The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-09-20


= loss Of 81 lives
/ Two yoaug fools fought iasl Al Shsl.
I Is, kt., fcw bays age, with fatal re-
salu 20 both.
Five millions monthly l. The rate It
which the treasury department II aeca.
malssiug gold fer tho purposes Of ~.
Sumption.
Tbs great Corllss ongiae 10 Machlaery
bail, Philadelphia, has beon taken aown
sna packed, ready fer removal 70 Provi.
deuee, Il |. Seventy railroad cars will
be needed 10 carry Il.
Capt, King Of santa Gertrudes. Texas,
Is maling an addition Of dxy.ihree
miles to hs pasture fence, which viii co.
clote altogether, when completed, 10000
ae S,
Two spans, each s50 feet long, Of the
Union Paoiae railroad bridge across the
Missouri river between Council Bluffs,
Ia, and Omaha, Neb, were destroyed By
a violent wind on Saturday morning.
and the loss is sa5o,00o. II win take
two or three months to rebuild the
spans
An Illinois county paper gives list Of
sixteen farmers 10 its Immediate vicinity
who are now worth from si5, 900 to $500,
coo each, who commenced life with moth.
Ing bat their hands and got their start
by working out for very low wages,
some by cutting wood at % cents cord.
The New York Central railroad Is quiz
city but steadily At work dischargng the
employees who were most active in the re-
cent strikes, especially those who adyoea.
ted violence. This method Of striking
back Is disagreeablc but instructive, and
may furnish food for thought to labor
agitators.
Alien, one OF the prisoners, who, Ia at.
tempting to escape from a Connecticut
prison, recently, killed the Waterman,
has made fun confession. lie says
81 900 were paid to the turnkey who as
sisted them.
The Mendelssohu Quintetle Club adds
new member this season, and Is assis-
ted by Miss Lewis, soprano,
Thomas Mast has nearly recovered the
use Of bis rheumatic hand, and will soon
resume bis cartoon skeiohing.
John Taylor is President of the twelve
apostles aud acting President of the Nor
mon church until the new President Is
elected. Taylor was shot at Nanvoo at
the time Jos Smith was killed, and Is a
strong Mormon.
A Salt Lake letter says Mormon pros
perity Is fictitious. The condition of the
people is hopelessly wrctohed, Their
earnings are swallowed up by the lead
ers. Many OF Brigham Young's under
takings were failures.
Crazy Horse the Sioux Chief, who
surrendered last May, died from wound
received IN attempting TO escape. Some
commotion was caused among the In
dams at Camp Robinson by his arrest,
but II appears TO have subsidized.
Tho Boston Commercial Bulletin does
not object to their having bands in At
lanta play Dixie, and The Bonnie Blue
Flag. II says: If the Georgiaus will
only pay their debts and mind their bust
ness, lei them jig to whatever music they
like best.
During the last ten years l,l35 persons
have been Killed, aud q 1927 manned in
the streets Of London by vehicles Of one
kind or another, but for the most part by
light carts and cabs. The number killed
last year was 1870, while 2,7i0 were
manned.
The governor of Maryland has admins.
tel d deserved rebuke TO the miserable,
sneaking militia of his state who failed
him In tho trying hour OF the recent
strikes. AS the governor states In his
letter, only small portion Of the sixth
regiment could be mustered for service
against the rioters, aud of this small
number-barcly three thin companies
flve.sixths deserted while on duty, leav-
ing but a score OF men faithful TO the
state.
A drove of $50 head of cattle passed
from Canada into the states at North
Troy last Tuesday. They were owned
by Hayden q Dow of Albany, and the
duties on them amounted to 81 5000
At st. Albums last Saturday night Jo-
seph Rogers, an elderly employe Of the
fremont house In that place, was as.
sanlted aud badly beaten by unknown
persons, whose object seems to have been
either murder or robbery. AS the VII
lage makes no appropriations for night
police or lighting tie lamps, such as
sauls can be made without fear of detec-
ton.
NERVOUS DEBILITY.