The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-03-30


Lieut. Gen. sherman has begun
the work Of reform ia the army and is
Topping off expensive ~xerescenees
which have made the army SO expensive
Of late years. Tho barracks and store
houses about Washington are to be
sold. Supernumerary staff officers
have been ordered TO Join their regi-
ments; extra horses aud ambulances
can no longer be used by officers and
their families. In short, the Lieuten-
ant General is actively engaged in the
work Of reduction and reform so terri
bly, needed in military matters. The
President is well pleased with the work,
and ordered the guard which has for
some years past been posted at the
White House to be discontinued as un-
necessary.
The stockholders Of the Ascutney
(Vt.) Railroad, which is to connect
the Claremont road, via Springfield,
with the Rutland and Burlington, have
elected directors rs follows; Pres't,
j. A. H. Ellis Of Springfield. Gov.
John b. Page OF Rutland, and Albert
Brown. +. p. Ball, j.. w. Pierce and
Il. G. Fish Of Springfield. This road
will probably DO built instead Of the
Rutland and Woodstock route.
Grants theory for preventing an
Indian war in Alaska is a good one
lie recently said; i've been thinking
about that country a good deal. The
newspapers say we are in danger of
having an Indian war up there. l
think I've settled on a plan for stop
ping hat II one breaks out | believe
/ will Withdraw all the troops, and then
there won't be anything left for the In
dams to fight"
kansas has population OF about
400, 600, and six hundred miles of rail-
road in active operation. There are
published in the State ten daily and
fifty weekly newspapers.
The citizens Of Southport, Conn,
on Friday drove out Of the town three
drunken rowdios who have been loaf
ing around the place, insulting women,
etc. The citizens armed themselves
with cowhides and horsevhips, and
dashed the scamps vigorously beyond
the limits.
One of tho inmates OF the North
Carolina L.unatic Asylum recently Wis
tied tho State Legislature, and being
asked Oh his return what he thought Of
It. replied -"Well, I think they are a
branch Of this establishment"
On Tuesday q little daughter Of
William Cleary Of Troy, N. Y, died Of
scarlet fever. On Thursday two more
81 his children died, and oil three were
buried on Friday.
The income Of the Sheriff of New
! York city is estimated at 100000 per
annum; aud that the fees Of .tke Lud-
low street jail alone are worth about
S3G, 600 per year.
"A Frenchman has made l23 miles
in "a hours on a ~yelocipede.
-Seventy-tgo cotton and wooden
mills are being erected in Georgia
In the case of John Gregory Z. Hi
ram Atkins, which has been on trial in
tho Washington County court for eight
full days, the jury on Thursday award
ed a verdict of$742.92 IN favor of Mr..
Gregory. The cause OF the suit was the
publication some time since Of a libel
concerning Mr.. Gregory in Atkins
Argus.
An English Court has had to de-
eide what a yelocipede is. A Gentleman
crossed a toll bridge mounted upon a
bicycle, and was stopped at the toll
house. The collector examined the ma
chine and then pored over bis list Of
rates, bat be could not find anything to
such n vehicle. At last he decided that
It must be a w~heelbarrow, aud requir-
ed the rider to pay twopence toll. The
latter wal indignant, and brought a
snit against the toll collector. We can
not give the result Of the trial, as the
magistrates required time to consider
the momentous question.