The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-04-23

STATE NEWS.


a veteran of the civil war, died
April II at his home in Montpelier,
after an illness of a week. Mr..
Campbell was a stationary engineer.
He served in Company I, 18th
Vermont regiment.
The insurance commissioners,
State Treasurer E. H. Deavitt and
Secretary of State G. w. Bailey,
have recently admitted the fol-
lowing three insurance companies
to do business in the state. Ameri-
can Druggists Fire Insurance Co.,
of Cincinnati, o., The Law Union
and Crown Co. (ire), of London,
Eng, and the Massachusetts Acct
dent Co., of Boston.
Orders were issued recently from
the headquarters of the depart
ment of Vermont, G. A. R., for
the AID encampment of the de-
partment, which will be held in
Burlington Wednesday and Thurs
day, May 18th and 18th. Com
mander-in-chief, Henry M. Nevlus
has announced his intention OF
attending the encampment and
large number of comrades are
expected. :,
Governor Prouty has appointed
the following men to represent
Vermont at the second annual
national peace congress to be held
in Chicago from May 3 to May 5.
Ex-Governor Fletcher D. Proctor
of Proctor, Lieut.-Gov. John A:
Mead of Rutland, Joseph Aud OF
Burlington, Congressman Frank
Plumley of Mortified, Joseph A.
DeBoer of Montpelier, Frank l..
Greene of st. Adams.
The Rev. w. NJ Newton, for the
past two years pastor of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church at Springfield
has been transferred to the New
England Southern Conference and
has gone to take up his new duties
as pastor of the only Methodist
church in Woonsocket, R. l., city
of $4,000 inhabitants. Mr.. New
ton has passed all of his life in Yer
mont with the exception of four
years at Wesleyan seminary. His
first pastorate was in Waterbury,
covering a period of four years.
He was then principal of Montpelier
seminary for three years and pre-
siding elder for six years of the
Montpelier district of the Vermont |
Methodist conference. He has lived
in Springfield two years.
While using the butt of his rifle
as club in an attempt to dispatch
a heron which he had shot and
wounded, Gerald Bowley, the four
teen-year-old son of Ralph Bowley,
of West Derby, was probably fatally
wounded by the discharge of the
rifle.
The water in White river was
higher here than for many years on
Wednesday, April IA. Just north
of the covered bridge the water in
the branch overlooked the whole
meadow, formerly known as the
rair ground, and the meadow on
he opposite side of the branch
several thousand feet of lumber
we're carried away by the water,
,eing owned by A. n. Washburn
o., and at one time serious trouble
vas anticipated at the electric light
tation. Every effort was made to
void the destruction of the plant.
1t Lake Ansel men were actively
ngage in preventing any danger
II day Wednesday, the water
here being much higher than for
everal years. The White River
ALLEY railroad suffered somewhat
rom washouts.
At the annual meeting of the
Barre and Williamstown school
.irectors, held at South Barre on
he 9th inst, it was decided to f,
issolve the "union," to take effect
t the close of the present year,
uly |. Barre has schools enough
f its own to occupy the whole
ime of the supervisor, and we
understand that Superintendent
,hilds will continue the excellent
work. he has been doing for the
chool of both towns during the
,ast two years, and will, after July /
devote his entire time and at
ention to the supervision of the
chools of Barre Town exclusively,
yhie WilIiamstown will either 60
Jack to the old-time "town" super
,ision, or else effect a union with
ONE other adjoining town or towns
n Orange county. Comments on
he wisdom of the action OF our
chool directors in Withdrawing
rom the union may appear at a
alter date.