News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1895-08-08

daughter Kate, arrived home from
Boston last Wednesday evening. All
four attended the great Christian
Endcavor Convention in that city.
Henry Sturges of this place for
many years a carpenter in the en-
ploy of the Central Vermont railroad
people, is now in charge of the ex-
tensive changes and improvements in
progress at the passenger depot in
Burlington.
Leavitt's laundry is now nicely To-
Gated in the new quarters on Port
land street in the West building,
west side of the street, where he is
more centrally located and better
accommodated as to room for his in
creasing business.
Mrs. Pierce, who had lived on the
Bates farm in the west part of the
town, died on Sunday after a long
illness with cancer of the stomach.
The remains were brought to the ex-
press train west Tuesday morning
and taken to Richmond for burial.
Frank K. Hickok, son of the late
Dewey Hickok, and a former Morris
vile boy, arrived here Thursday eve
ming for brief visit after an absence
of several years. He is located at 65
Fifth Avenue, New York, where he
represents the Andrews School Fur
nishing Company.
Mr.. II. S. Denny representing a
large granite firm of Jacksonville,
Fla, was in town last Thursday and
was very favorably impressed with
the Morrisville granite business, the
work being turned out here and with
the hustling appearance of the COM
munity in general.
Miss Sadie A. Written of Dorches-
ter, Mass, is a guest at the Randall,
arriving for short stay last Mon
day evening Landlord Randall's
summer guest business seems to be
on the increase. Those who come
once are apt to come again and tell
some one else and they come.
Suggestions as to the location OF
the new band stand come in thick
and fast, ranging all the way from
the abandoned reservoir site to the
depot yard, and from the "dug-way'
to George CIark's reservation on the
Munson road, embracing, of course,
Prospect Park, in the rear of town
hall.
Fred Rogers has gone to Northfeld,
where he will be engaged in electric
light work in connection with the
Tfpiant recently established by G.-h
Almon. Fred has developed q con-
siderable knowledge and proficiency
in the electrical science during the
construction of work here. His fami,
ly will 60 soon.
A good many of Morrisville and
Morristown Grand Army people will
attend the annual reunion of the La.
noble Veterans at Johnson to-day
and tomorrow. People from this
section should turn out we'll, as this
is the first meeting Of the organiza,
ton that has been held elsewhere
than here in Morrisville.
Miss Clark and her niece Miss Jessie
Chambers of Providence, r. l., who
have spent several weeks at the Ran
dali, left Friday morning for home
Miss Clark goes at once to New York
to buy linens and embroideries for a
department over which she presides
in large Providence store, a posi-.
ton she has occupied for twenty
years.
J. II. Warren's meat delivery team
took a short run on it's own hook
Monday morning, starting from in
front of the market and running
down Main street to Prior's, where
the horse turned in and came to q
standstill without damaging any.
thing. J. c. Saulsbury's small boy
was on the seat, but he held pluckily
on and was unharmed.
Mr.. Libben's new store In the West
block is now open to the public. He
has stock of boots and shoes and
will conduct an up-to-date make-to
order and repair department. The
store has been quite tastily finished
has an attractive plate glass front
and is we'll located. The place was
wired for electric lights the last o.
last week, Fred Dow doing the work
John Moulton came to town Fri
day night, after the Whitefield races
in which he had no particular good
fortune. He returned to New Hamp
shire Saturday, going to Littleton
where he has horses entered this
week. Mrs. Moulton has been with
him in Nashua, Lawrence and else
where, and will soon return here
having visited her mother neal
Boston in the meantime.
There seems to be quite little dis
satisfaction expressed by would-bt
patrons with the telephone service
covering this section of the state anC
fundcr proprietorship of Col. A. G
Brown of Montpelier. 1t is as much
as O. mans good nature and nerv
GUS system is worth under ordinary
circumstances, to reach by telephone
at given time, any particular
point. A reconstruction of some sort
seems to be demanded. II. A. Slay
ton got sick of wrestling with his
"hello" machine and had it removed
from his office last week. This leaves
the News AND CITIZEN Office the only
establishment in the place aside from
the central Office with telephone