The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1901-05-31
y Vermont State News y


The town of Hardwick gained $62,270
in taxable property the past year.
The town of johnson has voted 70 to 80
to establish high school system.
A new book, written by Joseph Battell
of the Middlebury Register, is now In
press.
Five boys were recently taken from
Windsor to the House of Correction for
tramping.
Bellows Falls proposes to purchase, the
toll bridge there, the proprietors asking
$4,000 for it.
The steamer Vermont commenced her
seasons work on Lake Champlain Mon
day morning.
Montpelier claims to be the musical
center of the state. Its easy, laying a
claim to anything.
Pearl Paine Edison of Randolph has
been elected captain OF the Dartmouth
athletic track team.
The rays of the afternoon sun. reflect
ing from a mirror, recently set fire to
mattress in Montpelier.
The Vermont Press Association will
probably visit the Pan-American exposl-
ton some time in August.
G. S. Page recently bought 1,2OO,OO0
pounds or 40 carloads OF salt, to be USED
In the hide house at Hyde Park.
Waterbury has voted to. celebrate Old
Home Week and an association Tor that
purpose " i'll be at once formed.
In Ferrisburgh is calf born without
ewes. lust small holes where eyes ought
to be. 1t is healthy, weighing 200 pounds.
Senator Proctor and Winston Church
i'll, the author, have been fishing compan-
ions at Griffith's trout preserve IN Groton'
l.. NJ. Read of Bellows Falls, is on
months trip to San Francisco to attend
! the annual meeting OF the U. D. railroad
commissioners to be held there.
Mason S. Stone has arrived in the Phil
ippines and sends back word that his
party had an uncomfortable voyage from
| the Hawaiian Islands to Manila.
Over 600 were present at recent meet
ing of the Manches er, n. H., Vermont
association. Hope they are all planning
to visit the old home Old Home Week
DIR. Webb is having $15O,OOO barn
built on his Shelburne farms to contain
quarters for SO horses carriages, automo-
biles, employees sleeping and social rooms.
The Battenkill Lumber Co. is cutting
100 cords of wood daily. Its contract
calls for 1900 cords of wood per year 1or
six wears, most of it to go to the ml!is OF
| the International Paper Co. at Bellows
Falls.
The Anti-Saloon League is planning
vigorous campaign. 1t has secured Dr.
| Howard Russell of Ohio, national super
| intendent, for work throughout the state
during July.
The docket for the June term OF Gale
donna county June court has lI3 law
cases, 80 divorce cases, 6S cases 1or
action on contracts, IT state cases anu %
cases in the chancery court.
The Randolph Savings bank receiver is
nooon1 HiuiAnn6 M nnr
| cent. about July l. This will make 80
per cent paid and depositors will only
| lose about ten cents on dollar.
The Fidelity Co. of Baltimore will have
To nav the bond of the defaulting cashier
| of the Merchants National Bank OF RuG-
| land, the u. S. court at Windsor, May 70,
| finding verdict of S21, OSO for the oanK'
A report from Vergennes says the re-
ceiyer of the Farmers National bank mas
placed an attachment on the property OF
| fieut. Gov. M. F. Allen, vice president OF
| the bank, to satisfy claims for consider
! able amount.
Some one says fishing in Vermont IS
better this spring than for many, years;
| Considering the efforts made in the past
! few wears the laws passed, ETC., co I'M
prove this sport, it ought to be. getting
a bit better.
Various state papers are quite busy
these days discovering candldaCes
for the next republican state ticket. Lay
your political bee by for awhile, ,gehIIe,
men, and let it rest till after Old Home
Week anyway.
The U. S. court at Windsor last week
found three indictments against ID. ii
Lewis of VergenneS, namely, two false
entries and one for embezzlement Ru'
mors are thick as to other men implicat'
ed IN using the banks money.
Two Brattleboro girls, 10 and Is years
old, found themselves in the Spring
field, Mass, police station last FRIDAY
They strayed away from home for a gooo
time. had it while their money lasted and
then had to ask for chance to get home
A few weeks ago George Hubbard left
his home in Windsor, telling his wife anc
two little girls he was going out to eXer
else his horse. They havn't seen hin
since. 1t has been learned that in Meri
den he sold his horse, present last tal
from Winston Churchill, the author.
Las year II Vermont liquor agencies
sold $780, worth of strong drink This
leads the Portland Oregonian to remark
that for stiff prohibition state the lega
sales imply that Vermont has a .grea
many people who believe "a little fol
medical purposes always tastes good"
A new book by Rev. George Holey Gil
bert, d. D., has been published, entitled
"The First Interpreters of Jesus" Or
Gilbert has been connected with the Chi
cago Theolo Iical seminary in recon
wears, but has resigned. His residence
the past year has been in Dorset, the
home of his youth.
Bennington has the distinction of hay
ing among its residents, not only the old
est hotel clerk in the state, but the
: Youngest bank president. The latter
George Franklin Graves, president of thu
First National Bank, was born in TIA
village, January 4, 1854. He commenced
, as teller, then was cashier, and upon thu
death of his father in 1894, took his place
as president.
Charles Leitsinger of the Brattlebor
4 street railroad power station, went int
a boiler room to work last Friday carry
ing with him drop light. The insula
ton had accidentally been removed
from a small part of the wire and thu
mans finger came in contact with tina
part There passed through him 800 volt
of electricity. 1t threw him from on
side of the room to the other and final!
broke his hold on the wire, but not unit
his thumb and finger were badly burned
When F. j. Titus, who has the freigh
route between Chelsea and So. Royalton
went home the other night he BEGAN
suspicious that o. D. Tracy was abou
the place. A search found him In tn
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