Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-10-08
Local AID state Items.

newport NcWs SAY oh lilc pcst authority
that the iron horse will be in that village
on or before the 7th inst. There is now
less than two miles of road to iron, and
force is at work sufficient to complete the
track by that time, unless it rams all the
time.
PERPETUAL morton. Messrs. Tiff |
& Halves, Of Morrisville, VT, have
purchased the perpetual motion ma
chine invented by Mr.. Leach of Troy. !
They are making larger machine which
will be exhibited at Montpelier on election
day.
ACCIDENTS. A young lrishman, named
Flynn,was killed, Sept. rs, while at work
on the Junction railroad, near Swanton.
William White, freight conductor on
the Vermont Central railroad, near White
River junction, fell from the cars, and his
arm was so badly injured that amputaton
was necessary. He has since died.
On Thursday Mr.. Eber Baldwin of
Ferrisburg, at work for S. ID. Goodrich,
got his left hand caught in the spoke
lathe, which cut off four fingers.
New COUNTERFEIT. Elves on the
Brandon Bank, Brandon, VT, are in Cir
culation. Vignette- &c, cars in
the distance in upper left; woman with
flag, three cupids in lower right /; FIVE in
upper right five in lower right; small
five in oval between the signatures large
five in centre coat OF arms of Vermont
in upper right centre. Imitation of gen.
ulne.
THE ST. ALBANs DAILY MESSENGER.
The first number of the new st. Adams
Daily, bearing date Oct. LIST, appeared
according to promise. 1t is well got up
sheet, of good size, five columns to page,
published by Whiting & Davis.
APPLE LARCENY. Three Frenchmen,
father aud two sons, by the name of
Thibaut or ''Tebo," were arrested on the
Lake shore in Burlington last week with
a boat load of some twenty-five bushels of
stolen apples, taken from the orchard of
Mr. L. p. Blair of Shelburne. The of
tenders were on Thursday bound over for
trial, two of them in the sum of $500
each, and the youngest boy in $50.
ADDIsoN COUNTY FAIR. The most
important feature of this fair, held last
week, was the exhibition of first class Me-
rino sheep. The address was delivered by
Rev. w. S. Smart to crowd of attentive
listeners, and it is well spoken of. The
attendance upon the fair was good.
MEMBERS IN OUR LEGISLATURE. Five
Congregationahsts, one Freewill Baptist
and two Calvanistic Baptist ministers
have been elected to the legislature.
Personal. Rev. Asa D. Smith, ID.
who has been chosen President of Dart
mouth College, is a native Of Mt. Vernon
N. Il His parents, however, moved tt
Westno. Vt, when he was quite child
From that town he entered the printing
office of the Vermont Journal, at Wind
sor, as an apprentice. He afterwards
went through regular course of educa
ton, graduating at Dartmouth in 1880
As man and preacher, he stands in thu
front rank. He has been pastor of I
Presbyterian church in New York city 70
many years, and both in the pulpit and OF
the rostrum he has sustained the characte
of an eloquent speaker and a clear anC
vigorous thinker.
Assistant Surgeon in the Navy, G
j. S. Wells, of Burlington, has beel
ordered to the fine steam fr1gate Niagara
which is soon to sail for the Mediter
ranean.
Col Randall lectured at Morrisville las
week to a crowded house on the war ant
the duty of all, without regard to for
mer party ties, to unite in putting down
the rebellion. He was democrat him
self, but he was for sustaining the gov
eminent.
MISCELLANEOUS STATE ITEMS. job
Burns has been convicted for the murde
of Henry Drum, solder, at Charlotte
on the Goth of July last.
On the Doth ult, patent was grant
ed to Jonathan Smead of Pawlet for IN
proved automatic feeder for sugar eyapc
ratOrs. #e H'..
A new hotel, costing Sl5 900, wi
be Immediately erected at Stowe, to accom-
modate the increasing pleasure taVei
Mount Mansfield. The main buildin
will be one hundred by forty-five fee
with wing seventy by eighty feet, an
the whole three stories high The Sun
nit House will also be enlarged to met
the growing demand for more room.
The citizens of St. Adams hay
contributed ST. 900 towards completin
the spire of the Roman Catholic Churc
in that place.
On Sunday the Goth ult., Mr.. G. v
Stowel, of Jay, was robbed by ma
named Welsh and another Frenchman,
$50. Mr.. S. was intoxicated when ii
money was taken.
The store of Mr.. r. Arlington, ;
Adams was opened on Monday nigt
the safe was entered and money to t
amennt of $500 was stolen The pers