News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-06-09

why not give them a little benefit.
They are under great expense and a
movement of this kind would not only
help them out, but show in a slight
degree our appreciation of them.
Louie Strong is still in Boston,
where he is receiving medical treat
ment. July LIST he goes to Poland
Springs, Maine, to remain month.
He will probably return here before
going there.
The Republican county committee
had a meeting at this place last Fri
day and decided to hold the county
convention on Thursday, June 80,
at Hyde Park. The official call will
be published next week.
Intelligence reached this place Sat
urday announcing the death by
drowning of John Powers, aged
about eighteen, youngest son of Mrs.
Joseph Powers, who moved from
here a few years ago to Brockton,
Mass. 1t appears that young John,
in company with two others, went to
York pond Friday fishing and left
their boat to go in bathing. Powers
was taken with a cramp and before
the others could reach him sank in
thirty feet of water. When the body
was recovered life was extinct. The
Borrowing mother and relatives have
the sympathy of all in their deep be-
reavement.
FISH AND GAME LEAGUE.
A fish and game league, branch
of the Vermont Fish and Game
League, y was organized at this
place last Saturday evening. The
name of the league is the "Lamoille
County Fish and Game League"
and it's object is the enforcement of
suitable laws for the protection and
preservation of fish and birds within
the county. There was a good at
tendance at the meeting and an or
ganization was effected by electing the
following officers = President, E.
B. Sawyer; Vice-Presidents, ]. T.
Stevens, c. H. Stearns; Secretary,
S. B. Waite; Clerk and Treasurer,
E. l.. Noyes; Executive Committee,
HI. W. Bacon, Frank Davis, c. d.
Gates, C. NJ Watts, M. S. Burnell,
H. M. Mcfarland, Geo. Morse, G. NJ.
Powers, j. Y. Stevens, T. A. Riddle.
similar to those of the Rut-
land League, were adopted. The
league starts off with a good mem
bership.
CAUCUS The legal voters of the town of
Hyde Park, who are in sympathy with the
principles of the Republican party. are re-
quested to meet at the town hall in Hyde
Park, on Saturday evening, June IS, 1892,
at 7,3O, to elect three delegates and three
alternates to the Republican state conven-
ton, to be held at Burlington, June 22d, to
put in nomination list of persons for state
also to elect nine delegates and nine
alternates to the Republican county
to be held at Hyde Park, June
30, 1892, to put in nomination list of per-
sons for county officers.-Per order of the
Republican Town Committee.
CENTREvILLE.-Wm. Calkins has sold his
horse to Andrew Calkins. ALFRED Thomp
son and wife have returned to Massachusetts.
..... Everett Hogaboom from Barton Land
ing spent Decoration Day with his uncle,
Geo. Hogaboom... Vaughn has a
brood of Coossuck chickens that was Matched
April 10 and commenced growing May 30,
being forty-four days old Undoubtedly they
will have their throats well cleared by the
6th of September. He also has a calf called
Og-named after the grand king of Bashan-
that was dropped April 16 which James At
we'll says beats all the calves he ever saw for
'apid growth