The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1892-05-26

head. Paralysis oi motion snd sensation
followed 10 his body below the shoulder
bladts irs rare firm Of injury. aud
tine only eau tell whether or not the par
slysis vail be permanent
Hon. John Y. Duper OF Sheldon was
tbrSwn from . wagon some time ago IL
vss Dot supposed tbs, he wss seriously 10,
Iured 81 the time bat be has recently sub
mitlsd TO q ,ursiesl operation and u fol-
losed by bis death.
u. G.. Hove has bought the 81, Johns
burg House for STAG Al the previous
sale the hotel and furniture brought 49,
900. This purchase brings Mr.. Howes
holdings Of real estate in ST. JoLnsbgry to
more than 500, 900 his property inclnd
Ing tso large hotels aud the biggest thea
ire 10 Vermont.
II 10 und,rst cd that the earnings OF the
@ sntral Vermont railroad com2sny show
an average weekly increase OF from Ssoo 10
$1,000 over last years record.
Erastus ID. Thsyer. President OF the
Brandon National Bank and one OF the
weslihiest ss well Is moot prominent citi-
zens OF Brandon. aged " years. died last
Sunday from heart failure. the result Of :
lingering illness.
Carl Davis was killed 10 the Eureka slate
com pany's quarries at Fair Haven Satur'
dsy. A blast was to be fired and be took
shelter under shelving rock. The force
OF the blast loosened the rock which fell
upon him. causing injuries from which he
died 10 an hour.
Don Williams, the l6 year old boy who
confessed to setting several fires at Castle
ton last fall, has been sentenced to III
months imprisonment He has already
served four months at the house OF correc'
ton
The steam saw mill Of ID. S. Prouty. at
East Dover, was totally destroyed by Ire
last week Tuesday, it being the second
O catastrophe Of the kind that has befsllen
Mr.. Prouty within few months Loss
50 900; insured for 81 600 in the Vermont
Mutual, Of Montpelier.
John A. DAvey, a Swede. who had been
at work in the marble q1arfies at Proctor
for 10 years, was killed at that place Tues
day morning, His clothing became caught
and be was carried around the line shaft
which makes 80 revolutions minute. The
body struck with much force against the
banging platform with every revolution Of
the shaft. A workman reached the plat
form 10 time to prevent the body falling
to the ground. after it was released. but
life at that time was extinct.
Louis Marcott, q Young man who for
merly worked in the marble quarry at
Proctor, was arrested recently 10 Chicago,
where be was living with Christie Jackson
the lG year old daughter Of Hon. d. A.
Jackson OF Sharon Springs. N. Y. 1t is
said that the girl, inspired by Marcott and
another young IN an named Hofl mao, rob-
bed her fathers house Of $1,000. Hoffman
went with MArcott aud the girl as far NJ
Detroit, where he obtained possession OF
m ost OF the money aud rsturne to New
York. The gil is broken down by her
disgrace. Hofi nan has bsen arrested and
he and Marcott have been held for trial 10
the sum OF S250O each, on the charge OF
abduction and grand larceny
Tue monument erected by the states OF
Name, New Hampshire, Vermont. Masss'
chusetts, Rhode Island. Connecticut, New
York. New Jersey, Delaware. Pennsylvan
10, West Virginia. Ohio. Michigan and
Minnesota to commemorate the repulse OF
l. ,ngslr let's grand assault at Gettysburg
July, 3, 1868, effected by the troops oil
those states, ia to be dedicated June 2 next
The monument is an immense open book
OF bronzA, resting upon ped stall OF stone.
Its open pages bear the names OF the var
ious regiments which participated in the
repulse OF the charge, which has been
known as the pivotal movement Of the war
an the high tide OF the rebellion. Two
Vermont regiments 1.-The 10 aud 10th -
of Staanards brigal 10 are III the list.
Bev. J. r. Bartlett editor OF the s ,tur.
dav Evening Times (prohibi'loo) OF Wor.
ce,ter, Mass, bought the Vermont Chris,
tain Messenger, which WAS published here
10 1884, for Sll00 Business proved UNI
prof able and Bartlett def ulted. after
having paid 1927. p. Il Wbeelock, the
former owoer OF the paper, sued aud secur.
ed judgement, G. s. Richmond Of North
field being b irtlett's bondsmsn. Hearing
nothing from Bartlett, Wheelock again
brought suit against the bondsmau. the
latter producing Bartlett 10 court there to
day. Be proposed to take the poor debt
ors oath. bu, found he could not do so
inside OF 20 days. but must go to Jail until
the expiration OF that time.
The work Of grsvelins the road bed OF
the Ratland division OF the Central Veri
mont railroad, is rr ,eressing rapidly. The
point OF operations is now at Burlington.
A esrg OF 80 Italians are working south
and will reach Shelburne by Saturday
night. Ia the last two dsys75 carloads o.
steel rails have arrived from Scranton, Pa.
to be distributed along the road. The
work Of putting 10 the new bridges will
begin next week.