The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-10-26
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a6 yean 90 aRr. be has never Sos rae
chased hS-rcl Is a1a % hs a.1
many barrcls from wheat 81 81. ogn
raising
We learn from Tho western peppers.
that DC eldest daughter ofPaal J aud
Martha fBrowu Marshal formerly 81
Pouhncy VIZ. harmed 70 death 81 fbe icr-
rIble fire that visited pcshiiea Wi.con-
an, Nj Marshall !. one II ne leading
business men of that town
Tie premature discharge ola blast in
The Union State Quarry At NorhdeIa.
lass Friday evening, resulted fatally
Michael Malloy. ago1 wears. was
thrown So lee, up The faec Of ihe quarry,
breaking nearly every bone ia lis body,
and killing him instantly
G. w HoIbrook, Of Orange, was boil
Ing swlll October I the kettle being set in
the ground on side hin 50 that d. top
was Just even With the surface Of The land
on the upper side. His son Ebert, aged
about 70 years, who was PLAYING about
stepped on a rolling stone. and fell into
the kettle, being so terribly scaldcd that
be died in 70 hours, aflcr suffering ex-
cruciatingly.
The springfield Republican OF recent
date has the following; When the liut-
land railroad was leased 10 the Vermont
Central, everything wa, said to he cleared
up, aud the stock and bondholdcrs were
assured Of their regular dividends will
out abatement In the future. But now
there is an ugly rumor Of a floating debt
Of 100000 not provided for, and to meet
which the assured dividends must needs
be given up for greater or less time"
We don't know whether tie Repnbz-
can has got the rumor exactly right or
not, but we know that the common stock
Of the road has very recently declined
from a TO %, and think 1t no more than
fair to suspect "cat in the NEAR some
where. = Montpelier Journal.
There is no change to note in The plice
of butter. The market Il heavy, and the
lower grades are q drug, while the finer
are in demand Fine fall made is worth
20 TO 2sc. Fancy selections are worth
in New York 80 to Soc, and fresh State
% to SOC. Fine State frkins bring p to
SOC. 1t is suggested that dairymcn put
the date of the make on the head Of each
tirkin, and they are reminded that return
pals are not desirable packages for fall
and winter.
The Annual Meeting OF the Vermont
Mutual and Farmers Mutual Fire lnsur-
ancc Companies, was held al Montpelier
last week, The old directors and officers
were reelected, the director Of this county
in the former being Charles +. Hough-
ton of North Bennington, in the latter
Tarrant Siblcy, Esq, of Bennington
Centre. The affairs of both companies
are in prosperous condition.
There are large number Of bears on
the mountains in Ripton, Hancock and
Lincoln. Mr.. Wilson of Hancock lost,
on the night Of the 2ist ut., a full-grown
calf which was chased in a pasture near
bis house, by a bear, and almost entirely
consumed. Vigorous measures are soon
TO be taken with view TO the extcrmi-
nation Of thcic maraudcrs.
A Nermoncr, formerly an engineer on
the Passumpie railroad, whose name was
not learned passed through Bellows Fails
on Monday last, from Chicago, He had
an arm and ole side badly burnt and his
wife and chill were both burnt TO death
in the ruins a Chicago.
A peculiar Ease Of libel was tried by the
county cOurtat Newianc, the other day.
The aggrieyed party, Dwight n. Gonna
bic OF Beinardston, Mass, brought action
against Charles Babcock Of Guilford, for
SANDER in nttering the words, Dwight
took false oath at Greenfield, and for
libel in publishing some verses entitled
Dwight's Character, which placed Gonna
BILE in rather an unfayorablc light. Bah.
cock pleaded in Justification that all he
had said and subg wa true, aud II seems
the jury thought so, too, as It returned
verdict for Babtock.
Nineteen applications for divorce have
been heard at the present term Of Tie
Rutland County Court, Of which soy
enteen have been granted one denied and
one Is vet undecided.
a destructive fire was discovered on
The montsins about Ludlow on SUNDAY
noon, and at last account had burned
over large tract Of land, including great
quantities OF wood. The origin Is mn
known. and At the present writing Is still
onward in is destructive
course.
The St. Aban- Transcript, which lost
everything at the recent fire, announces
that 1t win appear in four weeks.
Middlebury held public meeting on
Wednesday evening Of last week. Gov
Stewart presiding, and 500 was raised
for Chicago. Montpelier has raised 5000
5000 and the churches ia
Rutland one Sunday contributed over
$500 for the same purpose.