The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1906-08-24
THE UNITED OPINION, FRIDAY MORNING, AUG a. 1906.
STATE NEWS.

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monter, be detached from the com
mand of the Newark, to command
the midshipmen at Naval Acad-
envy.
George Knox of Burlington an
assistant in b. J.. Kent's bakery,
had narrow escape from death
Aug. 18th. He seized live wire,
which had become crossed, and
was unconscious for half an hour.
He will recover.
An effort is being made by the
New England Telephone & Tele-
graph Co., to install two thousand
telephones in Burlington and with
that end in view three solicitors
from Boston have arrived in the
city. The exchange has at the
present time about LOO subscrib-
erS.
G. j. Ferguson, of Burlington,
superintendent of the Vermont
Anti-SaIoon League, went to Me.
last Monday to assist in the cam
paign for ten days for the reten-
tiOn of prohibition. He will speak
in Pennsylvania later for three
days and will return to Maine be-
fore the election, September 9.
The Rural Free Delivery Car
riers Association of Vermont will
meet in Burlington September 3,
Labor day.. An address will be
given by Mayor James e. Burke.
Assistant Atty-Gen. Charles Fl.
Robb, of Bellows Falls, has re-
turned to Washington after pass
ing his vacation in this state and
has assumed charge of the de-
partment of justice.
J. G. Bellrose and Mrs. Nettie
L. Linsley, of Burlington, were
married Wednesday afternoon,
August s. Mrs. Bellrose was the
widow of DR.. J. H. Linsley, for a
number of years director of the
state laboratory of hygiene at
Burlington. Mr.. Bellrose is a
druggist of Burlington
and is secretary of the state
board of pharmacy.
Oscar, the young son of John
A. Wright of Castleton, was shot
dead, probably accidentally, Tues
day afternoon Aug. 14th. He went
with Bernie Putnam, but
after a time the boys separated.
When Wright did not return to
supper his father made search
and found his body lying in a
pasture, a big wound in his neck.
His shotgun, near by, had been
fred.
Elihu B. Taft, of Burlington,
started last week on a trip of sew
eral weeks duration. He will go
TO Saratoga, Buffalo, and then
through the Great Lakes. He
will be in st. Paul the last three
laws of this mohth to attend the
annual meeting of the American
Bar Association, being the Yer
mont member of the general coun-
Ill, which elects the officers of
hat association.
A valuable addition to the Mark
skinner library at Manchester
las been received from Mr.. and
IRIS. Mark Willing, sent from
he Armenian College in Venice.
consists of a large Bible in the
language, a grammar,
rst reader, and dictionary in
nglish-Armenian, prayer book
n thirty-six different languages,
nd the 'Uncanonical Writings of
scripture" in English.
Lewis Pratt, aged % years, a
rinder employed in the Interna-
ional Paper Co.'s mills at Cady
lille, met with a shocking and pc
uliar death Saturday afternoon
he 18th. He was scraping the
took tank and the last seen of
i'm he was working on the side.
i little later the pulp or stock
allied to run from the pipes. Lead
ng from the tank is pipe about
ighteen inches in diameter. This
yas cut and the mans body was
Ound wedged within forty feet
rom the mouth.
Prof. Clark p. Rowland, of
bury College, has been appointed
0 the principalship of st. Johns
ury Academy, made vacant by
he resignation of d. Y. Comstock.
Ir. Rowland was graduated from
ale in 1875; taught two years in
he Military School at New
Iaven; was sixteen years princl-
al of Tabor Academy, Marion,
lass, and was thirteen years
Principal of the Academy of Dru-
y College, which position he has
ust resigned to accept the call to
It. Johnsbury. His departments
f instruction have been Greek,
ATTN, and mathematics.
Mortgensen & Holdensen, OF
Boston, the contractors in charge
f the gliding of the state house
ome at Montpelier, say that a
mall sum of money was lost IN
he contract. When the company
ent its first representative the in,
erior of the dome was measured
nd the contract figured on that
hey failed to count in the ribs
n the outside which are large
The contract price