The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-10-16


George +. C1aaut. who died at Psulet.
taa other daE. was i.ucs| descendant q
Ger Israel Pniman
A Cad.gleu Dos psisa sbseFskiu on
when BE- expects a licking fyam tbs
sefagl tessaer, ana yle school teacher p
amasad al the wag shat bees gao bold oal
before De haEcrs.
1aBus a. Griffith has bgcn appointed
. postmaster at pauby, ylae james Fish,
, deceased
+ As Thomas Berry Of Jericho. was uo-.
loading com ou Judge Peeks farm,
, Friday afternoon, a small bog Of bis
jumped forward aud tried TO pick up ana
ear uf corn. and 10 doing SO was struck
by thc hired man's fork, WHO was puuiug
p the corn into llu barn, ibe tine going iu.
10 hIs Lace directly under bis eye. The
] child was laseuslb.e for several hours, bat
, Dr. Bromley thinks that BE will not Jose
. bic eyesigAt, as was first feared.
The case Of James Crosier, indicted lor
mauslaughtcr ia shooting William
f. Smith az West Halifax, last
Fourth Of July, 10 a drunken quarrel
which has beou ou trial, before the Wind
j, ham County Court az Newauc, has re-
t suited la a verdict ofEuilty of mauslaugh-
10 ter. The sentence has not been given,
n The testimony for the defence tended to
q show that Smith was quaryeIsome and
dangerous man when ia liquor. which
, reputation hc sustained for ten or twelve
a.. years and that severe quarrel took
place before The shooting. Crosier Is six
ty-two years old.
The st. bloomsbury CaledoRiau says:
d Business at the Fairbanks Scale Works is
'r unusually good. They cannot keep up
m with their order. TO do their best.
is The business of the Portland aud Og-
.e deusburg Railroad il steadily increasing,
, aud more rolling stock is impcratiyely
4 necessary to carry the freight demanded
h, of it,. In short all the Legitimate bust
~ ness Of this section is in healthy and
l. prosperous condition
g st. Adams Butter Market. Common
y to fair % to SOC; medium to good 20 to
rs %, for fail made; choice, 80 to Soc, for
ID standard dairies; selections, Sc to Is.
-e The special ehancery commission APP
ia pointed to audit the claims against the
ar Vermont Central Railroad finds little to
3 do, as all the claims presented thus far do
no: amount $1,000. The railroad has
settled with all its creditors in all posi-.
instances, and thus leaves nothing fol
" Judge Reddeld to do,
at Col. A. b. Jewett and Q. X. Brown, o
n SwantoH, haye engaged in an enterprise
| which is likely to attain large proportions
n. For twenty years or more Col. Jewett hai
TO been quite all extensive dealer in Canad.
40 straw hats, buying them of the French wo
% men who make them aud disposing o
thousands of dozens of them at wholesale
in the different cities in the Union Blu
they were an ordinary cheap affair, mad
ofrpe grain straw and wholly unfinished
IA Last year they adopted an entirely differ
he ent course. Large fields were sown {,
a rye and when the straw was well grown
da and just before the grain began to set
tel the straw was Grad led, bound in small
ly bundles and taken to large bleaching
N kettle in the field and immersed in
re chemical solution. 1t was then spreat
to out and dried, again bound and then sto
ge, red for use, being white and eXceedingl
)i- tough. In and around Swanton there
ed a large Canadian population aud the We
ng men call get the straw and soon return
FIJI bra jded into hats Of any required sizC
lre pattern blocks being furnished them fo
IRE the purpose. The hats are then pu
IN through another process, sized o. sitter
ise ed with glue, and put on blocks an
ce, pressed with hot irons by the use of mi
hat chinery adapted Tor the purpose. The
In are then bound and otherwise trimmed b
lst, expert girls, with sewing machines, an
ere packed for market. The past season II
at hats were the prevailing style in the ci
lla- les aud the manufacturers have Il
1t doubt of their ability to suit the publ
is taste.
70 The new Baptist church at Rutlan
IRE was dedicated September 30th. It ia a
al imposing brick structure, with trimming
JON of Rutland marble, and in the Romal
csque style Of architecture, with heay
!. bnttFessed wall, similar to that which ".