The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-09-28
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g mmis.ane vla to managers of
msl 81 tc railroads Be- siassachu-eit.
wa, heai .ast aees Il Boston, d which
committee uas appointed Is cooperate
With tac commissioners aud report upon
Hh additional safeguards 81 railroad
travel SIS mas BE- deemed necessary
Oregon ,lsll,ueiaa. are puzzled t. Oh
mIa Beta fug $50 estimate 80 lho lumber
tstje o. that rcaIoa, which has grown
lmuemc'ynitHn tba lest decade and 20.
aeas steadily recent enumeration
81 tae aWmig, employed. bot which
dae. uot pretend ,a Dc mI gives 1873
miils ol which number Ha me run by
steam and p by water power The total
dHiiY 5paieiy Of the mills IS l,aa.UW
Zee, af lumber Oug WIN uIn ont .p50-
u43 feet Jf lambcf per week.
Taarc Is report that lwoncwly landed
immigrant. have J.ed ia Perth Amboy Of
Asiatr cholera. Perth Amboy Is about
q miles from Now York. aud the com
mWicatiou between lhc two places Is
constant. The disease may turn out to
have bcgn lhe ordinary cholera, after an,
and even IL x were tLc genuine Asiatic
variety, sta two eases do not make au
epidemic and the frosliness Of the wealth
or gives good ground for hoping that the
disease viii be tIamplcd 0ut before Il
spreads 10 other cities.
( ltHaw seems pretty well settled that
John Bights public career has closed
/ De Is Ia excellent bodily health aud bis
mind is to all appearance as clear and
strong as ever. But bis doctors tell him
that it he resumes his old occupations, if
\ be resumes bis seat III the cabinet and
7 IN Parliament, and busics himself with
public affairs, be will break down in q
weeks time, and it win be an over with
+ him. lie has had two break-dowus al
ready the thiId would be final This is
lad news for the liberal party in England
and for liberals the world over.
4 Bostonian who visited Portland re-
Gently remarks that he never went to a
place where he encountered so many
strangers. Upon landing lie inquired the
way 20 certain hotel Of gentleman
who was passing, and replied, am a
stranger; can't tell YOU sir Another
was acsosted, with the same result. AT
last he succeeded in finding the hotel, and
having brcakfastcd lac asked the clerk to
direct him to the points oG interest. The
clerk replied that he had been in the city
but short time, and could not tell. III
nally he went up to his room, and soon
after servant rushodi in, and asked
him If he could direct her to the kitchen,
rs She was stranger in the house and
had lost her way
Sweden appears to have taken the gem
eral European alarm and is talking Of re-
organizing its military system. Sweden
bias only small army-about 10000
men, IN addition TO volunteers and free
shooters The regulars or reserves are
distributed IN the cantons, and earn their
living by working for the landed proprie.
tors, but are obliged to drill one month
M each year. In comparison with the
! Prus-ian military machine, or even the
British, thirteen thousand men who lately
marched 70 Sandhurst aud then marched
back again, II must be seen that the army
of sweden is rather undsciplined, and
would not be very effective even as q
home guard in case of invasion.
One of the results Of the recent election
IN California was the ratification Of a
most important amendment to The consti-
tuition. The organic law Of the state now
torbids tho appropriation OF money by
the Legislature, for any purpose what
/ ever for longer period than two years.
Much apprehension is felt at New Or
leans regarding the lcyees. A committee
from the river parishes is in the city ug-
ing that repairs be made. The Louisiana
eyec company is inactive. The leyecs
along the coast arc cracked and caying to
an extent that threatens destruction TO
r. the sugar on the coast this winter.
Bishop Rosccraus, brother Of the
general, had an exciting little engine ride
near lroutou, o.. recently. After pro-
caedng a hort distance, the wind seized
IFS poutItleal hat and the locomotive was
I stopped for is rescue. soon after, the
engine jumped from the track and struck
IN an cmbankmeut. tho bishop barely cs-
Gaping with his life.
subpuuas have been Issued to bring
before The grand jury az Salt Lake City
. Brigham Young aud fourteen Of his wives
snd George A, Smith who ranks next 10
Brigham III the mormon church, but they
hsye not yet been found. There is
considerable excitement among both Nor.
mons and Genules The Mormon Heral3.
speaking Of the purchase Of ordnance by
the Mormon acknowledgement Clawson
% Thursday, says. III time of peace pre-
pare FOR war
The ness Constitution prepared in Ne
bra-ka by ODE convention lhat has been
sitting during the summer. was voted on
bY thc people Tuesday, and rejected by
q decided majority Clauses permitting
the taxation Of church and charitable
property exceeding 5000 Ii value, and
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