The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-07-21
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The Dewey hall fund was increased
last week by check for $1,000 from
two men in the southern part of the state
The republicans of Burlington have
nominated C, W. Brownell, eX-secretary
of state, for alderman.
A Cripple Greek miner has opened up a
gold mine in Stockbrdge and last week
took out $40 worth of the yellow metal.
The Bennington Chemical and SOAP
Co. is financially embarrassed and the
factory is closed until some matters can
be satisfactorily arranged.
The judge of New York supreme
court granted % divorces in 230 minutes.
| Vermont courts occasionally make a good
record but they can't touch that.
Norcross Bros. of Worcester, Mass.
have been awarded the contract for the
construction of the new $4,000 library
to be erected for Middlebury college.
Mayor Harrison of Chicago has appoint
ed committee of Chicagoans now in
Europe to meet Dewey either at Suez or
Gibraltar and extend him an official inv
tation to their city in the fall
There has been a serious breach in the
| faculty of the medical department OF the
! u. V. NJ but the affair will probably be
fixed up without injury to the reputation
OF the institution.
F. D. Hale, ex-state auditor, has been
appointed assistant and private secretary
to Major Ladd, new treasurer of the
island of Cuba. Major Laid is a native
of Thetford.
During heavy thunder shower in T.ud-
low few days ago IA COWS and calf on
the farm of j. H. Geer took refuge under
tree. The tree was struck by lightning
and every one of the cattle killed.
L. P. Slack, states attorney for Caledo-
| of
Marshtielu, were married July II at the
home of the brides parents, Hon. and
Mrs. w. II, II. Mears.
Bradley Newell, the healer, was at Lake
Pleasant Sunday where he made a num-
Der OF interesting talks and helped many
peoble, some of whom believe they are
permanently cured.
Gen. and Mrs. Nelson A. Miles were in
Burlington this week to attend the meet
which the General was the last COM
mander. They were the guests of DR..
and Mrs. W. Seward Webb.
Rich ard Sheldon of Yale college, the
| Vermont boy who did great things with
the shot and broad jump at the interna-
tional meet of '94, has now taken four out
of the eleven events in the athletic cham
pionship games OF France.
Miss Ella Camp of Plainfeld blew out
DIs
House and If the window had not been
opened few inches she would have died.
When discovered she was unconscious but
was resuscitated.
Mrs. Mary r. z. Hatch of St. Johns
bury has the bound volumes for the year
1774 of the Boston Evening Post and -Bos-
ton Weekly Gazette and News Letter.
This is one of the rarest volumes of news
papers in the state.
A. B. Crawford, for the past shre years
principal of the Bellows Falls high school,
has resigned his position and the vacancy
has been filled by the election of Frank
L. Bugbee, principal of Black River acad-
envy at Ludlow.
A pastor in Shushan preached on
"Roads from Shushan to Hell" and an
exchange remarks that if the pastor had
been anything of a pedestrian he would |
have made his subject read Roads from
Shushan are Hell.''
Joseph Rice has the contract for doing
the grading for Dewey hall and work |
commenced yesterday. II cfgaid thak thci
price paid is 10 cents per cur, yard and /
there are 1900 cubic yards of earth. to be
handled.
Morris McKinstry of Woodbury. has
brought suit for $4,000 damages against |
former Sheriff Q. K. Collins and b. II.
Lowell for alleged abuse of bis wife, caus-
society and companionship
The fame of Vermont butter is being
spread far and wide. The Franklin
County Creamery Association has lust
shipped 10000 lbs. of butter to be used by
Uncle Sans boys in Cuba, Porto Rico,
Hawaii and the Philippines. 49,
John E. Hubbard, Montpelier's wealth.
lest citizen, died Monday. He was a
brother of the late Mrs. b. f. Fiheld, the
nj, of q X oil LT,,l oIn,
library and was estimated to be worth
half a million. He was not married.
Louis, the five years old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. g. KeeZer of Montpelier, at
tempted to board team July II on
which was a stone weighing 1900 pounds.
In some way the.little fellow fell under
the rear wheel Which passed over his
skull, crushing it y jelly.
During. the year The I. v NJ. has had
presented to it three valuable collections
of books aggregating ,0OO volumes: r.
G.. Hawkins large and costly collection of
books relating to the civil war, L. +. Chit
tenden's library of Vermont books. and {
1000 volumes from b. +. Stevens of London. ;
The FIRST editor of Harper's Magazine.
Henry j. Raymond, was a Vermonter'
He was the founder of the New York
Times and a graduate of the University
of Vermont in 1910, one of his class mates {
being James X, Spaulding, founder of the {
New York World. The present editor of
Harper's is also Vermonter.
A Concord, n. H., writer in the Boston
Boston has attempted to start boom for 9
Senator Proctor as candidate for the I
The article says that if has {
been nearly 80 years since New England 4,
has supplied the chief executive chair
with an occupant and that Senator Proc G
tor is the New Englander to now put in /
there. @
The conspiracy cases in Barre and il
have attracted much atten-
ton. July u warrant was issued for
the arrest of Matthew NJ. Gordon clerk,
and law student in the Office of
States Attorney Hoar. Gordon is an un- 1
usually bright young man and never be-
fore had there been whisper against his
character.
w. S. Isham, a former Burlington bow
and now one of the foremost figures in
The American colony in the city of Mexi \
20, has invented the Isham she'll, loaded "
with the most destructive compound !,
has produced. One Of these Id
shells decorating in the hull of the most q
battleship atloat would send it d
10 the bottom. n
The result of the hearing in the case of {,
5. G. johnson, recently of Mortified. who =
was expelled from the ministry and men, Id
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