The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-11-08

Emily Powers. aged u, pupil Al he
s.. JohusbGrY Academy, wbosa parents
reside In that town, committed suicide By
drowning in he rassumpsie river, Mon.
day evening. Cause, temporary insanity.
The bennington battle monument asso-
citation has decided to locale The monu-
men, on the site Of ,he Centennial store
house, 81 Beuuingtou Centre.
There arc Il ooo scholars 10 the com
mon schools Of Vermont, 10000 ia The s.
graded schools, $500 ia &c different sead.
omies, and COO fitting for college.
A Boston paper says "Ex-GoY.
smith Of Vermont has purchased the
ialies place IN Oservilc, Mass, for sl,-
500, and is hsting u for : summer resi-
dence."
Elmlna Boyden, Of Barnard, who has
been great sufferer frem some unknown
Internal disorder during the past two
years, bad sewing needle Of medium
size extracted from her shoulder few
days ago, aud is recovering.
1.-The annual meeting Of the VI. Bible
Society was held 10 Montpelier, Oct IL.
The total contributions ( om Vernon, TO
the society the past year were slo,0Sa ;
balance in the treasury s., 800. The old
board Of officers were reelected, and the
annual sermon was preached by Rev. Geo.
b. SpAulding.
In the Smith Champlin poisoning case,
the prosecution will be represented by
States Attorney G.. X. Chapman of Yer
gennes, Col, w. q. Neszey Of Rutland
and ex-Gov. Stewart of Mlddlebury.
Mr.. Smith will be represented by Henry
Ballard Of Burlington, Geo. w Graudy
and J IL Lucia Of Vergenues.
w. j. Wright, an inmate OF the State
prison, was discharged the 18th on &C.
count OF The expiration Of his term, he
having been sentenced for one year for
stealing four cows Ia Arlington. Sheriff
Trip of Addison County Immediately re-
arrested him on the double charge OF
stealing six cattle from aman and horse
aud buggy from another party aud con-
veyed him TO Middlebury Jail.
Hon e. w. Willard and James I
Thurston, Of Montpelier, leave the fore
part Of this month for Arkansas, where
they are to spend the winter at the Hot
Springs.
A Berlin horse fell 90 feet from bank
to pile Of logs, turned two somersaults
and rolled 20 feet more down a steep in
cline Of loose stones, but got up and be-
gan to Craze.
Geo. +. Leonard, the mail agent be-
tween Newport, and Springfield, Mass
for the past IL years, has travelled over
900, 900 miles, and never met with an &C.
ceident.
A Danville manufacturer sucked at Q
siphon TO start the running of barre
full of cedar oil. So much started that he
swallowed enough to kill half dozen
men, and he barely escaped being one o.
them.
The Ottaquechee wooden mill, Nortl
llartland, consumes sixty thousand
pounds OF wool per year. Nearly twice
that amount of shoddy is used. The
price paid at the present time for wool il
seventy cents per pound cleansed weight
A Cornwall man picked 30 quarts o
second-crop raspberries the other day
and their flavor was pronounced superior
TO the first fruits.
Vergennes is about 80 miles from Bar
lington containing about 800 inhab
itants, and enjoys the fame of being thu
oldest city in New Englsnd and thu
smallest city of the world.
The st. Adams Reformed Mems Clul
have resolved as follows; "That If any
person is known TO supply any member
of our club with alcoholic drink and WI
can prove the same, we, as a club, will
in our power to bling the guilty person
or persons TO justice.
Tho special committee ofthe state agri
cultural society on cattle disease prevail
ing in the state will be called together L
consider some means for It's suppression.