Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-12-25
Local and state Items.


noon, a freight car belonging to the Rutland
Il Washington Railroad, loaded with cotton,
and standing on the track near the depot in
this village, was discovered to be on FIRE. With
considerable exertion the fire was extinguished
after having nearly destroyed three bales of
cotton, slightly damaged several others, and
nearly burnt offlhe roof and one door of the
car, The damage done is estimated at about
one thousand dollars, The origin of the fire is
unknown. The car contained twenty two bales
of cotton, worth about $1,000, which was from
the West on the way TO Boston. H..
MRAGE.--Wea are informed of the follow
ing extraordinary phenomenon which appeared
TO the people of st. Adams village last
night, The Lake for miles, and the opposite
shore were mirrored in the sky at an angle of
about twenty degrees. The houses, trees, and
other objects on the New York shore were dis
tmctly visible, and the opposite sides of the
islands in the Lake could be plainly SEEM
The whole resembled vast painting, and is
said to have been magnificent sight The
appearance was first seen at about five o'clock
in the afternoon, and lasted until the growing
darkness hid it from view. The Lakeis some
miles FROM the village. s
PERsoHAL.-The New York Tribune says
Of Frank 4. Holbrook, son of Gov. Holbrook,
upon his withdrawal from the position of Hos
pital Agent, under the auspices of The New
England Relief Association in New York
city, which he has filed for the past five
months: "Mr. Holbrook has 'been a most
faithful and industrious agent, visiting, in all
states of the weather, the sick and wounded
soldiers in the hospitals in this city and vicn-
ity-keeping record of their names I; ascer-
tanning their wishes relieving their wants ;
and as far as possible, alternating their suffer
inos Not less than 3, 900 men have been I'M
der his watchiul and tender care, and they will
ever hold his name in grateful remembrance.
1t will be difficult to find ma. 10 I'LL MS
place, for he was truly friend to the si0A
and wounded and distressed soldiers. There
are now about 5000 invalid soldiers in our
hospital. In the course of the present week
this number will doubtless be greatly increas-
ed and the services of such an efficient agent
% Mr.. Holbrook were never more needed than
~ the nreseut time, for the kind labor he per-
s,,n..a g. 4 J., done continuously,
faithfully, and not systematically. '1.''7. =
DEATHS IN THE 9rH REGIMENT-A letter
TO the Brandon Monitor, dated Dec. IL, no
tees the death of Henry G. Thomas which oc-
Cured in hospital at annapolis, and Chauncey
c. Larrabee, which occurred at Chicago IN the
week preceding the date of the letter both
Of whom were from Orwell, and members OF
Company G. At a meeting Of the company
appropriate resolutions of esteem tor the men
and sympathy for their families were ao0p'e0'
The letter states that the regiment mas los
about forty of its members since going Il
Chicago but the sickness bs..d decreased o
late.a baa Rag A+-S8l1t}& tt@
NARROW EsCApE.--On the 18th inst, Will
thu, daughter of L. B. Smith, Of Stowe, abou
| IA years Of age, was sitting by the table read
ing, some one lighted a match for the purpos
of lighting a fluid lamp to go into another pa
of the house. After lighting the lamp, tt
lighted match was thrown on the floor
1 rather on the back part of the young lady
dress. The clothes took fire, and were 500
in flames as high as her shoulders. AT tn
moment, the father happening to come in, al
0 seeing his child's clothes on fire sprang to h
f relief. She had not discovered her perilous S
n uation until her father opened the door. N
y Smith, after exercising the greatest energ
e assisted by his wife, managed to extingui
the flames not, however, until her clott
we're pretty much burned of, and Mr.. Smit
hands were quite severely burned. The daus
II ter escaped, fortunately with but little injury
E MONEY LosT.-On Thursday the llth in
IL Peter Glougie, of johnson, who had been
= company with j. R. Fowler in the sh
making business, but had recently sold Q
/. and had, as he says in his wallet Ss406, /
the misfortune to lose it from his pocket.
% few days after, he found the wallet minus
OF money. .., ..........l,,,
To FRIENDS OF SICK SoLDIERs.-inq
ries addressed to Frederick II. Hall, box 5
Ill Washington, d. c., in relation to Verm