The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1892-05-05
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10 al the New Enslsnd sla,es indicate thai
big struggle will come coon and that
bls strike OF lockout 10 possible Paving
cutters hsy. struck 10 Vermont. Name
Massachusetts aud other states and ,hou'
sands of men are slresdy out TIE unions
In the different states haye been Ia copsul'
,stion BY sire. add !, is probable that Al
enormous strike will be begun 10 lees
than as hours,
The growing town Of Barre reloices over
the establishment Of improved suburbso
train service over the Central Vermont
Moe trains day nov run between Barre
and Montpelier.
Gen. George Stark died at his home In
Washington. d. c.. on April 18th, he
vas bora ct Manchester. n II, 10 1926,
aud vas descepdent OF Mi Gen. John
Ssrk. the hero Of Bennington.
The survey OF the Black River railroad
hss been commenced from North Spring
held TO Gassett's. on the Rutland railroad,
and nov il only remains to find point to
tap the G. V. r. r., then the road is sure
to be constructed
Rev. N. Newton Glacier. one armed
aud eloquent Baptist preacher, now loca
ted at Greenfield Mass. but for ZONE
years At Montpelier Is to deliver the
Memorial Day address at Bellows Falls.
NJ. G. Davis, OF Island Pond, was bit 10
the head by a spent rifle ball. one day last
week, aud badly but not dangerously
wounded. The bullet was fred from such
distance that its power for injury was
nearly gone when 1t crashed through .
window and struck Mr.. Davis.
Burglars blew open the safe 10 Smith,
Whtcomh q Cooks grist mill at living,
ville in Barre, early last Saturday norm
ing, aud secured nearly 500. The safe
was wrecked, and sll the windows in the
building were shattered. There is no clue
to the robbers.
O,car f. Rice, OF Weathersfeld, while
recently suffering with humps. became
deranged, escaped from his watchers and
ran across the fields to q swamp where be
either fell or threw himself into pool OF
N nd and water where he was found dead a
few moments later
1t rs said that the railroad arrangements
10 Vermont propose to advertise her mani
nfscturing and CON mercisl industries,
agricultural and other resources, the In
tention being to induce manufacturers from
abroad to avail themselves OF what advsn'
taees the state possesses. A policy OF
this kind, persistently pursued, would be
OF incalculsble value to the state at large
and the railroad company that iDaugurates
such movement should be heartily back
ed by everybody interested,
1t has just been discovered that Syrup
com psny OF st. Paul, MINI, is BRANDING
It's bogus maple sugar packages as ii the
the firm was located at Fairfax. VT There
ia no such firm 10 the State. An agent il
in Fairfax. VT, who, receives the msil and
answers it, This is fraud on the people
and the Vermont Legislature ought to
enact law TO authorize the State to prose-
cute the concern for FRI u !, and the farm
ers of Fairfax ought to run the fraud ulent
maple syrup companys agent out OF town
A despatch from Alburgh to the Bur
lington Free Press says: Canadian fisher.
men are shipping from 20 to 25 barrels o.
fish, mostly pike. from this station every
day, and have been since the first OF the
month. The fish are caught With seines il
Missisquoi bay, near the line, where the
water is rather shallow. II is the spawn
ing ground for the pike 10 the northern
part OF the lake. and fisherman say tha
the catching Of one fish at this season O
the year while they are spawning-i'
more destructive to the tribe and fishing
interests generally than thousand would
be after June |.
Toe work OF Improvement on the Rut
land division Of tho Central Vermont rail
road will be rapidly pushed to completion
and will cover ll9 l'2 miles on the road
extending iIom Buriagton to Bellows
/, Falls Ten iron bridges will take the place
Of the wooden ones. A number OF The
bridges are In Excellent condition, bul
will be strengthened mp to the Contra
Vermont railroad standard so as to carry
the heavy rolling stock, Side tracks viii
also be laid Ut several stations along tbs
division, and other general work will bt
done. The work is important and benef
cial sld the road bed when completed
will be one OF the best IN the country.
The Delaware and Huison railroad il
laying new steel rails on the line al its
/ road from Fair Haven to Rutland. Last
tall new rails we're laid from Whitehall to
Fair Haven Gravel is being distributed
) n The Rutland and Washington branch.