The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-12-24

faNsfhssf4 VI e So tAtsf a $50
d. tls railroad shass al Rauand
ualAialsts. blaessmi,hs sas hsipes are
employed is maklag aad repairing co.
F.nss 3, men are employed o. ears
uIns are pslaters four lu iae brsss
foundry, " As wbtehmau, and oilers
make gp total Of ga men.
paa.f. the Murderer Of Mrs. Frcese
81 Ralau8, i crossing "a Ia prison. apd
smgses himself hy playing the aocor-
jsoH.
walker Hotel 81 tyndoByillc was De.
groye1 ey fro on the evening Of the
I0tb together with the barn and other
ouibulldings Ouly apart " the farul-
tore vas saved Loss from go 600 20
5000; iutured for $1,000.
Daniel q. Lee, who was brought 60
Tie Rutland jail, the other day, Tor big
amy, alleges la his defense that biz
friends married him to wife No, ] whss
be was drunk, and, sapposing the mar
riage was Illegal be went away aud
married his present wife. to whom be
bad long been engaged.
Mn. Luiher Nichols, Of Lunenhurgh
zen down the cellar stairs with 8 butcher
knife ia her hand last week Wednesday.
The knife passed through her eat aud
cut her neck somewhat She was also
severely bruised, bu, is expected 70 re-
cover,
According to reports The chief exports
OF Essex county are spruce gum and
black bears, 10 gross or net,
Diplheria is abroad in Vermont. IN
the little villages Of Felchyille and Read
Jug some dozen deaths are reported from
this disease.
Winslow Il Sons Of Putuey have sold
during the year five thoroughbred short
horn cattle, for the round SUM Of $4,000,
besides many other sales OF thorough
bred stock.
Mrs. Geo. Billiard, Of Swauton, who
has been IN the insane asylum Of Brattle-
boro for twenty two years is again home
with her friends, sane, TO all appear
anees.
Mrs Betsey Whitney, Of Brookline,
the oldest person Ia town, died Nov. ~,
in her one hundreth year. She outliyed
AT her near relatives; her husband, Mr..
Israel Whitney having died many years
ago. Since that time her home has been
with nephew.
A Newport Freuchman got a rolling
he did not want, one day last week, by
getting between the depot-platform and
q passing freight.train. Luckily for him
he opened his mouth wide and loud
enough to attract the attention of the en-
gineer who shut of the iron horses wind
Just IN season to save him being crowded
into a space that would certainly
have caused general cracking OF
bones aud probably the death of the man,
As it was the India rubber part OF his
body, only, was squeezed, but enough to
make terrible grumbling in the vicinity
of his breadbaskct, and give him an ever
lasting fear of the railroad.
When T. S. Paine kept grocery at Bar
ton Landing he was in the habit OF send.
ing his dog after his mail. The dog car
ried Il safely and knew in which box it
was deposited. Paine moved TO New
port where he has resided year or
more, but last week his wife came here
on visit, the dog attending her At the
opening Of the evening mail the dog was
present and demanded his mail, looking
at the postmaster and putting his paw
on the box formerly owned by Mr.. Paine.
The postmaster did not give him the
letter belonging to the present owner Of
the box, but the dog watched his oppor-
tunity, ran around, seized it and left the
office. The postmaster followed With
an envelope, took the letter from his
mouth and gave him the envelope in ex-
change. He was satisfied with this and
rapidly made OF to deliver TO his mis-
tress the evening mail. We trust the
faithful dog is well cared for by his
MASTER Monitor,
When j. NJ Babcock kept grocery
and hardware store at Newport, it was
proyerbal that you could find anything
at Babcock's One day bet arose be-
tween the clerk Of the Memphremagog
House aud Boston drummer that the
drummer couldn't 90 into Babcock's aud
inquire for an article Ia his line without
finding It. Drummer went over and
looking about the store few minutes
aud saw almost everything he could
think OF, but finally be thought il would
be safe and inquired for q secondhand
pnIpit. Well, yes, says Joe, ! have one
that is not very good one bat il will
answer for small church, aud led the
drummer into the attic, where, sure
enough, was the article inquired for,
which had recently been taken out Of the
Baptist church to be replaced by a small
er one. Well, drummer didn't bay the
pulpit, but 1t cost him more than two
pulpits TO get cut Of town and gave him
a very suggestive nickname afterwards,
Hon. Treuor w. Park, the new pres
ideut of the Panama railroad left New
York Thursday, for Aspinwall, intending
20 re-iuspeet the property there, aud
then go on to California. lie is accom-.
panied by Frank G. White, late superiu'
tenleut Of the Harlem Extension rail-
road, who has been appointed supcrin'
tendent Of the Panama railroad by the
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