News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1897-11-03
LOCAL NEWS.
MORRISVILLE.

week.
Mrs. Frank Turner has been Sc
riOusly i'll.
The mail train was an hour late
Saturday night.
The days of the 1897 bicyelist are
growing sadly less.
E. Langdon of Cambridge was
transacting business in town Satur-
day.
Regular meeting of Coral Chapter
No. 16, 0. E. s., Tuesday evening
Nov. 9.
Communion service will have place
in the Cong'l church next Sunday
morning.
The woodwork about the front of
the Hall & Cheney drug store has
had new paint.
Zara GrisW old goes to Montpelier
for a few days to assist the new man.
ager at the Union House.
Combination Bargain Store" is
the large and attractive sign recent
ly hung up on the outer walls of
A. G. Small's store.
Mrs. Florence H. Gates entertained
a party of young people in her pleas
ant home on Park st. last Wednes-
day evening. Whist was the promi-
nent feature.
Fred j. SmaHey left here Monday
with a car of blOoded bulls for the
Iowa market. He will return here in
a few weeks with a car OF Iowa horses.
Fred is a hustler.
Last Thursday a special train of
bridge and crossing surveyors on the
st. J. & l.. c. division of the Boston
4 Maine hauled up here and remained
over night at The Randall.
Tara Griswold has three as fine pigs
as one often sees-fair, fat and fit to
slaughter. The ex-hotel man evident
ly likes to see things thrive, just the
same as when he catered to the pub
lie.
According to Weather Observer c..
A. Sanders there has been more than
ayard of rainin the past six months,
with October the champion month
for dryness, having less than an inch
to it's credit.
L. B. Boynton, buyer for the Boyn-
ton Fruit Company, returned here
from an eXUended western trip sat
urday night. In his absence "Bing"
bought and shipped east tweDy car
loads of fruit.
This afternoon witnesses the cere-
monies of the Pike-Rublee wedding.
The young couple have the best wish
es of this community, and tits under
stood will make this their home after
the coming winter.
Rev. DR.. Booth, in his Sunday
morning discourse in the Uniyersalist
church, spoke to some extent con
cerning the recent National conven-
tion of Universalists, which he at
tended at Chicago.
Mrs. Able and her daughter, Miss
May Able, and Mrs. Perry of Saga.
more, Mass, expect to remain here
through the winter and will next
week go from The Randall to Mrs.
f. H. Gates to board.
The fall term of school at the
Academy and in all lower branches
will come to a close three weeks from
yesterday, or Nov. %, just in time to
allow all hands to thoroughly enjoy
the Thanksgiving festival
Frank Cutting and family have left
the farm, where they have lived for
some time with Mr.. and Mrs. w. B.
Cutting, and have moved to the Niles
place, occupied by Carlos Bugbee on
the corner near the fair grounds.
Vernon Holbrook, who left Morris.
vile in the midst of the mild sunny
days tor which October must go on
record as famous, stepped out of the
cars in Colorado, his destination,
into whirling blizzard of snow.
No little interest was manifested
here yesterday in the election OF
Mayor for the greater New York, and
the election of governor in Iowa, the
Republican candidate for the latter
position being native OF this town.
That chicken pie supper served by
the Woman's Relief Corps in G. A. r.
hall last Thursday evening, netted
the organization close 10 $25, which
will go to the relief fund. 1t was a
very satisfactory outcome in spite of
the rain.
Congressman Powers returned Fri
day from trip into Bennington and
Rutland counties, st. Adams and
elsewhere, on political missions, so
tits said. There are a good many
aches for office in those, as well as
other parts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyon, late residents
of Park street, have gone to Brandon
to make their future home and Miss
Karleen Lyon has gone to Boston.
The Lyon place, thus vacated, is now
property of Congressman Powers,
who formerly owned it.
The arrival of new girl at the
home of Levi Goodrich, better known
as the Grand Union tea man, on Sat-
urday, inspired him to deeds of valor,
so he went forth and bought Rufus
Farrand's place, just beyond the
Fair Ground. He will soon take pos
session, vacating r. II. Peck's house
! on Winter street.