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

the charge striking BIN 10 The chin and
blowing TIE top ofhis bead entirely oa.
The managers Of TIE Central Vermont
7 Railroad have laid 600 tons Of steel rails
between 81. Adams and Montpelier, and
bad tbe road.bed graded and newly bal
lasted. Next season steel rails viii be
laid from Montpelier 10 West Hartford,
which will complete = continuous steel
rail from st Adams to White River Jane
ilon, The difference 10 cos, Of the two
rails Is shout oue-fourlh, A new draw
bridge has been pot In At Albargh, aud
during tho coming winter the entire
bridge will be thoroughly repaired, The
managers have raised tho top OF every
covered bridge on the road 80 IS to clear
the heads Of brakemcn on freight trains.
Next season, also, the elegant picnic
grounds a mile or two south OF Burling
ton will be utilized The Central has ex-
pended large sum Of money on these
grounds.
James Il. Owens, OF Fairfax, has Is.
sued challenge to any man in the world,
regardless OF size, weight or strength, to
wreslle, collar and elbow, best two out
OF three falls, for purse Of from $1,000
to $4,000.
The Reunion society of Vermont Off
GERS which was appointed TO be held at
St. Johusbury, October 25, has been post
poued to December II, at the same place
This postpouement TO later day was
judcious on the part Of the committee, as
Il gives a little longer breathing spell At.
ter the reunion at Bennington centennial,
and brings II at a more convenient time
for the meeting, which will insure much
larger attendance than IL held earlier,
The interest in this society has never flag
ged, and with Gen. Grout for president
and Col. Roswell Farnhsm for orator,
and DR.. Ballard for chairman OF the COM
mittee Of Arrangements, we bespeak one
of the most interesting reunions that this
society has ever held.
Rev Alfred Thompson, claiming to be
pastor of an Illinois Methodist church,
was sentenced 10 Sing Sing for five years,
for robbing the wife of clergyman
whose confidence be obtained while cross
Ing the ocean.
The Leipsic police are making war on
ladies' trains in the street. Notice has
been given through the newspapers that
all persons whose dress is found trailing
on the sidewalk will be fined.
One of the best preserved ministers in
Connecticut Is the venerable Rev. Thos.
Lefiingwel Shipman, of Jewett City,
father Of Judge Shipman of Hartford.
He preached on Sunday for the Stafford
Springs Congregational church, with
whom he is an especial fayorite, and dis
played the physical and mental vigor OF
man OF 40, and certainly more acumen
than is often found in men of 80. lie
breaches frequently without notes, and
without glasses reads the Bible and
hymns 10 clear, ringing voice.
The Fraser river in British Columbia is
to be dyked and about 10000 acres o
submerged lands reclaimed. The en- |
ginetr who has charge of the works is
from Ontario, aud he not only promises to
have the dyking done next year, but has
formed colony of ninety-six persons
from Ontario, who will settle on the re-
claimed ground, and bring with them
over 100000 in cash.
A rural correspondent of the Richmond |
Dispatch grows facetious over the pro-
posed re-establishment of the whipping
post in Virginia, and says scores OF old
farmers would ride 20 miles to beg the
pleasure of giving "nigger good nine
and-thirty,' while ITO revel in the rare
luxury of whaling a lank and lean New
England Yankee redolent OF Goldfish and
cant, they would fight"
II Is doubtful whether the reign of gas
will last much longer. At the present
time nearly every shop in Brooklyn is lit,
anu UIliIlhutIf MS WIN hNiooNhSt WiNhvut
any disagrceable odor being perceptibe;
while few months ago the authorities in |
the large city of Exeter, England, would |
not enter into the new gas contracts as
they anticipated the use of electric lights,
and at Bristol, England, the authorities
have lately resolved TO advertise for ten
ders of lighting the whole or part of the
city otherwise than by gas, in the event
OF no satisfactory arrangement being
come to with gas company.
A New York jsweler from whom a
stranger had ordered $500 worth o.
watches in the name of weil-kown man
IN Stamford, Conn, took the goods TO
Stamford instead OF sending them, be-
cause he feared swindle. lie found his
suspicious verified, and felt SO good to
think be had not been cheated that be got
drunk and was robbed Of his $500 pack
age by thief.
The patent bell punch tax in Vir.
GINA works well II has already netted |
the State $4,000 and in seventeen days
the rummes Of the city OF Richmond
paid an involuntary tax TO the State Of
s., $50.
Nervous Debility
| VITAL WEAKNESS or DEPRESSION; a
weak exhausted feeling, no energy or
courage; tho result OF MENTAL OVER
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