The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1903-01-02
NEW ENGLAND BRIEFS

Miss Makala Terry of Simsbury,
Conn, is dead. She was 100 years of
age July Of this year.
1t is denied by railroad officials hav-
ing headquarters at Boston that the
New England railroads are so short of
coal that they will have to cut down
their train schedules.
While attempting to reach his former
residence at Hubbardston. Mass. on a
freight train, John II. Brady of AthOl,
Mass, was thrown from the train and
so badly mangled that he died in five
minutes.
The comptroller of the currency has
declared a dividend of percent in favor
of the creditors of the insolyent Globe
National bank of Boston.
Colonel Samuel II. Leonard, citi-
zen of Newton, Mass, and one of the
Oldest eXpressmen in New England, is
dead. He was born in Bolton, Mass,
in 1926 and served with distinction in
the Civil war.
Joseph o. Tiffany, widely known in
| educational circles, died suddenly Mt
Attleboro, Mass, aged IS.
Arthur B. Cove, a retired Boston mer
chant, 10 years old, was found dead in a
bath tub at hotel in that city. Mr.
Gove's fortune was made in the furni
ture business
Respondent because of long-con-
tinued sickness and suffering Miss
Maud Scott, %, ended her life at Bos-
ton by inhaling gas at her home.
At the annual dinner of the Institute
of Technology alumni at Boston Presl-
dent Pritchett urged the transferring of
Technology building to a new site
where it would have room and facili-
ties for expanding in proportion to the
Tremendous increase in the numbers
who are tlocking to it.
An unknown man was struck by a
train at Attleboro, Mass, and an hour
later he died. He was about 80 years
old, feet, z inches tail, 155 pounds
weight and OF dark complexion.
George G. Anderson Of Barre gained
n victory OF ~ A. Bailey of Rutland.
checker champion of Vermont, and took
the championship honor.
AS Boston and Albany passenger
train was backing out of the South
terminal at Boston it collided with an.
other train and Augustus Jeffrey, a
braF eman on the rear car, was crushed
to death.
George Milbank, widely known in
amusement circles and for many years
business manager of Austin and stones
museum at Boston, died at that city as
the result of a stroke of apoplexy. He
was native ofBoston.
John Bennett, aged 40, was instantly
killed by train at Somerville, Mass.
One of the brick buildings of the
Vaughn Machine company's plant at
Peabody, Mass, was burned. causing
a loss of $4,000 The fire started from
an electric wire.
| Henry e. Hines, who had Just begun
| a six months sentence for larceny.
committed suicide by hanging himself in
his cell at the New Bedford. Mass,
house of correction.
The American Bolt company, for a
great many years an important industry
at Lowell, Mass, will remove to
Birmingham, Ala, next month
" lille playing Santa Claus at a
Christmas tree party at Lynn, Mass,
Fred H. Weeden's cotton whiskers
caught fire from a candle and he was
so severely burned that he will be dis.
figured for life.
Charles Head, a blacksmith of South
Dartmouth, Mass, was found dead ir
his shop with the top of his head blown
off. A double barrelled shotgun lay
across his body.
Frank Savage, Is years old, was
drowned while skating at Uxbridge
Mass.
The Boston and Maine railroad will
send a shipment of coke to Haverllill
Mass. for the use of its employees there
The coke will be distributed at cos
price.
The Lowell and Fitchburg street rail
way has been granted a franchise Il
lay tracks through Littleton, Mass.
and a forfeit of $1,000 has been deposited
with the town officials. The work mus
be finished within year.
An SOO-pound pulley broke from IL,
shafting at the R. B. Grover shoe shoI
at Brockton, Mass, and went through
two partitions, causing havoc amid tn,
machinery. 1t will take several day
to repair the damage.
After "a years of service, Rev. Ed
ward Abbott has resigned as editor o
The Literary World, published at Bos
ton.
General W. Greenleaf, for 20 year
a deputy collector of customs at BurlinG
} ton. VT. veteran of the Civil wa
and prominent in the G. A. R., die
after "a hours illness Of pneumonia
He was 20 wears old.