News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1898-12-14
LOCAL NEWS.
MORRISVILLE.

Carroll Mobiles Mogul engine.
The advertisement of Mrs. E. ].
Merrill & Co. will interest the ladies.
State Superintendent ofEducation,
M. S. Stone, was in town over Sun
day.
Frank Small is in the Hall &
Cheney drug store during the Holi-
day trade.
Mrs. E. W. Gates is conducting an
exhibition and sale of china painting
at her home.
There has been the usual shipment
of Christmas trees from here to the
city markets.
Fern Boynton, in COwles' bicycle
shop through the summer, has gone
to railroading. Fl
1t is said that the thermometer in
dicated 400 below at the Pulp Mill
Tuesday morning.
Will Thrasher takes Bert Shaw's
place as day man in the engine house
in the railroad yard.
Mrs. j. J. Billings and Mrs. Ernest
Billings were in Burlington two or
three days last week.
Owing to other matters taking at
tention, the Duplicate Whist Club
will not meet this week.
"Sin is transgression of the law"
was the subject ofRev. g. n. Kellogg's
Sunday mornings sermon.
Mrs. Irving Fairbanks of Newport,
N. II. has been in town several days
with her sister, Mrs. Martin Pope.
Mrs. Percy Stone on Clark Avenue
will entertain the Portland street
Whist Club this Wednesday evening
1t is probable that all of the Christ
mas tree exercises at the churches
will be held one week from Saturday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Chcate, who
have been in Albany, N. T., for some
months, are back in their home near
the Academy.
The list of travelling statesmen stop
ping at the Randall each week indi-
Gates that Morrsville has business
that attracts.
Miss Rose Campbell, a former clerk
in A. r. Campbell's jewelry store, has
just been commissioned Postmis-
tress at South Albany.
Henry Waite returned Friday night
from a visit to his aged father. He
has built an enlarged platform at the
side entrance to his store.
No more is the word Union, Ex-
change or Central to be connected
with the lower hotel "Hotel La
noble" is the new cognOmen.
The Dramatic Club of the Academy
Junior Class, or Class Of 1900, met
with Walton Hadley, Friday eve
ming, to make plans for the future.
DR.. E. H. Johnson of Naugatuck
Conn, a former well-kuown physician
here, arrived in town Tuesday night,
and is remaining a few days with his
friend, DR.. j. W. Robbins.
The W. c. T. u. will meet with
Mrs. B. O. Shaw Thursday at three
p. m. A report of the National Con,
vention will be given and other mat,
ters Of interest discussed.
Mrs. M. A. Stewart of West Burke
visiting at Postmaster Spau!ding's
and Mrs. Langworthy and daughter
visitors at A. r. Tewksbury's return
ed to their homes last week.
The Village Trustees desire us tc
say that they will remove coal ashes
in the spring, if the people of the vii
lage will dump such in a convenient
place and kept free from garbage.
This Wednesday evening, Mr.. anC
Mrs. A. r. Campbell give a recep
tion at their home on Maple street
to Mr.. and Mrs. Will Utton, Mrs
Utton being a neice of Mr.. Campbell
Harry Cowles has vacated A. G
Vests building and moved his stool
Of pianos and organs back to his for
mer place, on the south side of O. L
Wood's,store, in the Centennial block
Deputy Collector Arthur L. Week
of st. Albans, was in town Monday
looking after Internal Revenu
stamp business, in the line of tobac
co, cigars, proprietary medicines
cards etc.
F. w. Mould of Keesville, N. Y.
came to town Monday night to tax
charge of the office work in connec
tion with the granite sheds. Mr.
Mould's family will move here late
it is expected.
The Reading Circle of the Epwortl
League met and passed q very pleas
ant evening with Mrs. Charlie Smal
on Friday evening last. interesting
papers were prepared and read b.
Miss Patten, Miss Hurlburt and MI
Bachum.
If fine sleighing, cracking goo
winter weather, etc. are points need
ed to inspire a good Christmas bus
ness, it would seem that the mel
chants who have so heavily stocke
for the occasion, might rub thei
hands with glee.
Mrs. John Whitney of this plac
who petitioned for a divorce from he
husband was granted bill on th
grounds of intolerable severity, i
County Court last Friday. Joh
Whitney has been away from her