Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-05-21
Local and state utcms

The sem-annual parade Of Ctr fire cou,
MES took place on Saturday aftern.o,'
Nlckwaekett, No. |, aud Washngto, n
2, were out with from forty to forty &
members each, and paraded the pr,nn,
streets of the village, with their eos;n,
hose carts, and hook and ladder earr,.
The members OF the companies and N
machines presented 4 very creditablo .,
pearance. Some playing was done on IL
depot grounds, though the wind was f..
strong for any good display in this resO..
No. ?, however, playing through 500 4.
OF hose, succeeded, notwithstanding Il.
wind, in throwing stream about /.
feet high, No, also did some good nh,
ing, throwing three streams at once y.-
handsomely. The most lively pIav,,
however, occurred when No, 2 was tbrr
ing two streams and the hosemen TIM,
their ann upon each other at very s
range. " Chef" was the victorious bar |
on the occasion, though he did not esosE
unscsthed The wounded were somevbv
numerous, but we believe none we're - &
tally killed" A lunch furnished by On.
Engineer Dennis at No. 2's hail was IA,
taken of before the playing, and after
the companies dispersed
The Chief Engineer reports the engiD
in good condition, aud everything in
der, with the exception of some nee
repairs to the hose.
RowDEYlsM RAmPANr.-Last Saluri j
evening was extraordinarily lively dol
town. Fisti-cufs and knock downs wI
the order. Several 50 free fights are
ported to have been in progress in dfI
ent places about the same time. III
was supposed to be the cause - rumgI
was the result Great is Rutland, and /
peeislly the " turrin element L
Aside from the " free-hghts," we are |
formed that Mr.. John H. Bowman wi
going from his office to his reside1
about nine o'clock in the evening. a,
while passing three men in the viclnity |
Barrett & Sons store, was, without a7I
warning, knocked down and considerable
injured, Lu@us A. Morse, likewise, VIII
gong from the drug store Of Pond
Morse toward Q L. Robbins store
about 9 y O'Clock, was knocked DO
by man whom he met near the a 81
store The villains have not yet been
tected in either case.
SUtCIDE.-Mr Lotan Lbbey, an
resident in the north part OF North
committed suicide last Saturday momE
by severjBg the iuguar vein OF his
with chisel He was found cesdE
| his family ii the wood shed. lie hadE
Gently returned from Virginia, hav 5
been member of company 4, 18th re- u
ment. He showed evident signs I'D
rangement Of NINA before ms d.scas
from the service, and since bis pt
home had been more or less deraugei
STILL WA1ING.--Int the Brltows
Times Office, an Extra was put IN y
on receipt of the report OF the captur
Richmond, to await confirmation Of
"news" before being issued. 1t is
waiting.
GEN. STouGHroN.-The New \
Herald's Washington correspondent
that upon the report of Gen. HentzeIn
relieving General otoughtou from
blame in reference to his capture,
President has determined to restore
to his rank as BrgadIer General.
THE SHARPsHoorERs.-The Freer
CLEANS the following from a private lei
written bv a member Of Berdan's oNa
shooters, which was IN the third a
corps, and which it appears took QUIZ
active part in the late battles near IN
ericksburg. The writer says:
sharpshooters covered themselves witt
nv in this tight. One artillery officer
he thought he had seen bravery b #
but he never saw such cool daring As M
regiment exhibited. The sharpsbq 4
took in all about 600 prisoners
regiment lost in all eleven killed
about sixty wounded In Co. j, Hi
seven were wounded, none mortal
Their names are--Corp. j. S.
Corp. E. Hosmer, privates b. TraSk
fe, Cunningham, Monahan and Gni
Major Hastings was shot through ts I
| Company c suffered the most.
lost seven killed, among them
! Brewer.
A MODEL SPEEcH.-After one
hard fights of the Vermonters at
ericksburg, General Howe address
Colonel of the Second Regiment
lows:
Colonel Walbridge, l don't
what to say to you Vermonters
have done elegantly and saw 4
corps p
A MIDNIGHT OCCURRENCE
Montpelier Argus tells the following ,
A couple of elderly ladies res'l f
Worcester came to Montpelier, @ =
day night, hoping to be the 'l'
competitors for the free set of teeth =
by DR.. Comegys to the first pers I
should arrive at his new office Cd I
day, the first day of his occupa11g /
Of That they might be the Ih o
they took up their quarters on
in front of the building, waiting \
o'clock, and while sitting there =