The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-11-22
NEWS ITEMS.


contractor, at Lima, was great affair.
The popuace carried the casket containg
BIS remains on their shoulders nearly half
a mile, and 200 carriages aud 10000 per-
sons afoot followed the body to the Gem
etery.
The insane wife Of Stephen May, Of
NechanicsylIe, n Y, stole ont Of the
house while her husband was asleep, and
taking with her four OF her children, aged
nine, six, four and one and half years,
threw them into the deep creek in the
rear Of tie premises aud jumped in her
self The eldest child managed TO reach
the shore aud give the alarm, aud the
mother aud one child were rescued. The
bodies OF the two others were found an
hour afterwards.
Clinton county, N. Y, is fast coming
into the foreground as potato growing
section, having grown, during the pres
+ ent year, five hundred thousand bushels,
Prices at Pittsburgh now range from
| lity to sixty.iye cents per bushel. Over
/ one hundred wagon loads, ranging from
900 to 1000 pounds, were weighed on
the Cumberland House scales, the other
day,
Bayard OF Delaware, Lamar of Mississ-
/ ippl, Garland Of Arkansas, Randolph Of
New Jersey and Coke aud Maxey of Tex
az were The Democrats who voted with
the Republican Senators to fix the army
at $4,000 men, and strike out the direc-
I ton a. 10 where certain regiments should
+ be stationed
Tie mercury was g. below zero al
! Bismarck, Dakota, the 9th
The senate confirmed tie nominstiou
OF John Welsh as Minister to Eagioni,
unanimously
Tue Pui, Exposition buildings viii be
an uoder one root, aud will be over 3
miles in length
Mr. Moody !. iory years Of age and
Mr. ssukey thirty.seveu. The two have
worked together seven years.
One provision Of the Paris Exposition
bin before Congress is to provide an
American kitchen to cook corn.
Republicans 10 The House who voted
for the Bland silver bill begin to repent,
aud viii move 10 amend the bill.
The Turks lost IN the battle Of Deved-
ayne 200 killed, wounded and prisoners,
aud great part Of their artillery.
ar. Blaine gets better very slowly, and
AZ last accounts was not Abic TO sit up.
lie IS kept quiet, aud no callers are adj
milted.
The commissioner Of patents reports
$1,000 models destroyed or damaged by
the late Ore. An appropriation OF ~ !
900 Is asked 10 restore 10000 models
and polish others.
The Utica herald remarks that sit Is
with President Hayes, as il was with
Lincoln, The plain people are with him.
ne Is doing their work and carrying out
their convictions
1t il predicted b. soms u senator
yoorhee. Indiana friends lhai the digui-
led atmosphere Of the seua,e Chamber
will tone down the windy orator aud
make him a erediiable statesman.
The indications are that Congress will
appropriate ii least $4,000, and per.
haps $4,000 for tie representation Of
u, unHed staies q. The Paris Exposition.
Tic yellow fever exel,emen, Il Cedar
Keys, ia hAs passed Away without Any
serious resuls, aud thtre i 40 sppTeheu.
zion ofiis return.
The railway bridge a, Bradford, Dat,
gave way Friday, preeipiiAting 40 engine
and freight car ana baggage car Of the
express train into The river The passen.
ger eAr was Jeff 90 The center span ,hree
feet from tie break. The driver, fireman
oondaeior and express messenger were
I lujatca. bet 10, seriously.