The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-04-11

The dlfe&se 81 which Batland mtn
named PttFiek Crowley died, recently
originated 10 runhing 81 bose rsccs lat
summer
A louse il Ruiland Owned BY Mans.
Geld 4 stimson, aud oo5upicd BY thteo
families, vas earned saturday Loss
500 insured Tor o. 30,
Recently, Hannah Bliss Of Tunbri1ee,
attempted Suicide By taking two oan5es
Of iAndAhum. The dose vas 30 large that
Der intent was defeated
The gss works connected with Towus
Hotel st Bellows Falls, exploded Tues.
day night Of las. week, severely burning
an employee aad destroying The baildng
by hfc.
Arthur A. Yaiiqnetle OF Rutland, has
just died in Florida from bronchial con
sumption caused BY over exertlon Ia
prsctioing for hosc races last summer
A Walden (Calelouia county, clergy
man recently preached sermon against
the baleiul habit OF his flock Of boiling
sap on Sundays.
There are At present in The state Reform
School ISL boys aud IS girls; aud the au-
thorilies hud themselves very much
crsmped for room.
The Vermont Msriuo Sheep Breeders
Association have decided TO make an ex-
hibition OF Vermont woods at Paris-tcn
feeoes in cases, aud thirty samples to be
exhibited In glass jars.
Wilmington's sugar-makers have SCI
about 1000 buckets, and, with a con.
tinuance OF the early aud favorable sap.
fiow, think this seasons crop will sggre.
gate $50 tons OF sugar aud syrup.
Two large blocks Of granite, weighing
and II tons respectively, have recently
been qusrried at John Biglow's granite
ledge in Barre aud sent TO Rutland by
railroad, six pairs OF horses and three
yokes OF oxen being used in drawing The
larger one TO the depot.
Not only has Mr., Bentley, the new
manager OF the Central Vermont, made q
large reduction 10 the number Of employ.
es, but ii is reported that he is now cut.
ting down the salaries OF some Of the OIL.
cials.
A Lincoln man has an intelligent dog
who went TO the town clerk with 81
greenback in his mouth and yelped for a
llcence, which was made out and the dog
departed with the precious document
which insures his life for one year.
Gen. James S. Peck, of Montpelier, has
just returned from his trip to Washing
ton, Richmond and Petersburgh. The
General visited the old Federal line be-
fore Petersburg, and found all the elabo-
rate Notifications OF 1865 practically oh.
liberated, except the large fort on the
right, held in April, 1865, by three rcgi-
ments of the Ninth corps, which is in a
good state of preservation.
Rutland has been practicing economy
in the management OF its schools the last
year aud has run them for So, 200, though
TO do this teachers salaries were cut
down from 10 TO 20 per cent. The at
tendance has been 1,Gl4. just now the
village is exercised over the need of what
in San Francisco they call an "atmos-
pheric air act" DR.. Goldsmith has
written an article proving that the chill
dren need 1000 feet of air to breathe.
whereas they get only 226 feet, and urg-
ing new school house. The district,
however, didn't vote TO build one, and
raised tax of so cents on the dollar to
pay current expenses
George Bromley and an associate
named Woods, waylaid Robert Callahan
near South Wallingford depot, Friday
evening. Bromley had lantern in one
hand and aiming pistol with the other,
shot Callahan, the ball lodging somewhere
In his thigh. lie now lies in a critical
condition, the ball not having been ex-
tracted. Former trouble between the
two is supposed to have been the cause
of the attack. Bromley and his clique
are well known throughout Dandy and
Wallingford for their lawiess deeds, but
no offense as heinous as this has before
been fastened upon them. Bromley and
Woods were arrested Saturday, aud
lodged in the county jail. At the last re-
port Callahan was alive and likely TO re-
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