The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-12-14

A meeting Of the stockholders OF ih
Ludlow Toy shop company has been called
10 discuss the matter Of Increasing the IA
e,li,ies aud engaging in the manuiacinr
Of baby carriages. in addition TO the arti
eles already made
Antoine Martin OF Sheldon was killet
Monday afternoon II that place by tn,
csving in Of an embankment on the Mon
ireal extension OF the Portland and 0g
densbnrg road. He leaves family.
George Montgomery u PownAl. wLt
once bad tame crow. Is suing couple o
boys. Frank Williams and George Smell
for violating the Sunday game law. laying
damages incidentally for the loss Of hi
CROW.
Mrs. Hannah Fisher. M aged woman o
New Haven. broke her hip bone recent,
and died in = few days. She Was th,
mother ofthe late Cyrus NJ. Fisher Of Lon
don. Eng. who was associated with Gen
Schenck in the Emma silver mine sales
and was drowned with his wife, th,
daughter Of Gen. W. I. Ripley. on board
the steamer Atlantic.
Mr.. l.. n. Flsgg. . native OF Windhau
county. who has been in Italy for som.
four years. engaged in the study OF voca
music, recently made his dubut in operi
with such success. that he has been en-
gagged TO sing in grand opera 1t Pistoris
Italy.
Lake Chsmplain is frozen over from
Whitehall to Chimney Point. and nsvi
CATION on the canal has closed for The
winter. Otter creek At vergennes falls il
shout as low a. ii ever has been, and the
wells and springs round about are nearly
dry
Hon. Frederick Billings OF Woodstock
with characteristic generosity has com
pleted and presented to the Congregations
church at Woodstock an elegant ard fine
y finished parsonage, costing Sl5, 900. Mr..
Billings has been most generous beneiac
tor to his native town, having built 9
beautiful chapel costing $l2. 900, in add
ton to many other acts Of public beneh
cence.
The telegraph people and others inter.
ested will take notice that among the bills
passed by the Legislature was one require.
ing all telegraph poles within city or vii.
lage limits to be painted an aesthetic color,
or at least a color satisfactory to the alder.
men or selectmen; the substitution Of
straight for crooked poles; and forbidding
the posting or painting any sign on the
aforesaid straight esthetically painted
poles.
An old gentleman living IN Bennington,
James Boardman by name, Of exceedingly
excitable temperament, has procured q
certificate Of his own insanity. aud started
for Brattleboro with it, to insist upon be.
ing confined in the insane asylum there.
The only reason for this enforced madness
is the gentlemans quick temper. He has
been much provoked OF late, aud on
Wednesday last smashed in the window OF
. business mans Office. because the clerk
"botLered" too much. The authorities Of
the asylum say that lie is not mad. and
that they will not admit him.
The Registration Reports for tho years,
1879 and 1880 contain valuable figures. In
1880 there were 6,632 births, 1857 marri-
ages and 5.265 deaths in the State. Con-
sumption ranks first among the causes o.
death, carrying of 1893; pneumonia next,
396; diphtheria. $40; heart disease, 3l4;
1856; cholera isfantum. 1877; ty-
phoid fever. 1856; brain diseases, 2l5; in
fantlle diseases, 300; apoplexy, 81 The
present Legislature have decided that after
this the reports shall he published annu.
ally. The report for 1881 will soon he
published and will couiain comparative
tables showing the preva.ehce Of various
diseases in Vermont durin. the last IS
years aud giving summary OF the results
OF registration for quarter OF century.