The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-06-07

held at Annapolis June 18th next
and if candidates notify Senator
Proctor that they wish to com
pete for the appointment he may
hold another examination.
George Bowtell, of Bellows
Falls, for the past several years
conductor on the Boston &
Name railroad between Bellows
Falls and Fitchburg, Mass,
pleaded guilty IN Windham
county at Newfane to stealing
tickets and on six counts was
fined $500 and costs which he
paid. Hatch & Bellows, a Bel.
lows Falls shoe firm which has
also conducted a ticket business
is charged with receiving stolen
property.
The Rutland board of educa-
ton Saturday evening, May
25th, reelected Samuel H. Frs
kline principal for the Rutland
high school for year increasing
his salary from 81, 500 to $1,000.
When the other teachers were
named for the year a short time
ago, the teachers committee
failed to recommend Mr.. Erskine,
who has served fourteen years.
This brought forth an immediate
protest from the citizens, parents,
and pupils Detitioning the board
for the retention of Mr.. Erskine.
Paul S. Dillingham;, of Mont
pelier, has been appointed clerk
of the Senate committee on I'M
migration in the place made va
cant by the appointment of Wal
ter w. Husband, of Montpelier,
as one of the secretaries of the
joint commission of the Senate
and House, now abroad for the
purpose of investigating immi-
grafton conditions. The salary
of the clerk of the Senate COM
mittee on immigration is 81, 800
year.
Elias S. Peck, of Clarendon
Springs, aged IS years, was
drowned Sunday, May 26h, in an
abandoned quarry hole. about
half mile from his home. He
went out for a walk in the morn
in. When he did not return
search as made and his body was
found IN fifteen feet of water.
He was subject to severe head
aches and it is thought that he
might have stopped over to battle
his head, and losing his balance
had fallen IN and was drowned.
The contract for building the
Connecticut river dam has been
awarded to ]. G. White Co. of
New York. Henry 1. Hartman,
of Hyde Park, Mass. was in
BrattleBoro Recently and the work
was begun. The greatest prob
lem that has been encountered is
where to place the dam. The To-
cation will not be definitely de-
cided upon until further borings
are made in the river bed. The
rock is a peculiar formation,
standing, on edge or disappear
ing abruptly. The first we'll was
driven on Hooker's neck on the
New Hampshire side and went
down sixty-five feet without
striking rock. Another we'll sunk
200 feet away reached rock at the
depth of twenty-four feet.
William Fairbanks, aged so,
shot and killed Mrs. Mamie
Grout, aged %, May 18th, and
then shot himself. fairbanks call
ed at Mrs. CIRCUITS residence and
asked her to 60 to Keene. She
refused, whereupon he drew re-
volver and fired twice, shooting
her through the heart. She fell
across the doorstep and died in
stant1y. Fairbanks then shot
himself over the heart but he
will live. He has wife living
in Grafton, from whom he separ-
ated only a few days ago. Mamie
Grout was married to her first
husband, E. B. Clark, of Grafton,
when she was only Is years old.
She was divorced from him and
married Fred Grout in 1904.
Pl1ney Mcbride, for the past
SIX months an employee at the
Fairbanks scale works, st. Johns
bury, has been appointed a cadet
at West Point Military Academy.
The appointment was secured
through Congressman w. J.
Smith of the ninth Iowa district
will report at the academy the
of June. Mr.. Mcbride
was born in Deerfield, Iowa, 10
years ago, and was graduated
from the Greenfield high school
in that state a year ago. Mr..
Mcbride comes from good Yer
mont ancestry as his grandfather
was the late John Mcbride, of |
Ryegate. His uncle, Nelson Nc
Bride, was a veteran of the Civil |
War and his parents live on the
home farm in Deerfield, Iowa.
Allen Bacon. a seaman on the
U. S. battleship. Missouri, has
been visitor at his home in FL
more for a few DAYS and incident
ally called upon friends and ac-
quaintances il. Morrisville. Aliens
ship was one of those that went
to the relief of Kingston, jam
alca, at the time of the disas-