The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-12-19


much talent ia tha rendinE uf yarloas dir
GeuU pIcrss. The violin solo Of Mr.
Charles umm, &c would De dIajeut for
aHr musician to excel
The most interesting case before Che
court. now Ia session. was the action igr
false imprisonment brought by James
Baardmsu against Ralph Goldsmith. Col
hector of Che Graded school District.
Baarlman refused TO pay bis school tax.
au tbe ground thst ihr aet establishing
iha Graded school. Mas unconstitutional.
Goldsmith waited GA him iar the tax aa-
gH patience ceased 20 bc virtue, and
tlou. ~ yiuuo 81 bi. warrant, arrested
Boarlmau aud committed him 20 jail The
arrest took place in the evening, and q
copy was not furnished the defendant pn-
tjl the next morning The only question
submitted TO the jury, was, whether this
was q reasonable time. The jury decided
10 the affirmative aud gave q verdict for
the defendant Which sets the claim Of
$4,000 damages At rest, unless the Su-
prcmc Court sends &c back for a new
trial,
According 10 the Troy Pre.s the u.
4 G. Railroad is a hard road TO travel;
Mr., Samuel r. Harris, a well-known
merchant aud lumber dealer OF this place
came near getting into serious trouble on
Friday last; lie went up on the Glasten-
/ bury K. Il. 60 Patchn's mill TO attend TO
I the loading OF some lumber The grade
50 heavy in some places on this roud
7 that IL is necessary to chain a car to the
/ track, the brakes being unable 10 bold it.
/ Mr.. Harris was standing on the platform
ear, aud when the engine was detached,
be Jet of The brake before the ear was
chained. The car began descending the
track. Norman puiler, an employee Of
the road, seeing Mr.. IIarris's danger ran
and climbed on TO the car after several
/ unsuccessful attempts and with great
danger to himself 1t required the uni
ted efforts Of Harris and Pufler to stop
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mug navy '"'',' :" '''' ",''' ~ W."
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hold it with the brake and It rushed down
I the side track with fearful velocity,
struck a box car and carried II off the
trucks In the meantime McCarty had
jumped down bank twenty feet and cs-
capped without injury It IS ionnd neces-
sarY to put douoie SETS OF brakes on cars
running o'' w 'oa''
WoopfoRp'
SANTA Claus is coming
The days arc now the sohrtest Of the
| year.
/ Snow birds twittcr. "Bc CHEEKY, be
checry!'
The sleighing was hountiiuly rcpen-
ished Saturday last.
The streams are frozen up, making
water q little scarce.
Tho school in District No. I. onened
with full attendance.
The ladies make 1t a practice to in-
dulge IN skating, daily.
The festival season is At hand We
shonId bc rcnrcsentcd with snch an &C.
casionr
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usual. Some are ''mountains high"
Vermont Illinois has recently cree
tod q 200 600 COTTON factory
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= r,s,dng hnsinoss lie GOOD n toll of Il
often
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weeks
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,I'l' , %s'N, i"o proper No"' S"0"'' ~
n.c-c,
"a" 'l' o'""'oi" mas pui'il"se' " n ri'I'
anu jl.Na'', ",,o so"' ~ 'o'"'i's' ne"''
, NV 0'''''' ''i"' W ''''u' " ''o'
Inc o"edes nave all Ieit ana are now
empIoyed by the propHetors OF the v n
- H. H. 10 the satisfaction oil all
Many thousand feet Of lumber will
nc carried away from TINS place. by inc
bennington N glastonbury H. h'' t"'
WINTER
S. II. Boardman, ESQ. recently drove
his spot Beauty" four miles in eleven
minutes. and didn't intend 10 bury
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