The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-10-19

eei1te % NffleF ~ b0nSt VI AhN NtAA*-
cratic victories 10 Indiana and West
Virgins,
Ia the northern part Of the state pOia-
toes are plenty and apples scarce. 10 all
other sections il 10 rice rersa.
Aaron Young OF Cbsrieslowu was
tArowB from e wagon, few days since.
aud bad HE collar bone broken.
A Young miss Of aboat 10 years, 10
Bsuoa stole a bat belonging 10 one OF
The school tescbers, last Wsel She slso
parioiued from her father come money
sud due bill, amounting to about $50.
She hsd, bat wa arrested and Rnteneed
TO Ave yesrs Ia the reform school.
'i'be Derby Lire vile msrderer, Hay
deu, made an unsuccessful sttempt al su-
icide BY banging, Tuetdsy uixbt tbe 81,
by ty'uK one eud o . SIX handkerchief
around bic neck. the other 10 al ovsrls,
overhead Ne ass discovered in time
by the sheriff aud condaed Ia dungeop
beiow
7 Crops IN Mindhsm County turned ont
great deal batter than last year. Tbs
4 fruil crop 10 enormous; common applss
are puly tiys osnts hu.hel aud cider OIL
per barrel
Il. Is. liant. OF North Troy, eau tell
4 story sbnut the Latter end" 81 bees,
He had swarm in his wagon the other
Hunt aud the bees were all mixed IN and
stirred up together, mAking the occasion
exceedingly lively sud Irregular.
Eugene Cleveland, % years old, Of
Browsington. hal his right arm drawn
Into threshing machine, Tuesday, and
n,ansled 50 that II had to be amputst,d
bali way between wrist and elbow.
st. AlbAns has silver and lead mine,
owned aud controlled by Masrs. W,
Coombs and {. N Egery Of Bangor, Me
The ore has been sssayed by Stale Assay.
err Bartlett, with the following results:
Silver, s32; gold, e. per ton, aud lead
% 75.loO per cent. So announceth tbs
Boston Post.
Wednesday was tho hundredh ami
versary II the battle Of Valcour on Lsk,
Chsmplaiu, one Of the fret naval battlci
OF The revolution, 10 which the schooner
Royal Savage, the commanders genera
. Benedict ArnoId'.) store ship was sunl
of vaIcour island, where she is III visi
, Bile at low water.
, The Central Vermont railroad company
. 1t 10 stated, deny that there lie TO be AM
attempt ON their part to influence the re
peal Of tho railroad taxation law, prefer
= ing 10 to-. ~. s..o-,i'D In tne C0urtt.
The Vermont Farmer ssks: --"iIow /
: ii that so many people end plenty u
money to carry them through the Centen
NAL, bot when you ask them for the pa
!, on "that little bill !" they "havn'ta cent
e We give it up ask something easier.
!. One day last week as Willie Andrews
3 OF liinesburg, was banding large hors
pistol the weapon wac 10 some msnne
. accidentally discharged, the ball s,rikin
, another boy, Geo. Welcome, in the bress
II struck the breast bone aud foriunstel
glanced aside, but the escape from %
= casualty was e narrow Que.
20 The following additional awards /
Vsrmonters have beeu announced ct n
Centennial:-E b r. Fairbanks 4 Co
ST. J0hnsbury, scales and weighin
} beams. Brandon Manufacturing Go
N Brandon, weighing scales. Is ). Neho
70 & Co, Burlington, yeriice steam fire el
y CINE. Eagle square Aanufse uring Con
Al pany, South Snsiisbury. steel squsr,
A and rules
e The gold mine OH Minister brook, ucl
"a Montpelier, which had occasionally 4,
years yielded quantities OF gold, aud b,
i, been systematically worked for year,
!, turning ont nnusually rich. The msnsl
er Is = California minpr OF tweniy-eisl
- years experience. The course Of Il
81 brook has bcen changed Tor about IL
20 miles, fall OF 6ve hundred feet secures
le sluice WAYS have been built, and a
ar washings average i've dollars per day Il
ID each man employed. Next year the COD
81 pany intend 10 have seventy-nve msn
"A work. Tho yield 10 about i've cent
worth Of gold dust to every bushel Of 90
y washed. which is regarded As q lass
~ percentage.
They have 4 quick witted engieser .
the Eermoni division Of the Portland
OsdensbarR railroad. While on dow
10 grade in . bad pisce near 81. Johnsbur,
"a with an excursion train Of ~ cars, lei
m week, be saw three cows on the ,rAc
10 Di.connec1ing The engine, put on 9
TO steam, knocked ,he cows from the tract
j, aud quiesly took on The train sgain: an
The passengers didn't know what dsl
ger Ihsy bad escaped.
m Rbiteiaw Reid Vi the New York Tri
nne, who was severely IN cied esr,v
1he s1nm.r, BY the painful death Of q II
v0riie niece and ward, has now ber
= called upon to bury bis only sister. 81
= died iast TLarsdsy al Whi;s River Jaa
lion, where she has been sinking vii
at consumption. Mr.. Reid's vvaersb
10 raother, = niece sne nephew arc his o.
a. ~ remaining relatives.
y Ap. Ellen Comerfjrd. OF ciareadot
., died suddsniy on Monday mofnIng. u
c. ,ob<r lSh. She was barn about foC
a weeks age b. fall. bur her fliends be
:. 10 idea that Der l.jaries were - serious