The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-01-07

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"A -ooI a. Church q. Arlington on sun
day neab ibe l2ih mss
Pasrra Wnf Arunier rarahle
q taking Charge 4 nevspal,- oliea
cau Eaa Us employment 81 apply
ing * this Office Also wanted al ap-
prentice to tbs printing business
Druryu Bat1ukin National Bank
u this place declared a semi-anuual
ayilend. Jan. /, II s per cont. free 81
government tax. aud also added per
cent 70 ITS surplus fund
Tnr OysrlH SCrEIa given hy the La
dies Benevolent Association al Yandor-
lips Hotel last Thursday evening. was a
pleasant aud successful affair. About
one hundred dollars was added to the
fluid for building a new church cdfce
4 GAIA Tie south part Of Rutland
and o portion ofthis county was visited
with quito a severe gale Oh "Wednesday
morning last All North Dorset and Mt,
Tabor fences were blown down and
buildings unroofsd, and al the latter
place lumbar was blown from lumber
yard aud piled on tho track Of the b *
r. Railroad 10 such quantities rs to i'm
pede tho progress Of The MP tram. At
Bennington, i neW building in course
Of constitution, owned by John Vaughn,
was love'al to the ground, IA she'd own
ed by Edward Kelley was blown down,
as was tie chimney Of The Congrega-
tioHal Chapel the roof Of the latter be,
ing also somewhat injured Mr.. Kel-
ley was il bis shed at tho time Of its de-
struction, and narrowly escaped injury.
Marrow ESCAPE OF Hon 4. B. GASP
SER. On Tuesday afternoon oflast week
Hon a. b. Gardner Of Bennington had
a narrow escape from a'horrible death
in the depot Of the Union Railroad Co.
in Troy, n. y. Mr.. q. was awaiting
the departure Of tie Northern train to
proceed to his home, and was standing
on one Of the tracks in the dc sot. 4
freight train entered the depot from the
North upon this track, which NJ. Gard
ner observed, and to avoid it stepped
upon another track Unfortunately the
2 p. nj. Hudson River express train was
just entering the depot from the South
upon the track on which Mr.. g. was
now standing. Futile efforts were made
to appriae him Of his danger; in mo-
ment be was struck liz the engine and
thrown upon the cow-catcher Prow-
dentially VIM ia lin, the old and faith
ul employe Of the Union Railroad Co,
discovered Mr. Gardeners situation, and
up, canglt and held HIM upon
the locomotive until the engineer could
stop the train and he could safely be
released from his most dangerous and
Positinn But for MIR rap
Inns prompt assistance, Mr. Gardner
could scarcely have kept his uncomfor-
table seat upon the cow-catcher, and
would undoubtedly have fallen off upon
the track, to be crushed to death by the
pondercus wheels of the locomotive.
IT may be gratifying to the numer7
Gus friends of our townsman, James s. |
Dudey,.to know that he has lately re-
ceived from tue Var Department APP
pointments of Breyet Captain and Bre-
vet Major. 1t is the more gratifying to |
know the appointments We're unsought I
for by him, and that he was most agree
ably surprised when the proper docu-
ments from the Department notified /
him Of his new honors. Itappears that
Col Williston, under whom Lieut. Dud- |
ley has served in California, sent on the /
which received the follow
ing endorsements before being pre-
sented to the War Department:
Z S. RECRUITING RESDEzyous,
NEw HAyES, CIR, Oct II, 1867
/ take great pleasure in testifyng to
the gallantry and faithfulness Of Lieut.
Dudley. / have never served with h
more faithful conscientious, or gallant
officer His conspicuous GOODNESS, good |
and great gallantry at the bat /
ties Of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Glen
dale, and Malvern Hill, did him the |
greatest credit, and could the Depart i
ment have known oft, would am sure,
have now for him the bleyeIs recon-
mended by the within communication +
After the Peninsular campaign, though /
suffering terribly from disease contract
ed during the summer. she refused to
apply for leave Of absence, as directed I.
by his surgeon, or TO be excused from
duty, but remained with his Battery, T
the most faithful and hard working Of I
my subordinates, and it was not until F
il became matter Of life or death that