The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-06-23

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htsitu Jgass Julius !. Gtiuutll At Chi
ct.e. vlo afarptt dead ~ The IlliEoi,
lfau ss3 sstiast t.Gt Jadst 0uEbsll
uss iama8s faf lbe record be made ~
'sule's pat.tc tersui P.tleulafIy ~
.ttt Attorney 6srisg tie rrosscs,ioH Of
tbs iisyusttst AuIellt
TIE boly q Charles Shower .ss found
to SEN on area u 1etf Eat Hishs.te Sac
1.y H. lad s,tdsaily fallen from q
bTi3so sui slfagk iit bead sgsibtt q rock
Iutrs utfe "a pirious 81 iuai play He
attended dance Saturday ovsulug which
f~sailcd 10 several prosecutions i1f istoIi
coli 10 800 IT. ssiils a4aor
Toe casi 81 the Mildred Brewster mBr
lsr thai We $40 300 Tie items ere;
3uaess Ices al triaI. $500, grand Jury vii
uess tees. $40, grad jary, $500; ptut
!aff, $500, petit jury. board, 500, lsv
yefs. $1,000; court reporter. $500, jail Ell
petse, $50. bospiIal account, $3.50; court
officers S730, sumuouIug witnesses. $500,
eide judges aud officers, $3.50,
The Troy Conference academy at z al.
ney bad q natrow esospe from being burn
ed Saturday stterpo5u, snd, as it vac, the
gvmua,ium and large shed sa6 several
smaller uue 10 the rear OF ii were burned
almost 10 the gtouud add the rear Of the
brick dormItory lie badly charred.
II l. Hossrd Of Benson died suddenly
Thursday. lie was St his office 10 the
morbing and died at p IN. from neuralgis
OF the heart. lie had long been a con
splenous man in Benson's business and
social lie. being town clerk and postmAs
ter al his death Ill was a son OF the late
Deacon J, J Howard aud was about %
years old. lie was veteran Of the civil
wsr,
Warren Robbins, 40, Of West BRITTLE
boro, Was killed by al accident ont IN the
woods cbopplng recently. He was at
work for Harrison Townshend, 10 whose
employ he had been since last winter, at
Putney, aud Mr.. Townsheud had been
away, and 90 coming home ut night he
began TO look Tor him and found him con
fined under limb from q maple tree he
was cutting down, which had fallen and
struck him 90 the upper part OF the body,
Il was evident that be had struggled TO
rec himself, but was dead when found
md had been Tor several hours
A Bfsttleboro collector OF antiquities
has added TO his large collection q bank |
dill which directs the cashier OF the Farm |
RS bank of Troy, n. Y, to pay to &. |
Bowen, or bearer, for sccount OF the presi
lent and directors OF the Vermont glass
sctory at Salisbury IS. The bill which
8 embellished with cut OF the factory 10
oil operation, is signed by L. 7. Jones IS
lerk and Samuel Swift as president, and
q dated December /, 1873.
The first woman who we1t into the
am(s and hospitals OF the west in the
'iyil war was Miss Mary ID. SafIord, ana
i've Of Vermont, who practically establish
d the camps and hospitals at Cairo, ILL.,,
Nd received from the soldiers the name
4 the Cairo AngelI." She furnished
ecesssries with the wealth OF her brother,
banker OF Cairo. which was placed at
Ter disposal. Ga Christmas day, 1861.
here we're % regiments at Cairo, and she
'ent into camp that day aud presented
D every soldier some little useful token.
William Il Shaiter OF the regular army
no is TO lead the invasion OF Cuba, is
De Of the noted Vermont family OF that
anne His father was James Shstter,
orn 10 the little farming town of Athens,
few miles ives: OF Bellows L ais who
! early life emlgrsted West, settling 10
lcbigsn and becoming conspicuous 10
ie affairs of that State. According to
lls authority ian uncle OF the general,
le late Oscar l.. Shsiter, a naive also OF (
thens, aitsr prscticiug law 10 Vermont
n several years With dist nguished sue
,ss, went to California in the early filties
% then became = Judge OF the Supreme
ourt The little Vermont town is nstur
iy proud OF its distinguished grandson,
ID the old Shsiter homestead, now own
aud occupied by Mr.. james Browne, 10
Dlnted ont o every visitor. &
John Y d, $ Merrill OF Bennington
enter has written book OF about 100 .
ages on Sketches OF Historic Benning !
u" The book, which is illustrated,
III probably be issuad from the press OF
onshion, NJ film h Co., Boston. 10 a con
e of weeks, fhe snhject M after is 10 u
Iapters, as follows: Benrlneton's $
oDeer settler; 10 revolutionary days; Our I
4 homes; The historic slloomssc; The o
4 academy; Staging days; The 10th OF
lgust and training days; Tue old court
,nse, When We went to school, Old-time y
-cus day., Shops by the wsysde, The
a First ohutcn and its Gods acre. Saver
chapters were written by Mrs. Merrill A
Try Radam's Mlcrobe Killer. For [
10 by Mics Mary Fatnum. Manchester II
pot, VI. II