The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1906-04-06
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pointed postmaster at Wnlte
River Junction.
Mrs. J. G. Ullery, of Brattle-
boro, sailed the oath to join her
and son at Dresden,
Germany.
c. B. Carlton, of Manchester
Center, has a copy of the first
issue of The New York Sun of
the date of 1888. This paper is,,a
small single sheet about 12x14.
A. M. Prouty, who has served
the town of Marlboro as clerk for
~ years, declined to serve longer
and E. P. Adams was chosen in
his place at the recent town meet
ing.
Col. Frederick w. Plaisted, a
graduate of St. Johnsbury Acad-
envy in the class of 1884, has been
elected mayor of Augusta, Me-,
on the Democratic ticket.
Senators Beveridge, Dilling-
ham, and Patterson were appoint
ed conferees on the part of the
State on the statehood bill.
News received IN Brattleboro
of the engagement of Elizabeth
Marshall, now passing the winter
at Dresden, Germany, to a Rus
sian nobleman whom she met on
the way over.
Gen. F. D. Grant, department
commander, has sanctioned the
detail of Troop G. at Fort Ethan
Allen for the tournament at Mad
ison Square Garden, New York.
The troop will leave April II for
New York.
The United States district and
circuit courts took further adj
iournment the 9th to May dur
ing the session of Chittenden
county court. The "Spotter"
VS.. P. W. Clement case
will be ready then, also the DR..
Morrow case.
Lucy Sinclair has resigned as
teacher in the st. Johusbury pub
lie schools, concluding a continu-
ous service of ga terms in the
schools. During her term of SER
vice Miss Sinclair has taught two
generations of pupils.
Leslie Shaw, secretary of the
treasury, has contracted with
Charles A. Smith. a Montpelier
marble dealer, to build a sar-
monument of dark Barre
granite to be erected over the
grave of his mother IN Morris
vile. The monument will be set
some time during the coming
summer.
Charles A. Champion of East
Swanton, has filed petition in
bankruptcy. He gives his liabil-
ties as $50, 652.17 and assets as
81 900, of which $500 are claimed
exempt. OF his liabilities $3.50,
ar secured, $40, 1917 unsecured
and S133 due IN wages.
Fl. F. Dodge and wife of Rut-
and have a seven weeks daugh=
:er who weighs pound and a
1alf. She is perfectly healthy.
She is kept IN a basket over a
adiator incubator. She grows
teadily and there is every indica
ion that she will mature. The
mother had two other children,
low grown, who weighed under
our pounds at birth.
1t IS announced that Charles
\. Pierce and his son, Charles
V. Pierce, formerly of The Ben
1ngton Banner, have bought
Nhe Waltham, Mass, Evening
Jews and will take possession of
he paper in about ten days.
1hey have been located for sew
raj years in Northampton where
hey owned The Daily Herald,
ne of the old papers published in
hat city.
Col. S. P. Jocelyn, a native of
'ermont, who mustered the Yer
1ont volunteer regiment into the
United States service at the out
reak of the war with Spain an
mustered it out at the close, has
cen granted a five months leave
f absence by the war department
o take effect MAY l.. Colonel
ocelyn will join Mrs. Jocelyn.
7ho left Burlington sometime
go for a tour of Europe.
The two and oue-half-year-old
bid of Joseph Trombley and
wife of Burlington died March |
4th of spotted fever. The par
nts live in a leanto on South |
'atery ST., and the surrounding
are said to b. very bad. |
he place has been quarantined. |
his is the first case of the dis
ase, which is typical cerebro
pinal meningitis known here in
ears.
Statistics for the manufacture
1g industries of Vermont for
904 given IN a bulletin issued by
he Census Bureau March oath
how that there were 1899 estab-
shments with an aggregate
apital of S62, 65S, 741 and a total
roduct of 500, 083, oil. The sum
f SIS, 221,0 59 was paid in wages
nd material to the value of S32,-
%, 1852 was used.
The first Windsor county Y.
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