The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-09-18

HEws Items.
An exchange ssys, "Dirt is worked
out OF the eais BY motion OF the lower
law This probably accounts for The
existence OF Dennis Kearney's sand lots.
The New York World reports inter
views with the hotel keepers, showing
that the hotels are brimiul OF guests
CHEEKY aud busy. This Is sure index Of
good times.
The board OF health was advised Tues
dap Of Two new cases OF yellow feyor al
Coneorda, Mississippi, since Monday
aud ten new cases at CsEs0n's Landing
Mississippi, sixty miles below Helena.
Stock rsisers throughout the West arc
alarmed over the prospect that peuro-
pneumoBia may be introduced among
their herds by imported bulls. A peti'
ton TO congress will be presented asking
prompt action by the passage Of necesss-
/ ~ laws.
The national conference OF men interest
ed in the negro exodus has been called
IN Philadelphia for the 10th Of October.
/ Ii ia designed 10 form a national associa.
lion TO supply trustworthy information 10
colored people.
4 Nine millions OF The amount sppropri.
ated tor arrears ot pensions remains in
The treasury. Three millions was ash ed
! for by the commissioner OF pensions
I Tuesday. II is believed that the balance
will he distributed before November !.
Col. Edwin Lawrence Drake, who
sank the fret oil well, is living 10 mod.
est hoiuc in Pennsylvania. He is disabled
by muscular neuralgia, aud, MS be sits in
an inyaIid's chair at his doorway, be can
see the long tank trains carrying away
the product OF bis discovery. His illness
at an unIucky time prevented him from
making fortune; but he has pension
of 81 800 year from the state.
Official returns from Maine with the
exception Of twenty small towns show
the following result: Davis (Rep.), 6S,-
OH; Smith (Greenback), 47,008; Garce-
Ion (Dem.) p ISL; 81 scattering votes
The remaining towns win not essentially
change this result.
\ The Herald reports that the Chinese
population 10 New York city shows rapid
growth for the past two years. Many
escaping from California mobs came East !.
To-day there are in New York over 800
Chinese laundries, 90 groceries, 20 tobac-
co stores, 10 drug slores, 6 restaurants
aud over Is In domestic service.
I The Washington Evening Star says:
"Rev. De Ia Matyr stopped here last
night on bis way from Maine. lie is dis
gusted with the result, and told more
than one with whom be converted that
the Greenbackefs ought TO have poled
over sixty thousand votes, and that the
leaders confidently expected they would
poll at least that number,
4 A little oight.ye4i old In Rochester
was seut down town by her mother one
day last week 0n an errsnd. She bad
with her pocketbook containing more
I than $l2. a thief rushed forward and
seized the pockei-book. The sirl snatch
ed IL away from him, breaking the chain
whereby he was holding it. She then
kicked him aud ran home to her mother.
The length OF the span OF the bridge
over the East river is 1895 feet; length OF
Nsw York approach Is 1872 feet; total
length Of bridge, 1898 feet; depth Of
ionudalion below high ~ster, - feet ;
hight Of roadway above high water, 1855
4 ieel; tight Of towers above roadway, l49
feet; total hight Of towers, POS feet; total
hight OF iosers lrou foundation TO top,
$40 feet.
Secretary shermau's latest sdyices from
OHIO lead bin 10 predict that Foster will
have = larger msi9rity than has been
given 70 say Republican candidate 10 the
state for years. Tse victories IN Maine
4 aud Calliatnis have had a pefeeptibie ef.
feet In bringing back III those who were
wavering between the Republican and
GfeebbAek parties.
The Troy Times says that on the Alb
iBst., The employees at the state canal yard
10 Coboes we're paid of. From each one
the sen Of ~ rs vas withheld. lnquiry
on the part Of The men reyesled tie fact
that The amount deducted was TO be paid
for three mouths subscription TO the
coboes Tfmes, = Democratic eampsign
sheet, and mast be regarded a. political
assessment, Il mAllers bot whether tbs
maicied sieiin can sesd on wants TN
papst. he Win be compelled to aceepl tbs
abstraction Of ths 81 25. Such i refoTa
nader Gos. Robinson.