The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1906-11-09
STATE NEWS.

Vermont conference will be held
at st. Johnsbury, April II, Bishop
Charles Cardwell McCabe presid
ing, and the Troy conference is
scheduled for April 10 at Saratoga
with Bishop Charles Henry Fowl
er.
Marco, one of the most famous
Morgan trotting bred stations in
Rutland county, was shipped tc
Porto Rico, Oct. Goth, having
been sold for breeding purposes
The shipper is G. K. Cummings
a wealthy Philadelphia man, who
has a summer home between Rut
land and Proctor. He bought the
stallion from Adam Center OF
Brandon for $3.50 and the sale
price is said to be close to the
thousand mark.
Judge Henry G. Ide and daugh'
ter, Miss Marjorie Ide, were to
land in San Francisco on Japan
csc liner about the Both of last
month, and it is expected they
will visit their st. Johnsbury
friends before going to Washing
ton for the winter. Miss Annie
L. Ide has been busily engaged in
New York making preparations
for her wedding, which takes
place the middle of this month.
She has been at the st. Regis in
New York, and is now visiting
friends in Connecticut.
Lena Hall, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. S. Hall, of Randolph, died
Friday, October 10, after an i'll
ness of only three days. The
Monday afternoon before her
death, while carrying in wood
from the wOodshed, she slipped
and fell, striking on the end of her
spine. She attended school the
next day, although she felt i'll.
Thursday, doctors pronounced it
spinal meningitis and conclusion
of the brain. The little girl was
thirteen years old. She is sur
vived by her father and mother
and one brother.
The town of Danville was
thrown into great excitement
Oct. 25th, by the announcement
of the discovery on the farm of
Joseph Labree of the dead body
of Edward Manning near the
Labree's house, and the subse-
quent arrest of Labree and Ar
thur Rogers, who are held on sus-
picion, as alleged participants in
his death. Labree is a French
man who lives alone on a farm
two miles from the village of
Danville and he claims that Man
ming came to his house Saturday
and some time Sunday Rogers
came there. The parties sent
away for two quarts of whiskey,
and proceeded to drink it up as
soon as it arrived.
Events eliminated rapidly Oct.
31st, the final day of the Septem-
Der term of Chittenden county
court. The Consolidated Render
ing company which owns and OPP
crates the plant of the Burling-
ton Rendering company was adj
judged in contempt of court and
fined $4,000 while as result of
the deliberations of the grand
jury, which body had been Wres-
Ting with the diseased meat scan
dial at periods of varying dura-
tion since September 5 four in
dictments were found against the
rendering company, a similar
against L. E. Brigham,
of the local plant, and
one each against DR.. f. A. Rich
of this city and Victor l. Spear OF
Randolph, the last two having
been formerly members of the
Vermont cattle commission.
Maj. -Gen. Lewis A. Grant of
Minneapolis, Mimi, former com
of the old "First Vermont
Brigade" arrived in Montpelier
at l o'clock Tuesday, Oct. 3Oth as
the guest of the state, the chief
object of his visit being to attend
the annual meeting of the Yer
mont Officers Reunion Society,
held in that city November 1. Gen
Grant was met at Essex Junction
by Gen. A. M. Norton and Col. Il.
w. Gibson of the governors stan
and at Montpelier junction he was
met by Gov. F. d. Proctor and
Gen. w. II. Gilmore.
The body of Henry Tracey, OF
Fayston, who was probably MUIR
dered, was found lying by the
roadside Oct. 25 with four or five
bullet wounds in his body. John
Murphy found the body and
doctor from Waitsield was at
once summoned. He gave it as
his opinion that a murder had
been committed. Neighbors re-
member having heard a noise
last night, and it is supposed
that it was the trouble in which
Tracy was concerned. Tracy was
% years of age and was employed
in a sawmill here. Harrison Cor
liss, the II years old son of BenJa-
min COrliss, of FaystOn gave
himself up Oct. 25th, to the
authorities here as it is thought |
he fired the shot that killed Henry