The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-06-30
STATE NEWS.

A recent cloudburst in Springfield
caused damage to to highways of S.
900 and it will probably take all the
highway appropriation to put them
back in shape.
TROY has had over rs feet of the
main pipe of the water system wash
out by the heavy rains with an iron
bridge, leaving the whole village in
definitely without any water supply.
The steamer Anthems, which sunk
in Lake Memphremagog early in the
spring, has been raised and repaired
and will make regular trips between
Newport and Magog this summer.
Dorothy Garfield Fisher of Airing
ton, VT. received the honorary degree
of Doctor of letters at the 153 Com
mencement exercises held June goth
at Dartmouth college.
The American Wooden company of
Winooski has paid $4,000 in death
claims since June /, 1919. Five hun
dred and nine-two thousand, five hum
bred dollars is the entire amount
that this company has paid out in
the various mills since the above
date. Accident and health insur ance
for the above period amounted to
81, 00O,018.86 making the total paid
out by the company for death, &C
cident and health insurance $1,624,-
518.86.
Kearny, N. j., has recently unveiled
a memorial to its war heroes, at
which General Pershing assisted in
the unwilling exercises. The men,
orial was cut at the Presbrey-Leland
plant in Barre, from Dummerston
granite, and is stated to have cost
$4,000.
The 35th annual convention of the
Vermont Christian Endeavor Union
will be held with the First Church of
Burlington on the 10th, 18th and 18th
of October. Eminent speakers from
outside the State are expected, as
we'll as prominent Vermont Endeav-
orers and others interested in the
religious work of young people. YER
mont Christian Endeavorers are look
ing forward to a record convention in
the Queen City.
The Vermont Maple Syrup COM
pany of st. Johnsbury, a concern
which will be located in st. Johns
bury, has filed articles of association
in the Office of secretary of state for
the purpose of conducting a maple
syrup business. The capital stock is
$4,000, and the papers are signed by
Harry Wilson of Boston. Gertrude
H w Franklin, Clinton
Cary and G C Cary of st. Johnsbury
A cloudburst caused the waters of
the Mississquoi river at Sheldon
Springs to rise seven feet in IL hours
The logboom of the Mis-
sisquoi pulp and paper company was
broken, freeing 1000 cords of pulp
wood and causing extensive damage
to crops, roads and bridges through
put Franklin county Officials of the
paper company said the cost of sal
vaging the lumber would exceed
100000.
John L LeCiair, the Barre young
man arrested at Poughkeepsie, N. Y,
on charges Of bigamy and perjury,
having admitted being married to
seven young women during the last
few years, was sentenced by Supreme
Court Justice Tompkins at Pough-
keepsie to serve five years in Sing
Sing for bigamy and two to four
years for perjury. He will serve the
bigamy sentence first. During the
session of the court, LeClair ad-
mitted seven marriages and declared
in response to questions, that he was
temperate in everything but matri-
mony.
j Walter Bliss, travelling salesman
for the j T Slack corporation of
Springfield, sustained a serious in
jury when he was thrown from an
upper berth in sleeping car, strik-
ing his back on the edge of the lower
berth and fracturing vertebra- He
has been removed to the Sparhawk
sanatorium at Burlington for cleo
trical treatment.
The North Congregational Sunday