The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-09-01

The articles q association Of tbs Rat
land 4 poaltncy railroad have been alcd IN
the secretary 81 states Office. The pro.
posed road 10 70 be bailt from Rutland 10
the state line In poultpcy and there con.
nccs with another road The distance ID
IS miles and The stock is $4,000
An Australian sheep.brecler recently
purchased la merno sheep In this state.
Tor which be paid the snm Of $50. 600.
-Four Of the rams cos, $1,000 each. The
freight 10 Australia viii amount 10 near
ly $1,000 more. which increases tho sum 10
SO. 900, or about an average Of $500 per
head. The breeder already has hock Of
~. 900 and the Vermont sheep will be
used for the purpose Of Improvement
The poultney JcHraal is responsible for
the following; A gentleman and his wife
who were driving in town Just over the
line. whose horse was not always willing
TO do.as he was bid, had rather singular
and annoying experience. The horse
would draw but one at time. do what
they could. As soon as they both got into
the wagon the horse would 60 backwards
instead o. forward, and, as VIC are told,
one would get out and walk while the 9th
or drove, aud rice rcrsa Finally the lady
who is usually very amiable, got out OF
patience and declared she would not stand
it, when the husband, who is also full OF
patience and consideration. spoke up and
said that balky horse was bad enough,
but balky wife was great deal worse
No names. No cards.
Old Mr.. Sayil. the oldest inhabitant in
Colchester. was buried recently. Records
show that he was l02 years old.
Palmer Il. Paine, moulaer in Fair.
banks scale shops at st. Jolnsbury. had
the loser portion Of his right leg and foot
very badly burnt Friday with melted iron.
Brattleboro has found that it can get
from 1900 to 1900 horse power from $780,
900 dam across the Connecticut river. But
the cost for canal. wall, ETC., will bring
the cost up toward $500. 1000. The engin-
Ger will make formal report soon.
Mr.. Lyman Child, who keeps a grocery.
-four and feed store at Bethel, found on
opening his store Monday morning, that
it had been entered sometime after 7 clock
the previous evening by burglars, the safe
blown open and between $500 and $4,000
stolen. Entrance to the building was
made by prying open door in the rear,
and the safe was blown open by drilling
a hole through the door in about the mid.
die Of the lock and cartridge inserted,
the shell Of which was found in the door.
No clue as yet to the burglars. A black
smith shop was entered during the night
and a bitstock and bit taken, which was
found near the door witha piece of old
steam pipe used to pry open the door.
Edward ". Sumner (son Of the late
Adam Sumner of Brooklyn, N. ~, who
had been spending vacation with his rela-
tives at Hydepark, and Sigbert Rogers,
youngest son of DR.. G. s, Rogers, late of
Troy, Vt, and brother Of Il. S. Rogers the
Hydepark merchant, were playing with
pistols at Mrs. Rogers house at 10 30 Fri
day morning when Sumner shot Rogers
through the heart. The boys were about
Is years old, cousins and ardent friends |
They were alone in the house at the time.
Sumner ran to L. S. Rogers store ex-
II have shot Bert Mr.. Rogers
reached the house in minute but found |
his brother dead. When Sumner saw
5igbert dead he becam frantic and APP |
parently insane, and it took the united |
force of three strong men to restrain him
from doing violence to himself. The doc
tors ware obliged to put him under the
influence of chloroform. Three pistols we're
ound in the room where the tragedy oc.
,ured. From what can be gathered from
summers half.incoherant expressions and
Of the boys previous careless
PRACTICES with fire arms, there can be no
loubt that they were swapping the pistols
II each other, believing them unloaded.