The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-08-13

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sa4lA and almost Killed ty his brother ia
a qaarro re.liug better hs loving
hfo.htr eai ad with 8 aue eftsa dalhfs
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tans uIaa d u5p Ias machine and lfly-
ae was thrown fcsm tis aet aal bad
one Heel cat oT ts ths kHtscs. lt uask
sbaut Hall au inch of thc bonC and sever.
Cd tHr e1rt af fhe heel
uuaam east balloon made a final
landing la Tbragrd, about noon, on
Thursday. Ibc monster landed in the
yard ofMr Prescott, and % frightened
Mrs. 4. that she seized her child, and
running Into the house, harrleadcd the
doors and windows. Tho huge affair
was Immediately packed and removed 20
Th,tfrd depot, for transportation to
Boston, from which place the balloon
rises each Tuesday and Friday Ia August.
Some Of che members Of the family of
l.. T.. Eawsou. Of Barton, recently bad o
narrow escape from injury, 30 nol death.
They were seated near and opposite q
window, when a gun, ia the hands Of q
boy outslde, aud a few rods from the
house, was accidentally discharged, aud
the contents crashed SO through the win
dow, close by the heads Of Mrs, r., her
child and sister. Mr.. Iiawsou had just
arisen from a scat, in which, had he been
at the time, he must have been seriously
injured or killed.
The 81. Adams Idecrtjser says there
was a rumor on the street yesterday that
a bracelet belonging to Miss Ball had
been found ~ the possession of a negro
in tho Western Reserve, who stated that
be purchased it Of a Freuchman some
days ago, and the Frcnchman had now
left town.
Preston Powers, the artist, has been
visiting at Woodstock, where his father, :
Hiram Powers, the sculptor was born.
He is nov the guest Of Senator Morrill, at
StratIord. Mr.. Powers gathered at
Woodstock many relics OF his family,
among others, the mantle Of the old
house and the door and frame which
opened into the room where his father
was born, which he shipped to his Italian
home for preservation.
In February, 1873, Cora, Z years Of
age, daughter of Z. l.. Stacy, Of Con-
cord, injured one of her knees SO that she
had to go on crutches for u considerable
time until some two weeks since, when
she fell into a hole in the door yard, and
was taken up and carried into the house.
The knee was swollen considerably the
next day, 1t began to improve rapidly,
aud in two days she could walk without
crutchcs, aud is now nearly as sound rs
ever.
j. Il. Parker, in company with +. A,
Hammond and a. S. Murray, left the
state a few days since with four car loads
Of pure Spanish Merino sheep for Cali
They have made their selections
from the very best flocks in the State,
among which we mention those Of j. T.
g. V. sherman, Of Shoreham, and =. ID.
Douglas, Of Whiting. The splendid
focks Of sheep in Adison County will
be we'll represented.
The inventory cf the estate of l.. j..
McIndoc, late editor and proprietor of
the Vermont journal and Chronicle, at
Windsor, as returned to the Probate
office at Proctorsville, amounts to $780,
2iS, 81 with but few debts against the
Mr.. McIndoc was one of the
hardest working men in the profession,
and this large fortune is the result Of
the most rigid economy.
There is great excitement over the
news that large iron works are to be
in Rutland. All that Rut-
land needs is more manufacturing TO
ii the leading town in the State.
The house and %outbuildings of Lowell
of Brattlcboro, were destroyed
by lightning last Friday evening. NJ.
had that day finished haying, and
bis barns contained about thirty tons Of
hay.
Mr.. +. Hall is opening a silver mine
IN Groton, about a mile from Peabody
The vein is not yet wide
enough to pay, but Mr.. Hall thinks as it
g continually growing wider, the forth'
n he follows it, that he has got n good
hing. The ore yields about 81 a ton,
md it costs about half that to work il.
Mr.. Hall is an experienced miner and
kinks he knows what he is about.