The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-11-28

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officer, is assigned to additional du-
ties as subsistence superintendent of
the army transport service at San
Francisco.
Capt. Richmond p. Hobson, the
hero of the sinking of the Merrimac,
who was ]. G. Ullery's guest in
Bratt1eboro recently, bought, while
there, a small tract of land from f.
L. Houghton of Putney, on which he
will erect a cottage next season.
A Boston company has let the con
tract to James Silk for the erection
at Bennington of factory building
| so by rs feet in dimensions. in which
powdered milk will be manufactured
by new process under patents
owned by the company. The facto-
ry will be ready in about a month.
The large barn on the farm of
George B. B. Denny, situated about
three miles from Barre city on the
Mortified road, was burned to the
ground between and 8 O'Clock on
the morning of Nov. 18th. The
barn is a complete loss and several
head of cattle were burned to death.
The loss is understood to be covered
by insurance.
John Marshall Shaw, one of
Bethe1's centenarians, died Nov.
18th at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Emory Chapman. He was born
in Stockbridge, Dec. 81, 1901. He is
survived by two sons, Oscar P. and
Dennis L. and one daughter.
'Grandma" Sarah Chapman, aged
100 of Bethel is now the oldest in
habitant of that section.
The special committee recently APP
pointed by the business men of
Montpelier have actively pushed
their inquiry into the subject of a
railroad from Rutland to Montpelier
and Barre and have concluded that
the prospects are sufficiently good to
warrant a resurvey of the entire
route and are now engaged in max
ing arrangements for an immediate
survey of that kind.
Charles E. George of New York
was arrested at Woodsville, N. H.,
last week on a charge of using the
mails for fraudulent purposes. 1t is
claimed that George obtained So each
from $50 members of the Vermont
legislature in payment for placing
their pictures in legislative album.
The album has not appeared. George
was held under $1,000 bail for the
February term of the grand jury.
Joshua Bartlett kirkpatrick,
teacher in the Government employ
on the Island of Negros. where he
was stationed, died of Asiatic chol-
era on Nov. IA. He was graduated
from the University of Vermont in
1900, was president of his class and
va1edictorian. He was an exception
ally bright student, young man of
rare promise, and favorite with all
who knew him. His early death
will be deeply mourned.
Ashton Rollins Willard, a native
of Montpelier, and now a resident of
Boston, who is a writer on art sub
iects of International repute, has
been signally honored by the King
al nf hiS Tta1iar1 WORDS
At the reception to the new Italian
minister by the, Italian society of
Boston on Thursday he received the
decorations. Mr.. Willard was born
in Montpelier April IA, 1858, and in
1881 was one of the committee to re-
wise the laws of Vermont.
The dedicatory ceremonies of the
monument authorized by the legis
lature of 1900, to mark the site of
President Chester A. Arthur's birth
place at Fairfield, VT, will occur
some time the coming summer, the
exact date not being determined at
this time. That the occasion will
be a notable one is assured from the
fact that Robert Lincoln and VIM. E.
Chandler, who served in President
Arthur's cabinet as secretary of war
and secretary of the navy respective
ly. will be the speakers.
Nathan Weller of Wells made one
of the most successful hunting trips
one day last week which has been
made by anyone in that vicinity for
a long time. Early in the morning
he started off alone and crossed over
in to the woods in New York state.
He had been in the woods less than
an hour when he killed large buck.
weighing probably over 300 pounds.
Before noon he had killed another
buck, somewhat smaller than the
first one and in the afternoon he
killed a third buck and large sized
black bear. The bear was more fe
rocious than bears of this species
usually are and put up hard fight
until shot a second time.
1t is announced that the proprie-
tors of the H. H. Mathews Slate Co.,
of Poultney has completed negotia
tons with Hugh H. Owens. of Fair
Haven, for the purchase of the large
slate quarry owned by him in that
town. The local company will take
charge of the quarry about the first
of next month and it is expected that
they will send a number of the work
ers at their quarries in Poultney to