The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-02-03

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May B8d.f manufacturers sad oibsr
employers aave lately changed pay day
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wages D dissY sdoa 81 Sunday a sim-
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A Meulgsu tx.sodicr write, 10 The
GiApd Rspils Eug3s. that q was pretty
bard 10 Be an AndersonyIlc prisoner,
bat ,hai Ia llis widest drJams ID never
occurred 10 lsu lhai tlc men who ruled
bis pdsoa would cue day be defending
their infamous conduct n tie very balls
q iho aa9A 81 eas Suffering 70 save.
The C5ognc s.onal Library IT WASH
lugton CONTAINS two hundred aud ninety
three Thousand Eve hundred and seven
volumes. aaa new volumes are being
added az tbc rate of one thousand Eve
hundred per week Whnt % do With
this eaornua. accumulation o books,
viii very oon bave become question Of
some Importance
The efforts OF Western states to legislate
railroads into low tariff, has not been Al
entire success Indeed, 81 has resulted
IN litigation aud yxation. without any
compromising benefits Governor Lud-
ington, Of Wisconsin, advises toe icgisla-
ure OF that Stale torepeal ahat !, known
a. the Potter Law, since it impairs the
credit Of the Ststc
Tie democratic representatives at
Washington bounced the servants Of
the House with ndi.creet a. well as IN
becoming haste. Honorable members
find great difficulty in procuring docu.
ments aud stationery, wien needed, aud
Democratic as well as Republican curses
follow the awkward squad along the
aises aud pursue them into the corridors.
An Informal call is out for general
convention Of southern Republicans at
Charleston, to take counsel about the
conditiol aud prospects Of the party In
that State aud 10 the south. II is adj
dressed 10 Republicans who are SO from
principle and not for the sake Of the
spois; IL declares that The time has come
when the party at The South must either
emancipate itself from bad leadership or
give up the ghost. The movement is
supposed to have been suggested by Mr..
Fenton, 10 have The sanction of Gov.
Chamberlain, aud TO mean, among other
things, definite declaration against
third.term
Lucius w, Pond, the Worcester mann.
iacturer, whose wholesale torgeries have
created so much surprise aud excitement,
Withdrew the plea Of not guilty to three
out OF the twelve indictments on which
be was arraigned last week. lie was sen
fenced to fifteen years Imprisonment in
the State Prison. There are still thirty
two indictments besides, which have not
been pressed against him.
Because Nellie Sayton Of Plainview,
Mimi, wouldn't bastow her hand where
her love was not, Frank Hathaway shot
and killed her, Saturday, and then tried
to kin himself, but the bullet bit RIB in
stead Of bis heart, aud glanced of.
Schuyler Coliax lectured at Evanston,
H., the seat Of the Northwestern nniver-
sity, last week, and aiterward visited the
hall Of the college society to which he
nscd to belong, wherenpon lot of tel-
lows belonging to rival societies locked
the who's party IN and kicked up quite
rumpus
Cleveland county IN. O. farmers have
resolved very sensibiy for the coming
year to raise on their farms, first, the me-
cessaries Of life, meaning bead. meat,
etc; and afier that cotton, or whatever
staple they may desire for export and
sale.
Tie House committee on the Freed
mons bank, having got the authority,
are going TO give that old swindle a
thorough overhaulng, and tor begin.
ming have set a corps Of accountants to
work examining The 20 tons aud
mote Of books and records Of the defunct
The Dominion board Of trade thinks Il
very desirable that treaty Of reciprocity
with the United States 90 comprchen-
siye, liberal and fair basis should be OBJ
tanned, but that tie iniatiye steps thereto
Ought 20 come from tie United States,
"seeing that il was BY their action that
the old treaty was abrogaled."
The trial Of the one million dollar suit
gets another posiponemontof two weeks,
perhaps more, from a trniy unexpected
sudden sickness Of The wife
OF tue leading counsel for the defense II
is a question whether David Dudley's
grief for the sickness Of this truly "better
half is greater than bis joy at thus being
able after al hope bad seemingly fed to
"circumyent, fora while longer at least,
the peoples lawyers.
II can't be very comfortable to Mr..
james Fisk's widow t. be paying the
debts OF bis mistress, under order from
the conri, bat 20 Il h. Josic Mansfield,
besides leaving her debts behind her,