The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-07-19

Tho Vermont W. q. TT. viii hola
their aanual conveation 81 West Ran.
dolph in September
L. s. Drew Of Burlington had i6 Of bis
fancy sheep, valued q. $500. killed by
dogs recently,
Lewis Stafford Of wAllingfori bad three
co.'s and two yearlinss killed ty lghtning
during the thunder storm Friday eve
ming,
The corporation committee appoinieds
Middlebury college year ago to investi.
gate tho subject. report in favor Of admit
ting women 10 the institution.
The severest wind aud ram storm
known for thirty years visited Stowe the
9Th, carrying away bridges and doing
$1,000 damage 10 roads and crops
Henry, son Of George Wilder. Of East
wallingford. aged about IA. took . fatal
dose Of Paris green Monday afternoon
from the effects OF which he died at GIT
o'clock the same evening.
At st. Johnsbury, burglars entered the
house OF Vim. Cook and II. @. Ely the
4th. Mr.. Cooks pants with SIS and
other yaluables were taken. Mr.. Ely lost
$40
In Plymouth a barn was struck by
lightning and destroyed on the night OF
the Sd. On the tho same night house
between North Springfield and Gassett's
Station was struck by lightning; slight
damage.
A barn in Hartford. owned by J. G.
Chandler, containing 10 tons Of hay, was
struck by lightning and burned the 4th.
A dwelling 10 Norwich, was struck about
the same time; the inmates were stunned.
At Ludlow, lightning struck the tow.
er Of the Catholic church and ran the
whole length OF the ridgepole and down
the side, ripping of the clapboards, tear
ing out the underpinning and doing dam.
age TO the amount of $500.
Probably the largest pension ever grant.
ed to one living in the State, has just been
issued to Col. J. II. Walbrige Of North
Bennington. The certificate given Mr..
Walbridge between $1,000 and $1,000
arrears, and continues at $50 per month.
The Ely Mining company has paid one
third OF the amount due the laborers in
wages for the months Of May and June.
The company as at present organized will
not resume work and the mines will prob
ably be idle the balance Of the, year or
longer
At Castleton not long ago, Hyde West
over, aged eighty years, drove the
team aud Joseph Bishop, eighty.one years
old, held the pillow to pillow an acre Of land
In day. One of the horses was twenty
and the other was nineteen years old, and
the team has been driven by the same
man sixteen years
The services Of Rev. A. Z. Dunuing OF
Boston have been secured for the State
Sunday. school convention to be held at
Mortified, September II and ~. Mr..
Dunning has had large experience in Sun
day.school work and will add largely to
the interest ard profit Of the convention.
The workers Of the state may we'll con-
graduate themselves that their committee
have been able to secure so valuable
helper.
The Wilmington railroad men have
been determined to get the credit Of Brat
tleboro to their enterprise for $40, 900 in
spite Of the town meeting that rescinded
the vote to bond for that amount. They
have been urging the commissioners to
sign the bonds in spite OF the RECESSION.
The commissioners have subjected the
question to ex.Judges Prout and Barrett
OF Rutland, and they both hold that the
town is not bound.
A heavy thunder storm occurred at I'm
derhill Friday afternoon. The school
house was struck by lightning and all the
children were injured more or less, some
remaining unconcious for several minutes.
The floor OF the school room was torn up,
the walls AID ceiling wrecked and several
children hurt by the debris. Lightning
rendered one girl deaf; also plowed great
holes in the school yard.
Saturday evening a fire caught in the
boiler room OF the Vermont Shade Roller
company's building at yergennes and
spread rapidly throug the entire works
destroying the shop with all the machin-
cry and stock. The fire then spread TO
Thomas Mack's block used as store and
dwelling and destroyed that and then
spread to the barns and sheds of the
Shade Roller company, all OF which were
destroyed. The loss to the Shade Roller
company is 1000, insurance. $40, 1000
Thomas Mack's loss is $4,000, insurance,
Sl450. A. Gravlin's carriage depository
and barn we're also burned; loss not yet
known. 1t was emily by the superhuman
efforts Of the firemen that Smith a Ketch-
INNS furniture mandatory was saved.
Jerry BARLEY the Waterman was seriously |
burned about the head and was taken out
OF the building unconscious.
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Josh Billings Heard From.
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