The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1900-05-25
y Vermont State News y

Dranch OF the NaJlonal Typographical
union.
The republican state convention to
nominate governor and other state officers
will be held in Montpelier June 2S
The new bell for st. Mary's cathedral,
Burlington, is being cast and will be
shipped the latter part of this month.
Rev. J. Edward FarI ow, who lately left
the Methodist conference, has joined the
CONGREGATIONAL church at Bellows Falls
by letter.
The late DIR. George w. Hoffman car
ried two life insurance policies OF $4,000
each which his family will soon receive.
Miss Kate Carol of White River juno.
ton and Frank Parker of Pennington,
| N. H. each a mute-were married two
weeks ago.
The McMahan house on Walloomsac
avenue in Bennington Center was burned
early May 18th. The house was valued
at $4,000
Invitations are out for the wedding of
B. U. Wells of the Lyndonville Journal
and Miss Leach of Sutton, the marriage
to occur June 5.
Col. Edward j. Booth of Burlington has
received medal from the English gov
eminent for honorable service during the
| Fenian raid of 1870.
Henry O'Malley, formerly of st. Johns
bury, is now located at the Baker lake
hatchery, state of Washington, as fish
culturist and assistant superintendent.
Representatives of the BakerU nderwear
company, which recently located at Rich
mond, purchased $500 worth Of sewing
machines in Burlington the other day for
their new factory.
Cheney Prentiss of Mortified aged So
years and months, died May 18th of
| MD 10 tho nldnCt Odd Enllnw
| in Vermont He was initiated at Brook
Ign, n. Y, in 1887.
]. M. Healy, who has been in charge of
the local department of the Montpelier
Argus since the daily edition was started,
has gone to New York where he has a
lucrative position with the Butterick
Publishing company
The Queen City Cotton Co, of Burling-
ton, through it's president, Y. A. Wood
bury, has given to Rev. Father j.. M.
Cloarec of st. Joseph's church, two lots
chapel and parsonage.
The immense bridge now being con-
structed near Mandalay in Burmah, In
aia, and described as the highest bridge
in the world, is being erected under the
direct personal supervision of j. Z. Turk,
son of Bennett Turk, of Burlington.
May 18th the six. year-o old son of Mrs
M. Rivers, of Vergennes, while playing
with revolver, shot his sister, Fannie,
10 ears old. The bullet entered he mus
Gle of the right leg below the knee, pass
ing through the muscle diagonally and
coming out about six inches below the
point of entrance.
English newspapers report the death in
London, Eng, of lmmanuel Baron, Won
Leibich, for many years pianist to Her
Majesty Queen Victoria, and well known
throughout the United Kingdom, both as
a pianist and composer. BY his death
Rudolph Won Liebich, at present resi-
dent of Burlington, inherits the baronial
title.
W. w. Lapoint, the present manager of
the Barre opera house, and W. f. Morse
were the successful bidders for the lease
of the house for five years from August 1
next. They pay the city of Barre $1,600
a year for the building, heated and light
ed. The contract also calls for put
ting on hood on the stage by the leases
at their own expense.
There is now living in Lyndonville, an
aged woman, who has a very interesting
history. Born of quite distinguished
ancestry in Edinboro, Scotland, she well
remembers her journey by ship to this
country when she was young girl OF II
years. After arriving here she was en-
ployed for some time III Montpelier and
afterwards lived in the same home with
Miss Clara Barton. She well remembers
Miss Barton in her brothers home in
Oxford, Mass.
The largest land sale that has taken
place in the state for many years is being
arranged Tor. This consists of 2S, $50
acres of timber land in one body, located
Winhall and Sunderland. The purchas-
ers are Truax & Meigs, extensive lumber
dealers OF New York city. Judge OAR
ling of Bennington is looking up the titles
and if found satisfactory, as they no
doubt will be, the sale will be consumma-
ted.
Daniel P. Smith. one of the oldest and
most prominent citizens of Meredith
Centre, n H., died at the Smith home
stead on the morning o. May 9th, of the
infirmities incident to old age. He was
would consequently have been 81 years
old the 25th OF this month. He came to
Meredith when a boy of thirteen years
and since that time was the resident of
that town up to the time of his death, liv-
ing on the present Smith homestead or
sixty years.
Fair Haven is to have new shirt fac
tory employing from 250 to $50 men and
women. James P. X. Pine, large real
estate owner IN Gn6 vicinity, also large
in the United States Shirt
and Collar company of TROY, n. Y, last
year purchased the shirt factory at Fair
Haven operated for five years by the
Fair Haven Shirt company and this year
it was found that they had so far out
grown their accommodations that it was
decided to build a new factory much
larger and better than the old one.
There is pretty close to being a hay
famine in Vermont at the present time. |
The crop last year was of rather light |
yield. Farmers are stocked up heavy
this spring and pasturage is much leaner |
to date than usu al. Hay has been sold |
up close and the supply is very limited. |
Farmers are just beginning to turn out
stock and many who did so earlier have |
had to feed grain or hay because of poor |
pastures. A load of hay was recently |
brought into Burlington. 1t sells for SIC |
per ton. 1t will be at least four weeks |
before new hay is cut at all and mean
while the famine will get worse.
A fatal accident occurred at the end of
Grand Isle May 18th in which one life
was lost. Lee keenan,, while working on
a team for the Rutland railroad contrac-
tors, engaged in loading logs from skid
to the wagon, was supposedly killed by
a log rolling back on him. He was alone
1T the time and some time elapsed before
It was known. The team latter standing
for some time started for home and then
4 search was made for the driver. When
found he lay with log across his body and