The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-02-14

West River rsllfoss enterprises. snd II bat
Is carried. the .itcmPi wIli he iarthsT
made 10 All &c road 70 as smoant 81
g. .0a0.
The ConKrea siomAlists Ia Rasland re.
tnse 10 pafiate q ibe boy ssof msui, 10
oonmenofstiou q tbc body sni blood %
Christ. iron the ,ame oap viii tbeif col.
orrd broshtfs SOD sisters Ouc cop wSs
passed around 10 l0l white men and
women, ons u whom saiin he same psw
The bnr ooiored persons, and thea auoth.
e. caP-pFebably q pewter one -was
served 10 the lwo menol African descent.
Saturday afternoon last, c. W. Alex.
ander, q Berlin, aod ~ Zero, Of Water.
bury, who are drawing wood Tor the rail.
road company Al "Sllp Ilill. just below
Middlssex village. were sent 70 the village
Tor some grain. They were compelled to
20 on The railroad distance Of forty rods,
aod while passing through = cut Ia the
ledge were overtAken by three engines.
Alexander, who was ahead, caught BIZ
horses BY tho bead aud managed TO Ie.
strain them until the engines dashed BY,
the space between The rail aud ledge
being ouly 1--WE and one-half feet. Gero
was about 80 feet behind him, and bis
team was struck by he drst eugine, The
horses being Killed and the sled smashed
IN fragments, not a piece two feet long
being LEFT. lie was thrown distance OF
fifteen feet, bu, WIS not severely injured.
The horses were valued 81 $500.
Samuel Wells, a prominent citizen OF
Montpelier, died in that place on Wednes-
dsy morning, the 9th inst. Mr.. Wells
was born 10 Milton, In 1882, and was edu-
Gated As lawyer aud practieed for ayear
or two 10 Bakersfield, but 10 1919, on the
organization OF the Farmers Mutual Fire
Insurance Company, Mr.. Wells took the
position OF treasurer, an office which be
held twenty-eigbt years, aud up 10 the
time OF his death, with credit to himself
aud with general satisfaction TO the mem
bers Of the company.
The Supreme Court has decided that
two.year-old colt is not a horse, and is
consequently not exempt from attach
ment. Perhaps il would be we'll II the
court had also decided at what particular
stage In its existance colt ceases to be
such and becomes horse.
Mr.. A. Z. Lewis of Newburyport has
daughter ~ years of age, who, when two
years old, got needle in her right foot
in which portion Of ii was broken off.
The parents thought no more of the mat
ter, until on Sunday they observed the
broken portion Of the needle in the little
finger OF the lett hand, it having worked
up the body for ten years.
The number Of persons sick from the
effects OF using water from well on
Main street, III Richford, is increasing.
There are now twenty.eight cases.
Strong robust persons are stricken down
and remain PROSTATE. Every EFFORT pos
sible is made for their recovery and TO
prevent the disease from increasing, but
so far unsuccessfully. The well is situat-
cd opposite the American house and sup.
plies a large number OF families. 1t has
been IN use for years, aud never before
has II been known TO effect persons in the
least. No analysis OF the water has yet
been made, owing to the absence Of Prof,
Collier. II +, however, believed by ply.
sicians that il Is heavily loaded with or.
ganic matter, aud they call The epidemic
the gOstroenteric fever, resulting from use
OF poisonous liquid. One death occurred,
that OF IL j. Searles, u prominent and re-
spected citizen. The remaining members
OF the family, three ia number, aie in a
dangerous condition.