The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-04-03

sh.p q he Masonic Relief Association.
TIE aule Anger girl $, St. Johnsbary,
wbo uss bslisyea 10 have bsen poisoned
from eaijag eoDieeiioaafy, has siuoe died.
The messles have nad their run ID Ret.
and, and pos tie uhoopiug cough i tax.
lng Iis turu among tbe children q lhe
t0wu
ChAfes = sheldoa 81 Jamaics, con-
ancd 81 ihe House Of Correction tor
cruelty to suimsls. was discharged Fri.
day in obedience TO pardon from lie
Governor
Toe county court Al h'susboro Tried
four cases lan week. toe aggregate
amount SLOWED lbe four defendants be-
lug S65, while he jury fees amounted 70
about 800
1 The mad dog scare al Dummerstou bad
some foundation after 81 Que 81 the
dogs bitten showed sigus OF rabies aud was
Killed. a sheep bitten hsI spasms,
aud heller also bitten, became msd and
was kIllei
The Weaiher,firld pos,mssier's wife
accidentally used blasting powder for
coffee ia preparing her family breakfast
beverage he otter morning, and was
blowuup by her husband ior dong Sc.
Two sans u Trad Hart OF Weston died
last week OF Diphtheria Other members
Of tie family are till9led with The disease.
Severed who nave attended them ate al,o
sies Win sud lHe dlse,sr seems % ap-
T pear .p "a maUgn,u furm.
/ Toe ,lcam number mll near "Ihe
Union, la Ply month, owned by Parker
4 Piper, Proelorsville, was burned last
Thursday night. Loss. 5000; insured
( IN the Lancashire Insurance company for
81 800,
4 The new tartfof he Dominion Govern
ment il being felt by the farmers OF
! Derby aud Holland, who hsve hitherto
found a market Tor wood at Sianstead
aud Rock Island. Que. They were
ordered back the 18Th, AS there Is a duty
OF 20 per cent.
/ The Free Press fayors General Henry
! for United States marshal. The sharpest
contest is probably between General
\ Henry aud Hon. John Q. Stearns, of
Bradford, the latter gentleman being
oraditad with havfuu tho aunnatt ~ Gan.
stor Morrill,.
A few days since w. D. Gipin OF
Wesldeld, noticing quite flock OF crows
holding festival back OF his barn, pro.
vided himself aud a boy Of 10 with shot
guns, made two apestures in the side Of
the barn through which they fired stimuli.
taueously and laid out IL crows.
At Ludlow recently, man named
Riley violently attacked and badly
wounded T.. &. Howe, and also attempt
ed to kill O. ID. Mason whom be had re-
garded as in a conspiracy TO defraud him.
Mason was saved by The interpostion Of
his wife, and Riley was the following
morning arrested, and being pronounced
violently insane taken to the asylum.
/ Captain Norman Crane of Vergenpes
died at Washington the lSth. Captain
Crane was well known as the captain of
the little steamer Curlew that, during the
season of lake travel, plies regularly be-
tween Vergennes and Westport. During
the winter months Captain Crane for
some s years past had filled position on
the capital police at Washington. The
deceased leaves considerable property,
some $40, coo, the result of bis labors in
California.
A broken rail caused freight train on
the Harlem Extension road to leave the
track Saturday at point about half q
mile east of Hoosick. Two cars were
precipitated down steep embankment,
distance OF fifteen feet. The conductor
was severely Injured by falling back
ward through car window, but the train
hands all escaped unhurt The loss by
tue beclueDl ~ ABOUT %SpUVO'
The richest man IN Cayendish, now
seventy -four years old aud who began
life as merchants clerk more than
half century since without dollar, and
has amassed fortune, still carries the
same well-preserved umbrella purchased
0y him titiy years ago.
Nil. Viola Bcckwiti, OF Roches ter, fell
from = swing early last Fall, receiving
injuries - hch some weeks later produced
an almost total inability TO take food
For twenty-five week. she has not taken
as much nourishment as would furnish
single nea far An ordinary man; but has
subsisted almost exclusively upon The
small qUantties ot stimulents which her
stumacb coa d retain.
Recently, Andrew Aiken OF Wells
River cked up us lsfse lamp TO step
iuupsu AZ ,ihiug room, and when within
a lcs frrl 81 lie stove. the top became
drinriei FROM tie ,tanl sud falling oB
The confer - the ,tpse broke, splitting The
oil uvei yerai te-i ~ surface aud envei.
uping .iovr and hj1r 10 flames Mr. Ait
kiu, viii, preseiee 1T miBd, mAnsged TO
sia0lb.I b without calling help, but thinks
be was as nrai being snoihertd as the
fire.
Ofs Drew OF Mouth Dtnyiile tai,ed on
1870 acres, las' year, 3zj bushels oi corn,
Goo bushel- 81 pvgstos., 100 bushels oi
oats, 1888 ba-tci- % wheat, 3is bushels OF
India wheat. j01 bushels ot turnips, aud
cut ias enough 10 winter ~ head OF cat
tie, 81 sheep and IS haf.c.. Drew calls
tie tem mote pf0dueiivc than tie year