The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-11-30

ct : o25 and expenses, whose duties
shan b . sxcfeise general supervision
ever ihc state prosecutions, 10 represent
tue state a. lhe supreme court, @ reports
from tbc various sts,e's ATTORNEYS, and 10
report himself 70 toe governor This
officer f. % bctppoi1'cl b the governor
Ga the SD, tie jewc,ry shop Of Ia
mind W Cochran 81 Mortified, was
broken into and four silver watches, val.
aed At $50 were taken.
+ william Birkiord, ct 81, Johnsbur,
4 Centre, attempted suicide By shooting At
himself four times, The oh. The cause
was domestic troubles.
IN 1880 there were 55 committals 70 the
( Vermont state prison, aud 10 1876 there
were the same number Ia 1909, The
year of opening the prison there were =
oQmmiuals. The smallest number Of
commiltais ia any year since the opening
is that Of 1877, when il was only 10.
/ A most noble, generous act occurred at
Wajtshed, few days since. Captain
Henry h. Fosler OF Derby Line, upon re-
turning from the Centennial, visited Al.
mon Joslyn, oveiseer Of the poor of the
town, and requested him to look over the
old, musty records of the town, aud as
certain how mnch bis mother had been
assisted by the town. Gle was small
boy at the time,) This sum was found
to be one hundred and ten dollars, in
eluding Der expenses lie Immediately
paid Mr.. Joslyn the full amount, remark
ing that he had always intended to repay
the town for the assistance rendered his
mother whenever he was able to do so.
I The people Of the town highly appreciate
the principle which led him to perform
such generous act. Captain Foster
was member OF the Eighth Vermont
volunteers, commanded by Gen. Stephen
I Thomas, and all bis comrades remember
him as veteran soldier aud generous
hearted ofliccr.-JomHai.
sctne on the street at Montpelier Two
little boys going along, looking at copy
OF The Argus. Fast little boy--"What
makes the argus have so many piclersP
Second ditto-"O, there can't many Of
the democrats read and he prints the
ROSTERS as a sign that they've beatl"
One day recently, john IA. Ellerson of
All al 4. II
Mathewtou OF Lyndon chopping wood,
whcn he slipped from a log and hurt the
foretinger on his right hand, which had |
been made stiff By felon, After saying
3 few words, which had not better be re.
ported, he laid the finger on og aud |
chopped il OF with the axe, lie picked |
up the part chopped off and took it 10 the
doctor, saying that che thought he might
wish TO use some Of that 10 doing up the
rest Of the finger The finger was re-
amputatcd by the physician.
Several of the relatives of the late III
ram Believe, of st. Adams, whose will |
left large sums for future educational
purposes at st. Adams aud Fairfax, be-
cause they were either but slightly men
toned or were passed over altogether are
to contest the validity of the will, hey
say, moreover, that State Senator Edward
5. Soules, the executor, who is the hus-
band of Mr.. Bellowss adopted daughter,
returns the property as only about $780,
600, while it can be proved to be nearly
double that sum, and that he is trying to
get a bill through the legislature for his
individual benefit as executor of this ef-
tate.
Though we hear less of it now than
formerly, the temperance movement in
this State has by no means died out We
bear almost daily Of the formation OF re-
form clubs, and the older ones hold their
number wcll-inuch better than expected
even the rigors Of Presidential election
falling To decimate their ranks. Alto.
gethcr the outlook Isl very favorable one.
The past three months $50 car loads OF
hogs have passed over the Central road,
making about $1,000 hogs that went over
the road during the months Of August,
September and October.
II Is said that 10000 people hqve been
to the Centennial rom Vermont II It
costs them $50 each the entire outlay
would be $4,000. OF course these
figures are not accurate, bat they give
some idea of the vast SUN expended by
Centennial visitors.
Messrs. a. W. Gray'tS Sons OF Middle.
town shipped lot Of their threshug ma
chimes to Chill, last week aud will ship
lot TO Germany ere long. Those ship
ped to Chill we're sent to parties who bad
made careful examination Of all the
machines on exhibition at Philadelphia,
aud gave the preference 10 those manu-
featured by the Messrs. Gray, which they
considered superior 10 anything on ex-
hibiion ia that line.
The Vermont Wool Growers Associa.
ton have purchased from the flocks Of
Mr.. ). G. Holyoke, and Messrs. Sanford |
aud Edward brigham Of 81. Adams, two
fine specimens Of Vermont sheep, to be
presented to the wool growers associa-
ton % New South Wales, through their
representative, an attendant at the Cen
teHuial.
1 Adams Kellogg, formerly Of Vermont,
bul nov resident 81 Madison parish,
Louisiana, was awarded the prize for the
4 besl bAle o. cotton At the Centennial.