The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-07-25

here far TIE psa 80 days, bat the cold
wave has arrived whsch has Eiyea TIC air
5 Terv lHvieorsilnE feeling, ani pa, Bsw
stse inio every one.
Aaotber seelabis vas teid Al town
BAL Wednesday evening" Jaly l7h. Ice
cream wss SERVED and very plessan, bop
was enjoyed Sullsan Snd Bradley faf.
ussh.nR he maHo
-Alsrgs party from Salem, \, y. made
oar village visit lssi Monday. dining At
Rar,le,ts hoid There were some aue
singers 70 The party, 81 which lkey gave
proof while wsllisg At The hotel.
MIR r II CaudeId Of this place has
scared situation - breakman on Tie
night express from Rutland 10 Montreal
en- TIE c v NJ We have DO doubt
Mr.. Garfield vii make very efficient
hand
"A caucus 70 the selection Of delegates
@ attend The eoauts convention, which Is
q Be beId At this place on tho on Of
August next. viii be held 81 The town
bali on Wednesday the 5lst day Of Joly,
8, $ O'Clock p
a large number Of creditors were
present 81 tbe meeting OF the bankrupt
Il M - W. A. n.rtt.r 4 n Y.tl...
David Crolul aud Hartman Garfield, last
Friday aud Saturday We learn the fol-.
lowing assiguees were appointed; r. r..
Hard for West a. Brother aud David
Crofut; N. II DemIng for Hartman Can.
field; j w Campton, Of Rutland, for
L. H. LAlhrop. The West & Brother
mill is now running and will probably
continue 70 run until the present stock
Is worked up.
STAMFORD.
"A most brutal murder was commit.
ted at the cline House" place OF low
resort st the state line between this place
aud North Adams, on Saturday. John
Daily, the murderer, is proprietor Of the
house and had been on drunken spree
for two days The murdered man was a
scissors grinder aud soliciting work was
given two razors TO sharpen, When The
task was complete he made a charge of
30 cents Tor the two. Daily objected, and
Spellman put one of them 10 his pocket,
refusing 10 surrender il until fully paid.
Daily was standing on piazza, aud his
feet were nearly level with Spellmau's
bead. Without a word OF warning be
commenced 10 Kick Spellman in the face,
knocking him down. Daily then sprang
upon the PROSTATE man, aud continued to
Kick him uulil he was unable TO utter a
moan, h'etalis stamping the life out of
his victim. The scissors grinder was
white haired man, go years Of age, inotf
eHsivr, industrious aud sober. Daily had
been for Two days on prolonged de.
bauch, and seemed furious A neighbor
named Sherman heard the struggle, hnr-
rled to the place, and found Spellman's
face 20 terribly distigured that he could
not articulate His eyes and nose were
crushed together and gouged out Of shape,
so merciless had been the assault. The
PROSTATE man was dragged a few feet and
placed under tree away from the sun,
The neighbor FASTENED to give the alarm,
but the man died before physician
could arrive. Two constables went TO
the house TO arrest Daily, but be drove
them of with reviewers aud threatened to
xiii them itthey entered Sheriff Wal
den, from North Adams, aud a posse
started for the house. They burst in The
door, when Daily rushed at them, but
was quickly overpOwered and haudcuiled
lie was then aiken TO Jail. The murderer
Is ~ years OF age, has been married, and
is dangerous character. Since becom-
ing sober he processes entire ignorance OF
the affair. lie served IN The Tenth Massa.
chnse.ts volunteers during the war, but
hN7 hleNithllaDlt ltCOIut Ilt was IA
amined before Justice Rockwell this
morning on charge OF willfnl murder,
and was committed TO Jail TO await the
action of the Grand Jury. This makes
the third murderer in the Berkshire
County Jail at the present time-Ten
Eyek, the negro, who has been tried and
is under sentence to be hanged next
month; Monahan, the Troy gsrroter,
who Killed Officer Quinn, and Daily,
whose case presents little chance for es-
cape, being already confined there II is
thought that the latter two will be tried
speedily be only spectator TO the
above deed was woman named Nellie
Grant, a courtesau, who is detained as d
witness. She tcslifies that Daily threat.
ened to XIII the old man before the as.
sault began, and afterward attempted to
take her life with one Of the razors. An
autopsy was held on the body OF Spell.
man, after which Il was inferred.
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