The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-01-03

A dsaeu stAmps arc eaten alned tigh,ly
a ne BarAAglon polioe slAiiou.


tbey have 70 &c oct 81 doors to ~ them
The buildisgs 81 the Union nsHussc.
tariug Co, Il Spilogaeld, VI, we're
boroed Thss5sy night. Loss o. 900.
Rutland psopls lose Thirty thousand
dollars 81 the fsilurs o. the National
Trust Company, Of New York
An anti-protAniiy society has been
formed 10 lrAsbargh Penalty Tor break
ing the pledge Ito wheel member Of The
society arosnd lhe square Of the common.
Wm. COlwcB, Young man Of Sooth
Vernon, who Wss bitten by rRbid dog
some months since, died the other cay,
With All the symptoms Of hy drOphobia.
r. s. kubal', Northfeid drover, re.
Gently los, wallet containing over ti,-
600. Il was found and returned TO him
---the fuder refusing any reward.
During the visi, Of President Monroe
10 Montpelier, IN 1916, be was received
In the CALDWELL residence, It being the only
ono ia the place which had carpet on
the floor,
Thanksgiving day, while the wife Of f..
". Robbins OF Qouldsyilie was tempo
raTily absent from home, some one entered
the house aud took S325, which had been
placed between two beds for safe keep
lug.
Col. T.. D. Sawyer Of llydepark has
been indicted by The grand jury for high.
way robbery, because, as alleged, he ar.
rested Iicqnor smuggler without q war
rent, and e1lored $50 in settlement.
Miss Eva Whttemore, who disappeared
from home, at lIydepark, last week, re-
turned Saturday evening, in a iamisbed
condition. She was unable TO give any
account Of her wauderings, but she prob.
ably spent most Of the time in the woods,
Dr.. john II. French Of Burlington is
seriously III, where be has been laboiiug
in Pennsylvania having been suddenly
stricken down with something ike all sp,
poplectc stroke.
The biennial report of the home for DIES.
titute children at Burlington shows Il at
the number Of inmates is over 90 Sew
cnty-two have been received during the
past year, and Is provided with homes.
The receipts for the two years have been
81 ,G32, and the expenses % 800. The
permanent fund is s43, 1854.
John MeYee of Sharon was killed, the
other day, Ia the following way:-He
was taking railway ties from behind a cir
cular saw, when a tie caught and threw
Mr. McVee scross the saw cutting off bis
right leg above the knee and badly mang.
ling the other, so that be bled to death in
few minutes.
Hiram Clark, tie horse thief, who has
operated In different parts Of the State,
has been put under 81 900 bonds, in Bur.
lington. lie says he will be defended at
his trial by William o. Beach, the New
York lawyer.
The residence of Mr.. James De wey, OF
Fairhaven, was totally destroyed by fire
\ Friday morning about one o'clock. Only
the furniture in the first story was saved.
Mr.. Dewey is an invalid and has not been
able TO work much for the past two
years, aud was completely Frustrated by
the shock. Loss about 81 900.
Governor Fairbanks was among the
distinguished guests at the New England
Society's dinner, in New York, Saturday
evening, apd responded to the toast, "The
New England States" He said he would
give them sentiment; "The May nower
arriving in December, the type of the
New England commonwealth; a hardy
plant that can grow in all ATTITUDES and
bloom in all seasons"
Frank Plsmley OF Shrewsbury, ilIed 8
bear Dec. 30th, on the east side ofShrews.
bury mountain, near Plymouth line
The bear was in au open hole about fouI
feet deep, where 1t had apparently beer
for some the, aud as the sun was shining
In upon her was apparently quite com
Portable until ball from Pumley's car,
bne entered her head. After receiving
The fret ssIute bruin came out and at
tackled the dog aud did not give mp The
fight until four shots bad been fired.
The Vergeunes Vermon,er says;
"Never has this place been SO profoundly
stirred as il has been during the past twt
weeks. The labors of A. b. Earle, the
Evangelist, aud Rev. Dir. Hodges, leadel
OF tie praise meetings, IN connection
with the Baptist, Congregations anc
Methodist churches here, have been at
tended with remarkable success =
The dipmheria at Burlington and VI
cinity, which swept OF some 200 lives il
the Fall aud abaled somewhat during the
cold days VI Thanksgiving time, has 10
creased with the warm weather succeed
Ing, aud deaths are multiplying. Moth.
ing Is being done 10 properly Investigate
the matter o. to Increase the power OF tbs
health off GER, aud the chief aim OF tbs
physicians seems 10 be &c conceal the
affair from lhe public.
I. A young farmer Ia sheldon, Vermont
bought dsiry farm, stocked with sixt,
cows. During two years be has sold, ex
changed aud reduced the nutnber Of biz
dairy cows, so that last year be had be
ttirlytige. lie reports having made 81
much butter from the 'hirty.fye selected
cows ~ was formerly made from the orig
iuai sixty. Il is easy TO see that 10 re
daced attendance aud diminished cost 0
feeding With equal products, bis piodu
must be largely increased.