The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-06-13

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not setm So De so much ibiaed d. T..
Arua'd Was called immediately add ihcy
BOW aHpear 10 De fast recovering from
ibelr Injuries Three Others who were
u ths staging saved themselves from
falling. tao 81 them by catching with
their fingers 81 the cracks between Tie
boards above the staging and one hy
catching upon ladder. No bones were
broken, and Il seems 20 have been very
remarkable escape from sudden death
A.
SYNDICATE,
~ d llurl Is driving business this
spring BE has recently completed saw
mill aud peg shop The latter with the ca
pacity Of turning cut from 90 10 y barrels
81 pegs per day u Is superintendent By
l.. 6 King. Besides this Mr. lIurd has
a palmer, lath works, etc, AND grist
min which does a large business All the
machinery for the different kinds Of basi-
mes. Is carried by a thirty inch turbine
wheel, manufactured az Dayton, Ohio,
and IL is safe to say that il will do more
business than any steam power in the
country. Besides these works Mr.. Hurd
owns half a dozen houses, and always
Keeps business lively in bis vicinity. We
need a few more such men In town.
SUNDERLAND.
THE frequent showers during the
past week have added much TO the pros.
pect Of a good hay crop.
Field strawberries are beginning to
get ripe. They promise to be quite plen-
ty.
The Ethan Allen u. y, Club practices
ever Saturday afternoon. They have
not played any matches yet but they are
on the anxious scat.
Corn is very small for the time OF
year.
ARLINGTON.
The boom at Walker and Lathrop's
mill broke away on Monday afternoon,
owing to the high water and nearly a
thousand logs escaped
BENNINGTON.
The sprinkler is ont again.
Gen. Fitzpatrick is expected in few
weeks, notwithstanding the reports TO the
contrary.
The O'Brien combination gave good
satisfaction, and drew crowd number
ing thousands of persons.
Bishop Bissell confined nine persons
at the Episcopal Church on Sunday.
Rumor hath il that the Dewey lot,
opposite the Putnam House, is TO be pur-
chased by the village for park. A good
move-if carried out.
T. W Park has made another "dead-
ly thrust at the prosperity Of Bennington
by donating $1,000 to the new Congrega-
tional Church at the North village.
We are strongly impressed that the
majority of our sensible voters, will say
Grant is the man to be reelected as Presi-
dent of the United States. We don't be-
lieve in placing the Office Of presidency
into new hands, so long as Grant has per-
formed every important part, and is
wholly accustomed to the business.
Where are his great deficiencies, or en-
ough to demonstrate that he should be ex-
cluded from the White House?
"A man giving his name as Charles
Daniels and saying that he had driven
from Lee, Mass. the night previous, called
at the house of VIM Il. Arnold in Pow
nal, on Monday morning. He proposed
to trade or sell bis horse and wagon and
appeared so anxious in the matter and
made such inquiries that Mr.. Arnold's
suspicious were aroused. Mr.. Arnold
said that he had brother living in a
small Jurgh rot far of who would prob
ably trade with him, and proposed that
after getting breakfast they should 20
over. After asking more questions the
man consented and Nr Arnold took him
to bennington and falling in with sheriff
Powers requested the latter to arrest him.
Whereupon the man applied the whip to
his horse and drove through the village to-
wards North Bennington closely pursued
By Arnold and the sheriff After a race
Of about mile the pursuers succeeded
IN passing him when he sprang from
bis wagon and took 10 the fields.
Here he was closely pursued when lie
swan the river being carried down the
stream some distance. Fresh help was
secured aud the pursuit kept up and he
was finally captured in a swamp near
Bennington Center and placed in Jail.
After bis arrest he gave his name as
Norman Gray Of South Adams and said
the horse belonged to his brother.in-law.
a telegram 10 bis proiessed brother-in-
law brought no response. His examina.
ton will take place on Friday.
woODFORD.
Last week we said the lengthy rain
was over We were wrong. II has rained
nearly every day since.
Early peas viii undoubtedly DO fail
ure this season Epicures viii regetifi
be 20. But we can help t.
Mrs. 5. J. MeLenithan, who has beer
very III for a number Of weeks, is SLOWLY
conyalescing.
-Forty-two scholars attend the schpo
III district No 4 An attendance Of Glll
Is expected soon
Work on the Glastonbury railroad j