Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-10-20
miscellaneous s,em.

The Atlantic cable about ,oha,,
VIII bear four times It's own weight @'a
-Butter Is selling at twenty. slx oo,,
along railroad lines in western Sa''
York, new
On Monday morning, Sep,emAsr .,
there was a shock OF earthquake In 80
north of England. - We
Ten rebel prisoners have esc.u.,
from the camp at Elmira, N. Y
tunneling operation,
Mr.. Christopher Gray, aged no
Gently addressed a religious mtetlna Is.
BroOksyille, Me, where he lives IA a.
gave concise history of his life,
The colored people of Chicago Inv.
published protest against the exclu'
sion OF their children from the puhVo
schools of that city.
The Mayor of Richmond has n sa,.
airy Of $4,000. Ii paid in "graybacksn
this Is equal TO about Sl40 In gold q
less than fifty cents a day, which IL low
wages for hard work.
In one column the New York Con.
perhead papers claim great Democratic
victories, and In the next maintain thai
iour and dry goods are advancing in
consequence of Republican successes,
james Hazard, the soldier who
killed George l.. Sheldon of Hancock by
shooting into Il crowd at the depot Con.
cord, n. H., month or two since, has
been sentenced TO Jail for one year aud to
pay $500 fine, He offered no defense.
ON Tuesday night at PhnadelpAA
Victor Estephe beat Dudley Kayanagb
400 points in 1000 In game of billiards,
KaYanagh Is the champion PLAYER Of
America, and Estephe claims that homo,
on the part Of Pennsylya ia.
An exchange heads its account O,
the late rebel raid on Lake Ere: THE
Rebels in Fresh Water" On the same
principle 1t should head its news from
the Shenandoah valley The Rebels in
/ Hot Water"
Among the devices used by the 0p.
| position in Pennsylvania to secure the
! election yesterday was report tele.
| graphed on Sunday TO all parts Of the
J State, that the army of the Potomac had
been defeated, and was retreating, badly
cut to pieces and that one corps in par.
ticular, which contains many PenuSyl.
vania soldiers, was almost destroyed.
The Davenport Gazette says that
1900 of the rebel prisoners confined on
Rock Island have recently enlisted ID
the service. of the United States. They
are to be sent to the northwest terrific
Ties to take part In operations against
the hostile Indians. At present they are
separated, for personal safety, from their
fellow prisoners, some of whom manifest
! much hatred toward them because they
have volunteered.
Stewart, :he great New York dry
| goods dealer, is building marble struct
| ure, 81 by Id feet, or the site Of the late
) Sarsa parilIa Townsend mansion, on Fihb
Ave~ue OF New York, but whether as
oallarv n art, or a private residence
does not yet app,'ar' II has already cot COS,
5000 600 and there is ''auch speculation
in regard to its use. lift BE-, 'Oeo q pr
vate residence, 400 guests with l-"oe''
ate crinolines can be accommodated al
one time on the drawing room floor
Rev, Hor%ce James, who has charge
! 81 tne t0ntrabands on Roanoke Island,
D. c., has got saw and grist mill into
operation, and is beginning 70 build
school houses, and will have quitea viii
lage erected before winter. The contra.
bands focking into Kansas from Mis-.
souri, tax the charity of the people there
very heavily, and there are thousands Of
the negroes at Lawrence who are very
destitute and need help to carry them
through the winter. , s.. ...