The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-11-17

ssa. y asked vcrnani sni CAuaaa do
elipra a
Ats enuveu,ioa of delegates ftan the
upsrr railroads. hcid Al Windsor, VI, tins
week. At ~hieh Tho oglensbarr, VI Cone
tral. y u,land, Cheshire. aaa VI and Msss
rad. were represented y vas aerocd to
raise the rites for frcigh, and passengers.
niriy tarss per cent, above prcsrn, prices,
to take oflee, on and aacr the LIT Of De
TrHr,llsr.
We arr authorized ~ say. tina, the
+" American Word Antique Marble Compa-
/ nv" hes madca contract with the Z. :.
government FOR large quantity Of the
Roxbury, VI, verd Antique Marble, to
be used in the interior Of the now capitol At
Washington, foe ornamental purposes, IN
the form Of cclumns pilas,crS, panels, &c,
&C., TO mingle with white marble. Yer
mont can furnish superior white marble
also; can't some Of the smart boys on the
west side of the mountain get contract ?
In anticipation of demand for their beau-
tiful marble, the people Of Roxbury have
done great deal the past year in building
and other improvements, and we arc glad
that their expectations ART IN SO fair way
Of being realized. Haifon's Daily Jour
nal.
-NERNosr MACHINERY roR ESe-
LANp.--We noticed the other day, at the
works Of the Robbins g. Lawrence Co. in
this village, beautiful lot of about 30 ma
chimes. Just completed and about to be
shipped for England, Ia be used there in
the manufacture Of Government arms
They are the first 10, completed on large
order lamounting, we believe, TO about
Sl00,000) recently given by the Govern
mcnt agent, after inspecting the work of
different establishments. This machinery
is procured, we understand, for the purpose
of introducing the American process by
which the parts Of different guns are made
uniform and interchangable.-Ch Chronicle.
The Post Office in Thetford was
broken open on the night of the Both ult,
and $50 worth Of postage stamps stolen; a
shoe shop in the same village was also
broken open the same night.
-George, a little son of Mr.. Charles
Boynton, of Bennington, was very much
bruised by being run over by horse and
carriage on Tuesday afternoon of last week.
His wounds were dressed by Dr. DECKER
man, and he is now doing as well as can
be expected after receiving such severe
bruises about the brain. He will probably
recover The horse, which belonged to
DIR. Pierce, was being driven by young
boy, and becoming frightened, got the
upper hands of his driver and run. The
driver received some slight brIises-just
enough to warn him to be more cautious in
future Banner.
County Court for Chitlenden Coun-
ty, opened this morning, Nov. 9TH. Hon.
Robert Pierpoint presiding Judge; $. NJ.
Parsons, and >. B. Kennedy, assistant
Judges.--Free Press.
-WINDHAM CoUNrY CoURr.-The
November term commences on the 2lst.
-----FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE.--The
dwelling house Of WIN. C. Griswold, OF
Orwell, was .aes.-ayed b, s.e on Monday
night last, and Miss Abigail Moon, an es-
timablc young woman of 25 or 30 years OF
age, persisted in the flames. Miss Moon
was alone in the house, Brandon Post
The shopkeepers of st. Johusbury,
have agreed to close their places of bust
ness at o'clock +. M.-The Post Master
of the same place has given notice that he
shall close the p. o. at the same hour.
a most painful accident occurred IA,
the Railroad station in IIartland, last We'd
nesday morning. Mr.. w. II. Labaree, the
station agent at that place, was endeavor-
ing TO transfer a package from the car Of
one fri ght train to that of another (the
two trims standing on opposite tracks
when one Of the trains started, crushing
and rolling him along against the opposite
car, breaking in his stomach, and also
breaking his collar bone. 1t was though,
poor Labaree could Ire only for short
time but we are now happy to learn tina,
Dr. Crosby Of Hanover reported on Wed.
nesday night that he might recover.-U
Journal.
The store of ii. @. Dwight, Esq, Of
Vershre, was broken open, last Monday
night, and about $500 worth Of goods sto.
len. Two young men-strangers had
been seen about the premises, who were
suspected. They were hunted up and
found in the back part of Norwich, after a
hard race. A portion of the stolen good.
was found upon them. They were takei
to Vershire, last Wednesday, and bound
over in $1,000 bonds each, and for wan,
thereof we're committed to the County Jail
In Chelsea. The County of Orange il
Hooded with such scoundrels az these, saws
oar well informed correspondent.
The young rascals call themselves WIN
q. Fisk and Abner r. Townsend. But
these are probably fictitious names.-Isid
The Mortified Star of Fremont, a
paper opposed 10 all foreigners, is beauti-
July headed with German characters; be.