The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-12-05

by leading citizens of the town. She wa
for many years an instructor in the Middle
bury schools and her supporters allege tn
information there gained will be of ines
Unable value to the board should she b
elected
The market price of raw fur skins founC
in Vermont, such as muskrats, mink, foXe
skunks, raccoon and the like are somewha
lower than last season. The slump vii
probably not affect the price of made VI
furs as muffs boas, and coats sold nov
are fashioned from skins bought at 191.
prices and the dealer must get back wha
he paid to the trappers.
On the last day on which the four pei
cent discount was allowed, the town treas
urer of St. Johnsbury took in $39.762 in
taxes, collecting in all this year SIP, 504-
4S, an unusually large percentage. The
grand list this year was the largest in the
history of the town and as tax rate was
very slightly reduced, it had more reven-
ue due it in the form of taxes than before.
The grand list was 1924, 47S.S1.
Word reached St. Johnsbury Friday,
of the death in Washington, d. c., on
Thanksgiving day, of Eva Cobb Harris,
wife of John E. Harris, the we'll known
Newspaper writer, now in the real estate
business in st. Johnsbury. Last summer,
Mrs. Harris with her two small children,
took a 1900 mile carriage drive from Dan
vile, Vt. to Georgia and back to Wash
ington.
John H. Wrenn of Brattleboro, who was
sentenced to life Imprisonment for the
murder of j. Stewart Hamilton in Febru-
airy last, has been denied a new trial. At
torneys for the prisoner who petitioned
for re-trial on the ground of newly dis
covered evidence will carry the case to the
supreme conrt. Pending decision, Wrenn
will remain in jail in Keene, n. H. Wrenn
fed to Nova Scotia after the murder and
was extradited.
By order of Adjutant- General Lee S.
Tillotson of the Vermont military depart
ment, the Co. A signal corps of Norwich
university, Mortified, was disbanded
Dec. 2, and the officers and men were
transferred to the LIST cavalry and the ca
Diet corps will be recognized as complete
squadron of cavalry, troops A, B, G, and
d. First Lieut.. Ralph M. Parker, U. S.
Cavalry, professor Of military science and
tactics, is by his consent placed in charge
of military instruction and administra-
ton of the National Guard organization
at Norwich university.
James r. Wilson of Bethel, who was
graduated from the University af YER
mont, Burlington in 1911, has been APP
pointed Rhodes scholar from this state.
He was one OF six candidates who were
eligible for the appointment. He succeeds
Elias Lyman. Jr. of Burlington, one of
his classmates at Vermont, when Mr.. Ly-
man finishes his three-vear scholarship at
Oxford next June. The Rev. Charles G.
Wilson Of Burlington. University of YER
mont, '07, was a former Rhodes scholar
from this state, and is a brother of the
appointee.
At the state prison at Windsor Nov. %,
200 convicts were treated to a minstrel
show given by l3 of their fellow inmates.
Que of the convicts announced that he
wanted to start prison paper, called The
Monitor, similar to papers now published
in prisons in Ohio and Minnesota. The
idea has been endorsed by Supt. W. S.
Lowell and will be brought soon to the at
tention of the state board of prison COM
missioners.
A cablegram from London announces
the birth Sunday of a daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. Shane Leslie. The latter is the
daughter of the Hon. Henry c.
Ide, of st. Johnsbury, former governor
general Of the Philippines and minister to
Spain in the Taft administration. Mrs.
Leslie is a sister of Mrs. Bourke Cochran
and the baby is a grandniece OF Lady
Randolph Churchill. Mr.. Ide and Mrs. |
Cochran are now in London. The Lesles |
have resided in London since their mar
rage in June 1912.
John Wait 40, Of Peru, is dead, the |
victim of a stray shot by some |
ieer hunter in the woods near his home. |
His death occurred just before go o'clock
Monday afternoon, Nov. "a. Mr. Wait /
owned a farm in Peru and in his family |
we're his father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. /
Ira $. Wait, his wife and two children.
After. dinner Monday he went with his
cam into the woods, a short distance
back Of his house for a load Of wood. Not
ong afterwards rife shot was heard and
Don afterwards his team with part Of
DAD of wood on the wagon came into the
ard. Mr.. Waits father promptly went
o the woodlot to find the occasion for the
cam running away and found his son
lead beside the wood pile with a bullet
wound entirely through his head. The
,ullet entered Just back Of the right ear
nd left at a point Just above the left ear.
While it is the general impression in that
ection that Mr.. Wait met his death as the
esult Of a chance shot on the part Of some
eer hunter, the woods IN that locality
aving been full Of them.
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