The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-12-24
STATE NEWS.


4 of the census.
4 The marriage engagement of J
S Watson Webb son of DR.. w. Seward
e Webb, of Shelburne and New
2 York, to Miss Havener, of New
5 York, has been announced.
The ice on the Rutland ponds is
about six inches thick and it i:
thought by the icemen that they
will begin cutting about January l.
1t is said that there are now at
least one hundred csses of diphtheria
at the state industrial school, Yer
gennes. A strict quarantine is en-
! forced.
Judge and Mrs. James L. Martin
have issued invitations to the mar
riage of their oldest daughter.
Margaret Susan Martin to Murray
Montague Tucker, Tuesday, Deem
Der %.
Evans Kidder of Westford has re-
ceived a certificate from Oxford I'm
iversity, Eng, notifying him that
he is one of the two successful can
didates from this state who took the
examinations for a Rhodes scholar
ship.
Henry W. Drew, express agent
for 40 years in Montpelier, and we'll
known in that section died sudden
ly of heart disease Dec. 18th while
shoveling snow from the sidewalk in
front of his residence on Winter
street. Mr.. Drew was native of
Charlotte where he was born in Aug
ust 1888.
A story was widely circulated to
the effect that A. d. Robinson, who
recently died at Des Moines, Iowa,
aged 80 years, was the oldest trave-
ling salesman in the United States.
W. B. Jones, of Johnstown, N. y,
who has travelled through Vermont
and other Eastern states for the
past thirty-one years, is 81 years
old and he lays no claim to seniority.
County Game Warden F. w. Hay
ward, of Rutland has had killed a
large doe found in Cold river Sun
day, fighting dogs, one of it's legs
having been broken by the animals.
He expects to prove the ownership
of the animals and prosecute. The
carcass was sold at local market.
While party of twenty-five
young people from Rutland were at |
supper in the basement of the town
hall at Ira Dec. 10th following a con-
cert upstairs, the building timber
supporting the upper floor loosened,
toppled over, and struck Leland |
Fish on the shoulder knocking him
down. Then turning it hit Miss
Ruth Pearsons on the side of her
head rendering her unconscious.
Their injuries will not prove serious.
Several others narrowly escaped.
The cause of the accident is un-
known.
Sheriff Frank Tracy has settled I
his account with the Washington
county prison board for the year
ending December l, and has paid
into the states treasury $1,00S.3l
as net income for prison labor
during the year. The prisoners
under his care earned during the
year S1,S9S.S3. 1t is asserted that
the 81 ,00S.31 paid by Sheriff Tracy
for this prison labor is more than
will be turned into the state treas
ury for like service by the thirteen
other sheriffs of the state combined.
Chester is to have new industry
in the near future. The controlling
stock of the Cotton Combination
Tool Co. of Easthampton, Mass. has
been bought by the business men
of the town and the shop is to be
moved there. 1t is hoped the shop
may be in running order by January
/. The officers of the company
have been elected as follows: Pres
ident, Gorham C.. Parker, of Hart
ford Conn., vice-treasurer, P. +.
Head; directors, c. Z. Cotton. c.. O.
Fullam, L. A. Carpenter, w. o.
Davis and E. J. Davis.
A dispatch from Berlin states
that Prof. John w. Burgess of Co {
umbia University. who owns the ,
Redstone, in Montpelier, where he T
passes his summers. kept the EN- ,
porer of Germany waiting in the :
palace at Potsdam for half an hour {
Tor dinner recently.
Professor and Mrs. Burgess were Z
lifting in a hotel there at Gas {
o'clock in the evening when a tele- !
phone message was received COM S
them to come to the pal {
ice at once for dinner. They were '
to take the Z o'clock train. (
Professor Burgess explained that it c
vas impossible for himself and his 5
wife to catch that train, but that [
hey could 20 OH the train leaving t
lalf an hour later They were told @
hat that was all right Tbo,- n