The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-05-09

al Madletowu. MY. lie bad become
uumknsEcAhie. During Bis iife b. bal
killed three persoHs md crippled ,wsasy.
Farther investigation relative 70 tie
wheat crop 10 Oaio, shows tia, IN some
parts q che state il il zoo rank AND
denst. The leaves on The stalks near he
groand are becoming slightly yellow, apd
rust i feared
The kind 81 efiosholders rammany
glycs ,ho cts Of Now York was shown
by acAso Ia The police court, On Tuesday
Ex.Congrrssmau Fox vas assaulted By
senator aud er-Judge uogau, aud no.
gan whipped Fox, While eK Coroner
shine cat hen ia Tie face with knife.
The three men married sisters an three
were drunk
The fact that the naval officers Of the
United States have had aud are likely
again 10 have 10 pay twelve or fourteen
per cent. 10 order 10 obtain money, be.
cause Congress did not make suia sicni
appropriation for their proper and doc
payment, Is disgraceta one. This is
not economy Il i robbery,
Captain Burton, the celebrated African
Traveller, commanding tho kbediye's ex.
pedltlon 10 survey the mines IN the land
Of indian, has returned, bringing twenty
I've tons Of specimen ore, comprising
gold, silver, copper, tin aud lead. Bur.
ton found three sulphur centres, three
turquoise mines aud extensive deposits
Of Gypsum, seltpeter and rock salt. lie
goes to England to arrange for the work
| ing OF the mines for the khediye.
The famine in he north Of China RACES
with Increasing severity, and most dread
fol reports come from the afflicted region,
10 one town man opened shop for the
sale Of human lesh, and did good bust.
ness in oannibalistie joints aud roasls, til
the local mandarin iuterfered with this
horrible experiment in living by causing
the shopkeeper TO be arrested and be-
beaded.
I With the opening Of The Welland Canal
is proposed TO build large elevators at
| Ogdensburg and TO distribute from that
point instead of IRON Chicago and Mil
waukee. This will, OF course, make bust.
ness for the Central Vermont road and
its Boston connections, and they are now
arranging TO accommodate this increased
traffic.
The New York Graphic says two things
are practically settled; /. That the tole-
graph is to be superseded by the tele.
phone 10 all municipal service. 2, That
the telephone ia to be adopted as the
feeder aud auxiliary Of the telegraph at
small way stations now too unremunera-
tive to pay the cost Of an operator.
Postmaster-G General Keys home Is al
Chattanooga, Tenn, and he is reported
as saying that the first ball that was shot
in the battle of Lookout Mountain wen
through his house, aud that he has now
made the man who commanded the
United States troops, by whom II wat
fired, the postmaster al Chattanooga.
The best opinion is that the Democrats
intend to make the alleged McLin comics
sion the basis Of new political move
ment, not that they expect to unsea
Hayes, but that they expect TO make The
question prominent in the campaign. i
appears that McLin is very III. The sub
ject will come up in the House coutes
over the seat from the second Florida dis
trict, as well as in connection with th
quo warranto bill.
b. w. Hitchcock, who got up the scan
dalous Congress of beauty" IN New
York, some months ago, and fled to Mon
treal when the poor girls tried to &c
their pay, has been selling lots on Lon
Island the past two years at quite cheal
rates; and large numbers of mechanic
have bought and built houses thereon
All of the lots are now found to be heavi
ly mortgsged. lie cannot be found b.
officers Of the law.
The Tilden resolutlonisIs have sent on
story that If Hayes was ousted Tide
could not succeed him because be did no
take the oath. On the contrary IL has lonI
been known that Justice Field, Of the gu
preme court, administered the oath &
Tilden privately March 4,
The Herald's Baltimore special announ
ces the arrival of two Russian specis
agents commissioned to select fast steam
ers suitable for privateering Ten oihc
Russian naval officers are coming an
will designate about fifty fast ships 70
priyateering. The crews will be drafte
partly from the Cimbria and partly b
| enlistment here. The Cimbria will leay
her present position in a day or mort
subject 10 the orders OF those agcnt
whose arrival she has been waiting.