The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-06-24
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flaF The house apan the toxin htm 10
Springfield, 81, vas entirely destroyed by
Gre e. Saturday iast.
The North Star et SATURDAY lasi ssys
Las Wednesday nshi ,he dwelling hosse
of Me. WilariT Blown. located 10 ,hs wesl
pau 81 peaeham. was destroyed Is are.--
The Gre caught % Che upper pa Il lhe
building whore three children wers sleeping.
while Mrs Brown luhese husband j. 10 dc
Federal army,l was sleeping in The lower
plrt with au infant child About 2 o'clock
Mrs B. was awaked by ,he dre. aud imme-
diatsly started ta IS VI chamber 70 ,be res
cue q her children, but she found ihc stairs
an in aamos. and was obliged to abandon
hsr purpose.
Pretty soon one o. hei neighbors arrived,
aud found one child sin able BY great effort.
to jump from sautiio h1le into BIS aims,
aud in this way It's life WAS saved 4 call
was made to the other two children. aged 10
and II years-bu, there was no response
II is supposed they had already persisted r.
Every possible cdort was made to save them.
bat without avail Soon after the neiglbors
arrived the roof fell 10. and subsequently
portions Of the chlllren's remains we're
found. They were son and daughter nam-
cd Perry and Alice
The night train from Boston due here at
half past eleven, met With serious accident
on Saturday night, about two miles South of
this village, just this side Of the bridge
across Cold River ii Clarendon, Some sill
lain had displaced one u tie rails. evident
" from appearances only few minutes be-
fore the arrival Of the train, The engine ap-
preached under fall head Of steam. and
passed safely over the obstruction together
with the tender, but The baggage car was
thrown from the track, as also the passenger
car. the latter rolling over and down ihe
enbankment Though some dozen passen-
gers were aboard, very fortunately no one
sustained any serious injury. Last Thurs.
day night tie engineer found rocks on The
track at precisely the same place, without
doubt put there by the same wretch who tore
up the rail, They we're however, struck and
thrown 81 the track by tie cow-cateber,
without producing any injury. The perpe-
traitor Of such an outrage richly deserves
hanging Rutland He,ah
DRowSEp We learn that boy whose
parents reside at West Rutland, was drown.
"a on Saturday in castleton Pond, where he
with other boys went 70 fish. lie fell out of
the boat, and his comrades were not able to
rescue him. We have not learned biz name
Rutland Herald
On Thursday. The 9th inst, Dir Sylvester
Howard was thrown from his wagon while
going to the village u Irasburah and 70 Sc
yerey injured thai he died on Sunday af.
ternoon. His daughter, who was accompa-
nying him. was also injured.
The St. Johnsbury Caledonian says the
drowth IS becoming quite serious in Calelo-
MIA and Orleans counties. There has noi
been soaking rain in Caledonia coanty
since tie fall Of 1861, and no rain at Al! ior
the past Eve or six weeks. The grass is dry
ing up and dying as II sometimes does in
August. This il not confined 10 pastures.
but wherever the soil is thin or sandy. the
effect Of the lrowth Is di astrous II is also
said the hay crop in that locality will be
light At any rate, and that uuless rain falls
soon cattle gill suffer IN the pastures.
The Burlington Free Press says that in the
towns lying back from the Lake, ice formed
on Sunday night as thick as glass. ana grow
ing crops Of potatoes, corn. beans, &C., we're
cut down to the ground
We learn that Coz. H. W. Clarke Of this
village has been appointed by the President
and confirmed by the Senate. Assistant Quar-
termas,er Of Volunteers with the rank Of
Captain. in place Ct b. D. Harris, declined,
and that he has accepted the appointment
PhGntr.
The Rev. A. c. Smith died at bis residence
in South HardBick, May z3d, in the 52d
year Ct bis age, and the 9th Of his minis
Try,
Rev Eli Ballou Of Montpelier. Is to deliy-
er the address on The occasion Of the Mason
ic Celebration at Bradford, on ihe 2Iih inst
Col. stoughton Of the 4ih VI, bas been
presented by the officers of Co. H., Of that
regiment, with handsome dress sword.