The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-06-10

great increase in size of the 1911
t publication, which contains SCI
pages, where the previous issue con
f tanned 264 pages. The information
S which has been the principal caus,
of the increase in space is tina
given under the head of business
5 directory by towns.
H. R. Bartlett, of Burlington, who
was indicted at the February tern
of the United States Court fol-
fraudulent use of the mails il
, carrying on a commission business
and who pleaded guilty and was
| sentenced to three months in Chit
tenden county jail, was released
Thursday, May 26, only to be re-
arrested Immediately on an in
dictment issued from the United
States district court of New York
on the same charge. 1t seems that
he had been carrying on similar
business in New York State before
operating III vermont.
A valuable automobile owned by
the Dewitt Grocery Co., of Bellows
Falls, and driven by Charles Miller,
came to grief the other day. In
attempting to turn around the
wheels caught in the car track and
the passengers, DR.. M. L. Morrison
and James Toner, with the driver,
jumped for their lives, getting out
of the way just before fast freight
struck the machine, hurting it high
in the air.
Announcement has been made by
the trustees of the fund left by the
late Col. William Austine that
$4,000 institution for the treat
ment of the mentally and otherwise
defective persons is to be erected
in Brattleboro. The Thayer farm
on Maple street has been purchased
as a site for the institution. This
fund of $4,000 was left by Colonel
Austine in 1904 and has grown to
$4,000 by accruing interest. Con-
siderable litigation has been in
dulged in since the bequest was
made.
A St. Johnsbury fire, June l,
practically destroyed part of the
old Stanley opera house building,
causing loss estimated at $4,000.
The blaze was discovered about |
l 80 o'clock.
The opera house was one of the
first buildings of its kind erected in
st. Johnsbury and for many years
was the headquarters of Company
D, 1st Inf, V. N. g., which removed
from the place some time ago.
Recently the building was remodel
ed, a garage being constructed in one
part of it, while the other was
rebuilt to furnish quarters for the
Summer street laundry, managed
by C. D. Adams. The garage and
the building are owned by Elmer
A. Darby, of New York City, and
The garage is one of the largest and
pest equipped in New England. 1t
S of freproof construction, and it
IS thought was not seriously dam
aged, although somewhat scorched.
The upper part of the old building
vas occupied by tenements, and the
all escaped without diff
,ulty.
Secretary of State Guy W. Bailey
'ecently turned over to State Urea
;urer Deavitt $40, SOC. 81, money
received by him since March l of ,
he present year for automobile {
and license fees, whole !
ale liquor license fees and charter
ees. OF this total, S1,295 was
harter fees; S10,774 for wholesale t
liquor licenses and the balance, j
2S, 737 81, for automobile regis
ration and license fees. This latter q
J a large increase over last year, '
7hen the receipts for the same period |
we're S15,72S. Is, and it is also e
reater than the total receipts =
f the whole year, from March l, n
900, to March l, 1910, by S7S7 SO. g
The total number of automobiles q
egistered in Vermont since jan "
airy /, this year, is 1875, as against Il
,65S for the whole year of 1909. "
he new cars registered in Vermont P
MS year number 3S4. Washington e,
ounty has registered a total of 81
90 so far, of which 81 are new cars. W
he average horse power of these o,
liter is 25.1. The automobile W
wners and operators of the county "
ave already contributed $3.50. 63 in
wards the maintenance of the r
ighways of the county this year.
J against S1,S64. % for the whole
1909. u
As the result of a collision between >
trolley car and an automobile near r
lie Vermont soldiers home at Ben
npton early Monday evening, Nav