The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-02-01
STATE NEWS.

Brattleoro, publishers of The Re
former moved into new and pala
tial quarters last week.
Marvin A. Mcclure, of Rutland
has been appointed manager of the
store of M. Steinert & Sons on
Center st. in that city and will be
gin his new duties next Monday
Ell. S. Wilson, of Arlington
Vermont's state cattle commits.
sioner, has now over one hundred
applications for examinations on
file from all parts of Vermont.
There was cut in Vermont last
year III, 1854 900 feet of spruce
timber, nearly 10 per cent of the
whole cut of the country; SO, 49,
feet of maple, q, 100000 of birch,
and 1881, 900 feet of beech.
At a special school meeting
held in Barton Landing recently
it was voted to allow the building
committee to expend $4,000 for
the erection of the new school
building instead of $37 as was
voted at previous meeting.
In examining the title of the
site for the proposed new post
office building in Barre, United
States District Attorney Dunnett,
of st. Johnsbury, has found that
July 10, 1889, what is now the
business section of Barre was sold
to Ebenezer Brooks Gale for $40
for taxes.
Martin A. Brown of the Deer
field River Co. has practically
closed a big lumber deal with
The Parker & Young Co. of Lis
bon, N. H., which involves the
purchase of from fifteen to TWEEN
ty-five million feet of spruce logs
by the former and the operation
by it for year of one of the
largest saw mills in the East.
The Rev. Charles A. Dickinson,
who died recently in Corona, Cal,
was born and reared in Westmin-
ster and was the founder of the
Kurn Hattin Home for Boys
there. With the Rev. Francis
Clarke he started the Christian
Endeavor societies., the second
society ever formed being that at
Mr.. Dickinson's church.
Wantastiquet Lodge, Indepen-
dent Order of Odd Fellows, at
Brattleboro has three officers who
have an unusual record. Abram j.
Currier has served twenty-four
years as recording secretary,
Charles L. Cobb has served eigh-
teen years as financial secretary,
and Charles E. Sturges has sery-
ed seventeen years as treasurer.
A petition was circulated last
week asking the selectmen of the
town of Westminster to set off
and incorporate as separate vii
lage that part of the town lying
north of the SaXtons River. The
petition met with the general APP
prevail of the inhabitants of that
section and almost all of the
voters signed.
Word has been received at st.
j ohnsbury that David Y. Com
stock, the former principal of st.
Johnsbury Academy, was injured
in the Jamaican earthquake. The
extent of his injuries is not known
but his brother in New York left
for the island Saturday, Jan.
10Th. Mr.. COmstock has been on
the island through the winter not
far from the city of Kingston
where he went to regain his
health. Since he left st. Johns
bury last summer he has been liv
ing with his only child, Mrs. John
G. Bridgman, at Wilkesbarre, Pa.
The Vermont commission to the
jamestown tercentennial exposi-
ton returned home Jan. 10Th,
from a visit to the exposition off |
Roads, Va. The visit
ing commission consisted of
Lieut.. Gov. George Ell. Prouty,
Charles S. Forbes, the Hon. j. F.
Manning, Edgar o. Silver, Fred
l.. Davis, Edward M. Goddard
and James E. Pollard. The com
stopped for a few
hours in Washington, where they
met the Vermont delegation in
Congress in Senator Proctor's
committee room at the capital.
They were accompanied to Nor
folk by Senator Proctor, who also
visited the exposition grounds
with the commission.
G. w. Gates, state highway
commissioner, has announced the
following county road supervis-
ors: Addison. E. Buttolph of
Middlebury; Chittenden-Harold
Stevens of Burlington; Lamoille
C. Barrows of Morrisville;
Orange. B. Wells of Randolph
Orleans-S. B. Bates of Derby
Windham-David T. Perry of
Washington-R. S.
Currier of Barre. These appoint