The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-07-25
STATE ITEMS

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iatsllecsual aliainmsais. nd bad SLED The
positios he ooeupiei At The time q bis death
for several year..
Mrs stephen Browp, q Montpelier. vas
honibly burnsa last wesk ia consequences q
Der clothes taxing SIRE
I A Canadian named solonop 0arrun. hir-
81 leau At Vergenuss &c 81 70 FertisburE.
promising 10 rviuFn the same night Ia
stead u doing ~ he seat to Bristol aud from
there 10 Randolph. vhsre b, tried 10 pose
of the team Ne set the price 20 low that
suspicion was aroused. aud an Investigation
Vas made which resulted ia bis arrest and
lodsment In Jail
The Hydepark and Waterbury stage upset
a short lime since. with load Of sevsBseen
passengers. Three persons we're dangerous
y injured
4 A few days since the wife aud daughter Of
Moses Sc mers, Of West DansilIe, we're rid
ing in one horse wagon when, IN going
down q steep II. the harness gave way.
/ throwing them out aud severely iujaring the
m.lher The horse kept on its way until it
came in eobtae, with wagon containing
lady, who Was thrown out but escaped with
GU, injury.
Mr.. b. +. Dewey, Of Poullney, has an
American Merino Buck. Of bis own raising.
three yaars old. from which he sheared
fleece Of ole years growth which seighed
/ 25i lbs. Weight Of sheep, fleece OF. l0l lbs.
A young lady from Millyille, Mass, Ct
teen years Of age, while in company with
some friends picking berries near the deep
cut below the Cayendsh depot, fell down the
cut, twenty-seyen feet, striking her head
upon the end Of u railroad tie, badly fractur-
ing her skull. Her recovery is doubtful
Edward Van Driesan, young man EN-
ployed at the Bellows Fails depot, was kill
ed by the cars few days since. While on
the top Of a car helping brake up a train he
went 10 set q brake. The nut which held
the brake was loose and came off, throwing
| him down between the cars Several cars
run over him, and both his legs were cut of
He died in few hours.
Chester Stone, of Wethersfcld, was pitch
| ing hay on the llih, when the man above
him dropped his fork SO that both tines pen
eraled Stones head near the eyes. The
sight Of one had been destroyed rome time
before, and there is now danger that he will
lose the remaining eye.
John Carrowsy, of the Vermont Veteran
cavalry, who was injured by the premature
discharge Of gun whilst engaged in firing
salute ON the 4,h Of July at ogdensburgh.
died ON Wednesday morning, the 18th lust
John Dick y, Of Bridgewater, hung him
self on the 10Th ult. He was u returned
soldier, was taken prisC ner ia September,
1864, md made his escape on the 24th OF
last April, vixen be came home The cause
Of his act is report TO have been the uu-
| kind treatment OF bis wife.
| After the meu Of he Sih Regiment we're
PAID of, quite number Of them met their
surgeon, Dr. Gitlett. at Essex Junction, and
entered the car where he was leated, pelted
hun with rotten eggs aud then pitched him
out Of window.
Miss Sarah Spauding, Of the town of Ira,
a young lady OF rs years Of age, being miss
ed from her home, last Wednesday evening,
after she had retired for the night, search
was Immediately made by the neighbors,
with lanterns, but she could not be found.
At daylight, on Thursday, she was found
drowned with her face downward in small
stream with eight inches depth Of water, hav-
lug no clothing upon her person but night
dress and a shawl.
A daring attempt at highway robbery was
made at Brattleboro, Monday night, at about
/ o'clock, upon Alonzo Whitman, an eX-
pressmAn, Nhilehe was going to his resi-
dence. lie me-. carriage moving slowly
aud soon after some one struck him on the
back Of the neck. lie Immediately turned
round and dropping lantern and pail in
his hands, struck the villain with his fist.
during which be received stab in the left
arm. As soou as he received the stab, he
ran aud gave the alarm, but nothing could
be found Of the highwayman, who probably
made his escape in the carriage above men.
toned.
II is estimated that the liquor traffic in
vergennes has been lessened $1,000 in the
asst seven months, by strict enforcement of
the prohibitory law. Fifty barrels Of liquor
we're seized last winter, and fines amount-
ing to several hundred dollars have been
since imposed.
The 9th regiment Of IIaneock's Corps has
been ordered from Washington for duty in
Vermont, New Hampshire and Connecti-
cut.
James Parion and HE wife, Fanny Fern,
are spending the summer at BraItleboro,
VT.
Col Wa. c. Holbrook, Of the 7th Yer
mont Regiment, has resigned his commits
sion, left the service and returned home
The Regiment has gon on duty in Texas.
package Of letters, evidently IN the or
iginal wrapper, was received at the post
ctioe in this village on Thursday the 18th.
which was mailed At Irasburg. Vt, on the
"a dav ~ Nav TG4A having been over