The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-05-13
STATE NEWS.


y cases disposed Of
-, Lydia Bates, vile Of the Rev. Lev
/, Gfout died at Wet Brattleboro rtcen,l
S.. She vas a native OF Spring cid this Stat
aud Was q descendant OF the Lipcolns
- Lincolnshire Eog, add OF John Ros er
the martyt
Fred Harvey OF Barre. tesmster. u,
i death by q peculiar accident Tuesd q J
II tie was tArown from = wagon while dri
E lng over muddy plaea in the road an
E the wheel passing over bis bead toroe
o bis isoe down into the mn / in such q Va
q that be was smothered before aid resche
c him. He was 80 years OF sge.
r Cecil, the hve.year old son OF Georg
Gulasn OF Westdeld, Mas. who was VIII
Ing 10 Bristol, was drowned In the rscews
, back Of the factory OF the Bristol Man
: featuring company Friday afternoon
The body was found Monday morning il
the rear OF Hiram ) Sumnsr's farm, nea
Iy four miles south OF the village.
The 30.h encsnpmen: OF the depsr
ment yerm ut Grand Army, has been cal
ed to meet IN Bennington June % and %
and plans are being projected to make /
Many OF Vrrm0nt's most noted soldier
during the rebellion have announced thei
intention Of bsing present, and Presid en-
Mckinley will bs at the encsmpment du
ing the session il be can leave Washington
There is a little town in Vermont wher,
toe people have considerable fun With the
fence yiewers". One OF the officer,
weighs 300 pounds. an other Is six feet
eight inches tall, and the third is extreme
Iy small. 1t was recently voted that all
fences on which the fat man could sit,
which the tall man couldn't step over
nor the little one crawl through, should
be deemed legal fences.
The state house at Montpelier is to be
wired for electric lights daring the coming
sumner. T G. Phinney. custodian OF til g
| building, has for soma time been in
correspondence With tue state off cisls and
heads OF departments and ell OF them sp
prove OF the plan. II would have been
done years ago. but it requires q reserve
OF at least O.horse power TO be used only
short time once in two years and 1t
would OF psy any company to put in re
serve steam power for that purpose,
The Vermont Live Stock company re
ceiyed sdvices from John Stevens, the
manager. to the effect that from 5000 to
5000 OF the cattle on the compsny's large
ranch 10 South Dakota persisted during
the past season on account OF the deep
snowfall, Snow cams early in the SET SOD
aud continued until this spring. The tot
81 number Of head OF cattle on the ranch
last fall WAS about 1000. The company
was organized by Brsttleboro men and
their operations we're very successful for
several years until this last winter.
Moses Cheney. formerly OF Barnard,
died at Watertown. s d May 4. after a
brief illness. He was born December 10
1872, bat carried his years lightly and had
been in uncommonly cool health during
the last winter Mr. Cheney was mem Der
OF the Ohene family oil musicians, who
are known to oil Vetmonters and to aim ost
every body else. Mamblrs OF the family
organic d Gene 1T company years ago
and Travelled oil over the country singing
Thorn pson Nies who has been 10 jail
At Bennington since DIo, 9, 10 default OF
$1,000 bail to appear before the grand Jury
In June. on the charge OF criminsl assault
twice committed on an Illesitimsts dsush
ter 10 years old. was before the municipal
con "Wednesday and pleaded guilty. He
was sentenced to five years at hard labor
10 the state prison at Windsor, His wife
md family. 10 North b Bennington, are in
needy cltcnm,tsnoes.
Rev. o +. Thsyer OF Dinby caught .
rout weighing pounds aud 2 ou1css in
otter creek on Friday. He broks bis rod
,nt msnsgsd TO get the f.h 10 shsllos
water aud TIRES his coat over il. The fsh
6 now 10 Cir fti:h's hatchery, three miles
outh OF Dandy. The length OF the trout
= "A IL inches. 1t vas q rainbow trout,
be spawn having been placed 10 the nver
ONE years ago.
A reduction Of % per cent on the insur
nee rates Of certain classes OF business
10 Burlington. Winsoski, Yer s
ennes and Middlsbufy has been ordered
y toe New England Insurance erohsnss,
his rednct 90 is due TO the small Ere :
oss the p.st year, and makes tue rates
cry slnIla ~ hose charged previous TO
he adoption 81 nes tariff May l, 1896
A drosnins accident occurred 1t High
ate Tuesday siternnon Of lest veek, by
hich Eagene Greeti, the three-y ear-old
70 Of Emery GREEN'S, od his lille. The
tile fsilow wanted 10 20 h.bing aud
ought the elstsfn, With .boat FIVE feet
~stsr 10 II, 10 the ysrI would snswer
e raised the cover aud the weight Of II
.ew him ior~std over the opening 90 N
81 be iell 10. The ebili w.s then out
ry coon. bat could not be saved. m
Warrsh Gibbs died In Chic.go lat ~sek "
the sse Of 81 yesrs He vas bora 10
srusni. 1.-THE begintins Of the war be
lated 10 company A, let Vermont esrsl