Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-04-19
miscellaneous Items.

THE Commissioner of Pensions nav
ing been asked whether pension money
can be attached for debt, has replied in
the negative.
Mr.. Geo. Peabody, the eminent
American banker in London, will visit
this country about the first o. May
proXimo.
"A man in Georgia speaks Of one Of
the Ohio senators as "Ben Wade and
found wanting"
"A monomaniac has been tried at
Paris, who has murdered sixteen wO-
men, all by throat-cutting.
The empress of Mexico has deposited
her jewels in London, which doesn't
augur the stability of the empire.
"A dry goods firm, which started in
New York, January /, with $500 600
capital, has just failed the capital hav-
ing been exhausted, and the firm finding
itself 100000 in debt.
1t now appears that the detectives
put the thieves up to stealing the bonds
Of Mr.. Lord, and were accessories be-
fore as well as after the fact What are
we coming to ?
The Cairo (nl) Democrat asserts
that, during the violent storm on Tues
day of last week, dog belonging to
Mr.. Norman, near Commerce, Mo, was
blown entirely across the Mississippi
river.
The death of Mormon bishop is
thus announced in Salt Lake paper :.
'He was thirty-seven years old, aud
leaves an interesting family of eleven
wives and forty seven small children to
mourn his death"
Scotland bids fair to RIVAL Pennsyl-
vania in that new source Of wealth
which consists in "strikin' lie" Ac-
cording to the Iverness Courier, many
large fortunes are being made by the
lucky finding Of petroleum deposits.
One unlucky maa lately sold for $4,000
bleak piece Of moOrIand which is now
worth 100000.
At q dancing match in Chicago, re-
Gently buxom Dutch girl danced nine
hou-s consecUciVely, when her partner
acknowledged himself fairly beaten and
very tired. The damsel then drank six
glasses Of lager and quietly went to
breakfast.
The third Atlantic cable, now max
ing, is stronger, more flexible and more
elastic than either of it's predecessors,
and a paying out apparatus has been
devised which, it is predicted will work
perfectly. Sanguine expectations are
entertained Of raising last years cable,
the insulation of which is four times
better than when it left Vsentia bay.
AT ladies' fair, held in Rochester
on Friday night, the company was start
led by the appearance of man with
only 8 shirt TO cover his nakedness, He
looked wild and ghost-like, and taking
a position in the centre of the room, he
exclaimed in loud tone: What the
h-ll is going on here 2" The man was
secured after general panic and faint
ing spell, and turned out to be a mer-
chant tailor, hitherto respectable, who
had been on spree aud got q touch of
the deirium tremens.
The garrulous Garrett Davis. of Ken.
lucky, announces that II the Civil Rights
bill becomes law he shall become an
enemy of this government. The garFu-
lous Garrett will then openly occupy the
position he has really held since the
breaking out OF the war. Bat his trea-
son runs to garrulity, and is injurious
only as he is enabled to use up time in
the Senate by his treason dreoling.
SALISBURY, of Delaware, far ADLER than
Davis when be is sober, sympathizer
with the South all through the rebel.
lion, is most reasonable WHEN he is
most maudlin. He tells US that the
Civil Rights BILL if attempted to be en-
forced as law, will inaugurate blood
shed and revolution. That is an exhi-
bition Of something of the rebel spirit
in its old-time arrogance; but SauIs-
bury, with or without rum, has sterner
material than the doughfaces of past
DAYS to deal with as representatives of
the loyal people Of this country.