The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-03-07
BENNINGTON.

On Wednesday evening last man by
the name of Richard Newton shot himself
through the abdomen with a common shot
gun. He was printer by trade and for
merly worked in New York 1t is said he
has lived unhappily with his wife for a
year or more, and by some he was con-
sidered insane.
-Putnam's new Hotel will add very
much to the business accommodations of
our village. We ought TO be thankful for
so good one. 1t is not every man that
would put so much money into such a
building TO be used as a Hotel in place OF
this size. Now the main point is to get
the right man to manage it. There is no
saying nearer the truth than that it takes
a man of brains to keep first class Hotel.
The Hotels of Manchester have done
very much for your town as all viii adj
init. We hope the right man may be
found TO take charge of the PutnamHouse.
1t is expected that the question ofpay-
ment of interest upon the bonds of the
town issued to the Lebanon Springs Rail-
road will be the main flight" on Tuesday.
1t looks now as though the decision will
be to "pay nothing" until the matter has
been tried in the courts. Can wa afford
to take this position is what many candid
men are asking themselves.
The books for subscription TO the
stock OF the Waloomsac Railroad will
soon be opened aud many are sanguine Of
the success of the project. That some
thing should be donets open the route 10
Troy, Albany and the west in . way that
will meet our business necessities, all
agree.
bennington Centre does not wish to
help build a ''Graded School" for Ben
nington. So We go, here in the south
end. A.~
NORTH BENNINGTON.
Megsrs. Cummings n Co., the milk
/ train people have put up over 40 tons Of
/ ice here to use the coming summer in
their milk cars. Many people oppose the
milk-train because they think IL will make
milk scarce which shows how little some
/ know about cause aud effect. The gener-
/ al opinion ia that our railroad has touched
D mil
1 The milk train will when fairly estab-
/ ished, do good deal Of other business,
and be a very great convenience in send
/ Ing to New York for fruit etc. Things
will get Strengthened out and into line AZ
ter while and we shall all be glad. The
( New York line has been built, aud we
must have Troy aud Albany line for
Western business also.
/ Hon. T. W Park has a COW that
/ weighs 1900 pounds. He is to hay.
one hundred cows upon his farm this
season, the milk from which will 20 by
the milk train TO New York Long live
the milk train
Concerts ny Wales Ccrnet Band
are the style here. There are no better
musicians in the state.
Our young people are cultiyating
Hope" Music BY Wales. Last
Tuesday the second one took place and
passed Of finely
I Over 100 teams wire in attendance
At the funeral Of Daniel McCartys
child on Wednesday last,
j Messicr had the misfortune 10
lose one 81 his team horses last week
sam. Watson started with a subscrip.
ton paper and raised over 500 ~ help
him bus another Well done, Samuel
ID. b. O'Bncn IL able 70 be u bis
store part q the time and his health IS
improving
Mr. Burgess IF North Hoosick has
Ia pig that weighs fifteen hundred
] pounds. Some pig that