The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-17
STATE NEWS

.l.nshtef. on account Of the collision near
DtooksyilIe 10 August. 1889, setSeen
stock trsin aud g special returning non
the horse breeders meeting at huiiSnd'
shep three we're Killed aud several ipiur
ed. The case occupied the attention oil
the court tall Friday. when The Jury
br,ush, 10 . verdict OF guilty, With rec
ON mendation 10 mercy.
the Christmas tree dealer Is dong bis
fall ,bsre In aepuiing the mountain east
u Bennington. OF young spruets None
bat straight, tbuity, symmetrical eiow'h'
il wanted. The trees are bought ior a.
mos, nothing dollar load, aud Tue
load is often rs big as load OF hay. ~ Is
said that about 30 900 trees have already
been cut, and still the destr ciiop goes on'
Several cars have been loaded with these
trees 1T the Bennington depot and shipped
10 Nav York, where they Will be used In
perpetustiug the custom oil displaying
,oys and sweetmesi's from their besu'iiui
1
| branches
The merino sheep WAS fret introduced
ia Vermont IN 1898. says the Troy Press.
and since lho, period the race has oeen
perpetuated and improved on the green
hills of the State until the Vermont NEIL
90 stands the champion Of the world
Right Rev. Edgar r. Wadhams, bishop
of the Catholic diocese Of O1depsbnrg,
Y. Who died Saturday in that city at The
age OF "a, graduated from Middlebury col
lego in the class Of 1883
The Central Vermont railroad company
Is TO build grain elevator with capacity
of $50 600 bushels at Norwood n, /, tue
, innetion of the Central Vermont and Rome
Wat, ttosn a. Osdensburg railroads.
Daring the severe gale last Friday night
the iron roof OF the big grain elevator al
! Ricbford was blown of also the rooi Of
the Rowell & earning block The biehes'
, bridge over the Missisquoi river, at berk
hire, was blown into the river.
ID. Knight and Otrin johnson started
= haar in Somerset November % and fol
, lowed him until November 30. when h'
was shot near North pond On be west s'd'
Of Srattop mountain. He weighed sbou
800 pounds.
II is stated that Stephen A. Wilcox,
Wells, aged IS years old is one Of the bes
farm hands ia that town. This year b
worked for the 74th consecutive season II
= the bsy6ed. His wife is living and the.
Z have been married 60 years.
% Z. G. DAVIS. who has for four years pas
9 been bookkeeper at Cleveland, O., for th
Vernon, Marble com pany's branch yard i
It that city, has been made manager OF tb
Same CON panys business at st. Louis.
q The trustees Of Bakersfield academy hav
'e been notified that Mrs. Sarah b. Jacobs,
~ native of Bakersfield ard sister OF Pete
70 Brent Brigham, the founder OF the acade
u nv who died 10 Boston last week. hs
al
10 villed s95, 900 to the academy as an Ell
> dowment fund.
John Bonney Of Hampton. N. T., WI
accidentally shot at Poultney in the lie
leg while hunting Saturday afternoon an
ir died three hours later from loss OF bloc
sna the shock. He had shot rabbit 81
he he tossed il over to friend. who dropp'
his oun TO catch the rabbit. Tie gun Il
on stone aud went ofl, BoDney receivll
n the full charge.
Lafayette Spraeu@. veteran OF Il g &c
oud New Hampshire regiment In the VI
~ broke through the ice on Lily pond. Br
,leboro, las, Saturday and was browne
John Hill, aged 70 years, went to his re
or' .ue and also persisted. The two childr
ess Of the latter narrowly escaped death
irving to save their father. The bod
No were recovered Saturday night and VI
Sell taken to Westminster for burial.
Some weeks ago the people In that
I'D tiop Of Berlin, near the Moreto@n u
ore we're greatly al rmed by the presence
what they believed to be psnth
the Charles N. Cilley Get trap for the ami
,rlh lint il walked Of with the trap. and
until is days later did Mr.. Galley md
Kill the animal which bad the trap 90
n,s foot The panther, for such 1t Is pro
to be, weighed l6l pounds and 1t has b
sen, to ,s1idermist to be mounted. Mr.
- ley says be has been offered $40 dol
for Ills panther when mounted. and
i9S he has discovered the track OF another
''' on his farm.
The 22d snuual meeting OF the Veru
ORTIZ D.,rymen's association will be held n
o OF town hall at Brattleboro. beginning II
dsy. January -. and continuing =
her days. John Gould OF Ohio will 81
heeh Tuesday afternoon 90 The i've secret
Of good bui,ermsking. The evening Of
ps,,, Ara, day will be devoted to paper on
n ia manufacture 81 cheese by james W.
ertsou, commissioner al aericnitur
C.usas, snd T. d. Curtis Of New H'
,,o,a shire. followed by discussion. Gov u
OF Wisconsin will address the sssf cls
:, taking for hi. suhi-c, talk to the
a' no mskes the milk. The Stale Boa
''''' Agriculture will also be present TO
part in the exercises OF the NEE
soro Me..rs. Robertson and Gould are eI
s'ef' ted 10 be present durina The whole
zion.
The Brsitieboro Phoenix ssys H. y.
lmoef A Son Of South Londonderry inter
hli Increase their sugar capacity Tor
ed o. making 10 q considerable extent the
others ing sprips, having bought the EGG
cbsra knovn ss the Aldrich la',
,oiu. their LOT. This will uske The
San largest producers Of maple sugar