The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-04-28


dences for sale in Burlington -perhap
twice as many.
Chittenden county court adjourned yes
terday, having disposed of all the business
before it in nine working days-the shor
est term for period the memory of MAJ
runneth not to the contrary.
Charles 4, Sahin, Of Montpelier, has &C
cepted the superintendency Of construction
and motive power of the international cot
ton exposition, to be held in Atlanta
Georgia, next October
The upper story of Aliens slate mill at
Fair Haven was damaged by fire Tuesday.
But for the new water works the loss would
have been not less than $4,000.
Over 800 brick makers left Montreal
Monday and Tuesday to work in the
States. This spring there is a very geat
demand for building material of all kinds,
and, as consequence, artisans in that line
are in demand.
The family of Professor Seeley, OF Mid
dlebury college, are sick from eating some
thing which came near killing them.
Brattleboro had % snow storms the past
winter.
DR.. Cahoon who recently died in Lyn-
don carried life insurance of $1,000.
Ofthe fines and costs imposed by the
Burlington city court, the past year,
amounting to S2749.99 nearly all consist
ed OF penalties for violations OF the liquor
law. There were ID commitments to Jail
and SO to the house of correction.
Rutland has sold S39 900 in town bonds
at par and IL per cent, interest. Near
ly emery town in the state is refunding its
debt at 4 IL and 5 per cent, which shows
that the days of high interest are about
over.
Col L. c. Bailey, late editor of the Bos-
ton Herald and Giobe and now proprietor
of the Mount Mansfield house Stowe, pre-
diets that the crowd of summer travel into
the state will exceed that for many years.
We hope that it will
The people of the town OF Addison pro-
pose to surrender their policies held in
other insurance companies, and increase
the capital stock of their town insurance
company, recently organized, to $3.50 900.
There was quite riot at Fair Haven,
Tuesday. While officers were taking two
intoxicated men to the lookup, they were
set upon by roughs and badly hurt by
stones. All the roughs but one were ar
rested.
One thousand and fourteen horses have
been shipped by railway from Montreal to
the states during the past month. VIM.
H. Vanderbilt purchased three fine Cana.
dian-bred horses there last week.
Charles Ward steals $50 worth of farm.
ture in st. Albans and gets one year in
states PRISON Silas Waite steals sl00,
600 in Brattleboro and is not even tried
Ward is poor, Waite is rich, but there is
lingering suspicion in the minds of some
honest men that il Waite had been poor hs,
too would be making shoes at Windsor
The Boston Heraid's Washington special
says; Senator Edmunds intends to leave
for Vermont next Tuesday, not to return
during the present session.
Hon Moses Robinson of Mortified
committed suicide Friday afternoon. He
was II years OF age, and was a son OF the
first settler OF Mortified. He was for
eleven successive years selectman OF the
town, four years representative, and for
two years State Senator.
The Burlington Free Press says: "In
the town OF Richmond the grand list,
personal property, last year was two humid
red and fifty sthousand two hundred
and seventy five dollars and eighty-two
cents, 1855. 275s2, an increase OF almost
exactly nine fold. This is certainly
showing az remarkable a. it is gratifying.
The people Of Vermont are terribly stir.
red up by the article in the April HrrP~'s
on The Green Mountains in Sugar
Time, and they are 80 sour on the writer,
VIM. H. Bidcing "a gradute of the
Springfield Republican, by the way, that
their big production Of sugar this year is
not enough 10 sveeten them. They |
would even like 10 see VIM. II. Rideing
on a rail Losra Courier.
Mrs Elizabeth Stark Thrope, who died /
At Jonssvllle. Mich, March 8. at the age
Of s. years 7 nonths and 10 days. was the
wife OF David Thorpe Of tina, place. and
Of Gen. John Stark, the |