Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-06-04
local and stat. Items,

Thar KNOCK Down" THE MdH..
bury Register congratulates itself NM,
the fact that it alone of all the Stale y.
pers, did not publish the item thar CA,
baman Hall knocked down eopperbo,a
in Brandon, who was rejoicing over Hon.
ers defeat. The Brandon Moattor Al,
putes it, says it Didn't mention il, aud thu,
the item originated in the Rutland Hin
AID. The Rutland HERALD would s,,
thar il stated only the truth, viz; that
&" was informed that such was the caa
The information came from an apparepty
reliable source 1--WE didn't get 1t from Ham
and we accordingly gave it "on inform,
ton, merely as an ITEM OF news Thu
conclusion of the whole is simply chs
that while all papers which endesvor h
publish the news occasionally are lA
victims of false reports, those which doDl
contain news Of any kind of coan.
never suffer that way,
UNFoRMs.-The story that the auo,
of Vermont had been fixed at 1000, rob
ably originated in the report that so man,
uniforms had been ordered to this Statev
! 1t may be all, or only first instalment Of
uniforms. At all events, It is hardly prob
able that the quota of this or any other
State has been fixed so as to be definitely
! promulgated yet,
We notice, bv the way, that an order
has been issued from headquarters, requir,
inc the Provost Marshals IN the different
States to wear their uniforms. THIS must
especially please those who have entered
the service" from civil ii, e. politicaI)
life.
SURGICAL OPERATION.-An important
surgical operation was performed in tbs
village on Saturday last by DR.. Pond,
assisted by Dr. Haines,. A child of Mr.
Channel, between five and six years old,
was suffering from Diptheritic Group and
its condition became such on SATURDAY.
that the operation Of tracheotomy was de-
termned upon as the only chance of say.
ing the little sufferer from sutfocation.-
The operation was performed by an mes
ion into the trachea, and the insertion of
silver breathing tube. The patient was
dong well yesterday, and the prospect Of
its recovery is good,
! PGRsoNAL.-Major StowelI, of the OH
! regiment, has resigned and gone home %
Cornwall. impaired health is the cause
of his Withdrawal. from the service,
Gen. Z. 4. Stoughton is now at Be |
lows Falls. The Brattleboro Phoenix,
in speaking of the restoration of the lat
to a Brigadjec's position, says tru
enough-"We have men enough for Al
the Brgadiers that Vermont is entitled
whose hearty devotion to the cause hal
never been questioned whose military
ability has been tested, whose moral char
acter and influence are OF the right staus
whom the soldiers respect, and in whom
the people of Vermont have confidence
TARGET SHoorIoG. - Arrangements
have been made for target shooting with
rifles, at the Fair Ground in Middlebury,
on Tuesday next, at ten O'Clock in the
forenoon. Competitors Will be required
TO pay one dollar each, which will be pad
to the successful contestants in such pas-
es as may be agreed upon. No firing on
the ground to obtain range will be allowed
after ten O'Clock.
RoBBERY.---The house of Lyman +.
Cabot, of Weathersfed, was burglauouS
ly entered whlle the family were at meet
ing recently, trunk belonging to Bena-
JAN Dean was broken opeI and 81, 100 in
bank bills, certificate for l6 shares Ex-
change Bank stock, with other valuable
stock stolen therefrom. Mr.. Dean oaers
reward of $500 for the detection auC
apprehension of the thief.
Nor A EUcHRE CAR.-The manager
of the Vermont Central Railroad have no
placed smoking and euchre car on thf
road, but smoking car.
Academia workman of Mr. Vail
quette, by the name of Mcdonnell, was
kicked in the face by horse YESTERDAY
and badly injured.
MURDER CASES. - Bennington coung
has three murder cases on the court DOCK
ct, two from Manchester.
New PosT OFFICE. - A new post
office has been established at East CabO,