News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-09-18

ONpI OuHudy.
Send in any items of local interest;
always glad to publish the news.
The Trustees began work on the
new crossings on Main street to-day. |
Good things come slow.
Ihe Fair managers went to st.
Johnsbury Fair to-day-presumably |
to get some points about the weather.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert G. Ellis of
New York City have been making a
brief visit to his brother, T. B. Ellis.
DR.. Melville of Bakersfield and Mr..
aud Mrs. E. R. Watson of Iowa were
recent guests of Mrs. Watson's
brother, F. j. Smalley.
Luther Palmer has sold his farm jn
the south part of the town to H. E.
Shaw, and has purchased the house
near the farm of Henry Sherwin.
Miss Lynne Trick, stenographer in
the office of the Warren Leather Co.,
returned yesterday from few days
visit at her home in Burlington.
L. P. Thayer's printing plant is to
be located in the block now occupied
by Davis & Partlow. The latter will
move their business to the Tiff block.
A purse containing a sum ofmoney
was recently found on the depot plat
form. The owner may learn of it's
whereabouts by calling at this office.
DR.. ]. A. Robinson will leave about
the first of October to take a post
graduate course at Haskell's Post
Graduate school at Chicago. He
will be away about four weeks.
G. E. Palmer, the tailor, was in
Burlington last Thursday, where he
met preventative of New York
City firm, who interested him in
choice selection of fall samples.
Ebenezer G. Farnsworth, formerly
a resident in the west part of town,
now living in Randolph, has been
granted an increase of pension
through the agency of FL. B. George.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Freeman re-
turned last Thursday from Saranac,
n T., where they have been visiting
their daughter, Mrs. VIM. Benham,
formerly Miss Laura Freeman of this
place.
=. Leon Booth returns to North
IN tomorrow, where he will enter
upon his senior year in Norwich Uni
xrsity. He will be accompanied by
Ralph Booth, who will begin a four
years course in arts.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. G. Cheney and
". S. Cheney went to Peake's Island
Me-, Monday, where they will remain
for a few days, with Mrs. Cheney and
daughter Winnie, who are spending
several weeks there.
Ashland Chimes will be sent to the
fair at Plymouth, N. H :, Oct. 1-3.
With no training he stepped an easy
half over this track in Ill. With
out doubt he is the fastest trotting
, stock horse owned in the state.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Freeman are at
the home of his father, H. B. Free
man, after a month passed in the
west, going by the way of the great
lakes and Canada. They also visit
, ed the Pan American and made a trip
to the Thousand Islands.
Mrs. E. A. Buddington and grand
son, Stanton Leeds, of Chicago who
f have been spending the summer at
, the home of Mrs. W. F. Whipple, left
for New York city last week. The
, young gentleman will attend school
the coming year in Connecticut.
C. J. Lewis and wife, who have beer
, visiting 10 town the past ten days
) lett yesterday. Before returning tc
/ their home in Hannibal, Mo-, they
. will visit different points in New York
and in Washington, D. c. Mr.. Lewis
also expects to review some of the
> battefields on which he took an active
/ part in the struggle from '61 to IS.
, A petition he's been circulated by
! residents living in hesouth section o
q the village asking that the City
Fathers take some action in regarC
; | 10 IL oluOWOlh VII OOuSI65b blI66U lIOl
the Union street corner, near tn,
! ! residence of G. M. Powers, to the fl
n near the A. X. Ober residence. TIL,
q petitioners do not ask for a concret,
. walk, although they very likely woulC
{ have no objections to such an i'm
provement. They simply ask tha
g the walk be put in passable condi
! ton, and as the present board o
q trustees are disposed to do the righ
: thing, improvements in that direC
= ton may be looked for in the nea
future.
= A lawsuit was heard at the office @
:. Powers & Cheney last Saturday. Th
), suit was brought by Daniel Dingwal
l. to recover the pay for butter sold t,
/. II. Waite & Son by "Chet" Ward
IS and for which Messrs. Waite had al
:, ready paid Ward. The latter gentle
e man rents a farm owned by Ding
wall, and the butter was to q
i towards paying the rent. 1t is
q badly "mixed case," and Justice J
Il H. Atchinson has taken a week t,
q decide the matter. Powers 4 Chene,
!. were for Dingwall and f. G. Fleet
= wood for the defense. AT the close @
K the suit George Town was in waiting
d and placed the invincible Daniel un