The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-08-13
y Vermont State News y

r. G. Batchelder & Co., are to move
their kinding wood factory from Albany
N. Y, to Swanton.
The St. Adams fire department voted
Monday night of last week to recall its re
signation rendered to the city council
some time ago.
Major j. NJ. Cady, of St, Johnsbury
who held the position of major of the Tn,
formed Rank, Knights of Pythias of the
state, has resigned
The Ferrisbulg railroad station was
burglarized week ago Wednesday even
ing, and a few articles of merchandise
taken. Fred Bailey, OF Vergennes, was
arrested on suspicion.
Fred BiXby, brakeman, aged %, fell
under car at Essex Junction last week
Wednesday. The car passed over and
crushed him. He leaves widow and
several young children.
The following Vermont postmasters
have been commissioned: William NJ .
Sargent at South Royalton, William w.
Cole at West Burke, George A. Swallow
at Brownsville, James A. Gilmore at
Waterbury.
Owing to the resignation of Chairman
Merrill, Gov. Grout has reOrganized the
state railroad commission as follows
Chairman. Judge u. S. Stanton, of Rox-
bury second member, Capt. Frank Ken
field, of MOrrisville; and John p. Miller,
of Wallingford, third member.
The Northern Lumber company has
sold its numbering interest in CRANKY and
Stevens, of Stratford N. H. The sale in
cludes H. 900 acres of cut and uncut land,
a sawmill, 56 houses and five miles of
railroad and rolling stock.
Four Burlington men are planning to
construct an electric road from st. Johns
bury to LyndOnville, nine miles. The
Montpelier and Barre road will be COM
pleted September 49, it is expected, and
then the force of workmen will be trans
ferred to the new scenes of operations at
st. Johnsbury.
AlOnzo Ryan and George Steele, two
inmates of the Waterbury Jail, attempted
to break Jail last week Tuesday night.
They had case knife and had nearly
sawed in two the iron bars in the ante
room. The noise attracted the attention
of Mrs. Cobb, the jailOr's wife, and called
her husband, who took the knife and
shut them up in their cells.
William H. Tibbits, the postmaster of
Coventry, was arrested by U. S. Marshal
Harris Friday charged with stealing the
cash on hand and taking stamps etc, to
the amount of $260.21. Mr.. Tibbits had
full say of the postottice and was not
hampered by clerks in his operations.
W
he had to hunt up another m to take
charge of the office, before he could take
his prisoner He was placed under $500
bonds
U. 5. Marshal e. 5. Harris of Benning-
ton, Deputy Collector of Customs A. l..
Weeks OF st. Albans, and Deputy Mar
shal John a. Buswell of Randolph, made
a raid on moonShiners of Orange County
last week Tuesday morning. I hey rode
all night and had little difficulty in finding
two stills in wild portion of the county
known as "Skunk Hollow" They cap
tured two mOOnshiners, John Wood, who
ran 80 gallon still, and Pierce Bacon,
who had a still with capacity of $50 gal
Ions. The latter has been carrying on an
Illicit business 20 years. The products of
both stills was cider brandy. Woods was
placed in custody and his still was destroy
ed. He is a typical mOonshiner of the
mountains. Bacons still was discovered
They shipped it to Montpelier. Bacon |
is an old man and a cripple and can be ap-
pretended at any time if wanted.
w. E. Poole and wife, H. l. Cheney
and wife, w. A. Church, wife and son,
spent Tuesday night at Hotel Low, be-
ing on their way by carriage from .
East Barre to Lake Morey, where they
will enjoy brief outing at the Glen
Falls House.
Sparks new Great Syndicate Show
will exhibit in Bradford Monday, af-
ternoon and evening, August 10th, adj
mission only % cents, and only 10 cts.
will be charged to children under II
years of age to the afternoon show. A
grand free balloon ascension and para
chute jump will be given from the
show ground at p. m. Don't miss it
it alone is worth going many miles to
see. Sparks Show is recommended by
the public and press wherever it has
exhibited, as being the largest and