The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-03-09

IAo Aaai iief and Barre railroad,
whssA haa been spersiod ~ ths Csatrai
I Esrsaoai EaaAgtmsni dpoe LASS 1niy,
bas proved good IavessBsat. Gov
usilh met the oommiss3oaert u The
Barre road DAY of two ago ,Asd he con-
arac,ios matter q the road WAS sku'iAo.
iaiiy settled.
+ Cafreni ramon 90 The stree; has il thai
company i now being organized in
Bradford, foF TIE purpopss Of visiting
tise noted Black Hills" Of The far North
west This company Il headed By FnAnk
Cowdry, As CAPtaiu.
Frank Jabell, The young mac arrested
on saspicion Of h&vinS robbed and at
tempted 10 burn the residence Of 5. s.
Watson, Of wipooskl, has bcen held 10
O. 500 bonds Tor trial 10 the eoanty
court.
\ A tramp, about thirty years Of age,
who i supposed 10 be the murderer Of
farmer Dickinson, Of Amherst, Mass,
last fall, was arrested In Dummersion,
/ Feb. Esd, and lodged In the Newiane jail
/ for vagrABey.
George n. Enslow, 8 young man Civ.
iBg his age As twenty nine years, hAiling
from the state OF New York. but who
for some time past has been stopping In
the town OF johnson, WAS arrested al
( Hyde Park, on the 18th ult., for attempt
ing TO pass forged note for Ell 900 upon
the LAmoille County Bank, aud was
committed to jail 10 await trial.
Monday morning at uine O'Clock the
wife aud child of A. +. Downing were
found In the river. dead aud frozen into
the Ice, opposite Downing's house, Barre
Downing aud his wife have not lived
happily together, and II IL supposed TO
be case OF murder and suicide on the
part Of the mother. The child was an
infant; the woman's age was about %
years.
Fifteen years ago Asa L. Barron, OF
White River Junction, was swindled out
Of horse by man named Holmes.
Since that time Mr.. Barron has been I'M
able TO ascertain the whereabouts OF
Holmes until Monday, when be accident
ally recognized him ut tho depot aud ar
rested him for the swindle. Holmes was
locked up, aud Tuesday no gave bail.
The Vermonter says that Hon. Fred Z.
Woodbridge escaped death In the terrible
railroad accident near South Wallingford,
from the fact that several Of the man on
the car were formerly his employees, and
rushed to save him on the moment. Vie
saved nothing but bis vest, and can't tel
how he did that. He thinks that boil
Mr.. Bissel and his son became uT,con
scious Immediately, and could NOT. hav,
suffered greatly. He was only hs II Goa
scious himself, when rescued, an q, ever
with fresh air and restoratives, he dix
not realize his condition for tong time
Miss Jessie Ward, Of Jamaica, was .,
badly Injured while cosstinK at Wards
boro on the 2lst uli :, that she died on th
26th.
a hye-ye' .r-oId daughter of Josepl
Jacques, Of Westfeld, received fatal in
Jnrles, on the 25th ult,, by falling
throo ID q scaffold.
he Lamoille Valley railroad company
J shich Is to build line from Burlingto
eastward to the Portland and Ogdens
burg, has notified the towns along tn
route that 1t cannot pay the interest O
the bonds they have issued on behalf o
the road.
Brandon is justly elated over the fac
that it is out of debt, and has betwee
two and three thousand dollars on hand
"laid by for rainy day" And With
the past year 1t has paid about elk thou
sand dollars, for repairs to the tow
hall.
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