The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-01-17

A movement Egn9nE Inventors has
been lnsBgaraied 10 favor o. abou.hlng
mo3sis and sraminssions, Aad grHnang
lpa'sn,s 20 Al who apply ss In Eaglan1
leayIng ,be riEh, 10 the inveutioa 70 b.
eoaievtd In iht eaarls, she iuYcais- q
/ psy 90 patent n o for drawing rrlatrd
specification ant paieut, which IS an
syersge wiii cast sboag e. A patent
Dow eos,s ahoat 500,
There s. ikei, 10 Be- genera snspeu.
sion Of operations 10 the coal regions
The suspension Of work 10 thc scbuyRiu
coal regions 81 The ReAding compABy
throws 5000 hands out of employment,
while The shutting down by individual
operators Alis 20 900 more to lie unfor
tunatc list. Amer season which was
toll q Interruptions 10 the operatives,
this blow must come With serious effect
70 themselves and families.
A ies yeArs ago Maiae was the great.
est numbering state 10 the Union, bot
now she is sixth on the list, aud tho bust
ness Is rapidly falling OF by reason Of tie
wasting away OF The forests aud the com.
petition Of western men. Sbipbuilders
81 Portland say ths. they eau get pine
masts and slars from the Paeldc eossl
cheaper Than they can cut them 10 their
own woods
Hing Victor Emmanuel Of Italy died NJ
his palace In Rome on "wednesday after.
noou, and Prin 70 Flumbert's accession TO
the throne was al once announced.
King llnmbert fret issued his proclama.
ton announcing King victors death aud
his o@n devotion 70 liberal Institutions
The committee 10 ascertain what Is the
width and depth Of the chinuel Ia the
south pass Of tho Mississippi river, has re-
ported that the channel Is twenty-five
feet deep forawidth oftwo hundred feet. !
Capt. Eads will now be entitled TO his |
second instalIment Of $500, 600.
The total number of Methodists IN the
Upiled States Is over 1915, 900; Ia Can.
ada, LIP; In Great Britain aud her
colonies, 9o7, 404 In all the world they
number 1888 ,SSs. The increase in lay |
members for 1877 throughout the world
is given as 2ll 800.
The production of god Ia the United
States, anterior to 1858, footed up In
round numbers $3.50, 100000, Of which
period the greatest production for one
year was 500, 100000, in 1853. From
1888 to 1875 the aggregate production
was sS07 100000, making the total yield
by the country, including 1875, 81, 1892.
000, 600.
The Chicago elevators, as per official
figures, at present contain |, 1897 ,40S bush.
els OF wheat, 46j ,6l5 bushels of corn, 1873.
1888 bushels OF oats, %, l22 bushels of rye,
aud 631 ,S44 bushels OF barley, making Il
grand total OF 2,722, S72 bushels against
2 500, G9S bushels week ago and $685.
l9o bushels at this period last year.
Vessels IN the harbor are stored with $780,
74l bushels Of wheat, 1926, 1897 bushels of
corn, and 81, 9S7 bushels of oats.
Baptiste Canadian, otherwise Big John,
The well-known native of Caughna waga
who accompanied the lacrosse team on
ts European tour, ran the Lachne
rapids, Tuesday OF last week, along with
.wo other venturesome spirits like him
'elf, in one Of those open, flt-bottomed,
'aftsman's boats, with pointed prov and
tern. When the perilous trip was &C.
the boat was hall full OF water
md incrusted with Ice, as were also the
bars and paddles. The ice had also cut I
he hands Of the men, who were well i
Vetted. Big John said that there was {
rood deal of loose ice at the foot Of the =
apids, and added that when he got into v
be sdut he thought it was dangerous,
'ut be was in for itand couldn't back out.
Mrs. Hicks, aged 43, noted widow of
ashionable society abroad and at home,
vas married secretly at Cardinal McClos.
.ey's residence In New York to Thomas
lord, aged SO, one OF the wealthiest re-
ired merchants in New York, and said ]
0 be worth from 81 900 to 81 ,000,-
90. His children will endeavor to have
be marriage annulled. Mrs. Hicks is the a
widow ola merchant who failed but LEFT
er real estate which became valuable
he is Il convert 10 Roman Catholicism. G
.nri s Protestant.