Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-10-11
STATE NEWS.

George Sanborne, of North Danville,
raised 200 bushels of potatoes Oh 3-4 OF
All acre of land.
Zachariah Clark, of Brandon, died
Oct. 3 aged Is. He had lived many
years in that town and was a good man.
Mrs. L. M. Burditt, of Wallingford,
shot black bear weighing $50 lbs.
while hunting in Shrewsbury.
The grand list of Ludlow increased
$36 ,G65 in the four years from 1894 to
1898. That shows that Ludlow is one
of the prosperous, growing towns of
the State.
St. Johnsbury has an up-to-date shoe
factory on its hands, fully equipped with
machinery which it would like to have
someone run. The terms would be
very liberal.
Uncle Loren Young, of St. Johns
bury, probably the oldest veteran in
the State, fell on Church Street a few
days ago and was SO badly shaken up
by the accident that he had to be carried
home.
Mrs. John Smith Cahee, formerly of
Brandon, died at South Acton, Mass. y,
recently, aged 80 years. She had been
a member of the Congregational Church
for ~ years and was loved and esteemed
by all.
4. G. Allis, who made a great success
Of the Ludlow Tribune several years
ago, is editing the Times at Henderson,
vile, n. &.
The North Walpole saloons, just
across the river from Bellows Falls, have
long been curse to the latter. The
New Hampshire authorities have begun
a vigorous crusade against them which
seems likely to wipe chem out
The editor of the Ludlow Tribune
spent a night recently in famous Bur-
lngton hotel and claims his rest was
broken by bed bugs. Perish such a
thought. This is the worst charge yet
brought against poor Burlington.
The lhirty-second session of the Ma
tional Grange will be held in Concord,
beginning November 10Th, Every
grange in New England ought to be
represented at the meeting. Delegates
will be present from New York and
New Jersey. State Lecturers Freeman,
of Ohio, Hill, of Pennsylvania, and Cole,
of New York, have signifed their in
tention 10 be present.
Burlington has a curiosity in real es-
tate assessment. The Woodbury. &
Walker block on ST. Paul street is own
ed jointly by Gov. Woodbury. and the
Walkers, each owning an individual
half. The assessors have placed the
governors half in the list at $4,000
and y alker's at little over $l7, 400.
The question is, how can undivided
realty be thus taxed9
Directors Tutle and Hazen, of the
states prison at Windsor, report that the
institution will hand back to the state
nearly $4,000. improvements have been
made to the cost of So, llS and the total
receipts for convict labor are about SOL
600. The price of labor has been raised
from 80 to n cents. The directors are
of the impression that this increase has
had TO do materially with the net saving
of the institution. 81
While William Cooper, the Republic
can representative from Wells, was rid
ing out last Sunday with his wife and
daughter, in defending hill the har-
ness broke letting the carriage on the
horses heels The latter resented this
and kicked the front of the wagon to
pieces. Mr.. Cooper was severely in
jured in the chest, and his wife was also
injured. He was so plucky that he
came to Montpelier and answe cred to
his name at the roll call of the house
Wednesday,