The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-02-21

Ia 60 be crcmslvd by Dr.. Lem)Yue, ia
accordance with her wishes.
Tie sheriff Of Lee county, Miss, 10
found TO be = driaullrr 10 the extent Of
$4,000, aud hA. been heard iro,a st
Poaghkeepsie, n. T.
Turkey has abolished The office OF grand
nzler, ou'ied tne present ministry aud
formed new one with Il SCOT Pasha as
minister oi war.
\ Dispatch has been received from
GOV N,choli- la which hs announces his
oppositiOa to the prosecuti Ins oi the re.
turuins board but states that he has no
control over The proceedings, tioy. Nj.
cao'l. did not indicate whether be should
pardon Anderson or not.
james sawyer, who pIesded guilty TO
the charge OF robbing the dead at the
Taritiyiile disaster, has been sentenced TO
pay fine OF only " aud costs, aud 20 TO
to jail for 80 days. They musl believe In
hell down 10 Connecticut.
Capt. Merrymsn having investigated
the wreck OF the Metropolis says: -"I
examined the fragments OF wreck which
Uttered the beach. They are unusually
small, aud her roltenness is 50 apparent
that there was but one opinion As to her
unseaworthness. !"
Iii Is thought at the Office OF the Direc-
tor OF the Mint that within two months
the coinage of 81 5000 Of silver, made
obligatory by the Silver bill could be eli
ected, aud at the end OF three months q
much larger amount could be coined.
The Louisiana Congressman will end saw
or to have the Mint at New Orleans re,
opened, IN the event OF the Silver bill
becoming law.
The people OF Iceland are fearing An.
other volcanic eruption, similar to that
which devastated the island few years
ago, as the air has recently become very
warm aud close, aud sublerranean rum.
blings been heard, accompanied by show.
/ ers of ashes.
| A husband in New York, against whom
proceedings 10! limited dyore had bee u
begun by his wife, testified recently that
he had 10 keep bis hair closely trimmed
\ TO prevent his wife from pulling IL out.
lie, nevertheless, expressed desire to
/ become recOnciled to her.
/ 1t is worthy OF remark that the chief
correspondent OF tie London Times, MIR.
Grant, rs well as the special cOrrespon-
dents of the London Daily NeWs, Mr..
MacGah and Mr.. Millet, are all three
Americans, and they are almost all the
foreign correspondents who sill remain
in the field,
Among the curiosilies in the army
medical museum ut Washington is the
withered hand aud arm OF man who
forgot II on the battlefield OF Getty sburg
a cannon ball carried II TO The top OF d
/ high tree, where the wind aud SUI drank
up it, juices aud shriveled il 10 is present
/ Wti-NhHHtu CeHuNlOn.
Snowman Bafnum, who won in the
| libel suit OF the American racing associa'
ton against him ha. lost ia similar on,
Mt Cincinnati. i. Il. j Miles al the
/ tiraud opera house ha. received a verdict
4 Vt $1,000 damsgts sgnlnst T. L. Barnum
w, {, Coup aud other, Tor libel publish
rs tw" Aeu. sgt.
The tsi!roa i belonging - what ar,
called the pnoi ilue., have agieed upon
rsles rof irriglb to ail the principal place.
in The wet, ffum Boston, Providence,
aud New York. Tile Grand Trunk rail
road has eimr iuto the arrangement
freight i. rated undrt hour clauses.
Ia 1872 We imported from sbfoad
goods sud specie to the ainount Of $63I ],
022, 2l3. OF which only $40 ,62i, 779 was IN
specie. III the samc year oar export.
weic vslued ut Sjl5, 246, Gj2 OF which
s95 ,562, AIS WAS Ia specie. The eIpoii
I OF specie In 1877 was lees than ia any ont
OF Ihe niue past years, being SIS ,3i7 ,224.
Dutiug the pat Two years more thar
llny millions of dollars IN gold has beer
drawn from Il o banks Ia England, Hol
land aud Beiginm aud brought to thii
country,
The failure OF VIM Upham Of Spencer
M4ss IL reported Upbam il one Of The
! heaviest manufacturers OF wooden good
Ia the country, and hi- failure will prov,
, serious matter la The town Of Spencer
where he i. 4 the beud 81 the firms o
/ Upham q sageudupt, Vim. Uphsm 4
Co, aud upham Il Stanley, snd th'
Spencer ~oolen company, being Ia reality
the manager oil The concerns. Liabilitie
prob ,bly $4,000. The failure Involve
many leading bu.int,s men Of Spence
sud Leicester.
Bank capital la, ,hrunk L. New iofl
city over sl7 600 900 .ine~ tie panic o
, 1878. Ofthi. amount Sc 20 600 has beel
, lot, some Of The smaller banks have re
, dncej litir capital 70 an amount reaching
: 800, 0o0.
A spsni.h ei,y-hame not given
said 10 have offer'd Philadelphia 6fu
the contract for opesiBg boulevard lwt
miles long and two hundred feet Wild
through The iowa Co.l 10 be o. 900 900
iaeludiug g. 10000 Tor The ptnpsrt!
Iaken.
. What Il called "tbe enchanted nous
i tain, Ia Texas, Il an immense oval rock
so feet high. shout ~ miles from Bss
iron. snffscs l. highly polished, sns