The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-04-09
STATE NEWS

F. K. Brown, of Sharon, has been
elected an associate editor of The
Dartmouth Magazine, the monthly
publication of Dartmouth College,
Hanover, N. III.
The prospects are good for re-
building the Pollard wrapper fac
tory at Chester which was de-
stroyed by fire within a few
weeks and that it will be on a
much larger scale than ever.
A twelve-foot butt of a birch
tree was hauled into Island Pond
recently and scaled no feet. 1t
measured 46 inches through, was
as round as a cherry, and per-
fectly sound. 1t was a part of a
tree cut by w. s. Currier and
scaled 1,496 feet.
The double funeral of s. w. Van
Dusen and his sister was held at
the church at East Warren. The
sister was ill at White River juno
ton and her death occurred about
ten minutes after that of her
brother. Their ages were SO and
81 years respectively.
The Clark block of Rutland,
three-story brick building, was
damaged by fire early March 3Oth,
causing loss of $4,000. The drv
goods company of A. H. Colvin
are the heaviest sufferers.
Joseph Rivers of Windsor, was
arrested March 30th at Chambly
Canton, Que, on a charge of kid
mapping. With him was Daisy
Redmond, II years old, whom Riv-
ers is charged with having taken
from her home in Windsor last
May. Rivers waived extradition
and will be taken to Windsor in |
the morning.
They are still changing names
around Barton. The Boston and |
Maine railroad has decreed that
South NeWbury shall be Conicut:
Stanstead Junction, Beebe juno
ton; Beebe Plain, Beebe. It
takes a level headed traveller to
arrive where he is going.
The first meeting of the new
Board of Trade, a consolidation of
the old Board of Trade with the
Merchants Association of Montpe-
lier was held March 3Oth, and the
following officers were elected
President, j. A. DeBoer; vice
president, l.. ID. Taft; secretary,
F. E. Gleason; treasurer, j. H. Kel-
liner; board of managers, j. A.
DeBoer, L. D. Taft, G. L. Blanch-
ard, Willard c. Cotton, A. j. Sib-
ey.
Allen Owen, the seven-year-old
son of Edison Owen, of Hinesburg,
shot at Normal Bushey, another
ad, Tuesday March 80, with an air
gun, the bullet entering the lat
.er's face, near the month. The
)nlIpt has nnt |
ret.
Walter L. Barum, of Rutland, /
las been appointed confidential ::
Jerk to Post Master General
He was Hitchcock's U
'rivate stenographer during the
residential campaign. =
Lieut.-Commander j. H. Holden
{ Burling ton, has been appointed
ide of staff of Rear Admiral !
eaton Schroeder, comman der-in- u
hief of the Atlantic fleet. He e.
as been on duty with the Mis-
ouri. o
The first New England Insti-
lte for pastors in active service
ill be held in st. Johnsbury MAY
to 6 in the North Congregation
church. All clergymen of the v
aptist, Congregational, Metho- =
list Episcopal, Protestant Episco-
al, and Universalist churches in
Vermont and north
estern New Hampshire will be
vited. These institutes grew
ut of the feeling existing in y
ew England divinity schools that y
leir excellent educational re- -
nployed in the interests of the 4
lurch.
One Vermont girl is among II
ected from a senior class of 40 4,
Smith college, Northampton, u
ass, to membership in Phi Beta g
Eta Kappa, the national society
which only college students of 81
e highest standing are eligible. m
lie is Florence E. Paine of White A
.ver Junction. Election to the tn
'ciety is made on a basis of hs
holarship throughout the en- bl
re college course. pt
Between so and 60 men are cut p'
ing ice at the north end of the e9
OF Lake Champl in at 81
A storage house Fl
yned by the Standard Coal & SC
e company will be filled with re
'out 1900 tons. Although there OF
already a sufficient supply of ca
e for Burlington consumers, it JC
expected that there will be a FIR
eat demand from outside the W
ty because of the open winter in so
lrious parts of the country. The pc
Ice company will m
i've over 5000 tons to sell outside m
e city this season. ar
Among the nominations sent to be
e senate recently were the fol- or
wing to be first lieutenants of af
fantry- Francis H. Burr and de
Obert t. Phinney, both of whom an
from Norwich Univer- to
ty in the class of 1902. Burr
Is been a second lieutenant of an
e 3Srd Infantry and Phinney of pu
e 18th Infantry, stationed at by
,rt Niagara, N. Y. Phinney is til
w on leave and with his wife We
visiting his mother in Montpe- bv
IT. Both got their appointment BT
second lieutenants in the Army, I
,tober 2s, 1902. Phinney goes to nj
e 7th United States Infantry by Of
emotion. This regiment is sta a