News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-04-28

ton made favorable impression up
on his hearers and together with his
wife, will no doubt receive a warm
Welcome to a new home with us.
The barn in the rear of the town
clerk office has been moved and an
addition to the main building will be
erected to be used for tenements.
Mrs. Hendee, Mrs. Livingston and
Mrs. Julius Bundy are said to be i'm.
proving and their many friends will
hope for their speedy recovery to usu-
al health.
Mrs. Bundy, mother of Gov. Hen
dee, had a slight shock Monday
evening. She is somewhat better,
but is suffering considerably from
erysipelas.
Attention Sons of Veterans-In-
spectiOn of Camp at regular meeting,
Monday evening, May I'd. Letevery
member be present and all who have
uniforms please wear them. Come
boys, brace up and come promptly
at 730 O clock
The town LIQUOR agency under Hall
4 Ckeney's, was entered Tuesday
night and a quantity of liquor stolen.
AS near as can be ascertained jug
was filled from a cask of whiskey and
three or four bottles of gin taken.
Entrance was made by removing a
pane of glass in one of the side win
dOwS.
The matter of charging the town
hall is again being agitated and 1T
undoubtedly is what is most needed,
if a new and more modern place for
holding public meetings and enter
tainments can not at present be Sc
cured. A move is also made in the
line of frescoing and otherwise i'm
proving the present hall, all of which
is a step in the right direction and
should meet the approval and aid OF
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grJdly number OF Morristown's
Democrats met at the Union house
on Saturday evening, where was
held Il caucus for the election of dele
gates to the state and district con-
ventions. AFRO Durkee was made
chairman and E. ii. Cady, clerk.
These delegates were there elected ::
G. A. Rich, ID. n. Hutchins, S. B..
Doty, d. c. Spaulding and Fred Dow
The delegation is unpledged, but is
considered as unanimously in favor
of Chief Hiram.
Search for the drowned boy, Willie
Heavey, is now practically given up.
1t is now three weeks since he was
drowned and the search for the body
has been most vigorous. Last Fri
day and Saturday a professional
diver and his assistant were here
from Boston, and a large number of
deep holes and eddies were thoroughly
searched. 1t is indeed a sad case
and the sorrowing parents have the
deepest sympathy Of all
Next Monday evening the Christian
Endeavor Society will hold a public
service in the Congregational church
at O'Clock. A praise service will
open the evenings work, after which
there will be short addresses by peo-
pie from abroad, one by the secretary
of the church building society, oneb by
a member of the New West Commits
sion and one from the secretary of
the Congregational Sunday school
Co. Remarks by others
are expected. Let there be "a full at
tendance.
A farewell reception was given Rev.
and Mrs. w. Z. Douglass at the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. Boardman Shaw
on Monday evening. A goodly num-
Der were present, light refreshments
were served, and a pleasant evening
the result, although dampened some
what by the departure OF the genial
pastor of the past three years. Mr..
Douglass finds a thriving church in
with a finely finished
church building and a parsonage
called the best in the district.
Artist Andrus reports favorable
progress on the new stage fittings
and scenery in the town hall and ex=
poets to have everything in readiness
for the opening and benefit perfor
nance, to pay for the scenery, by Fri
day and Saturday, May 9th and 18th.
The subject for the front drop cur
tain is a Florida landscape, repre-
senting a sunset scene at Orange
lake in Marion county. This paint
ing will be rich in brilliant sky and
cloud coloring and with the tropical
palmetto Urees, which make a strik-
ing scene in nature, that only a few
Vermonters have ever had the oppOr
tunity to view. The bills and pro-
grams for the entertainments will
soon be out and also mentioned in
our next weeks issue.