The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-03-04

The state has 2a4S school districts, o.
~ Less than year sgp; Ago pahlic
schools. - Increase q 10. n. GU scholars,
With an ssasEe daily ssieudaane Of
s90sl. private scholars. 1883; revenns
for schorl purposes. sssas. as2; average
soekly wages u teachers. s7,sa ior INCA,
ss.3i for vospra.
liz Postmaster Weed 81 South Lon
dondefry BIAS large contract from New
fofk, parties 70 furnish tohossAns foI
meat winters eaies The sizes called foI
are from three % sis iee, 10 length aud
rs iaches viie They COS, 70 mAnaiac
,ere from SIC % saG dozen, aud are
made 81 liirch. msple and ash,
Since October. whom DR. Pol,le d
Isisad Psul VA. appointed sanitary IN
speetor. ha has saceinsted on the ear,
be,ssra 300 and 5000 persons, som,
days v@cIasiing as many as co. TIL
doctor estimates that fully five times this
humber aere examined 10 see il vaccine
iion was necessary.
Collector smalley is making some
changes at the cnstom house aud has re-
moved Que Of his deputies, On account oil
hose character aud npiitness for the
position opposition was made to Small
le!s confirmation. Deputy Collector
Arlington was retired and Edward
Gornsn and J. N. Culver take positions
as deputies.
Samuel Hayward. substantial business
man well knosn ia Rutland, aud village
irastea from Ward o. died at his home on
Maple street at o'clock Sunday morn.
ing. after lingering 81 ;kuess 10 which
he has suffered much pain. He was taken
sick last jane aud the doctors at first
pronounced his disease rheumatism. He
recovered well enough TO drive out several
times, but with relapse blood poisoning
set 10 aud be began TO slowly fail last
September. Gangrene set into one OF his
legs, required the amputation OF foot, and
be has not rallied since.
A fire at 400 o'clock Monday morning,
originating in A, O. Sawyer's county
store, 10 the village Of Perkinsville, de-
stroyed the building. which was owned
by Cyrus Jeiis. and Savers stock; loss
$1,000, insured II. H. Hicks brick
| dwelling aud barn were also burned; loss
$500, insured, The dwelling and barn
OF Carlos Dixie were damaged $500; insured
aud other buildings we're seorched and
slightly damaged The cause OF the fire
Is unknown.
ST. Johnsbury has an incendiary case
which proves double sensation Thomas
Ward, charged with setting fire to Harvey
Fosters barn at Walden jan 26, is o
wealthy man, aud two-days hearing in
his case is reported to have shown that
the cause Of his alleged crime was his
desire to marry Mrs. Brown, who was
brought up by Foster and once lived with
her husband in one OF Wards tenements.
Mrs. Brown got divorce some time ago,
aud Wards wife, becoming jealous, also
got one from her husband. When the
coast thus seemed to be clear, the Foster
people induced Mrs. Brown to give up
Ward, which so angered him that it is
charged he was led to set fire to Foster
property. Ward was held in $4,000 for
trial.
Chester can boast OF one of the oldest
active democrats in New England in
"Uncle" Bepjamin B. Sargent, who is SO
this summer. He came FROM Woburn,
Mass when about eight years old and
was Chester's postmaster under Jackson
and for dozen years or more United
States deputy marshal. His health is
good and be enjoys discussing politics,
past and present, as well as anyone, tax
ing lively interest in President Cleve-
lands taking policy, as he terms it.
J. s. Chase OF Canaan was arrested
recently for having struggled cattle in
his possession, and brought to st. Johns
bury, when he was put under $500 bonds
to appear before the Circuit court at Bur.
lington.
The lime companies 10 Leicester are do.
ing a prosperous business. Both kilns
are well stocked with dry wood, enough,
doubtless. to keep them going year each.
The Brandon Lime company has struck a
vein Of the best Of lime rock. which in
creases in width the farther it is penetrat-
ed. Their kiln turns ont from rs to So
barrels Of lime each day, for which ready