The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-02-11
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employed as c8wp9sltuf# ou toe daily
and weekly papers IA Nen York
Onp q Gle principal exports IF
Texas Is cattle, yel the state imports
butter. cheese, and even milk
e IS claimed that California has
this year produced thirty four million
gallons al wine
There arr some eighteen unclaim-
"a bodies in the human wreck 81 the
Angola disaster
-Carlotta is residing az the Palace
IL Laoken ID the very apartments
where ahc was born no, g years ago
4 "neeziug match i the ia,ost
contest iortlit championship announced
Il is for $500 q side, aud is 70 come ofl
1T Chicago
Jefferson Davis has been nominat-
ed for the presidency 81 the Texas Pa
cifc Railroad He'll be sent back 20
Congress before long
General Burnside, who might al
most Il he wishes hold the Office OF Gov
ernor u Rhode Island in perpetuty.
announces that he will not be canai-
date for reelection.
When Mark Twain spoke Of Geo
Francis Train as an eminent old lady,
lie probably bad no idea that George
Francis was going over TO England 10
be- confined.
Rev Mr.. Brush, of Delaware, O..
cut his throat last Sunday, while his
congregation were waiting for him in
church
The legislature Of New York pro-
poses to enact alaw prohibiting cousins
from marrying, on penalty Of fine Of
81 900 and Imprisonment.
Goldfish are SO plenty in Newbury-
port bay that they sell in that village for
$3.50 per hundred pounds, and the
fishermen sometimes have TO throw
them overheard TO row their boats in
The peanut trade Of Wilmington
n c. amounts to several hundred thou
sand dollars yearly A single fra ship
pea five thousand bushels Of them week
before lust.
Eighteen prisoners escaped from
ial at ST. Joseph Mo- Oh Saturday, by
overpowering the keepers. During he
melee Horace Fish, brother Of the
Sheriff, was killed and one Of tho pris-
oners severely wounded,
Two weeks ago there was no pro-
tossing Christians in one district Of Bol-
ton, Mass, while now there are thirty
who express hope id Christ and still the
work OF revival goes on. They expect
to organize free Baptist church this
week
--Gorabaldi writes to friend ex-
pressing his hope that in the spring the
Italians will show the world the truth
Of the motto by perseverance, vic
tory is achieved .4he old hero still
means fight
In Florida and Louisiana this year
the Orange crop is a heavy one A
Louisiana paper says "We shall soon
see thousands Of golden fruit mingled
with millions of green leays, or the
grandest aud most beautiful Of all the
fruit bearing trees in the South
Ben Mower, Of Minonly, H., sought
to end disgracelul life by suicide His
wife discovered him hanging by rope
attached to the ceiling, cut him down
gave him a good basting and sent him
to bed
There has been steady Increase in
tho yield Of the Pennsylvania oil wells
since last June. The total production
Of the region averages now about ten
thousand barrels per day Two hun.
dred and fifteen new wells are being
dug.
1t is suggested that perfect pre-
vention against slipping on both wet
and dry ice, is little strip of carpet on
the soles Of pedestrians. 1t is at all
events easily and cheeply tried
"A Georgia exchange says that
whilst a majority Of planters in the
Southern and Western portion Of that
State have become bankrupt in their
tempt 20 raise cotton, almost every
farmer IN Northern Georgia has made
money hy raising wheat and corn.
The committee of appropriations
estimate that $250000,000 will be suf-
icient for all the expenses Of the gov
errment during the next fiscal year
This includes interest on the public debt
Since 1860 we have produced Sl94
000,000 Of the precious metals beyond
what we have exported. There is,
doubtless, as shown by these figures. an
ara0unt Of gold boarded in the country
far beyond what is generally supposed
The Boston Poi says A pretty
Young creature of II and curls slipped
down on School St Yesterday near a
hotel. aud several men jumped 10 re-
store her to her normal perpendicular
A plain lady Of AZ became Frustrated,
and was permitted to help herself Il in
her own way and time Such is the
world
The sheep firm Of Flint Bixby &
Co.. Monterey county, California. own
1900 sheep, which feed on n range 81
100000 ocres The finn commenced
sheep raising fifteen years ago with a
capital Of 5000 The FIRST flock was Of
the common Mexican breeds, which
have been improved by imported fine
wool rams
"A Gentle paper, published at Salt
Lake City, predicts that If the Mormon
question is left alone, the progress Of
civilization viii settle it III few years
When the Pacific railroad gets out that
way, when men are plenty and women