The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-03-17

years he was an engineer on the pas
senger train between Montpelier and
Wells River but had not been work.
ing since Thanksgiving because Of i'll
health.
Colonel George J Holden, professor
of military science at the University
of Vermont has been announced as
the commanding officer of the re-
serve officers training camp to be
conducted at Camp Devens next sum-
mer. The dates for the camp We're
announced as June Is to July 81.
Two thousand reserve officers in the
LIST army corps area will be given two
weeks training each within that
period.
Charles M Bailey retired Mar. Bird
from the United States customs
office at Newport after 81 years of
continuous service. He is succeeded
by Carroll A Davis. Mr. Bailey was
appointed customs collector at North
Troy by Cleveland in September,
1885, and when Mr. Butterfield was
appointed under Harrison, Mr. Bailey
was retained and sent to Newport
when this district was formed. After
the death of John L Edwards, he was
made deputy collector in charge,
October 1, 1897. Later he was ap-
pointed cashier during the admins
tration of Col. z M Mansur and Col.
C S Emery.
Miss Emma Cornelia Peabody, who
since 1884 has been town clerk of
Weston and was assistant to her
father, who was town clerk from
1916 to 1883, died Feb. % after a
shock of paralysis. That made &c
years that father and daughter held
the office. From 1914 to 1922 she
was also town treasurer At the
time of her death she was the oldest
member of the Weston Congregation
al church and for many years was
clerk, treasurer and superintendent
of it's Sunday school, She was IT
years old.
Mrs Lawrence E Hunt, a 26-year-
old Rutland woman, who had been at
the Convalescent home in that city
for care after the birth of a baby,
died Mar. Bird within 10 minutes
after she left the institution, ap-
parently in the best of health. Mrs
Hunt lost consciousness while in the
automobile which was taking her
home and never regained it. A blood
clot is given as the cause of her
death. Her husband and tWo-week-
old baby survive her.
In United States court in Burling-
ton Friday verdict of $1,000 for the
plaintiff was rendered in the case of
Mrs Martha E Harris of New York
City VS.. the Burlington Traction COM
pany. She alleged negligence on the
part of the company because in July,
1919, she tripped and fell while
crossing Church street, breaking her
left arm and alleged it because there
was depression in the roadway
there that allowed her toe to catch
under the fange of one of the rails
of the car track.
w H Tracy, observer in charge of
the local station of the United
States weather bureau, reports a
mean temperature Of 18 degrees in
Mortified during February, which is
one degree above the normal for the
month. The highest was 81 degrees,
on the 23rd, and the lowest was Fl
degrees below zero on the 18th. The
greatest daily range was AZ degrees
on the 18th, and the least daily
range was six degrees on the 23rd.
The precipitation Grain and melted
SNOWY amounted to 314 inches, the
normal for the month being 2.26
inches. The precipitation included
30.8 inches of snow, of which 1875
inches remained on the ground at the
end of the conth. The prevailing
wind was from the south, the total
$500 miles, the average
hourly velocity "a miles, and the
NAHUM velocity SO miles per hour.
from the north on the oath. The
month was made of of six clear, nine
partly cloudy and 13 cloudy days,
in quantity sufficient
to measure occurred on IA days. An
aurora was noted on the 18th, solar
halos on the 9th and 18th, and sleet
fell on the End, 22nd and 23rd.
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