Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-04-16
Local and state Items

! B. Thrall, Of the 9TH Vermont Regiment,
arrived al his home in this village on Sa-
urday last From him we learn that the
general health Of the regiment Is mprov-
ing, there having been no deaths In the
regiment since the Sth of February last,
When Capt Thrall left the regiment,
about three weeks ago it numbered SOS
men. They are enoamped on Santa Rosa
Island, Just outside of Fort Pckens,-
There were only about thirty mon in the
hospital.
San ACCIDENT Two MEN DRowN-
ED IN MuDDLEBURY. - Two men one
named Geo. Eager, and the other Fred,
johnson, a brother of w S. Johnson, for
merly Superintendent of the Western
Vermont Railroad, were drowned in New
Haven River last night, about six miles
! from Mddlebury, near the residence of
| Gen. Nash, he river Is very high and
mas overlooked the road at that point, and
it is supposed they drove off the bank &C
cidentaly. Johnson's body and the hor-
ses, with the fore part of the wagon, have
been recovered. Eager's body and the
hinder part of the wagon are still missing.
JOhnson's watch stopped at halGpast seven
o'clock, which was probably about the
time Of the accident. Eager leaves a wife
and two young children. Johnson and
Eager were both residents of Middlebury,
MAD DoGS.-ln Royaiton, April 4th a
small dog, which, though belonging in
Bethel, had been straying about for some
two weeks, exhibited symptoms Of hydro
| phobia. The dog bit the fence, chairs and
other dogs. Mr.. julius P Smiths family
had narrow escape. The dog leaped in
the air before the front door several times,
and in coming down happened to unlatch
the door and went in, Mrs. Smith and her
children escaping to another room. While
the dog was lying on the floor in a spasm,
a man went in and gave HIM blows on the
head with a club. He was dragged out
doors, and on showing signs of reviving
was shot. The dog foamed at the mouth.
EDITOR OF THE HERALD saw in
your daily of April 4th, a notice of mar
rage of John W. Shaw and Ida 3.
Haynes of Middletown No such mar
riage ever came off here. Sending such
a notice for publication is piece of ras-
caIlty which had supposed no person IN
Mlddletown was mean enough to commit.
1t can do no harm to the reputation Of the
young gentleman and lady, as they are
well known here and above reproach but
as a matter of justice to the community
and the individual who could come down
to such miserable business, and as a
warn ne to all in ike cases offending, we
hope the name of the offender in this case
may be made public.
Yours, b. FRIsB1E.
Middletown, April &, 1868.
lThe notice published was received by
mail, and was signed w. II. Shaw
We JOIN with our correspondent in hoping
that the offender may be made an example
off,
GoArs.-M Moses Page of Bennington
has four Or five fine wool cashmere goats
Their wool is of the finest and whitest, anC
the question is asked why our farmers can.
not make the raising of them profitable
"NDDIEs."- "A smart young widow
advertises in New York papers as fol
lows:
"a young American widow, aged %
, blonde, said to be attractive, desires tn,
acquaintance, with view to matrimony
| of oP. o,1
rioslty hunters and niddies need not an
, swer. Carte de viste if convenient. AID
dress Mrs. Everett, Station G."
We were at loss to understand tn
genius and species of "niddiesn till ou
eyes fell upon the following advertisement
, in the same paper. The smart widow ha
characterized the "dark-eyed poet" in
word. She wants no answer from tina
sort of biped:
"The Romance Of poor man.--A darl
eyed poet, believer in the poetry of life
| and the romance of love, wishes to MARI,
5 some canary of youth and beauty, who's
Q song shall be sweeter to him than affairs G
rose buds or musks of lilly blooms. AID
dress La Solitaire, Union Square Pos
/ Office"
THE ANNIvERsARY OF THE ATTAC
| ON FoRT SUMTER.-The anniversary {
the day, two years ago, when the firing {
: the rebel guns upon Fort Sumpter, arouse
the enthusiasm of the entire North in dc
!. tense of the National flag, Is to be cele
brated in New York City, by gatherin
of the loyal people to give utterance aney
, to their fidelity to the Union. Says tn