The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-11-29
STATE NEWS.

Il. Il. Brown was arrested at Weslmlns.
ter Saturday, for robbing the mail at Bel
lows Falls, the other day.
Rev. Mr.. Luther baptlsed seven persons
in Benlon's pond, Bennington, recently.
The Vermont Life insurance Company
Of Burlington have just completed their
new building,
Lieutenant Gov. Proctor Of Rutland
will spend the winter travelling in the
south,
Keeping Paris green in the pantry too
near the bread almost killed a whole fami-
ly at Castleton lately.
A family in Bloomington numbers
fourteen children--th Oldest 80 years old
aud the youngest Gall living.
The estate of the late Hon. Roswell
Bottum, of Orwell, proves to be worth
nearly $4,000.
N. Stetson of Hsrtland recently lost a
horse valued at 5000 which was run over
by the cars.
Two young men in st. Johnsbury have
been fined $26.40 for disturbing re-
ligious meeting.
Work having been temporarily sus-
pended in several slate quarries in Poult.
ney, large number OF workmen are
tkpn an, ont Nf nfp,,Inunnont
The other day Mr.. Charles Bowker, OF
Shorebam, found four large skunks in
his cistern. The water was taken out.
Also the skunks.
The Rutland Herald is disguised with
the mildness of modern theology, and
says the people are coming to think the
pcnitentiary and hell are both shadows
without substance.
Prof. Peter Collier is TO have the posi-
ton of chemist to the department OF agri-
culture at Washington, and his duties
there will commence on the first of De-
cember.
Gen. Edward A. Merritt, appointed
survey of the port of New York, is YER
montcr, and was born at Sudbury, Feb
ruary &c, 1923. While youth hc re-
moved to st. Lawrence county, New
York.
There was considerable pistol firing al
South Vernon the other night between
the Waterman at the steam saw-mill and
two chicken thieves whom he tried to foil
The Waterman had a bullet hole pu
through his coat, and one of the thieves
was laid out by ball, but both of then
finally got away unrecognized, and prob
ably not much hurt.
A man calling himself Capt. Perry ano
his wife have kept millinery store II
Bennington for few months past; bn
now they are among the missing, leaving
various unpaid creditors, and seYera
crooked transactions with business papers
are coming TO light.
Miss Sally Parker, of Proctorsville, al
active lady OF 50 years, who has within |
few years visited Great Britain aud othe
European countries, aud who visited thu
centennial last summer, has gone Il
Washington for the winter and espresso
the determination to go TO England agaiI
in year or two.
| j. *. Goodwin, peaceabIy disposed
Frenchman Of Richmond, was sho
through the arm the 18th, by Charlie
Eaton, while trying To defend bis bous
from the attack Of Eaton and a number o
roughs. Eaton was arrested, and held II
default of bail on the charge OF assault
with iutent to kill.
Captain Thomas r. House, formerly 0
St. Albaus, but for several years resi-
dent Of ST. Augustine, Florida, has bee
elected mayor Of that city, after spirite'
contest, by 226 majority. The 81. Au
gasIiue Press says that "with Captai
House as mayor, the interests Of the Al
cient City viii be well conserved"
a woman in Aseu;neyville recently re
ported that she bad been severely bite
By large dog belonging to Dea. &c org'
aud demanded five hundred dollars dan
age Subsequent examisation failed I
show even q scratch on Der person.
The inventive genius Of dead beats b.
devised plan for leeeing the nnwSry
1 The swiudler goes 10 farmers aud Offer
TO buy e lot OF farm Atthe same tina
be ba ads out so bill with which TO pa
q surveyor, who is 10 cali 10 few day.
and receives els in change for The coui
terfeit note.