The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-01-13
STATE ITEMS.

The house on the town farm at Hart
land was recently destroyed by fire. Loss
about $500.
The ne xt annual meeting of the State
Teachers Association is to be held in Bur-
lington, February Sd, 18th, and 5th.
The total loss by fire in New-EngIand
during tile month of December last is set
down at 1891 100. of which Vermonts
proportion was $49, 100. During the year
1875, the losses by fire in New England
aggregated SIC, 637 900, this state losing
s1,2ll, 700.
A barn belonging to tue paper mill OF
G. E. yelling, known as the Hunter &
Co. MID, aud situated about two miles
west OF North bennington village, was
burned Thursday night. Four horses
perished in the flames. The fire is sup
posed TO be the work of an incendiary.
S. l.. Thompson, of Proctorsville,
caught piokerel, the other day, wiegh-
ing two aad half pounds, inside OF
which was another pickerei, which meas
ured 9 inches in length, and inside this
was still another, which measured
inches in length.
A strange accident occurred at Pas.
sumpsic recently. Curtis Kidder, while
at work in his saw mill, managed to drop
a stick OF timber on the handle of an az
in such way as TO make the instrument
fly up aud cut him severely on the neck
The cash was just above the jugular, and
the flow of blood was with difficulty
| staunched.
Salem manages to get along without q
doctor, lawyer, minister, post Office,
store, gristmill, or manufacturing enter
prise Of any kind, and still her people are
virtuons and happy.
Daniel Colby caught his clothes 10 the
shafting of bis mill at Victory recently.
The goods were strong, however, and,
winding tight, they stopped the mill. Mr..
Colby miraculously escaped with his life,
receiving Dat slight Injuries.
Geo. G. Hunt, paymaster Of the Cen
trail Vermont railroad for fifteen years
and brother 10 the late Henry j. Hunt, oi
Chelses, Msss., lies in a very critical con.
diiion at st. Adams. He passed a very
restless night THURSDAY. The operation
upon Mr.. Hunts can cerous cheek bone
last summer has proved an unsuccessful
surgical operation.
Charles L. Hubbard, prominent citi.
zen aud tax collector of Rockingham,
committed suicide by banging himself in
his barn at Saxton's River Village, sun.
day afternoon Financial embarrass.
ments were probably the cause. He was
widely and fsvorably known.
G. II. HAselton Of Greensboro, has .
little girl, four years old, who, when
sbout three months old, fell of The bed,
striking on the back of her head, burting
her severely. Very soon after this her
head began to grow quite rapidly, and in
three months had increased nine inches
in circumference. All efforts 10 arrest
the growth prove futile. The bead now
measures twenty.six aud one-half inches
one way and twensy-ionr aud three
iourths the other. The expansion Of the
bead seems to be all above The eyes.
Ths Central Vermont railroad comps
ny denies the legality Of thai part OF the
Aw passed a. the lAsl session Of the iegis-
latare taxing its road bed. Al the last
meeting of oar board Of aldermen the
matter 20 far as Ii Affects Bariington WAS
referred to special COMMITTEES, consist
ing Of the mayer aud city attorneT. TIE
eoarts will be called upon 10 decide tbs
matter and he Darlington ease wiil be
! made test one.