The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-06-22
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Capt Warren Corbin will take charge
of the Iodine Spring house, South Hero,
during the present season. There is no
moro pleasant location than this TO spend
a few days or weeks during the hot
weather.
No subject has for long time excited
the public mind in Bellows Falls and vi.
entity to the degree that the temperance
reform movement is now doing. The
Reform club now numbers 800, and fire.
quent public meetings are held.
Charles N. Davenport's residence iu
Brattleboro was struck by lightning dur.
ing the severe thunder of Friday night
last The occupants were badly fright
ened, and considerable damage was done
to the premises.
The Estcy organ factories, employing
this summer 800 hands, are making full
time to fill orders, and have shipped since
January 900 organs to England, Austria
and Russia, besides some TO Germany.
The State spiritualist association has
just held its eighth annual convention at
Plymouth, and during one of the seances
the wife of DR., II. b. Storer, of Boston,
came from the spirit world in full view
of the audience and kissed him on the
forehead
Louis Victor Amadee Henry, of Bur-
lington, who attained bis 10th birthday
on the 18th of March last, left for the
Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia,
Monday, May oath. Mr.. Henry has IA
children, 8 grandchildren and SO great
grandchildren, making total of l4S: all
Of whom are now living. lie can read
without glasses, and has INDUCED in the
peruicious habit of smoking 81 years.
Edward A. Pierce, head salesman 10 b.
Frank Robison's dry goods store, at st.
Adams, has been detected In stealing
from his employer, and fled to Canada.
The amount Of his peculatiou is found,
to reach about So 900, and the operations
extended over period of three years,
the entire time Of his employ .nent.
The Memphremagog house is now open
to the public, aud summer travel is be.
ginning to come. The recent enlarge
ment OF the house gives $50 sleeping
rooms and accommodations for 400 guests
l.. Buck, former landlord Of the house, is
back again In his old place, aud with an
added experience of IS years In some of
the most popular city hotels. lie knows
exactly how to keep hotel.
A correspondent from Orange, writing
under date of June 4th, tells the follow
ing took pail and went into the
held the sth inst, went TO a snow-piIe
that contained over fifty tons. | filed
my pail with the hAndsomest snow ever
gazed upon, and this morning we all ate
heartily Of it, and from the same pile of
snow | intend TO have another good time
on the 18th Of this month, and still later
II the snow remains.
The Chicago Tribune has telegram
that Senator Twitehell, formerly Of New
fame, who was shot some time since near
COnsha,ta; La, by disguised assassin,
aud whose left arm was amputa,ed at the
time, wa compelled, last week, 10 have
Bis right arm cut of also. Senator
Tgitcheli received two bullets IN bic lefl
arm, one ia bis right, oae in his hip, aud
one In the back Of bis neck at The time,
bat Is represented as cheerful aud likely
to recover.
Last Thursday MR.. vs. j. Boyeo, OF
Woodstock, placed her baby, nine months
old, 10 baby cab standing on tie po5li-
co, 70 wheel Il in The street. She lefl II
for q moment and stepped into The house
when tie cab started, rolled four steps TO
the driveway, ssross that aud a piece o.
ground some tea or twelve rods IN width,
TO the baaks Of Tie Qaecbee river. thence
down a bank some fifteen feet high into
Tie river The mother had started after,