The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1900-02-23
y Vermont State News .

"A large warn vi NlOCl lluo OCplI hAoNOFOA-
ed in the southern part OF Lincoln.
The South RoyaltOn high school has
been closed on account OF an epidemic OF
measles.
The 6Sth session o. the Troy M. E. con-
ference will be h, Id in Bennington, open
ing April II.
The Village Improvement society of
Enosbulg Falls has raised the sum of 800
for the public library.
Miss May l.. Sawyer of Rutland is suf-
fering from case of blood poisoning. as
The result OF u scratch from cat
e. Stanley Fuller of Woodstock, aged
20 years, has been appointed orgauist at
The First Episcopal church in South Bos-
ton, Mass.
Twenty thousand copies of a digest of
the laws of Vermont relating o the liquor
traffic have been distributed by the State
Anti Saloon League.
1t is stated that the graphite mine own
ed by Dr.. Il. w. Kent of + l'antOn is to
be opened in the early spring, 1t bids
fair to prove OF exceptional richness.
The annual state convention of the
Young Mems Christian associations of
New Hampshire and Vermont will be
held at Brattleboro March 10 TO IS inclu-
Sive.
DR.. A. M. Phelps of New York, pro-
fessCr of surgery at the medical depart
ment of the u. V. NJ, has been elected
president of the New York State Medical
society.
Henry e. Blake of Newport had one
hand badly burned the other day by
melted floor wax dropping on, it; The
burn was so bad that the flesh dropped
from the bone in some places.
Nelson Bartlett of Union Village keeps
three COWS of which he has some prlde.
Ihe income from them for the year has
been S2O7. The family has used what
milk and cream they needed for cooking
The expenditures of the Montpelier
schools tor the past year, iucl uding the
expenses of new fire escapes, have been
$15 5000, which is very close to the estl-
mate at the beginning of the year OF Sl5,-
267.76.
About S3,4OO has been subci ibed or paid
into the fund that is being raised to erect
parish house for st. Peters church,
Bennington. 1t is probable that the
home will be erected during the present
season.
The Middlepury College Glee Club has
returned from successful trip, having
sung at Wallingford, Poultney, Granville,
y. j., Salem, n. Y, Cambridge, N. :,
and Pittsford. Over $500 was received
at the concerts.
Hiram Ellis died Feb. 14th at his home
at South Barre at the age of 81 years and
II months. He fell down the cellar stairs
a ew days ago. striking on his head and
causing conclusion of the brain which re-
suited in his death.
A valuable diamond ring was found in
i bale of old newspapers at the Inter
national paper mill at Bellows Falls one
day two weeks ago. 1t had been lost by
some person in the Boston Herald office
who gave notice of the loss.
A meeting of the Vergennes, Ferris
burg, New Haven, Panton and Waltham
Thief Detecting society has been called
and will be held in the office OF oolon Bur
roughS, Vergennes, at noon, Peb. "a. y I'M
portant business is to be transacted.
rags and Tatters" is the title of a new
two-step Just out, composed, arranged
and published by one OF Poultney's must
clans, Edward Clark, Jr. The music Is
IN the popular rag-tlme, and is an able
composition, the first published by the
author
The hotel at Wells River known as
Hale's Tavern has been sold by the stock
holders TO j. f. Hale for $500. The
property originally cost about $4,000 and
was owned by a stock company. Hale
has been proprietor of the house for the
past five years.
James A. Rowland. an old resident OF
Montpelier, died suddenly, Feb. OH, at
the breakfast table. The cause OF his
death was apoplexy.. He was born IN
ago and has since resided there He is
survived by no near relatives.
Beginning Feb. 18th the residents OF
| Burlington may have letters registered at
their homes, through the mail carrier
! This new order from the postofiice de
partment is largely experimental and is
being tried in several cities in the United
States, Burlington being one of them.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Andrews completed
their eleven years of service as Superln
tendent and matron of the Industrial
school, two weeks ago. They took charge
of the school Feb. /, 1889, after having
| had eight years experience in charitable
and reformatory work in Massachusetts
Since then there have been All boys and
50 girls committed to the school
G. w. Cady shot bay lynx Feb 18th
near hls home hey ond South Woodstock
| DR.. Chandler saw the animal in the mid
die of the road and thought at first it was
a huge tiger cat. But instead of goine
toward house 1t went directly TOWARD
the woods. Mr.. Cady got his % calibl {
rife and shot it at a distance of about IL
rods The lynx was apparently young
| one and, weighed about II pounds. MI
| Cady gets five bounty.
| The Princess of Salm Salm of Carlsruhe
| Germany,-w has taken a nurses par
in some of the great wars of the past hal
century. is on her way to Chicago to or
ganize hospital corpr for the Transvaal
| How large force she will take with heI
| is not known, but she has announced SHE
| will nurse the English and Beers without
discrimination. The Princess was Miss
Agnes JOY, a daughter of Col Joy of Yer
mont, and member of the Joy family o
revolutionary fame. She married Il
Prince Salm Salm in Washington wheI
she was sixteen.
A fatal accident of peculiar natur,
occurred at Mortified Feb. II. Hayes
Stebbins and J. p Rabidon went to thu
| barn of the former to care for a horse
Stebbins took hold of the electric lam
to bring it nearer the animal, one hanC
resting on the horses leg, and the Other
on the lamp, when he received an electric
shock which knocked him senseless ant
also knocked the horse down. Stebbin
was Immediately carried into the housl
and help summoned. The physician, wht
soon arrived pronounced Stebbins dead
The transformer is said to have been on
of fix for some time and that seems to b.
the only way to account for the unfortu
nate affair.
DR.. E. II. Pettingill representative
| farmer of southern Vermont, died at hi
| home in Saxtons River Feb 9. For owe
80 years DIR. Pettingill has been a promi
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