The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-10-25
srArE sEws.

STATE sEws.
An Addison youth has eoped with q
married woman, who took along Eve Of
her children.
Herbert, II years old, son OF Rev. u.
Elliot OF Ripton, was caught In revolv'
ing mill.shaft day OF two ago aud torn
In pieces.
Willard Lawrence of Glover, was re-
Gently poisoned by drinking cider which
bad been boiled in 4 newly galvanized
pan. Prompt medical aid counterseted
the effects of the poison.
The Vergennes reform school now ha,
l23 boys and 16 girl inmates, whose health
is generally excellent, though diphtheris
is raging fatally mile away.
Mrs. Chole Patchen OF South Burling
ton, celebrated her tooth birthday lasl
week. There are now living four gener
atoms of her descendants, including sc
great gran children.
The clothes of Bertha, a six year, old
niece Of Stillman Gallup, of Gulford
caught the flames from brush fire recent
", and she was seriously, perhaps fatally,
burned.
Fairfax is greatly excited over case Of
shooting, with intent to kill Doctor Brush,
a well-known citizen, by woman named
Julia Coffee, who is in business In the
town.
Amos Boynton of Plymouth has raised
from one bill of squashes $50 pounds.
Two Of the berries weighed respectively
81 and 90 pounds and the rest over 50
each, to make up the complement.
The annual meeting of the Vermont as.
ISOLATION for the protection aud prcserva.
ton Of fish and game will be held ON
Tuesday, November 9th, 1877, at 9 p. M,
at the Berwick house, in the village OF
Rutland.
Vermont paid one.fourth of the debt
of $i8, 900 Of the American board of for
eign missions, at Providence, the Sd
Gov. Page of Rutland contributing S.
900, the Fairbanks $1,000, and G. f.
Thompson of Brattleboro 81 900.
The case of the Chester Boot Company
in bankruptcy was heard before w. G. :.
Veazey, Register, at the office OF Geo. L..
Fletcher, Esq, in Chester, yesterday.
Claims were presented aud allowed to the
amount OF Sl4, 900, and G. IL. Gowran, of
CaYendish, was appointed assignee.
The general term of the Supreme Court
commences at Montpelier the 30th Instant.
The whole number of the cases on the
docketis fifty.two-four from Chittenlen,
two each from Rutland and Bennington,
five fIom Wlndham, one each from
Franklin, Orange, Lamolle and Orleans,
and thirty-five from Caledonia county.
According to the St. Adams Messenger
figures the defalcation of IL. II, Bailey,
the collector of taxes, foots up some 81,
900. The town has brought suits upon
the bonds aud attached all the visible
property of the sureiies, and 1t Is believed
that enough has been secured TO cover
the probable losses.
Norman Taylor OF Plymouth, the ped
estrian, ran on the track al Ath0l, We'd
nesday OF last week, in the presence Of q
large company Of spectators, making the
be st time he ever accomplished in his five
years experience, In spite OF the wind
which was against him. file rau i've
miles in n minutes aud 81 IL seconds
receiving $25 for doing so.
AS the coffin of the late Willis Daniels
Of Bristol was being lowered into the
grave recently, the latter was found e
have been dug too short, aud the caskeI
was taken out for the purpose OF remedy
ing the defect. While moving it from
over the grave a portion of the earti
cayed IN, causing one Of the bearers t.
fall into the grave, aEd the other three be
ing unable to hold II, the cofln fell on
the man, severely bruising him.
The great engine known in the st. AL
bans shops as "106" which has been II
progress of building for number O
months past is nearly completed and will
shortly 20 to the paint shops. il il th'
heaviest engine ever built by the com
pauy and is the heaviest Ia their posses
sion.
/ Al The last commencement Middlebnrl
college established q new professorshIp
10 be entitled The Professionally Of Polili'
cal Economy. II was necessary to rals'
I So 900 10 endow this proiessorsbip, anG
Presiden. liulburt commenced acliye en-
deaYors Immediately AFTER 10 raise th
amount. Monday evening The presiden
reported 10 the Faculty at their MONTH.
meeting that be bad been successful, ani
New York gentleman had pledged ID
annual interest during his Iife Of $500
to pay the salary Of Professor Of Politi
cal Economy, and thai be would give ID
college Al bic death The fall sum. Th
name OF this patron is Withheld at bis eH
press desire. Previous 10 this mnniacen
gin the gentleman bad already presenie
the college with 1900.
A son of M. Begkusp, Of Holland, wa
instantly killed, Saturday afternoon
BeIknsp and smother young man Ia