Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-09-07
miscellaneous Items.

The rush for pardons at Washing
ton still continues. Those who file ap-
plications now only lind about nine
thousand ahead of them,
Bishop Smith (Catholic) of Du-
buque; whose stable carriage and horses
were burned by copperheads for his pat
rlotic spirit, has had his losses made
good by the voluntary contributions OF
his fellow citizens.
Senator Sherman and Gen. achenck
are stumping Ohio in pursuit of the
Ohio senatorship. Schenck's friends
claim that majority of the republican
candidates for the legislature have been
pledged for him.
The newest thing out is "plumpers
for hollow checked damsels. The
plumper is made of porcelain pear
shaped in form, fiat on one side and
bulging out on the other They fit on
the inside of the cheeks, giving a round,
plump appearance hence doubtless
their name.
And We have taken the teetotal
pledge, have We z" said somebody to an
Irishman "Indade have, and am not
ashamed Of it aither" "And did not
Paul tell Timothy to take little wine
for the stomach's sake ~ $50 he did,
but my name is not Timothy, and
there's nothing the matter with my
stomach"
The trouble in Schuylkill county,
Pa, between the coal miners and their
employees still continues. One of the
bosses employed by the New York and
Schuylkill coal company, was assassin
ated Friday morning, while going to
his work, and $4,000 has been offered for
the arrest of the assassins.
AT St. Paul, Minnesota, the only
accident that befel Gen. Grant was that
he was attacked by lady with bou-
Duet which was protlered to him for a
kiss. Considering himself hopelessly at
bay, he made an unconditional surren-
der and kissed the lady He is doing as
well as could be expected.
"A dispatch, dated Augusta, Ga. Aug.
81, says: "Three fast young men, of the
best families, called out Capt. Heasley,
33d U. S. Colored Troops, last night,
and brutally murdered him. A COM
mission has been organized today to
try them. Gen. Grosvenor, who was to
have gone north by special train to-
morrow is retained, by order of Major
General Steadman, to direct the prose
cution."
The ruins of very extensive abo-
riginal city have been discovered in the
forest Of Jicorumbo, in the province of
Tlaxicala, Mexico. The temples are of
immense size, some with vaulted roofs,
and so well preserved that ancient paint
ings appear fresh. The courts are filled
with hideous and grotesque idols and
'uramids surmounted by the same
rnn delegates to the Democratic
GEL ~ L. ntion in Ohio last week, took
state Conve- - marshaling the sup
the initiative L. 1-nt ~ t6o con,inp
Portors of their ticA> a 4 Iilo p, rn.nS
election. They vIslteu Inc rIotost
Marshal Of Columbus to ascertain q,
whether deserters and skulkers FRI III 1he
draft who went to Canada might NJ"
return.
"A son Of one of the first families "
in New York lately married a pretty
Irish servant girl of whom he became
enamored. The youth was sent to Eu-
rope at once to break up the attachment
and the girl discharged, but he staid in
Liverpool only three days, and return
ing to New York hunted up the girl and
married her secretly, greatly to the dis
gust Of the old folks, who will not re-
eognize her.
"A great excitement prevails at Niles,
Mich, at the discovery of petroleum in
that town, DR., Shaw of Chicago was
sinking a we'll when oil was found
about IS feet from the surface. The
yield is about four gallons day. The
local paper says on Sunday church ser
vices and Sunday schools were dismiss
ed, as the owner of the well he's, with
characteristic generosity. granted a free
exhibition for that lay to all who might
come to see it; One lady was generous.
~ allow2u to take two looks, as she had
but one eye,