Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-11-26
General intelligence

+ "A railroad company is sinking an ar
tcyan well in san Fauni-.o harhor in %
feet Of water
Yale College ha, 1913 students, accord
ing to the new catalogue just issued. Tn,
different libraries contain : 600.
Rev. II. NJ Parsons, Of the FRS,
congregational Church in Springfield. ha,
received an urgent call FIR the Plymouth
Congregational Church nj Chicago. with
the offer of a salary of $4,000
A carriage making firm in Pough-
keepsie, has a contract from New York
for about thirty vclucipedcs Of the two
wheel pattern. They are manufactured
after a model imported from Paris.
A widower of - and a spinster Of
60 have united their fortunes in Conuec.
uvuS. Theis fortune "a not ototad but
their, weight is six hundred pounds
"A Montgomery county, Ohio. farmer
who wished to give a lot for church and
burial ground, had the deed made out "t,
God Almighty, His assigns and heirs for
ever and the deed is SO recorded.
The fires in the Oregon woods are
driving the wild beasts into the settle.
ments endnngering the lives OF the peo-
pie. Children are attacked bv cougars
and in Lynn county girl nine years Of
age, was killed and eaten by one Of these
animals.
John McDeavitt, the champion bill
lard player Of America, was arrested al,
Chicago, Thursday, with several otheI
blacklegs, for getting man drunk and
swindling him ont Of 800, in gambling
house
The stream Of meteors this year was
much wider than last year, but not So
dense. Last year il was said to hay,
/ been 10000 miles wide. This year it j..
thought to have been over 100000 mile
wide, but the shower. though longer in
duration, was not 50 heavy.
Mark Brown, aged thirteen years.
stole some powder from quarry near
Rondout, y. Y, while the men were alb
sent at dinner and the next day he went
to fire off pistol, having his pockets full.
of powder, which took fire and be- wa,
80 horribly burned thot he died soon
after
"A woman aged about twenty-five wa,
found near the Village Of Accord. Ulster
/ Co.. n y. on SUNDAY morning, with two
/ bullet holes in her head. She was appar-
emily cjirfi,,t,. and /, very handsome, but
! it is not known who She is or WHO com.
mitted the murd.roi~ attempt. snspic-
ion rests on clerk in I4lrnyl!Ir The
woman is not vet dead
wv. ...a,.,.. .l.,.... r....
ne master -, ~ "'.'A ~ la ! rams
of the coast near that 81 see he encounter
ed smoke so dense a. "a ba almost suHosa.
ting, and which seriously -sbstguctcl his
progress. One daythroo hundred birds
fell dead on the deck of H., schooner
People at Goose Bay and in the neighbor.
hood could not account tor thc iresence
If the smoke
Tho rro;.., t.r.n, r.,.. nn,,r;,.
Ranrna5 r,,ri;n, {ya.t fra,,' Woo J..
being agitatcd with vigor. \ meeting
Of the Directors was recently held mt syria,
cuse, at which tho engineer submitted
plans for tho route, Every thing looked
favorable for speedy construction of the
proposed road, and carly commencement
OF the work may be expected
-Tburlow Weed ESQ. returned from
Europe with his daughter. bv the lava. n
few DAYS ago His health. though not
wholly restored, is much improved He
, does not intend to resume either his cdi.