The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-08-06
Il Vermont State News y


The town of Tunbridge in the recen
freshet lost over 10 bridges and culverts.
There is to be a reunion of Company |
18th regiment, Vermont Volunteers, al
North Calais, August y.
Died, July 20, at the Vermont Soldiers
Home, Amos Genkins, aged 50 years, late
OF Co. |, goth Vermont Regiment
The city of Montpelier has awarded al
issue of $4,000 of bridge, funding and
street Improvement bonds to the Nation
al Life Insurance Company.
1t is regarded as settled that another
knit goods industry is to be established at
Bennington. About $4,000 has already
been subscribed for the enterprise.
/ The machine and the mounting shops of
the Highgate foundry at Highgate, were
burned to the ground recently, cause I'M
known. Loss $1,000, with no insurance.
The school directors of St. Johnsbury
have elected Herbert j. Jones Of Bing-
hampton, n. y, as superintendent of
schools. He assumed the position Aug.
1St.
Two bridges were CARED away by the
high water at North Danville Saturday.
Several rooms in Fairbanks scale works
were flooded and good deal of damage
was done.
Prof A. c. Thompson, for two years
principal of the Rutland High School,
was recently chosen superintendent of
schools at Palmer, Mass, and also princi-
pal of the high school.
Dynamite or poison has spoiled the
sport for the fishermen at Cooks pond in
Weathersfeld Thousands of pOut are
washed on the shore dead and the fisher
men leave the pond unrewarded.
Springfield is receiving congratulations
over having seen the long delayed electric
cars put in motion, and over the fact that
within a few days regular service will be
established between there and Charles
town.
Marshall w. Villas of Winooski has
been chosen principal of the High School
at Randolph. He was graduated in the
and was chosen out of lot of 90 appli-
cantS.
A cloud-burst last Saturday raised the
streams higher than the point reached by
the 90 freshet in Cabot and Marshfeld
Bridges We're washed away and roads
quilted so that the total damage by the
storm will amount to $4,000.
1t is estimated that 5O,OOO,OOO feet of
lumber, mostly pine, is now in the yards
in Burlington. Large quantities of lum-
Der are still being brought to Burlington
tariff bill is expected to impose.
The final details of the new Masonic
temble at Burlington, which has been
agltated in the fraternity for many years,
We're settled last week. The contractors
are Belts brothers of Rutland and the
cost of the building will be about $4,000
The Holden Granite Company of Hard
wick is making extensive surveys on the
Farman meadow in that town, prepara-
tnp 70 hp ppnpticn nf q 1aIna stool upo n
ite cutting shed. 1t will be 800 fit. in
length and large enough to shelter 800
cutters.
Oliver NJ. Sprague, son of Col. w. w.
Sprague of st. Johnsbury, has gone to
Europe for years course of study in
London and Berlin. He was given the
degree of Phi. d. from Harvard and ON
his return from abroad he will accept a
position of professor at that college.
Last week boys discovered the body of a
man in a field near the head of Commits
sionary brook. about eight miles above
Bellows Falls. The body was badly de-
composed and it was impossible to identi-
fly it. Undertaken Keene of Bellows Falls
was summoned and buried the body at
Rockingham.
Among the many relics in the house of
Mrs George w. Robinson at Bennington
Center is a copy of an account book, or
blotter, formerly used in the Catamount
tavern, one page is nearly filled with
charges against Ethan Allen for grOg.
The total amount on the page is 9e, Is,
Sd. Credits in the bill are for e. 2s., Sd.
At meeting of the trustees of the state
insane asylum at Waterbury last week \.
b. Franklin of Boston was given the con-
tract that calls for duplicate of the north
wing as to heating and ventilation and for
furnishing one new boiler of 100 horse
power. Thomas A. Rogers of Brandon
was awarded the contract for the con-
structiOn of brick wall around the an
nual exercise yard and of the cold storage
that will join the present kitchen and a
laboratory and mortuary buildings that
will be about 43 feet square and two
stories high.