Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-03-12
hat II Going On.

''''N = S"'"h 8" washington lo ltt-
turc,
There are 5000 Methodist, in Hi.
nois
North Carolina has nino daily pa.
pcrs,
Lettuce i already in the Alton mar
kvt
Tho S,'m!w6los Of Florida still hold
slaves,
= There arr fifteen hundred lakes in
Maine.
fhrrv vru t, tt6ttt jatHu Smiths in NV
York.
Maple treo, in Indiana are being
tapped,
Bishop Whit,ingham's health is i'm
proving.
Wisconsin is cutting pine trees six
feet in diameter,
Cincinnati insurance companies lost
S3OO,OOO last month.
A Chinaman in California is fattcn-
ing rats for the table.
Maine proposes m Industrial school
for girls
Mr., johnson is said to have command
Of his nerves
Massachusetts, has al dead buried
at AnderSonvillc
--t,irnt-r ambitious to bgromg the
capital of Georgia.
The ice at Sandusky bay, Ohio, is six
teen inches thick
Tho hotels of st. Paul are already
crowded with guests,
In Idaho one ton of hay is worth six
cords of mahogany.
Over 900 buildings were put up in
Detroit last year.
The gayest smilers are often the sad
dest wecpcrs
Mems actions are the greatest signs of
their inclination
Three things to govern Temper,
tongue and conduct
Gen Sickles is sutmping Connecticut
for the Republicans.
Geo. B. Mcclellan has moved from
Vienna to Florence.
Chicago sold l2O,OO0O0O fee, more
lumber in 1867 than in 1866.
There were 5,710.000 gallons of oil
shipped for this country last month.
-Burlingame's appointment from Chi
ma is said to be life affair.
Carl Schurz is to be member of our
Chicago Convention.
Mr.. Motley has already received $780,
900 from his historical works.
Robert Lincoln is said to inherit the
best traits of his fathers character.
The last surviving squirrel has been
taken from the New Haven green.
"A large number of miners are pass
ing through Salt Lake City.
A self-denying woman--one who sends
word mot at home when she Is
The Roman Catholic Bishops warn
their people against "round dances"
Five ladies have been sworn in as
clerks to the Kansas legislature
Ole Bull will soon fiddle in Wash
ington. But who viii burn the capitol
-"Johnsons Rebellion" is the name by
which il is called in the West.
The Legislature of Tennessee is al.
most unanimous for impeachment.
The iron trade along the Cincinnati
and GAINESVILLE road is increasing.
Chicago is to build a new granite de.
pot 300 feet long, to cost 100000.
-Urbana, Ohio. has been incorporated
as city, with population Of $500,
% s Fowler is in Washington H
will examine the heads of the Government
In Missouri the wells are still dry and
the. roads are as dusty as in summer.
Professor Faradav tried no less than
l6,54i experiments during his lifetime.
Why does policeman seize his man
by the collar: For collateral security
Mrs. Harriet Beechcr Stowe has LEFT
Hartford for her other home in Florida
Lord Brougham has lost the use Of
his tongue. Let's have him for President
By a fashionable young married wo
man: The latest thing out-my hus
band.
Bayard Taylor says that only enc
meerschaum in ten made in Germany is
genuine.
I Senator Sprague meditates building
/ large eetteH factory at Wilmington
Del
-Apalachieola wonders why more peo
| pie do not appreciate its orange growing
/ climate.
Forty five students from North Caro-
/ lima are studying medicine i'm Balti
more.
Famine is destroying the people o
Tunis at the rate of nearly two hundred
day.
There has been about sixty hopeful con
versions at Springfield, since last Octo
Der.
Queen Victoria's journal is to b,
printed with embossed letters for the us,
Of the blind
! Miss Penniman. an American bell
in Paris, is to marry NJ. CASTOR dc Bri
mont
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4 The CONTEST OF PEDESTRIANS
mentioned several days ago the contem
plated walking match between Mr.. Os
good. of the. firm of Ticlsnor d Fields
and Mr.. Dolby. the agent of Mr.. Charlie