Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-06-20
24lS:
Grimes and Casualties.
Total,

R. NJ. Runyon, an old banker OF st.
Louis, committed suicide on Sunday
night.
An unknown man was killed on the
railroad near Elizabeth, N. j., on Mon
day afternoon.
Thomas Ward, of New York, was
killed at Nyack on Monday evening,
while running with an engine to fire,
The Richmond Examiner of recent
date has an elaborate editorial to prove
that Booth the assassin, still lives.
-Chas. Badger, an employee at the
Robinson Iron Works, Plymouth, Mass,
was killed on Tuesday morning by he
explosion OF shell from which he WAS
removing the powder.
The Charleston Mercury says that
valuable chalice belonging to family In
that city, which had been stolen at the
sack Of Columbia, has just been recover
ed from New York pawnbroker's shop.
"A school teacher in Texas town
was grossly insulted by man, who told
her, at the same time, that if she had
any friends to avenge the insult she
could send them to him. The lady re-
piled that she was able to protect her
self, and drawing pistol, shot the man,
killing him on the spot.
"A warehouse on Greenwich street,
N. Y, was robbed by burglars on Sum
day night Of S8 900 worth Of black silks
and black yelvets. 1t is presumed they
were concealed in the premises al the
time of closing up. Two watch dogs
usually kept on the premises were found
strangled and thrown out into Beach
street.
Some German deck passengers on
Mississippi steamboat, on a recent trip,
found some bags of beans among the
freight, and helped themselves to
bOuntiful supply for soup. The beans
were castor Oil beans consigned to
dru ggst, and caused decided commo-
tion among the INSCRIPTIONS appropri-
ators.
"A lad named Charles Leach was
found dead in his fathers barn at Eliza
beth, n. j.. on Saturday night. When
discovered, he was found hanging be-
tween two bars of manger. He had
been in the upper part Of the barn, look
ing for hens nests, and he had accident
ally fallen into the position stated.
Robert Otterson died at Springvale,
Penn, last week. He had been insane
for thirty years, but recovered his senses
on his death bed, and conversed intelli-
gently of occurrences that transpired the
day and week previous to his insanity,
making inquiries about yoke Of oxen
which he had valued, OF the work on the
farm, and of old neighbors who had been
dead for years, while intervening space
was blank in his memory.
--Advices received from Mauritius re-
present that nOn-contagious epidemic
fever is prevailing there to fearful ex-
tent, particularly in the vicinity of Port
Louis. Upwards of six thousand per-
sons died in March, and in the first half
of April the mortality Of the island
reached upward Of five thousand more.
Port Louis alone, during the latter
period, lost TWO thousand eight hundred
and seventy nine out of a population Of
eighty thousand.
Two persons were recently drowned
in the river at Knox, Ind. One of the
bodies was found, and after many fruit
less efforts a novel method was adopted
to find the other. The shirt of the
drowned man was thrown into the river,
and after drifting short distance disap-
peared. The graphing hooks were i'm
mediately used and the body drawn up
precisely at the place where the shirt
disappeared.