The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-12-19
NEW ENGLAND BRIEFS

10 NEW ENGLAND BRIEFS
to Inc New Hampshire board of raj
" road commissioners has granted the y,
1t utlon or the Boston and Maine railroa
Tor authority to issue 10000 shares q
Q capital stock of the par value of SIN
K per share
: The comptroller of the currency ha,
D ueclared dividend of 7 percent il
] favor of the creditors of the insoIvop,
Pynchon National bank of Springfield
: Mass.
! Inc Carriage and Wagon Makers
: union has voted to insist upon its do.
mand for increased wages and a nino
hour day beginning Jan. l. made upon
the Amesbury, Mass. manufacturers
and refused by them. 1t now looks
very much as if strike would he iuau-
gurated
The wooden shoe factory of Martin
heIey d Co at Danvers, Mass, was
burned, by fire evidently of incendiorv
origin, causing a loss of $4,000.
On account of the lack of coal tbo
public schools at Belmont, Mass, will
be closed until Jan. 5. The teachers
Will distribute books as the pupils NAV
desire
Inc young woman students of Bos-
ton university have accepted n cbaI-
lenge to joint debate from the goods
OF Bates college, and the subject greed
upon is: Resolved, That Within 10
Years Russia Will Be the Most I'm.
portaht Power in the Eastern Henri
sphere"
Hannibal BOnney, a Mexican war
veteran, and one of the oldest hotel men
III New Hampshire, died at his home in
Fehacook. He and his twin brother
horace, were born in Winthrop, Ne.
IN lNl5. Horace died few years ago
at HOokset.
me Maiden, Mass, school board de-
ciueu TO close all the public schools I'M
I'll Jan. o, owing to the scarcity of fuel
Inc Vermont senate reconsidered tha
vote by which it passed the bill for.
oiuulhg state officers to accept railroad
passes aud killed the bill, similar hill
having been previously killed in the
house.
Judge William w. Leach of the dis.
trict court of Eastern Hamnden diod
at MS nome at Palmer Mass, after
DfleE illness. He was born at Monsoon
Mass, in 1856
John T. Brown, 81 years old, formerly
member of the firm of Woodward &,
Brown, piano manufacturers. was
round dead in chair at his homie at
Salem, Mass.
The consolidation of the Providence
Gas and Maria ganSatt Electric 49,
ing companies by the Rhode island
company is reported to be under con-
liberation. Nearly 100000 is in
'olved
captain Horace Broughton, n for.
ner commander of merchant sbins
led at Marblehead, Mass, aged GG. 1o
egan a sea-faring life in 1851.
While engaged in hauling logs At
Vt, Lewis Colombo wos
'ushed to death by the load falling In.
/ him.
Fire started from an overheated
rhace IN a lodging house for school
achers at Waltham, Mass, owned and
cupled by Mrs. Annie T. HYDE. caus.
: damage of $500.
FIRE practically destroyed the mag
lcent residence of G.. o. Whiting
Tx contractor, at Lexington. Mass
Il caused loss of nearly S2OOOo
arly all the furniture was saved
Hiss Mabel Cole, while walking about
Shua' n. H., had both feet frozen.
ey may have to be amputated
he council of the Society of the 20.
al Wars in New Hampshire bos
cured a bronze tablet to be placed On
t William and Mary in Portsmouth
Dor, which will commemorate the
ure of the fort by Captain Lancflon
Major Sullivan in 1774.
lmuel Sampson, Al yearsold, wasru,
by switching engine at CIoucos-
Mass. The wheels nearly severed
body' but Notwithstanding his ter
injury, he lived nearly an hour.
re destroyed the principal business
at Guilford, Me-, caused
lcial loss of $4,000 and leaving
secret societies without a meeting
IN that town. The burned build.
vas owned by Henry Douglass and
Cheer lodge of Odd Fellows.
e Maynard House, a hotel at
lard, Mass, of between 40 and IN
s. was Quilted by fire, causing a
Of about $4,000. 1t is supposed
he fire started from an overturned
Tie second time within month
Tx occurred in the main water sun
pc at Gloucester, Mass, shuttin.
e entire water supply of the citv
caring up street for a con
bic distance.
Henry Cutler, composer and
al conductor, died suddenly at Lis
at Swampscott, Mass His
II compositions were numerous.
ey were published in such an ex-
e way they failed to attain wide
ton.
ph Williamson, a prominent
attorney, historian and local Of
died suddenly at his home at
+ aged "A. He was the first
Of the Belfast municipal court
d served as alderman and civ
r.