Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-01-10
miscellaneous Items.


Snow fell in Galveston, Wednesday
for the first time in seven years.
The Leader is the title of new rad
zeal paper soon to be started ia Wash
ington.
President johnson was presented
with gobbler weighing tlfty-fye pounds
on Christmas.
The New Workers seem to have had
the same storm New Years eve which
visited these parts last week.
A bill has been introduced iato the
Pennsylvania Senate allowing passenger
railroad cars to run on Sunday.
"A New York engineer threatens to
build steamer that can take a thou
sand passengers to Albany in five hours.
The Troy Wing has been bought by
R, H. Mcclellan Of Troy, and William
Davis, late Of the Schenectady Star
Gov. Fletcher's message to the
Missouri Legislature will take ground
for universal suffrage and general am
nesty.
During the recent severe storm a
laborer was blown from the roof Of q
building in Palmyra, and fatally IN
jufed.
Henry W. Grinnell, son of James
Grinnell Of New Bedford, and nephew o.
Moses H. Grinnell Ct New York, died
lately in San Francisco, a dissipated
and reckless vagabond. He was found
dead in bed, probably from pulmonary
apoplexy.
The iron manufacturers at Pitts
bug, Pa, and vicinity are all going to
suspend this month, as they say they
have been running for some time alta
loss. Is their stopping dodge to in
duce Congress to give them more "prO-
lection?
The Derby cabinet of England has
determined to use every means to shelve
the reform question during the next SEES
sion Of parliament. 1t will thus obtain
the manipulation of the registrations
for 1867 as well as for another year OF
Office.
For few days past the tides in the
North and East rivers have fallen so I'M
usually low as to interfere with the
landing of the ferry boats At Quebec,
on the contrary, the tides on Sunday
rose so high that number of the
wharves were flooded.
The negroes of Richmond, Boston,
Norfolk, Wilmington, Charleston and
other places, celebrated the anniversary
of emancipation on Tuesday by process
sions, meetings, banners, music and q
good time generally. The proceedings
were peaceabe
Treasurer Spinner was robbed at the
! Presidents reception in Washington on
New Years day. While endeavoring to
extricate little girl from the crowd his
wallet was taken from his pocket 1t
contained eighty dollars with some pa
pers of value.
A sympathetic editor announces the
death of a lady friend, and says that Ill
her decease the sick lost an invaluable
friend. Long will she seem to stand at
their bedside, as she was went, with the
balm of consolation In the one hand and
a cup of rhubarb in the other"
The Siamese twins are still travel
! ing about the country. They are now
among the Hoosiers exhibiting their lig-
ament. They formerly owned twin
plantations in North Carolina, between
which they vbrated but large number
of slaves whom they owned, one morn
ing ungratefully walked away. Then
Chang was drafted, but was at last de-
clared exempt on account of having an
only brother depending on him for sup
port. So the bereaved and prosecuted
Orientals are again swinging around the
circe and showing their ligaments, ad-
mission % cents.