Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1881-05-28
State News Items.

, Three weeks ago a bear was
caught in a trap on Fayston noun
, tain, and escaped with the loss of {
paw. Last Wednesday night TIT
animal carried away sheep from
the barn of Fred Vickery, who lives
west of Warren village, and was
next day pursued by him and three
or four neighbors. The bear ha(
taken the sheep about half a mile
They followed nearly all day. FL
nally two of them came upon the
bear in Vickery's sugar place
Bruin was fired at with revolver
half a dozen times, but the balls did
not affect him more than so many
peas. One of the hunters barely
escaped 10y jumping round a tree,
and another went over a brush
fence just in season to save the
slack of his trOwsers from being
destroyed by the bears claws.
Finally ball from rifle, fired by
one Hanks, killed the animal, which
although in very poor flesh, weigh.
ed $50 pounds. He was bold,
savage old fellow, skin jet-black,
the fur not having started, and had
lost one of his paws in the trap.
Ex-Gov. j. Gregory Smith sailed
with his family for Europe on the
steamship Partisan, which left Que
bee last Saturday.
The Hon. L. Fl. Thompson, of
lrasburg, has resigned the judge
ship of Probate in Orleans county,
to which he was elected in 1878 and
reelected in 1880. Delicate health
and the great pressure of his large
law business upon him are the
cause of the resignation.
Col. Albert CLARK of st. Albans
makes the Decoration Day address
at Weybridge, ex-Gov. Proctor at
Cambridge, A. G. Stafford of st.
Adams at Swauton, and Rev. Mer-
rift Hulburd at Burlington.
The cotton mills at Middlebury
will be enlarged and stock com.
pany with 100000 formed, employ.
ing 300 hands. The mills have been
idle for many years until recently.
The annual meeting of the Stock.
holders of the Central Vermont
Railroad Company was held at st.
Adams, last week Wednesday,
when the old board Of directors was
reelected as follows
j. Gregory Smith st. Adams
James II. Langdon Montpelier B.
p. Cheney Boston; George W. Rice
Worcester, Mass; Jacob Edwards
Boston; j. W. Emery Portsmouth,
N. H.; OTIS Drury Boston; j. P.
Clark Milton ; w. @. Smith st.
Adams +; j. Ii. Kimball Bath, Me-;
B. B. Smalley Burlington; W. II.
q. Bingham Stowe; w. Ii. Dubois
A water spout broke on Mt.
Mansfield recently, flooding all the
streams below. Several bridges
we're carried away, and one road
vas so completely ruined that it
annot soon be repaired.
The Windsor county mutual fire
insurance company has laid an as
essment'On its premium note of
i've and three-fourths per ce'lt. to
ay losses and expenses for I. he year
ndlng March 31st, payable June
st.
A report of the condi ton of YER
lont national banks was recently
'ade to the comptroller of the cur
'hcy and thirty-seven of the forty
'Ven showed an aggregate capital
[ s6,751,OOO and surplus fund and
ndivided profits of 81, 1SO,791. In
'oltlon to this nearly all these
inks have paid large dividends
II a long time past. 4
AZ the request of the Connect. 2;
IL River railroad the Central hands B
.or 10 them, on June LIST, the Sui. :
van road, from Bellows Falls to
indsor. This necessitates max.
9 'he latter a terminal point. The
esent train house in the passen. y
L depot will be used as an enpine
use ana covered platform will
extended in front of the station
passenger trains. Additional sal
cks ana turn tables will be con-
Noted. lby