The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-06-20
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Rev y Newton GAaier has rendered
bis resignation a. pastor Of tbe Baptist
church al Montpelier. to take effect ihe
fret Of Jaly.
There Is uuususl activity 10 The eKicu-
sive sosp stone quarries q, Grafton, which
arc being worked to supply manuiaotar'
ers with material to al numerous orders.
A Vermont genius has aoatlng saw
mill on board which ho sails along Lake
Champlsin doing good business With The
farmers along The banks.
The Lyndon Union observes -" Among
the best ,urnouts 10 ST. Jhousbury aud
other places these days is by men who
have gone mp The spout.
The largest drive Of logs ever hoaied
down the Connecticut passed Brattleboro
the l2lh-thlrty million feet Of timber
requiring 10 its passage the constant ser.
vices Of two hundred and fny men
A Mrs, Kinney, Of Troy, bad her teeth
extracted four years ago for the purpose
OF having au artificial set ltted, aud now
mature Is filling her mouth with the gen
uiue article.
Three young ladies Cd one OF whom
was dressed ia male clothing with a
"plug" bat, made sensation By prone
nsding the ST. Johnsbury streets the
other day.
The editor Of the Montpelier Argus has
been presented with some maple syrup
made 10 1927, aud ts flavor is still good
The jury in the case OF Ezra p. Smith
Of Vergennes, accused OF wife murder,
returned verdict OF not guilty. Smith
was Immediately arrested on an indict.
ment for adultery and released on 81 900
bail.
A reunion viii be held at Leland and
Gray Seminary, Townsbend, VI, Aug.
II and p. All former teachers and stu
dents are invited, aud their addresses are
desired that programmes may be sent.
Write to G. e. BoyHton
Henry Olderkirk, John Smith and Chas.
r, Howard, who have been shipping cat
tie to the Brighton market aud disposing
of them there at prices which defied com
petition, have been indicted by the Gale
donia county grand jury for stealing the
same.
In the insurance case of the Philadel.
phia fire association against the Merchants,
national bank Of st. Johnsbury, on trial
for several days in the Caledonia county
court, and involving the charge OF forgery
against Rev. E, ID. Hopkins, the jury
Friday acquitted the minister.
james I. Thurston, aged So, died at
Montpelier, Friday, after lingering i'll
ness. lie had held many offices of trust
in that town. lie was for many years
connected with the Vermont Mutual Life
insurance company and National Life in
surance company in prominent official re-
ations. When he died be was vice-pres-
ident of the First National bank of Mont
pelier. lie leaves large estate.
According to every appearance, Brat
tleboro and vicinity has lately been the
scene of a raid by organized thieves.
There are good reasons for believing that
the same man or party who stole Mrs.
Bradley's silver, also Mr.. Davs's horse
in Chesterfield, and committed the $500
burglary in Keene, and the half dozen
smaller burglaries in Greenfield and Vi
ciDity.
The courtship of Lqrkin Mead, the
sculptor, and his pretty Italian bride, was
as romantic as any fiction ever penned.
They met first on the blue Adriatic, and
so little need has love for words TO tell
its passion that the two were betrothed
before the lady could speak six English
words; and while the sculptor was crap.
ping manfulIy with simple primer sem
fences of the musical Italian, he picked
out the syllables which spelled his love
to the dark eyed Venetian, So say the
newspapers.
The dwelling house, eli part and shed,
used for wood and a carriage house, be-
longing to one Cyrus o. Lowell, farmer
residing in the southerly part of the town
of Ludlow, were totally consumed by fire
on Sunday afternoon, the 10th inst. The
major part Of the furniture was saved.
Mr.. Lowell was absent at the time Of the
fire, as were also the neighbors, attending
church at the village, a trifle over three
miles distant There was an insurance
on the dwelling of from seven to nine
hundred dollars, understood TO be ia the
Windsor County Mutual,
For some time past public feeling has
been setting strongly against o. G..
/ Barnes, the photographer at Middlebury,
on account Of his relations with Mrs.
Goodnougb, and Tuesday night it culmi.
mated in an attack upon his house by a
party with horns, clubs, etc, The rioters
broke through the panel Of the door aud
destroyed considerable window glass,
barely going away at the solicitation OF
Mr.. Barnes.
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