Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-01-03
Miscellaneous items.

"A gold toothpck can hardly be re
garded as a suitable holiday present fol
starving man.
There is temperance wake.up al
| st. Louis. Among the new measures
proposed is a temperance hail. to cost
$4,000.
"A small boy, anxious for a ride, rode
from Petersburg to Richmond, Va. the
other day, holding on to the truck of a
car.
"A young man named Byers COM
mitted suicide at Columbia, Mich, few
days ago from modification at being
detected in theft.
The Governor Of Virginia on Sat-
urday, pardoned Fl Byrd Lewis, recently
sentenced by the Circuit Court Of King
George county to the Penitentiary for
three years and six months for the kill
ing of DR.. Rose.
Mrs. Gowan, wife of ship-raising
GoWan of Sebastopol memory, gave a
Thanksgiving dinner to the Americans
In Paris-turkeys, cranberry sauce, and
lhlnCe ana pumpkin pies.
The investigation into the burning
OF the New Ironsides shows that there
was only one watchman on duty at the
time, and no marines attached to The
fleet, which numbered thirty vessels.
twenty Of them being iron clads lying in
ordinary.
On Monday evening a middle-aged
man Of respectable appearance, who was
on MS way from California to his home
IN Maine, died in his seat, between New
Haven and Wallingtord. Deceased was
apparently In good health when he got
ABOARD the train In New Haven.
"A mandatory for making printers
type from vulcanized india rubber has
been started at Dalton, England. The
Invention is American, but is said to be
making rapid progress in England. This
new KIND of type is quickly made and is
fully equal In quality and durability to
the common type, while the cost price is
only two-thirds as great.
"A New York correspondent SAYS that
Mr. Beecher's Ledger story is not a new
Idea on the part Of that gentleman. He
has had the plan in his mind for manv
years, and in his novel will devote him
sell more especially to those moral and a.!
social subjects which he cannot handle |
with sufficient freedom in the pulpit.
The Scientific American has made q
ejaculation that twenty tons, or, by su-
measurement forty eight and q
lalt square miles OF postage stamps have
been used during the year; enough to
'oof a large township with ali its
houses, churches, barns, gardens forests
IND farms; or if you choose to make a
Ioooh OF Them, enough to reach nearly
rom the equator to either pole, or twice
he length Of the Mississippi river.
"A confidence man, who pretended to
Ne special agent of the post office de-
'artment, has been doing good business
jackson, Miss, and the routes lesding
rom that city. He had full control Of
ne jackson post office for four DAYS
men IL became known that his authori.
was simply cheek, he was arrested.
Ut was smart enough to escape.
The father of a beautiful vorno
Wy VINO died suddenly near Cleveland,
y not many days ago, heard that some
eulcaI students who were interested in
er case had determined to resurrect and
ssect her body. He concealed himself (
ear her grave that night, and found the ,
port confirmed, as three young men. =
NY equipped for the work, arrived and
gan digging. He fired gun at them
ID badly wounded one, but all escaped. I