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

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There were in 1868, > deaths and 8
birth, in Dover. In school district No. q,
which comprises West Dover village, there
were no deaths in 1867.
The town Of Dover has no debt. This
small town always filed her quota of sol
diers promptly during the war, and paid
them literally, paying 81 5oOtown houn-
tie. during the war.
The members of Missisquoi Lodge
No. Q. +. X A. NJ. OF Richford, presented
their Past Master, l.. r. Parker, with a
Past Masters Jewel.
The Burlington Times proposes the
following oonundrum for the hour: Why
j. the prahibitory law in this county like
i TT7z771TT7t Sfkrirtt1r Beea H-e It j. strung,
mp with H1e1 wares was the name of
the defeated prohibition candidate for
County Liquor Commissioner,
Edward tud~ou, a. B., late Principal
Of Leland and Gray Seminary, at Towns
bend. has accepted the professoTship of
Latin and Modern Languages in Madison
I U17TTsIfy, ttfEmiiitt7H, y
The officers Of the Wilmington Ag-
ricul.ural Society have filled up the com
mittccs for awarding premiums and made
Other necessary arrangements for the com
Ing fair
Tho Chatham y. Y. Courier states
that rich coal deposits have been discoy-
cred in that town The discovery was
made while workmen were making deep
cut On the line Of the Lebanon Springs
Railroai
John W Graves of SaHton', River
who enlisted in the early part of the war,
and re-onlisted. and served through the
war, somehow failed to be credited to the
town and never received his bounty. Be
ing in needy circumstances his case was
brought before the town meeting, Mon
day. and the town unanimously voted to
him a bounty of $500. That's justice.
( some men cutting timber on the up
per meadows in the town of Bellows Falls
found recently wild bees hive in a
hollow tree that yielded them los pounds
Of strained honey, besides several pounds
used before straining.
The grand list of Dover is 2,535 %,
with a population of only $50. Aside
from roads, which were very small the
ordinary town expenses for the past year
were less than 20 cents on the dollar of the
7 grand list.
Tho old Wilmarth hotel in Stamford
has for 40 years been sort OF Gretna
( Green for marriage-seeking refugees from
the pursuit of parents, and has been re-
Gently purchased by Albert Wilmarth OF
his father, thus securing its continuance
in its valuable vocation.
i On Wednesday of last week, man
who gave his name as John Smith, pro-
cured team of Corliss & Rounds of
Richford, for day or SO. Not returning,
search was made, and on Sunday the
team was found at Balls hotel in Georgia,
where it had been left by single man
and his wife, by the name of Pickle-not
Smith.
From the auditors report of Whit.
ingham. we learn that of the forty-three
orders outstanding at the date OF last re-
port, eight remain upaid; and OF the
sixty-eight drawn the past year, twelve
r remain unpaid; amounting in the aggre
gate to St,95G 81, exclusive Of interest
There was paid for support OF the towns
poor, $2G5 SO; on highways and bridges
1928 AZ; for damages from insuficiency
of highways, $40 so. The present liza
bilities amount to $3,S7s 40, to offset
which there are resources amounting t.
1859 81.
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