The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-03-22

who is a woman of small stature
was no match for the irate moth
er, and fled. The town is mucl
stirred over the affair, but botl
the principals have declined tC
make any statement. 1t is prob
able, however, that an arrest will
follow. Miss Locke has an excel
lent reputation as teacher.
Charles A. Calderwood of ST.
JOhnsbury was struck by the "air
line" on the Boston & Maine rail.
road at the depot March 11th,
while crossing the track to take
the remains of Henry Carrick
from the st. j. & L. G. train
which had just pulled into the
station. Mr.. CalderwOOd was hit
by the cylinder head of the en-
CINE and thrown against a post.
His left wrist was broken and he
was severely bruised about the
hip. No internal injuries have
been discovered and his condition
is not serious. Mr.. CalderwOOd
is a well known undertaken and
has a wide acquaintance through
out the State in the Masonic
fraternity, having been elected
master of the Grand Lodge at the
present term.
Orleans county court opened
Wednesday the 9th, Judge Geo.
M. Powers presiding, with four
lawyers in attendance. The civil
list promises to be short. The
criminal docket will probably be
longer and of more importance
than usual. The case of the ad-
ministratOr of the estate of the
late Congressman William w.
Grout VS.. Congressman David j.
Foster has been discontinued.
The case of the state VS.. George
7. Howard, late railroad commits
siOner, is not on the docket.
March II twenty-five citizens
of Middlesex presented the as
sistant judges Of Washington
county a petition prOtestive
against the appointment of liquor
license commissioners in Middle
sex. The petitioners base their
petition on the ground of illegal
voting at the town meeting last
week, claiming that four persons
who voted were residents of Mont
pelier. The assistant judges will
pay no attention to the petition
as they will not 60 back of the
report of the town clerk of Mid
dleseX which records that the
liquor license vote was, eyes, IS;
mo-, Ga. The outcome Of the
matter will probably be that the !
assistant judges will appoint the
commissioners according to law
and then the citizens will petition
to have an injunction placed on
the commissioners restraining
them from appointing any licen-
sees.
AS Tony Bianchi of Windsor
was going by Mrs. Nellie E. Pet
It's Sabin's kitchen window, Mar.
18th about 6 80 to feed his horse,
his attention was attracted by
on the window. He
found Mrs. Sabin lying upon the
floor with a broken hip and nearly
dead from the cold. Mrs. Sabin,
who is over IS years old and lives
alone, got up to fix the fire about
and in some way
stumbled and fell upon her hip.
She was hardly able to crawl out
into the kitchen after securing a
wrap to put over herself, and .
staid there until morning, hop
ing to attract the attention Of
some passerby, the fire in the
going out. DR.. J. D.
Brewster was called, but did not
set the limb, and it is feared that
pneumonia will develop on ac-
count of the exposure.
DR.. w. Scott Nay, secretary of
the State board of medical exam
ners, makes correction in the
report published in the Free
Press regarding the six physi-
Clans licensed to practice in
Vermont as the result of eXami-
nations held at Montpelier Jan
nary s to 10. There were only
II who took these examinations
instead of u, two dropped out
lfter the first days tests, two
allied to pass, and seven received
certificates. The successful can
lidates are as follows: DR.. w.
3. Avery, Warren; DR.. G. c.
Rublee, WolcOtt; DR.. G. S. Clark,
DR.. James f. West,
Troy, n. Y; DR.. G. \. Smith,
Athens, Me-; DR.. Patrick F.
Winooski; DR.. s. II.
IcKewen of Felchyille.
Charles E. Burt, Of Stowe, has
Iualified as receiver of the Mount
Mansfield electric railway, the
american Trust Co., holder of a
on the property, hav-
ne brought in a petition for fore
.losure. The road will be operat-
d as heretofore when Mr.. Burt
vas its manager. The railway
from Waterbury to
Stowe. a distance of eleven miles,