The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-06-20
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Ten thousand Cinnamon are being
shipped from California to Peru for plan
tation work
The Chicago Post is edited by mother
and her daughter, Hence daughter be a
good psper.
Baltimore was glulted with 100000
quarts Of strawberries Wednesday which
brought from three TO six cents quart in
/ lots.
+ John Kelley, contractor on the La
chine canal, Montreal, has mysteriously
disappeared with Slj, 1000, aud foul play
I is feared.
/ The President has received about one
hundred aud twenty invitations to attend
Fourth of July celebrations.
The faculty Of Wesley University has
compelled the students to give up their
commencement promenade concert for
commencement concert.
The President has nominated John G.
Fremont, Governor Of Arizona; John +.
Hoyt, Michigan, Governor of Idaho.
A Boston widow in reduced circum-
stances" sells two pianos ! week for SlS5
apiece, although they cost 5000 last An.
tumn. The commission 8 about fifteen
per cent.
A ,o.,y HtnI Of f,atatn h,fx hag N, a IA
its appearance IN some parts of Michigan
and the farmers predict greater desruc-
ton from it than from themore notorious
Colorado beetle.
Postmaster-Gene he, has been ex-
communicated by the Democracy. lie is
poor wanderer, without political
home or friend, dragging out miserable
existence on salary of eight thousand
dollars year,
The Plymouth church examining com
mittee has at last resolved to drop Mrs.
Tilton from their rolls. / is understood
that she reiterated her statement con-
corning Mr.. Beecher ina letter to the
committee.
The sale of The Salisbury mills at
Amesbury, Mass. shows the degree OF
shrinkage to which the property OF "pam-
pered manufacturing mDnopolists" has
been subjected. The property cost 49,.
10000 and sold for Sl60D0O.
The American agricultural implements
at the exposition are pronounced by Paris
journals as unrivalled Ia Europe. The
Oregon and California wheat attracts
great attention, also the mineral exhibit
from the Pacific coast.
Five rufiians entered New York horse
car the other night, beat the conductor
and passenger, robbed the latter, and
went away rejoicing. No police and no
resistance on the part of the other pas
sengers.
A funeral procession was run into by a
train at Elizabeth, N. j., on the 3lst nit.
1t struck a carriage, killed both horses,
SiNnhius thS NllNbi . Hhull anu oiOhc NC
leg aud arm. Two old men were badly
hurt, but not fatally.
Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, of Mountain
City, Texas, are probably the oldest
married couple In the country, the former
being one hundred and three and the lat
ter one hundred and two years old, and
they have lived together eighty-two years.
There was solemn ending to Sunday
sport at Smilhield, Rhode Island. A
party Of men who had been fishing on
Waterman's reservoir. gathered on an
island 10 cook their fish, when shower
came up, bolt Of lightning fell, aud two
of the party were killed, two others par
tally stripped and paralyzed, and the
others were less seriously affected.
The lEmenlable scandal which has
brought Bishop McCoskrey of Detroit
into such prominence has resulted in bis
complete resignation, not only Of the
bishopric, bat also, under the church
laws, Of bis ministry. He returned to
Detroit, as announced, to court investi-
cation and withdrew his former resigna.
ton Of bis Episcopal jurisdiction, but the
investigation brought out some documents
that did not admit Of Satisfactory explana.
/ lion.
/ Nasty rejoices with JOY unspeakable at
the prospect Of an era Of investigation
1--WE hey got MIR. Hayes this time. We
shcl teach the abilishnists that when q
pure mau like Samuel j. Tilden hez
bought aud paid for sn offs, be is going
TO get ii. We hev swore not TO be swim
died out nv wat wuz ours by purchis. II
cost him TOO much TO buy the nominashnn
and the eleckshun not to have em. We
are goin' to be President. ! am arraBgin
Il. You will hear from me next week
The Corners will be electrified
A si0guiar case Of wholesale poisoning
occurred at San Antonio, Texas The olbei
day. A mau named Porter was sen.
teuced 70 i've years imprisonment for at
tempted murder, aud the same night
committed suicide 10 Jail. The Judge
( District attorney aud other officers wer,
taken severely III a the same time, ans
inquiry proved that the prisoner, beiori
leaving court, hsd poured = vial Of poison
into 5 pitcher Of water 10 the room viii
The intention o. poisoning Tie wholf
court. The officers narrowly escspes
with their iiFes, but !, il tboaght 81 vii
recover.
The inqaIrer says iha. Henry Webb Q
Clarendon lost several hundred dollars
. worth Of strawberries BY tbs frost lac
week.