News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-12-10
STATE NEWS

Burlington is taking steps to get an el~c
trio street railway.
A system OF waterworks has just been com
pleted in Franklin.
There is talk of forming a town insurance
company at Fletcher
1t is estimated that Vermont has $50 boys
and $50 girls in colleges
An effort will be made to reorganize the re-
publican clubs of the state.
The creamery in Barton has received 462,
o24 pounds of milk this season.
Bethel's new 100000 school house will be
ready for occupancy in afew days.
Coons are plenty in many parts of the state
and farmers are making big haul.
Successful revival meetings are being held
at West Derby and East Hardwick.
Albert Burrough of Coventry, was instant
ly killed the other day by a falling tree.
Addison county is well off financially, hav-
ing nearly $500 available for expenses.
There have been just rs buildings burned
in Middebury during the past so years.
block of rough stone containing 5000
cubic feet has just been quarried at Barre.
The Lincoln Lumber company is making
powder kegs for the South American market.
Albert Roberts of North Pomfret, is laid up
with bad cut in his foot, inflicted while chop
ping.
The Brattleboro Woman's Indian associ-
alton will send a Christmas carol to the
Grow Creek reservation, S. D., next week.
NJ A. Hicks of Weathersfield won the So
prize offered by the New England Homestead
Tor the best article on reason for or against
universal free delivery.
Frank Lee of Irasburgh, has returned from
Dakota, where he has been since April. He is
perfectly satisfied that Vermont is not the
worst nj in he world after all
Fred Thompson of Barre, recently
arrested for assaulting an officer, but skipped
his bail and fed to Maine. Deputy Sheriff H.
o. Camp of Barre. went for him and brought
Thompson back to Montpelier Thursday.
A, d. Knight and Orrin johnson started
bear in Somerset November % and followed
him until November 80, when he was shot
near North Pond, on the vest side of STRAIT
ton mountain. He weighed about 300 pounds.
Col. Hooker says he has already received
promises from stock raisers that will guaran-
tee the statement that the next state fair at
White River Junction will have the largest
number of cattle ever shown at a state eX
hibition.
s. Dufur of Company B. LIST Vermontcaval-
nv, who was confined in three different prison
dens during the late rebellion, is writing Il
history of his sufferings and experience as
the treatment of prisoners of war at the
hands of rebel guards.
An attempt was recently made to burn the
school house at East Bethel. Straw was piled
against the back side of the house, kerosene
was piled on and the fire lighted. 1t burned
the clapboards some but the fire went out
without serious damage.
Another article has been added to Vermont
exports to foreign countries good bust
ness is being done by shippers in western
Vermont in forwarding the seed potatoes to
the Bermudas, and other points in the South,
where potatoes for the earliest markets are
grown. The northern grown potatoes make
better seed than those grown further south,
because of the difficulty in keeping the latter
from sprouting and wasting their vitality
The shipment of fine blooded cattle from
Vermont to Costa RIGA is increasing, and
there are almost weekly shipments of Ameri-
can merino sheep to Australia and other
foreign points.