The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1900-01-19
y Vermont State News .

Gently aged "a Years.
In the year 1899 the number of birth,
in Barre was three times that of the
deaths.
The Ludlow water commissioners have
paid $4,000 of the village water bonds.
There were SO new buildings erected
in Barre last year. The total number il
the last Is years is 1914
Charles Kane of Highgate Springs re-
Gently caught 800 perch through the ice
with hook and line.
The school census just commenced
shows 1910 of school age in Montpelier, a
lain of 30 over last year.
Joseph King of Glover recently killed a
nine months old pig for Westley Sher
burne which dressed 425 pounds.
Harry c. Matthew of Vermont has
been appointed clerk at $1,000 at the
naval station at Cavite iD the Philippines
Fur buyers have been through Ben
nIngton county paying $l.5O to So fol-
mink skins. They bought several hun.
dred.
The receipts for the two custom dis
tricts in Vermont as shown by late re-
ports wei e $3.50, 560.86 or almost those of
Massachusetts.
| Congregational society of Newport, r. l.,
has accepted call to the Congregational
society in st. JOhnSbury.
lnjunctions for violations of the prohib.
| itory law have been served against a
number of real estate owners in Rutland
during the past week.
Rev. jeremiah S. Hart, who from 1S45
to 1850 occupied the pulpit of many
Methodist churches in northern Yer
mont, died at his home in Saratoga
Springs Jan. 18th, aged so yeats.
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factory in Jericho with contents was burn
ed Jan. 9th. There has been $500 worth
OF new machinery put in within six
months. The property was partially in
sured.
The Poultney house at Poultney was
burned Jan. 9th, the building being al
most entirely destroyed in spite of the
efforts of the village fire department.
The loss was about $4,000, with $4,000
| insurance.
Mr.. Wall states that if all the perma-
nent roadway built during the past sea-
son could be placed together we coald
have permanent road liz miles in
length, or solid road reaching from Bur-
lington to Bellows Falls.
The trial of S. N. Bugbee for the al
legged murder of Roberton Emerton at
Norwich Nov. 18th last, began Jan. 9Th.
Nothing new has been developed in the
evidence. The defence will probably be
insanity or self defence.
Myra Herrick, a teacher in Stowe, was
tried week before last for furnishing an
lily ear old pupil, Ingalls, W. Godfrey, for
disobedience. The tiial lasted two days
and eXonerated the teacher from blame.
Her costs were also paid.
From the Scientific American comes
the information that James S. Young of
Barre has Just patented an improved
stone-sawing machine, specially designed
for saving granite, marble or other stone
blocks used principally for monuments.
Smith Wright's Sons, who operate an
extensive cold storage and frozen poultry
plant at North Williston, have purchaS-
ed land on Lower Maple street, near the
Rutland railroad tracks in Burlington,
for the purpose of erecting cold storage
plant
Julia Marlowe-Taber was granted a
divorce on Jan. 9th, on the ground of in
tolerable severity, by Chief Judge Taft.
Three thousand dollars alimony is grant
ed by stipulation. The petitioner is also
allowed to resume the name of Julia MsY I.
lowe.
The state convention of Congregational
churches was held at Newport Tuesday
and Wednesday, January Is and II. The
annual meeting of the Vermont Domestic
Missionary society and of the Vermont
Home Missionary society was held at the
same time.
McIndoes is cheap locality for fire.
wood. On the meadow above mill are
5000 or 10000 cords of slabs covering
about ten acres of land. In the village |
the mill men deliver 16-inch slab wood !
for So cord. Four foot hardwood sells |
for $275 to So cord.
Civil Engineer Eugene Sanctuary of
Montpelier has received an appointment !
to the United States engineer corps, and
has been ordered to New Orleans. The |
position is lucrative one, paying to COM
mencs $500. The appointment is made
under the civil service law.
~ According to the terms of the will of
The late Robert B. Brigham, which has
Just been filed in the Suffolk probate Of
ice at Boston, the Warner Home in st.
Adams is to receive $1,000 annually, to
De used for the benefit of children of citi.
Gems of Bakersfield, when necessary.
The town of Woodford Bennington
county, population 1853. has bonded its
Indebtedness. The amount was $l0,500.
This means debt of S28.32 for every
nan, woman and child in the town. AS
he grand list of Woodford is but 1850 So
he town is indebted for about 10 of its
valuation.
Bert l.. Taylor has written the libretto
" new comic ope entitled Ponce de
JeOu "hlCn Is soon 10 De produced In
n. ii Mr.. Taylor was for
merely engaged in newspaper work in '
Montpelier. He has evolved one other
,peTa which it is reported has been pur-
,hased by The Bostonians."
Martin Hayes had both hands blown off
n premature explosion in the Bolger
quarry at Hydeville Jan. 5th. He under
Ook to drill cut a hole which had been
harged with powder. and had been at +,
work but short time, when there was /! .
N explosion that threw out about Is tons !
f slate rock. He will probably die.
The Emma Willard association has es- :
ablished a scholarship, paying 500 an
Iually, in Middlebury college for deserv- I
ng young women. The gift is III honor
f Mrs. Emma Willard, founder of the a
emale seminary in Troy, n. Y, who =
arly in her career was identified with :
and indirectly with the col a
ege. q
Fire was discovered in the town hall at u
Iinsdale Jan. 6, but the blaze was soon b
ut out with couple of fire extinguish-
rs, and the water ordered shut off.
,ater it was found that the flames had
urst out in the tower and were gaining
apidly. Owing to the scarcity of water
here was not sufficient force for the
tream to reach the tower. The town
all, which was built in 1873 at cost of
&c, COO, was burned, and the post office.
N EicE hIook and tho WhifaIar