The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-10-18
NEWS trR US.


which cost million dollars ( few years
eince aud is uos doing a good business,
was sold At auction Oct, for sl57 900.
freshet on the Cape Fear river 10
North Carolina has done great damAge 10
fences, bridges and crops.
Hellyer q Co., wooden goods import.
ers in New York, have failed, owing
$4,000.
Col. Sibey, the Boston forger, has been
committed TO jail, being unable to obtain
5000 bonds.
There were forty.two cases Of yellow
fever at Augusta, Ga@unday.
The pavilion Hotel at Glen Cove, l.. l.,
was Bearly destroyed by fire Monday
OctS Loss, 1000 to s20, 900; insured.
The colored Odd Fellows of the Grand
United Order of Old Fellows In Ameri-
ca were IN session at New Orleans during
last week. Representatives were present
from all parts of the Union, In the pro.
cession Friday, Oct 8, 1900 were in line
with several bands Of music.
Herman White, Jr., banker and note
broker of Cincinnati, who six months
since disappeared, owing nearly seventy
thousand dollars, was taken to that city
from ST. Louis and lodged 10 jai Friday.
The National Republican Printing and
Publishing compauy of Washington, was
incorporated the 9th, with q capital O..
$50 900. The iDcorporators are A. NJ /.
Clapp, Alexander II shepherd, Henry
II. Clapp, aud Gen. o Il. Babcock.
Great numbers of cattle are dying Of
the new disease in Fulton aud adjoining
counties of Illinois, no remedy for II hav.
ing been found Several persons have
been poisoned by eating diseased beef at
Freeport, the seat of Fulton county, but
no deaths are yet reported.
A misplaced switch threw train of
be track at Clyde, N. Y, killing one
man, injuring several others and damag-
| Ing locomotives aud cars S75 900.
uenry Shaw, the wife mneaorer, and
Gus johnson, one of the most notorious
murderers in Georgia, both under sem
tence of death, burrowed out OF Jail at
Atlanta, Thursday night, aud made good
their escape.
The Troy Times ex plains that the Tam
many triumph means that John Kelley
portion the State anew, and in such man
ner as will give the city of New York
oRe-fourth of the political power In the
legislature.
Since the cattle disease made its APP
pearance in Cleveland, Ohio, and vicini-
ty, 1879 cows have died. The general
theory ia that the disease is fever of
some kind, and is communicated TO ma
tive cattle by Texas steers taken there to
be slaughtered, many of which are pas
tured in the surrounding country for
time.
Alexander II. Stevens, right ia the
face of the abuse which Postmaster Gen.
eral Key IS receiving from the South for
using the words 'erring brethren"
speaks Of ths Outrageous tDlly Of seces-
sion"
TIE Boston Globe notes as "a significant
fact, that the papers which denounced
Brist0w aud upheld the thieves who rob
bed The treasury sre nov engaged in re-
Wiling the administration aud landing its
enemies
There were 10 deaths at Fernsudina
on the 4th. Nine new cases Of ye low
fever arc reported. Capt. March, of the
schooner Emma McAdams, is reported
dying. DIR. Simmons Of Charleston has
arrived at Fernandiua. Mayor Riddeli
Is improving.
On the Sd, the coach from Dcadwood,
carrying ok passengers, was stopped by
two road agents twelve miles south OF
Fort Laramie. The robbers got about
500 from the passengers. The treasure
box was broken open, but contained
nothing Of value to the thieves.
Jay Gould has been mulcled TO pay
si42. Gel 10 bis Black Friday brokers,
Berry Il Heiser. After ordering the pur
chase Of gold amounting TO upwards Of
eight Inillion dollars he repadiated the
obligations. Tue suit has been on four
years, aud the above decision was given
10 tic supreme court.
Asa a. Breed Of Lynn was knocked
down ia Beleber's iaue In Boston, aud
robbed Of 5000, Friday, Oct. 5, by some
unknown person The robbery was wit
nesscl by several persons, but was &C
compished 50 quickly that the scoundrel
escaped Il f. said 10 be tie boldesi rob-
berry ever perpelrAied ia Boston.
A dead body found In tie woods near
Biughampton, N. T., IL identified AZ
that Of Henry o. Smith, OF New Haven,
VITO escaped from an asylum last jane,
ana is believed to have killed himself.
The krupp cannon works Ia Germany
are Of immense dimensions. They send
their ornaments to all parts Of The world,
AID employ 81 enormous capital. a
striking feature u the establishment Is 3
handred thousand pound tiip hammer
TIE Emperor William recently made a
visit OF inspection there, and 1884 work
men turned out 10 receive him.