News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1898-12-28
LOCAL NEWS.
MORRISNlIIE.

an increase of pension for Leo Muzzy
of Johnson.
Richard Leach has assisted in L. b.
Ellis store during the extra rush OF
Christmas business.
NH. Eddy of st. Johnsbury, the
we'll well-known expert piano tuner
was in town last week.
Elmer Dyke reinforced the corps of
salespeople in Campbell's store while
last weeks rush was on.
There was an immense amount of
incoming express and mail the last
of last week and the first of this week.
AS early as Thursday it looked as
if a cyclone had struck the Christmas
department in Currier & Co.'S store.
Miss Blanche Barrows went to Bar
ton Friday, where she spent Christ
mas with her sister, Miss Ella Bar
rows.
Stones Orchestra, and a first-class
combination it is, will furnish music
for the annual New Years Ball at
Hyde Park.
The town fathers have had con-
structed one or two new snow rollers
to take the place of one or more that
have seen long service.
Several from here will go to st.
Johnsbury next week to attend the
annual meeting of the Dairymens'
and Sugar Makers Associations.
The scholars in the schools are en-
Toying a weeks outing, resuming
duties next Monday morning. Teach
ers from out of town went home for
the holidays.
Fred Dow says he found it very
difficult to find an opportunity to
let down the arc lights on our streets
to renew carbons last week, because
of the constantly passing teams.
Next Monday Victor Heath pro-
poses to start on a well-earned vaca-
ton trip, taking his wife with him
and visiting friends in Barre. White
River junction, VT; Woodsville, Lis
bon, Littleton and other points in
New Hampshire, expecting to be
away a month or more.
Mount Vernon lodge of Masons
had another event of special interest
last Wednesday evening. After the
comforting of degrees there was asort
of an impromptu feast with clam
chowder the principal feature. Sever
al visiting Masons were present and
were heard from during the evening.
Rather chilly Job was going on
last week up at the house corner of
Main and Court streets, occupied by
Mrs. E. A. Hadley, where William
Howard and son were cleaning off
the snow and ice and putting on a
new shingle roof. December is all
right for some things but we'd rather
single in June.
W. j. Jefferson returned to Morris
vile last week from work in the leath-
err business near Boston. "Jeff' will
resume his former position in the fin
ishing department in the tannery,
will occasionally toot his slide from
bone in connection with local must
cal engagements, and will hereafter be
at home with his family in the Vince
lock house on pleasant street.
The next meeting of the Woman's
Club, to be held Monday evening,
January 9, will start off with "Glean-
ings." Mrs. j. ]. Billings will have a
paper treating upon 1.-The Relations
of the United States with Foreign
Countries. Mrs. Edyth Edmunds will
treat of 1.-THE Red Cross Society" and
Mrs. II. M. Rich upon Reading, and
it's place in the lives of women" The
discussion following will be opened
by Miss Nellie Hadley and the inter.
esting program will close with a re.
view of Current Events.
Along with the very apparent out.
side improvement made in the hotel
property now known as Hotel La.
noble, an important interior i'm.
provment is to be noted. Gle &
Churchill, our enterprising plumbers
and hardware men, are just complet-
ing the Job of fitting the house fol-
steam heat. There is a radiator il
every room in the house and the
heating plant is nearly ready for use
The latest improvement in the office
is a change in the stairway a new 10
cation for the counter, the pulling
down of the old chimney occupying 6
conspicuous place in the center of thu
room, etc.
A few days since, there was a dou
BILE runaway, haying as a starting
point Main street, short distance
above DR.. Rublee's. 1t seems tina
two young men, granite cutters, wer
out with George Foss' team for {
sleigh ride; they we're driving dow
from Gilmore road at lively gait
about abreast of another team driv
en- by two ladies from out of town, al
going at smart clip. At that sam
time young man named Lampher
was driving up the street, or at leas
that was his desire. The two team
he was to meet seemed to be occupy
ing all there was of the street, certain
" all the side in either way, so
seemed to him that in attempting t
pass between them he was taking th
safe course, but he was immediatel