The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-12-19
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and weighed 3O8H pounds when
dressed.
Lewis Columbe of Randolph was
killed on the 10th inst. He was
drawing logs about one and one.
half miles from the village, when
his sled tipped over. The logs fell
on him killing him instantly. He
was D years old.
Representatives of a large manu-
featuring concern in Massachusetts
were in Brattleboro last week look
ing for an available site for a
branch factory. The prospects for
a lumber supply of the right kind
leads the concern to regard Brattle-
boro as a good location.
The Burlington News perpetrated
this poetry on the cold 9th of Decem-
Der:
A Vermonter this morning ariz
And said, as he almost friz,
"'Twould be better to dwell
In place called -.
"But all this is none of my biz.
Fred Hart of Rutland had his
right hand nearly severed from the
wrist while at work at the Howe
Scale works on the 10th. He was
thrown onto a machine, in the form
of pair of shears, used for cutting
iron, and in saving himself took
hold of the machine, the blades
catching his hand.
Guy Cutler, son of George Cutler
of Morrisville, was killed by a train
near Boston last Friday morning,
while performing his duties as fire.
man. He had been working on the
railroad most of the time for the
past ten years and this was his first
accident. He was about IS years
old.
1t is the general belief in Bellows
Falls and West Rutland that Miss
Helen E. Barron, whose body was
found Sunday in canal at the
former place took her life while in
fit of temporary insanity. The
fear she had met with foul play was
dispelled by finding her bank book
in Rntland, showing that she had
deposited nearly all the money she
had when she left West Rutland.
Murray D. Clement, who was elect
ed mayor of Waltham, Mass, on
Dec. End, for second term, is a ma
tive of Barnet and subsequently
lived in Ryegate and West Charles
ton. He is paymaster of the Amer
lean Waltham Watch Co., and is
lieutenant colonel of the 5th Reg't..
Massachusetts National Guard.
Mayor Clement is a cousin of Rep
resentative F. H. Clement of Dan
Vile.
j. e. Baker, the man who sold
Barre people stock in the Orc Mimic
Gold Mining" Co., has satisfied the
investors that he is not swind1er.
He was arrested in Maiden, Mass,
last week on complaint of Barre
parties, who were suspicious that
they had invested in a gold brick.
A telegram was received Monday
from one of the Investigating COM
mittee that satisfactory explanation
had been made, and the case was mol
pressed.
Edison Weather1y of Bennington,
for 40 years a railroad engineer,
most of the time running between
Whitehall, N. Y, and Rutland, has
been retired from active service
by the Delaware & Hudson railroad
company, with the notification that
he would receive a pension from
the company as long as he lives.
No accident ever occurred to train
of which he was in charge. For
the past three years he has been on
switch engine in the Whitehall
yard.
Mrs. A. H. Morehouse, of Barre,
was found dead in bed at her home
Wednesday afternoon about 4 o clock.
Mrs. Morehouse retired in usual
health about II O'Clock, sleeping
with her was her daughter, aged
about nine years. The girl awoke
as usual. but as her mother did not
str she laid quietly in bed. Neigh
bors noticing that the house was
closed aroused the girl and discov-
cred that Mrs. Morehouse was dead.
The health officer pronounced the
cause of death as heart disease.
Luther B. Johnson, editor of the
Randolph Herald and News, enter
tanned a party of newspaper men
last week in honor of his birth
day. The guests included the rep
resentatives of the various papers at
the Legislature. Mr.. Johnson is one
of the official reporters of the House.
An appetizing banquet was served
at the Montpelier House and the
party then went to the apartments
of E. A. Mutt. where the remainder
of the evening was spent. Mr.. John
son was presented a handsome pic
ture.
James W. Myles of Burlington
blew out the gas when he retired to
his room at the Hotel Bardwell at
Rutland on the 18th inst. The odor
was detected and a bell boy sent
over the transom. There was con-
siderable difficulty about bringing
Myles to life, but it was finally &C
comp1ished. Had he been undiscov-
cred an hour longer he probably