy of imitation
through the state. Right on top of the cleo
ton returns they proceeded to raise $500
and lease rooms for republican headquarters,
and they propose to make things hum from
this time until the republican candidate for
president is elected next November"
George W. Smith, of White River Junct ion
had an artesian well bored last week. The
well is located in the bakery, is POS feet deep,
and when pumped on at the rate of 40, 200
gallons per day showed but slight decrease
in depth. 1t is claimed that the well can be
counted upon for over 100, 900 gallons per
day with absolute certainty The water is
as cold as 46 deg, and of excellent quality.
At the state Y NJ. c. A., convention in
Rutland Friday, the officers elected were
president, j. j. Estey, Brattleboro; vice
presidents, n. E. Chamberlain, Burlington,
II. J. Norton, Bennington, G. f. North, Rut-
land; secretary, r E. Lewis, of the Unver-
sity of Vermont; executive committee, Col.
Franklin Fairbanks, st. bloomsbury, g. +.
North, Rutland, Col. Z, d. Bennett Buring-
ton, and Col. F. $. Stranahan, st. Adams.
The Boston journal is authority for the
statement that William H. Hart has re-
signed his position as director and president
of the Vermont Life Insurance company, of
Burlington, to take effect the first of Deem
ber and Mr., John A Robinson, for some
eight years past connected with the Michigan
Life Insurance company as general agent,
has been unanimously elected by the hoard
of directors vice-president and managing
director of the company.
The future of Vermoat was never brighte
than now. 1t has heretofore been claimed
that the state and its interests were on the
down grade, but if judge the signa OF the
present time correctly, the state is again
moving up the hill of progress and is sure to
| attain q prosperity create than it has en-
| joyed for years, Vermoners only need to
stand by Vermont, represent it's advantages
| in their true light and her future will be all
| right.-Maj Josiah Grout.
A Newport correspondent writes thus to
the Troy Palladium; Reeeltly couple in
! this vicinity called upon u certain Justice to
| bp ms triu ,.l ,,b; Io 10,
was completing the certificate our two friends
were having jolly fime bgether Finally
the justice informed the SUPPOSED happy pair
that he was ready and if hey would stand
up and join hands he world perform the
ceremony. The bride declared that she
would do no such thing unit she had deed
of the bridegroom's prophty, which was
refused. There is many aslip between the
emp and the lip =.
| A large part of the businas portion of the
village of Middlebury was educed to ashes
Sunday night the FIRE beiIg the most dis
astrous in the history of th town. The vii
lage was without any adequate water supply, |
/ fog although the Lang 4 GDdbue Manufact-
uFing Company was under contract to have
the water works system j running order
August 49, they had failed and the Gre an
paratus was all sadly out otordaF The orr |
gin of the fire is unknown bit il is supDosed
to have started in the basement of the Park |
hurst store. THIS ealamitys a sad blow to |
MddlebuFY and one from. which If will he
| long in rallying.
The second wife of DR." Gin W. Daley of
Montpelier and Boston has Aeen sued by the
| divorced wife of the doctor hr alienation Of
| the doctors affections. The DAMAGES are
placed at $4,000. The second Mrs Daley
was Miss Mae T.. Gates of White River lime |
| ton, and is the daughter of george W Gates
q prominent man in that town before his
death, The present. Mrs. Daley inherited
100000 from her father. Dr.. Daley is the
! son of well known Montpebar neonie His |
first wife was Miss Nellie @ Raw of Hines
burg whom he married in 1886. He lived
! with her until last spring, vhen he notified
her that he would no longer mnnort her md |
left for Dakota, where he secured a divorce
| from her. He then returned1o Vermont and
prepared to marry Miss CAFES lust before
the ceremony, which took place Thursday,
Miss Gates was served wit n notifcation'
that the first Mrs. Daley had begun a snit !
against her. The wedding vent on, however, |
and the suit will be tried late y ~
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CARD OF TsANKs,-tEo, 6e friends and
neighboEs who 30 kindly asssted during the
Sickness, death and buralof our beloved
! fttle daughter and sister alp TO the singers
| and those who presented H. Loo,,+iE,i A.