The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-03-17


den. Windsor and Orange wtil he hela
as follows AZ Westminster March
"a aul 25. Rutland, March n and
April j Manchester, April 2 and s
Salisbury, April 10 aud II Jericho
Corner. April Il and IS. Bethel, April
3 and 10, Thotiord May aud 6
The Institutes will continue 10 session
two days, commencing at 3 a. Ia, with
lecture on the evening preceding
each Institute, ard 90 the evening q
ne first day q each Examinations
for Institute Certificates viii be held
during the second day and Che evening
Of the second day. All friends Of Eda-
cation arc invited TO attend.
JmMcA Lydia L A Pratt Of this
place was bound over on Monday last,
by Justice J.. Sprague, in the sum o.
$1,000, under charge q assault and
battery upon ar infant child and ex-
posing il upon the doorstep Of 5. \.
Bailey Of Iownahend, in October last,
mention Of which was made in the news
papers az that time; also unoua charge
Of murder upon the same infant, Mrs,
Huldah Castle, who is IS years old, has
since last August knit Al pairs Of NIT
tens and socks, pairs Of the latter be-
ing with fingers, besides spinning all
the yarn for them, aud dong be house
work.
LoNDoSpERRY The young people q
Londonderry will give dramatic enter
tainments at Union Hall, north village
! Tuesday and Thursday evenings
/ oath and Goth inst. Londonderry has
no paupers and paid her war debt II
! 1865. and at their annual town meet
NC last week they voted tax OF 40
cents on the dollar, land 35 cents high
way tax.
C. r. Rice having disposed OF hi'
interest in the hotel at West Dorset
will dispose of his, personal property a
auction on Monday the 23d inst. H'
il succeeded in tho hotel by a Mr.
4 Paris of Pawlet.
Rev. William H A. Bissell, d d., o
/ Geneva, n. Y, was elected Bishop 0
the Diocese Of Vermont, by the Protes
tant Episcopal Convention, held IN 81
pauls Church, Burlington, on Wed
nesday last. There was considerable
difficulty in eifecting in eiteeting
4 choice and this result was arrived a
by mutual concessions. and as the re
suit Of compromise between the Hlgl
and Low church parties, it being I'm
derstood that DR.. Bissell has not beer
prominently Unidentified with either
Lone Term or SERVICE. Hiram Bar
ten, Esq, Of SALISBURY, received at tn
last town meeting, his forty-fourth con
secutive election to the Office Of tow
clerk. His predecessor, Jacob Galu
sha. held the Office forty years. Nh
Galusha's predecessor, Thomas Matte
son. father of the late Rev. Josiah Mat
teson, was the first town clerk Shafts
bury was chartered, according L
Thompsons Gazetteer of Vermont, Aus
20, 1868. Its settlement was commend
cd about 1863, according to the sam
authority
The contractor has arrived AM
work is to begin at once on the Wood
stock railroad.
There are thirty-six boys now !
the Reform School at Waterbury lai
ger number than at any time before.
: Rev. j. o. Skinner, Of Montpslie
has been appointed agent for Vernon
of the United States Convention of I'm
yersalists
: Col Oscar N. Hale, who lately die
of the cholera at Rosario Buenos Ayre
was formerly Of the 9Th VT, having el
tered the service as a captain OF an "
leans County Company.
Edward Judson, A. B late Prime
pal OF Leland, and Gray Seminary, Z
Townshend, has accepted the professo
ship Of Latin and Modern Languag,
in Madison University, Hamilton, n.
The library Of the Vt. CT. r. Il. HI
Just received an addition Of 272 yc
nmes. and its catalogue now shows
total Of fifteen hundred and ffty-f'
well selected books. Mr. A. +. Styl
has recently made the Association d
: nation Of five hundred microscopic pi
= lures, embracing his Vermont Sc
nery," and the liberahty Of Gov. Smi
2 has provided fine stereoscoPe
: Early last summer young man
" 16 or IL years was married To a you
u lady Of Is, in East Barnard This 6
? terprising couple are now the hap
parents Of son, who has eleven graz
d. parents, four Of the former and sey
D. Of the latter.
is NEwsPAroRAL- Mr.. Walton retir
> from the editorship of the Montpeh
Daily journal last week after seryi
.