News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1897-10-27

Vlslt TO waterbury.
DR.. Fairman of Hardwick was a
guest at W. W. Pixies Sunday.
W. H. Robinson speaks somewhat
of prices in his new ad. this week.
Walter jackson, right hand man at
j. II. Warren's meat market, is on
the sick list.
Harry Sears has gone to West
field, Mass. where he will work in a
bicycle factory.
Mrs. F. A. Clark of Union streetlost
a valuable diamond pin while out for
a walk Sunday afternoon.
H. L. Delano and wife and Warner
Gilbert and wife are on a carriage
drive into Franklin County.
Next Monday evening the Woman's
Club hold another session, with a
very attractive program in prospect.
Roscoe Sheldon has been laid off
from work for Ex-Gov. Page with a
bad case of blood poisoning in his
hand.
The Academy boys have dropped
base ball and are developing great
talent in foot ball, practising every
night. On Saturday two teams will
play a foot ball game on the old Fair
Ground.
There will be chicken pie supper
at q. A. R. hall, Thursday, Oct. %,
from 5 until Z p. M, given by the W.
r. G. for the benefit of the relief fund.
Price of supper, 25 cents. Come all
aud help us.
Mr.. Kicker of st. Johnsbury and
Mr.. Campbell of Lyndonville were in
town last week sacking and shipping
a lot of wool which they purchased of
George W. Clark, something over ten
thousand pounds.
The Doctors Mayes have moved
their headquarters and are now
located in Burlington, coming to
MorrisvilIe certain days to continue
the treatment here They continue
to occupy the office and treatment
rooms on Maple street.
Remarks as to the delightful
weather prevailing most of the time
during October have been in order
The days have certainly been delight
ful and most favorable to the ac-
complishment of all outdoor work
before the coming of winter
The adjourned meeting of the fire
department, held last Saturday even
ing, did not develop further progress
toward the annual Firemen's ball
| An adjourned meeting will be held
next Tuesday evening when final ar
rangements will be completed
The comparatively new covered
bridge in the Chaffee neighborhood,
on the road to Billings mill, is badly
out of gear, the work of the fierce
gale of a week ago last Saturday.
The SeIectmen expect that Orville
Reed will be able to fix it pail right.
There has been no time in the whole
season through when there was any
more need of bringing into play the
street sprinkler than within the past
ten days, and why should the streets
go without sprinkling? The close OF
warm weather should not also mark
the close of the street sprinkling sea-
son. Il we remember rightly, Col.
Doty, in his motion for the appTO-
priation of the money for the work,
embodied "up to the first of Decem-
ber, if necessary, in his statement.
The north side of the new bakery
block on Portland street, recently
occupied by Browns bicycle store,
has been rented by Mr.. H. j. Bonette,
plumber, gas and steam filter and
tinsmith, with a thirty years expert
ence. For the present Mr.. Bonette
establishes a general plumbing, job
bing and repair shop, with the ex-
pectation that in the spring if the
outlook is favorable. he will put in a
general tin and hardware stock. His
first job here will probably be the
completion of the steam heating
equipment at The Randall.
That was quite horse race that
Orlo Luce and Charles Burt made
here Sunday forenoon in pursuit OF
the party of men and women who
had been visiting at the home of
Gould Camp, who was robbed of
about four thousand dollars. They
changed teams here at Smith Il Bar
ney's stable and overlook the party
not far from the Tenney bridge. The
entire party came back here to Hotel
Randall, where the women of the
party were taken to a room and ex-
amined thoroughly by Mrs. Randall
and Miss Myrtle Fuller. The men
were searched by the officers, but no
trace of the stolen treasure was found
and they were allowed to go on their
way.
Willie Utton, the young driver, has
Just finished his first season of race
driving and is at home actively en-
gagged in the interests of the training
stables, which have been very largely
in his care since his fathers injury.
He has shown himself competent to
meet the responsibilities that have
come upon him, shows "A marked
tendency to hold himself a clean,
gentlemanly young man, conditions
that will in the future bring him sue
cess. He has driven in fifteen races
this season, taking three first, six
second, three third, and one fourth
money, coming out behind the money