The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-02-28


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ss,ea u sssi ,hc qaafry ca the Dyer farm
Mira n v. Gsis.is has soss 10 81
yclnsi,ury ie rssss bsr dsnshtsf. Mr. Geo.
X. sveis. Who 10 10 VI lshlih,
yosspA klccam cas no 10 iAe bead %
lasss hogs lie rsesssiy shipped 10 par
s,ss Is Rnslasa i've thai vs.shsa losssher
lCgu, TIE largest c.s vssshlAg gco.
We do sos suppose many Of The voters
a this to~a nssd 10 be reminded that The
snsasJ TOYS meeting Will 10 bold 81
Adams Hall reri Tuesday ., 10 "
-chssles B.lavis 81 Dorset 10 the enly
man nsmsd for county commissioner, -
farm - tssv. lie hss served two years
AID VII probably ssrrs agsis II elected.
Sore Of the people Of this village and
vicinity viii hare supper ssd house
warning At the Manssn House, Friday
evening. Those 10 inclined viii help out
danc. o. Music Hall.
-. ". bowen slaughtered bssf Tor
u. II. Dyer last week. less than two yean
old iLa, dressed 72l pounds. scssrou'
piece vas seat 70 70 Editor aud ~s can
nuafsty
-~Janss McDaniels, formerly Of kut'
land. nov u Kansas City and agsst Tor
several railroads In that city. has been on
fiyisg visi. 10 bis cousin. Mrs. NJ. u.
Wooster. OF this place,
-Ars,as Hard, brother Of Dea, Hard
81 this place died 10 New Orleans, Tues.
day. Ne has lived in that city Tor sever
al ,ssrs snd hal been in poor health Tor
soms time
AT the recent performances OF Ruth At
Music Hall pair Of ladies miitens, veil,
handkerchief with black border. aud
We presume other articles 0! apparel were
los, or crshanged by mistake. IL the find
era will report tho same to tbs JOURNAL
Office We will restore them to their owners
The community was shocked Sunday
10 learn Of the death Of Mrs Dr. Trull
which occurred on that day after short
illness. Deceased Was OF a quiet. reiir.
ing disposition bu. very highly esteemed
by those who knew her bost Besides
her husband she leaves = girl four years
OF ago 10 mourn her nniimely death.
On Fsbuary 4lh several friends by
invitation had the pleasure OF dining with
Mrs. Joseph Burton, she being on that
day IS years old She isa native Of Man
chester, her early home being the Benedict
homestead In the north part OF the town
and II is still occupied by those Of that
name. She is 10 good health, participat'
isg In accustomed domestic employment
without special fatigue
We said last week thai tho selectmens
report would show shat net quite al the
highway tax had been expended BY them.
While this IL true IL 10 not true that this
has been the total expense Of the high
ways the past year As nearly - We can
figure from the orders drawn the total
expense for highways and bridges has
bsen s2l3G. %. A careful figuring for The
rear before shows the expense to have
been. provided the highway tax was oil
collected or accounted for, s3363.Si.
aud for the years previous to 1883 the
expense averaged s26i2.oo. This il - near
Is can hs figured from The reports Of those
years. taking the highway tax n voted
aud suppssing j. was oil collected and ex'
pended.
Rev. DIR. wickham receives $1,000 BY
the will OF Sarah Burr Of New York waich
has At last been admitted to probate.
Those opposed TO /, did NOT csntsst the
will proper which Was made several years
ago bui objected to the codicil which
va. sdded recently and which disposed 81
over $500, 900, the accumulation OF the
property after tho will was made. They
iutfslaoei evidence TO show that she
lived 10 psnurisus manner and tried TO
.how that she was VI weak mind and was
ua.iujs influenced But tbs evidence
sLowsd thai the ihtec sisters bad always
lived 10 the same manner, and the surro.
rat. remsfksd thai this was strong
pool that Miss Burr was Of sound mind
and that II there had hees a marked
change Ia Der manner Of life II might hare
been evidence al unsonndness Of mind.
The .Lrse sisters we're the daughters OF .
brother Of Joseph Barr. the founder Of
Barr snd Bnflos Seminary. who were
lsli at their isthsr's death With several
thousand dollars and large tract Of
lad ia tho central part OF n. y. city which
vas thsn comparatively wc,ihlsss. They
lived IN . plain hammer aud ibe moas,
vess on sceumulatips interest and The
Land appreciated III value until the estate
IL wsrsh millions. which they have given
almost eni,rsl, 10 charitable purposes,
They bad no near relatives 10 whom they
could he sitschei. The i~o older sisiss,
gave $4,000 each 10 Barr and Buiion
Seminary which vii soon be available
The younger sister gave nothing to the
seminar, because she said her sisters had
given ~ much a. VAS lsit ,Asm BY Joseph
barr. but abs ~osld give 5000 TO DR..
Mickhsm Who devoted Tie test part o.
Liz LIE TO the Interests VI tLs Ssmisary.
TAis bsqassl vss very thpushiiully and
worihily bestowed aud ~s ATE Of The spin-
ioa iAsi Miss Burr vas Of sound mind.
However i, was singular case thai per
sors sosth 70 much money sa0ald lire
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