The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-04-21

There have been twenty-five deaths in
Montpelier from diphtheria since the dis
ease became prevalent there in September
! Barnet Village Vermont, with less than
three hundred inhabitants, has eleven per-
sons drawing pensions. 1t is probably
the principal industry Of the place
The woman who suicided at Koene turns
out to be Miss Harriet Thomas of Cuttings
vile, near Rutland, who was disappointed
at not being appointed school teacher in
the district where she has taught forty.six
terms.
Our readers will remember that Alexan-
der Stewart, the vermont cousin, sued
for share in the estate OF A. T. Stewart,
where the latter died The suit is now in
the circuit court and will be pushed, Hon.
james Barrett appearing for the plaintiff
Lieutenant. governor John l.. Barstow o,
Hon. Chas Thacher visited the house cor
recton last week Tuesday, to which it is
proposed to make forty feet addition to
the workshop as soon as the weather mod
crates sufficiently.
The position of consul-general to the
Dominion of Canada was offered TO Gener-
al George w Grandey Of Vergennes,
whose ability aud steadfast Republicanism
are known Of all men. General Grandey
however. after mature consideration, de-
clined the place.
A lumber firm in Ottawa has contracted
TO forward 100000 feet of lumber to
Burlington during the coming summer.
1t is said that the freight rate will be ad.
vanced twenty five cents per 1000 feet over
last year IS rate.
A Mrs. Currier of North Troy wants to
be divorced from u husband to whom S he
twas married in 1881. 1t would seem that
fifty years companionship ought to have
enabled them to get along together. But
women are always unreasonable.
Otto Heinze Of Woodbury., while exercis.
ing by jumping over a fence, March 18th,
sustained injuries which resulted in his
death March 80 He was married only
the day before the accident.
The case of the Williston murderers,
William Wood and Mrs. Smith, has been
continued to the next term of the Chitten-
den county court, on account of the illness
of Mrs. Smith
John Sugland goes to Jail for a murder
GUS assault with butcher knife upon one
Van Alstine during recent drunken de.
bauch in hut on the Broad Brook road
at Brattleboro.
The total amount of deposits in the say.
ings banks and trust companies in the
State, January LIST, was 50, 500, G6l. SO.
The returns of these institutions for the
quarter ended March 3lst show a total Of
SO, 800, 400 3 in deposits, an increase for
three months of S27G, 795 n was deposited
in the five trust companies, aud makes
tri1e less than - per cent increase in their
deposits; the balance. 1886, $50 20, is in
the deposits in the 1G savings banks and is
abolt "a per cent their deposits.
S. NJ. Waite creditors at tie adjourned
meeting at Brattleboro we're pt rsented by
Receiver Price with some S35, 600 Of claims
in favor of tue ruined bank, which were re-
ferred to Judge StoidarI, l.. NJ. Read and
j. II. Merrliield, commissioners. The
claims OF A. j Gleason and L. A. Nash
for sl97l aud SIG, 253, respectively, were
also referred to the commission. The
claims OF W. H. Rockwell and the Monson
Mass and North Bennington National
banks for S3,293 $4,000, respectively,
were allowed.
Oscar Kelsey and young man by the
name Of Pratt, both Of Salisbury, met with
a sad accident, Saturday afternoon, on
Lake Dunmore They had been at work
on the east Of the lake, and had proceeded
successfully as far as the middle Of the
lake, to a point a short distance south OF
the island, when the ice gave way and let
them in. After struggling for some time
in the water, Pratt succeeded in getting
out on a piece Of ice strong enough to bear
his weight Their condition was either
seen by those on the shore or else they at
tracted attention 10y their cries for help,
for in short time two Rickert boys came
to the rescue from the east shore, an Chas1
Hewitt and Roachy Bush from the west
The Rickerts reached the scene Of the dis
aster by taking iour poles and laying one
down after another. When they came
near Kelsey he was alive and able TO drag
himself up over the end Of pole which
was extended to him, but lie was so chill.
ed tia, be could not hold bis head out q
the water The young men who came to
succor him could not get sufficiently mes r
to pull him out, but called to him TO tnrn
over on his back or side 80 that his face |
would be out Of the water, whereupon he I
raised himself enough TO tell them that he |
hadn't enough strength 10 do it. Ia this
dreadful plight the unfortunate man Wa,
struggled and chilled 10 death, and when |
a boat arrived from the other side be was
beyond resusci,a,ion. The two men mus,
have been ia the water nearly tWo hours
before they could be rescued