The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-07-16
STATE NEWS.

The Rev. DR.. G. Glenn Atkins, o
Detroit, Mich, who spent a fey
days last week in Burlington
where for several years he wa
pastor of the First Congregations
church, has sailed from New Yorl
for Europe for a vacation.
Lyman R. Allen, who has bee
an assistant in the Rhode Islam,
Normal school, has been chosen t.
the principalship of the johnson
State Normal school, vice B. +
Merriam, who was elected to tn
position, but resigned few week
ago.
The patriotic women of Yer
mont July 9th dedicated boulde
at Isle La Motto in memory o
Colonel Smith Warner and Capt
Remember Baker, heroes associat
ed with Ethan Allen. Governor
Prouty and Hughes spoke at thu
exercises.
Joseph P. Wooley, we'll known al
the originator of Herrick's Pilli
and other patent medicines, dice
| in Rutland July 10th aged IS. He
was a bachelor, and lived a her
mit's life for forty years. He haC
been wealthy, but lived entirely
| for the last fifteen years raising
spector of horses for the govern
ment during the Civil war.
The Colonel Ferari's Wild Anima
Arena Co., with a capital stock oil
So, 900, has filed registration papers
allowing it to do business in Yer
mont. The company is incorpor-
ated under the laws of New York
and is organized for the purposes
of buying and exhibiting wild ami
mails, giving theatrical exhibitions
etc.
1t developed that the car that
killed Hector Mongeonof st. Hya-
cinthe July 9Th, on the streets in
Burlington, was owned by Gov.
George H. Prouty, and Chauffeur
Benway was arrested and held on
the charge of manslaughter. Gov.
Prouty who was in Plattsburg
July 7th was notified of the acct
dent. The body of Monegon was
taken to Canada Wednesday.
As the result OF celebrating the
Fourth the young son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Greenough, of Col
chester, who was visiting in Wi
nooski, was shot in the hand by
some unknown boy with a toy pis-
toll. The wound is in the fleshy
part of the hand, and is a serious
one. Another accident occurred to
the young son of Arthur Delage,
who was shot by a boy playmate
in one eye as he was looking
through screen door. 1t is
probable that the boy will lose the
sight of his eye.
George w. Hayward, of Mont
pelier, a Civil war veteran, aged
90, died July 9Th after a long ill
ness incident to old age. He was
born in Turnbridge, and for many
years was a we'll known cattle
buyer throughout Central Yer
mont regiment. He served in
Company F, 2nd Vermont regi-
ment. Most of his life was passed
in Turnbridge, South Royalton and
Fitchburg, Mass, and his legal
residence had always been in
South Royalton. He is survived
by six children and one grand
daughter, Mrs. Eva Morrill,, with
whom he lived
Ambassador James Bryce and
wife, who had been attending the
Champlain tercentenary celebra-
ton, were in Montpelier Friday,
July 9th, in their private car on
their way to Bar Harbor for the
summer. They visited the State
house, Kellogg-Hubbard library,
and other places of interest. EX-
Mayor Seth Low, of New York, has
been a guest of Prof. and Mrs. j.
w. Burgess in Montpelier, while on
his way to the White mountains,
after attending the celebration at
Crown Point and Burlington, max
ing the trip in an automobile.
In the suit case of the big un-
known Polander who drugged and
robbed his compatriot in Granite
Vile Tuesday night, July 9th, of
$500, opened in Montpelier July 8,
was found a coat dotted with
blood and human flesh, also
stone stained with blood. The
find has excited the authorities,
and States Attorney Gates and
Sheriff Tracy visited Graniteville
1t is the opinion that
the Polander was mixed up in an
other crime, possibly of a serious
nature.
T. L. Ellis, aged As years, a rep
of the New England
and Telegraph company
who has been in Barre making ar
for the new telephone
rates, died July 2 on the tram
while he was en- route TO MS nome
N Middlebury, Mass. He has been
in perfect health in Barre, aside
rom occasional headaches, and IT
IS thought a headache powder he
had taken was the direct cause of
MS death.
The nine-year-old son of Mrs. |
of Barre, while prema-
-urely celebrating the Fourth by |
he discharge of percussion caps, |
was quite severely injured Friday, |
July I'd by the explosion of one /
Of the caps in his face. 1t was 4
thought at first that both eyes |
had been blown out, but il was /
'ound that both eyes could be |
saved and that the burn on his /
ACE was about the extent of his
injury.
Two serious Fourth of July acct
tents occurred in Morrisville Jul
V 5th. Defoe Croft, aged II years /
discharged a blank cartridge into
,ne of his hands, severing an ar
cry and badly decorating it. Anti
.oxin was used to prevent tetanus.
Young Croft is a Boston boy, who,
With his mother, is spending the
summer at the home of his grand
mother, Mrs. E. J. Hall. Linwood
Jaw received painful, though less
erious injuries than the Croft boy.
large firecracker exploded in
me of his hands, which was filled