Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-09-21
miscellaneous Items.

miscellaneous Items.
Mrs. Grundy, the lately started
would-be comic paper at New York, is
dead.
The play entitled "The death of Mr..
Lincoln" announced for the Mexican
theatres, has been forbidden by Maxi
milan.
"A horse-car conductor at Philadel-
phia has been troubled with fits of alb
straction lately, and his employer find
themselves short 100000.
An extensive government sale OF
locomotives and cars will commence at
Portland to-day and be continued at
Boston, New York, Alexandria, Phila-
delphia and other places.
AT hotel dinner table in Washington
a wounded Union Captain threatened to
box Herschell V. Johnson's ears If he
did not stop his reasonable talk. Her
schell dried up.
The general land office has received
information OF the discovery of large
copper deposits in western Maryland.
The ore is represented to be equal IN
richness to that of the Lake Superior
regions.
Dr. Rarry, a surgeon in the English
army, and for several years inspector OF
hospitals ut Montreal, recently died on
the island Of Corfu, when it was dis
covered that he was woman and had
been mother.
"A woman in Charlestown, Mass,
has family Of tame toads in her yard.
She feeds them, pets them up, dresses
them on Sundays in velvet, and on other
days in drab, kisses them and otherwise
tenderly cares for them.
"A son Of the late President Polk is
employed with two blacks, the three at
five dollars per day, in taking care OF
mules purchased by northern specula-
tor at the army sales near Nashville.
A number of army officers have
purchased their horses and ambulances
from the government and travel
home independent Of railroads and
steamboats,, probably with a view to
avoid the casualties which they have
escaped in battle
As a battery was going into camp
at New Haven on Monday, an old bat
terry horse, grazing in lot, hearing a
bugle call, jumped the fence, took his
position in line, and moved out TO camp
with the battery. So much for force OF
habit.
The Alabama constitutional con-
vention has voted, so to 81, not to repu-
diate the debt incurred during the war.
1t was urged that the state must hon
orably fulfill it's contracts with it's own
citizens, even if the money was used for
an unlawful purpose.
William Brown, a returned soldier,
has been arrested at Davenport on the
charge of attempting to pull out the
tongue of a young woman whom he had
betrayed by a sham marriage. The
woman is very Ill and unable to speak,
in consequence of his inhuman treat
ment.
Pleasing announcement to those
who contemplate visit to Washington
next winter The hotel keepers have
newly ntteu up tdelf peu CHdlHDerS Will
furniture and bedding from the dis
mantled hospitals. They have laid in {
large stock, for the things went cheap.
JEFF. Davis has been transferred to a
room in Carroll Hall in Fortress Mon
roe, on account Of his declining health
Carroll Hall is the most comfortable
building in the fort, and, instead of be
ing limited to portfolio view, Davis
will now be enabled to survey The
whole parade ground from his prison
window.
Some days ago President johnson
telegraphed to Governor Wells of Lousi
ana, inquiring whether he (Wells) would
accept the office Of Provisional Gov
ernor Of Louisiana. The dispatch, which
was sent in CIPHER and GLADLY rem
dered," was received by Gov. Wells, wh(
has returned it to the President fol
| explanation. Mr.. Johnson, when h
sent the dispatch, had not read Gov
Wells recent speech, delivered at, Lafay
cite square, New Orleans. ..4t.