The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-04-07
u Vermont State News y

TERED IN the bflSJOl CelIletoIy''
Rutland has, 3,O62 children of school age
according to the'census just completed.
The Lyndonville Good Templars lodge /
celebrate ed its 10Th anniversary Saturday.
A Montpelier man brought suit against
another to recover pitchfork and Won
his case. Fifty cents was involved. -
The Shelburne town libra y willAbuy
new books with $50 presented 1t by Mrs.
w. Seward Webb.
The annual convention of Vermont
| CONGREGATIONAL churches of the state VIII
be held at Barre in June.
st. Johnsbury has purchased stone
roller and will improve Eastern Avenue
this season The Avenue needs 1t.
Under the new bankruptcy law Caledo- |
MIA county has % cases under consldera-
ton before David E. Porter, referee.
Mildred Bre wster, confined in the Wa
terbury asylum, is daily growing worse
and it is thought she will never leave.
Ex-Gov. u. A. Woodbury. of Burlington
has been detained at Jacksonville, Fla,
beyond his intention by the sickness OF
Mrs. Woodbury.
Montpelier & Wells River trains were
delayed two hours March 30 by snow on
the summit. Trains on the Rutland road
were also delayed.
Geo, w. Wing of Montpelier has sued
w. G. Brewster of Huntington to recover
Tor his services in the Brewster murdef
} trial
Joseph Larry of st. Johnsbury, car in
spector, aged So, was struck by an engine
in the b. x M. yard at that place Satuf-
day evening.
Henry Stafford, so years old, a prominent
Quechee citizen, died Sunday. For 10
Years he was overSeer OF the poor 10 Che
\ town of Hartford.
nTl,o Mon+poliar lnuor AGENCY WAS with
out whiskey recently for ten days ana
{ there were many complaints from citizens
accustomed to use it for medicinal pur'
J poses.
= This wear Rev. Durel W. Dayton of
, Shelburne will complete his 4Sth year IN
2 the ministry. OF the entire membership
of the conference he has been longest Ill
5 effective rank.
: 1t is claimed that the first sewing ma
g chine was made by Rev. John A. Dodge
of Monkton, VT, in 1878 Mr.. Dodge
u never applied for patent and only maze
one machine.
= R. Z. Henderson of Wells River has is
: sued challenge to Desc OF st. AloahS 10
wrestle for purse of 500 or $15Q, a SIDE,
v winner to take all gate receipts lie asks
: Mr.. Desc to come to time at once IL ne
means business or else cease bOaStlng'
Hon. John Barrett a native of Grafton
and late United States minister to Siam,
discussed the causes leading to the tillpl-
no out break in a public address at Hong
Kong short time ago, giving new ana Ell
. lightened views upon the question:
" II. E. Cook of Brandon went to South
I Africa last October in charge OF a cargo
OF thoroughbred MerinOshee an has dis'
:, posed of the entire lot. The cost OF the
" s, eep and transportation was $500 heaC
u and he sold them at good profit
/ Gen. Lloyd Wheaton, who has com
= manded many of the active movements
Il against the FilipinoS, comes OF GOOD YER
" mont stock. His grandmother was q SIS
If ter OF the late Wooster Sprague OF Mont
d pelier.
q. The Burlington city clerk has refused
ii the demand of Mayor Sutton, eX-Judg'
= Torrey E. Wales and others for recOun
II of the votes cast in The late city elecllou
~ An appeal will probably be made to TIT
- courts.
/, Playwright Charles H. Hoyt hasGwTjt
nj ten friends in Bellows Falls that ne ila
t. returned to New York from Florldi
er greatly improved in health. He intend
at to pass some time this season at his sum
mer home in Charleston, n. Ii.
The International Paper Co., one OF tn
strongest corporations in the Unne'
States, is contemplating the purchase
ri the Dodge water power on the MlSSlsquo
de river at Sheldon Springs and will build
us mill to employ 100 hands.
y n Capt. Herbert S. Foster, native of Ca
y lais and a graduate of West Point,
81 serving with the 10th inf ,ntry at Manila
"a He was stationed in Vermont for severa
~ years and acted as military Instructor a
III ~ the u. V. NJ. lie was also elected con
TO- , mander of Vermont division s. OF V.
MI DR.. A. p Grinnell of Burlington. VIII
in has for many years til ed tie chair OF the
ed DRY and practice in the medical depAr
ment of the u. V. NJ, has resigned his pc
sition and has under consideration the az
ceptance of a similar position in the BE
levue Medical college of New York cit!
ed Fair Haven suffered fire last Frida
nv that destroyed over $4,000 worth OF pro-
~ erty. The Park View hotel and two fou
story brick buildings were destroyed
om The fire caught in the basement OF I'll
err hotel either from kerosene lamp eXplot
IN ing or being tipped over.
in Hoyts Milk White Flag recently file
date in Montpelier. farmer ettt
reading the big bill boards advertising Il
ell show went into hotel and wanted
know where the new creamery was goir
,or to be opened. a small boy asked b
iol mother if she wouldn't take him to I'll
rs skim milk show as he thought it was 6
ing 10 be fine.
or Miss Elizabeth, daughter of DR.. A.
Grinnell of Burlington, had an engag
ment with Miss Leland, the daughter
the proprietor of the Wind3or hotel,
lay lust the time the fire broke out She W
DELAYED by music lesson and when 81
Ter reached the hotel the flames were burs
ing from the windows.
70 Labor organizations are making gre
W row in Washington, ID. g., over awardil
the stone work for the cons ruction of Il
Evening Star building in that city 20 T.
Vermont Marble Co. The building is d
clared to be "scab" one on account
Mr. the men working for the Vermont [
lbs. belonging to no union and being cJmpe
ton ed to trade in a company store.
gh The citizens of Low Hampton are e
7 of cited over wild man who lives in h
in the dense forest and preys upon t
ter. neighboring farmers for food. He
described as large man with wild a.
,or- ferocious look, eyes deeply sunken in
l,b head, finger nails two inches long, cloth
''n tattered and torn, wears no hat, and in
leather belt around his waist is hu
Dnt, dirk knife and revolver.
The picture in the April Century of t
ken old printing press at which Benjan
u Franklin worked in London in 1725 is a
is an accurate picture of the old press viii
llly is preserved in the Historical socie
+la uouca of MOntOali