The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-04-25
srArE NEWS

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one small school district In Stowe.
About 100 students are IN attendance
At the medical department Of the Univer.
siiy Of Vermont.
Morelown merchants do not pay over
cents per pound for the best maple sugar.
p. Redheld Kendall OF Rutland will
deliver the address IN that place on Deco
ration Day.
A Brattleboro commission house has
sold during the past eight months Al, 900
barrels Of -four.
The Congregational churches Of this
sta,e will hold their general convention,
at Rutland, next June.
II is reported that several thousand
dollars damage have beeen caused by the
floods at North Troy aud vicinity.
DR.. L. sawyer's barn at Springfield
with large quantity Of hay aud farming
tools was burned by probably incendi-
airy FIRE Saturday.
A well dressed tramp has been getting
good board among Orleans county farm-
ers, free of charge, for some time past, by
pretending to be cattle buyer.
According to the Herald, Rutland is In
rather bad way. The beer saloons keep
open on Sundays and the hose companies
have corrupting influence on their mem.
Jers
Stowe has two score people seventy.five
years OF age and upwards, the Oldest be.
Mrs, Ann Cragin Mcmahon, who has at.
aimed the very remarkable age Of 1913
years.
Isaac Bowman, of McIndoes Falls has
contracts to drive 10000, 900 feet of lum.
Der down the Connecticut river this
'pring, some of 1t Is going as far as Hart.
ord, Conn.
George Bromly has been bound ever 10
n 900, and Merritt Clark In $4,000, for
heir recent murderous assault upon John
near Wallingford.
Sanford Small, from Iowa, is now In
huntington, with nine heavy pairs of
mules for sale. lie is native of Hunt.
ngton, aud IL large farmer In Iowa.
The oldest case on tho docket of the
county court Is that of Isaac
wye against the Rutland and Burlington
abroad company, which was entered at
he spring term of 1851.
Ex High Sheriff S. w. Bowker of vii.
amsyille, died Saturday from the effects
{ an accident received by being thrown
rom his carriage while returning from
be Bennington Centennial last August.
Mr.. NJ. j. Love, late Vermont manager
Or the Boston Globe, has brought suit
gainst one 7. S. Ryan ofRutlsnd, claim
lg $4,000 damages for an assault COM
lifted upon him (Love) by Ryan last
Nj. The affair grew out of something
'ove had published in the Globe, reflect.
" on a member of Ryan's family.
Friday night about thirty tramps called
the house of Luther Battles of New
ury and demanded admittance and food.
Ie refused them, and they then threat.
ned bis life If he did not comply with
leir requirements. lie went into the
ouse and fastened the doors and win
ows, when they seiDg they were baked
'ok all OF his stove wood out Of the shed,
bout two cords, and burned II up to-
ether with whatever else they could lay
leir hands on. Then they tried to break
own the door, but the presence of Mr..
attles with shot gun quieted them
own, aud they left for New Hampshire.
During the year 1876 one hundred and
divorces were granted In the
Iatc-three less than in lS75--being one
Ivorce TOR every sixteen marriages. In
ne hundred aud twenty.three cases the
life was the petitioner, an 10 forty.fve
lie husband. Sixty.six were granted for
IntoIerAbIe severity" eleven for "refu.
] to support" twenty-four for "Adul-
ny, sixteen for hdesertion. LamoilIe
unity had one divorce in eight mar
sges, Orange one In nine, Rutland aud
rand Isle one In twelve, Orleans one In
urteen, Addison and Windsor one 10
teen, Washington one In seventeen,
hittenden aud Windham one in nineteen,
rankin one 10 tweuty-eight, Benning-
n one in thirty-two, and Essex none.
stistics for the year 1877 will show q
usiderable increase In the petitions, and
e Number Of divorces granted.
DIR. S. w. ThAyer OF Burlington, who
ed The city for $4,000 damages for in
ry caused 10 his property and the health
bis family by an open sewer near bis
sidence, has been awarded only $766 &c,
images. The case will 60 10 the SUI
'eme court.
Crsflsbury decided that 4 woman can't
I'D the Office of superintendent OF ,
hools, and the seIeclmen have appoint.
a man, to I'LL The position, 10 The place
the lady originally chosen.
We regret to hear OF The death OF the I
uerable DIR. Cyrus b. Drake, for forty ,
isrs pastor Of The Congregational church
Royalton, which occurred Sunday.
r. Drake vas opo Of The trustees Of ,
iddlebary college, e native Of wey. /
idge, VI,
About two o'clock, Monday afternoon,
girl Of ten years old, daughter Of
trick O'Brien of West Rutland, wan
red ialo the woods aud made 9 Gre for ,
lusemen,. The child 10 Der play had
{ clothing set on IRE and ran 10 the |
ase about quarter ETA mile distant ,