The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-07-15

during the final exercises by the
conferment of the degree of doctor of
divinity. Doctor Bishop is mem
Der of the class of 1878.
&aWilliam Tevyaw had a narrow
escape from violent death Friday,
July l, at the tub factory of the
j. C. Hutchins estate, in Mont
gomery Center Vt, while remov-
ing waste from the carrier which had
become clogged, his clothing caught
in set screw causing him to
make several revolutions with the
shaft and only releasing him when
his clothing was all removed from
his body. While badly bruised
the physician can find no broken
bones and thinks probably that he
will recover.
E. B. Finn has resigned as
managing editor of the Springfield
Reporter, his resignation having
taken effect July /. Mr.. Finn was
connected with the Reporter staff
in one way or an other for several
years and for the past months had
edited the paper. Harry A. Bing-
ham has been engaged as manager.
Walter w. Slack was elected pres
ident of the Springfield Printing
Co., to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Mr. Finn from
that office.
The citizens of Bethel have raised
$1,000 to assure the rebuilding
of the Fisher tannery. The plant
will probably not be built on so
large a scale as before. The old
plant was destroyed by fire in
April, 1910.
Mrs. Alma J. Goodnough, aged
rs years, was operated upon recently
at her home in Brattleboro for the
removal of part of a needle from
her right foot. During the past |
Mrs. Goodnough had eX-
perienced a picking sensation in
her foot at frequent intervals but
had not known the cause. The
piece removed was nearly three
fourths of an inch in length and was
the pointed end Of a carpet needle.
Mrs. Goodnough after the operation
the fact that she broke
such needle while sewing but
lid not know when she got it into
Ter foot.
Rufus w. Spear, clerk of the
public Service commission, makes
public, orders 80 ID and II relat-
ng to Improvements at White
river Junction. This is a readjust-
nent by order of the supreme court. S
he orders reject the first and
econd plans of the railroad and |
ccept the second choice of the I
Boston q Maine. This plan con-
for pedestrians, a subway
2 feet wide, s high and lis feet
'eneath the space now occupied by 9
II the tracks west of the station. !
The cost of this subway and its t
approaches, including the necessary
rack work, the platform and baggag
Iouse west of the tracks and a l
oadway 30 feet wide west of that S
'latform and baggage house, but
the expense of incident to c
platform room about the 6
tation and of the improvements of c
he station itself, is figured at about /
30,634. The commission finds that S
'ublic safety and convenience require /
hat the passenger station platform c
t White River Junction be increase a
and covered, that the
assenger station there be re- '
ranged and repaired and that an /
nderpass for pedestrians together y
nth suitable accommodations for l.
aggage on the west side of the most |;
track of the Central Ver-i q
lont Railway company be construc- a
ed and fences suitable to bar the q
eneral public from travel to and L
'om the station over the tracks t
t grade be erected. The total Il
Npense incident to the fulfill :
tent of this order will probably =
OF exceed $4,000. The expense
lcurred in fulfilling the order as
} the Improvements of the pas
niger station shall be borne one i
lird by the Central Vermont Rail- {
ay company and the remainder {
Y the Boston d Maine railroad. =
II the work shall be completed 1
n or before December 10, 1910.
The State convention of the Lady
Iaccabees of the World closed 4
lly 1 in st. Johnsbury, having =
cen the most successful ever held
Vermont There were about
DO present, and the convention had \
cen in session since Thursday y
forming. Twenty-Five members
ers were initiated, and the new
tual was studied during the greater
art of the convention. The hives
t Barre. Burlington and st. Adams
\ sf,1t,li fiaH tho rt-,,l- =, d., 49,