The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1900-11-23
y Vermont State News y

&. w. Curtis, the member of the state
legislature from the town of Ira, died re
Gently of appendicitis.
The new school building of the New
Hampton institute at Fairfax was dedi
Gated Nov is.
L. j. Page, secretary of the Anti Saloor
League, has resigned. Rev. ii. A. Durfet
! succeeds him.
Ira Battles of Braintree, aged 76, mar
ried Eunice Edison of that place, aged Il
years, two weeks ago. News OF her deatt
came a week later.
}. Willis Gleed, son of the late Thomas
Gleed, of Morristown is one of the promi
nent candidates for the United States
senatorship in Kansas.
The Rev. S. Halsted Watkins, vicar Of
Calvary chapel, New York city, for the
last three years, has resigned to accept
the rectorship of St. James's church, Ar
lington, Vt.
The Juvenile Library association at
Peacham has received gift of 100 new
books from Col G. B. NJ. Harvey, now
president of Harper Brothers, publishers
New York, and former resident OF
Peacham.
Bishop Michaud of Burlington confirm.
ed class of between 40 and so young PEG.
pie in the Catholic church at Mortified
Nov. IL. All who were confirmed took a
pledge to refrain from the use of intoxi.
cants until q years OF age.
The women of the Old First church of
Bennington Center are raising money to
buy Clover hall, midway between Ben
nington, the object being to devote it to
religious purposes and as place for liter
airy and musical entertainments.
Rev. Arthur Taylor of Fair Haven has
accepted the rectorship of ST. Paul's
Episcopal church in Southington, Conn,
rendered by Bishop Brewster and will as
sumo charge of the paStorate Dec. 1. He
is to succeed Rev. George III. Wilson, who
died last spring.
La:ge quantities of Christmas greens
are being sent to the New York markets
from Vermont. This industry furnishes
quite source of income to some enter
a most profitable business for the picker.
A good picker can make so day.
The Rev. George B. Lawson, pastor of
the Baptist church in Bennington, has
received official notice of his appoint
ment as char lain of the First regiment
| Vermont National Guard AS soon as
the necessary examination is held Mr..
Lawson will receive his commission.
A bad little Rutland girl named Ida
Barber, IA years of age, has been taken to
the industrial school al Vergennes to re-
practice of petty thieving and when ar
rested had somebody's else diamond pin
in her possession and also $500 in cash.
One of the oldest cemeteries in Guilford
is that on the hilltop near the residence
of Lyman Huntley The late Warren
Wilder left the sum of so, 900, the interest
to be spent yearly toward the care of such
cemeteries, and special mention was made
of the old yard near Mr.. Huntley's. Sew
praI Revolutionary cn1Hinrc hnrind
there
The Vermont Marble Co., the largest
marble concern in the world, has bought
the stock held by the John N. Baxter es-
tate in the Barney Marble Co. and enough
additional stock to give them a control
ling interest in the company. One of the
Barney Marble Co. speaking of the change
said that he had no doubt but that it
would prove advantageous to Swanton.
An Interesting relic in the shape of a
granite boulder containing what appears
to be two human foot prints has been
loaned to the museum at st. Johnsbury
by William A. Chase of Morrisville. The
rock from which the piece was quarried
has been curiosity in CRANKY for CEN
tury. 1t is a granite boulder weighing
several tons situated l IL miles from Gal
lups Mills.
}. |. G. Cook, former we'll known
newspaper man of Vermont, who obsery-
ed his SD birthday Oct. IS, celebrated
Friday the 10th anniversary of his begin
ming to learn the printers trade at Mil
ford, Mass. Mr.. Cook was born in Bel
lows Falls and the house in which he first
saw light is yet standing. He was for
years publisher of the Bennington Ban
ner. He has relatives in Rutland. 81
Marvin A. Mcclure of Rutland, who
was arrested last March on the charge of
conspiracy in connection with the embez-
element of the funds of the Merchants
National Bank by Charles W. Muzzey,
cashier, was released Nov. 10th under
$4,000 bail McClure's case will be tried
in February. Cashier Muzzey, who plead
ed guilty to embezzling $4,000, is serv-
ing sentence of seven years. ~
John l.. AigerJ superintendent of
schools of Bennington. was elected Nov.
18th by the board of normal school COM
missioners principal of the johnson nor
MAJ school, vice w. f. Ranger, resigned,
to be state superintendent of schools. Mr..
Alger will probably begin his duties at |
the beginning of the winter term. John |
Lincoln Alger was recently elected presi- |
dent of the Vermont Teachers associa-
ton.
A company has just been formed for |
the manufacture of lumber from trees |
blown down by the great windstorm, the |
evening of August 6, and by the smaller
ones which occurred a few weeks later.
The company expect to handle at least
| 100000 feet in the territory controlled
by it in Chittenden county. The COM
pany will be known as the Northern Man
1facturing Company and saw mill has
been established. Work will be commenc-
ed at once and will be continued until all
The fallen timber that can be secured has
been put into shape for market.
The October term of the supreme court
reached a final adjournment Nov. 14th.
No disposition was made of the case of
,he state against Frank Shaw, convicted
Of the murder of Deputy Sheriff George
W. Hoffman of White River Junction.
This case goes over to the January term
If the court, pending the action of the
legislature on the bill now before it to
lbolish capital punishment. If this bill
ioes not become a law and if Shaw takes
nothing by his exceptions, he cannot
low be sentenced to be hanged before
December 1902. as a session Of the legis-
ature must intervene between a death
entence and its execution.
Charles Ferris of Waitsfeld, Nov. 18th
,oughed up piece of pipe stem one and
hree- eighths inches long, the presence of
which in his anatomy he was previously
gnorant. He had been failing in health
or several weeks, and no drugs afforded
lin relief. When the foreign substance
made its appearance, it awakened the
mans recollection and he decided that he
must have swallowed the stem while at
Waterbury about a year ago, for he fell
ell a v,ipa IN he Month orl -. |