Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-01-02
In General.
Dickeu, 10 goiug 60 Runsl

-TnLaren j. the -ilaer II atA N0, 900
men, AMI The dele,m,ion ~ "a, many
Women
-Canurc,iout hail ti,r huuirI fatal
ea'es II aIopl"NN sud inrly,l, hi,
year,
Tho l.lHeolu monument fund ia Phil
adelphia has rraohed Saa0ca aud ayer .
"A dispatch from Havana ,a,, SANTA
Anna deuirs that he intnd, tu ga To
Mexico
Hartford Insurance r1mTrtuiy-- irr--+
heavily BY the tire a, tsleda last Sstur-
daN night,
-one Of the cSpr,y, companies dcliN-
cred in the city of New York last Mouday
two hundred and fifty ton, ot poultry
and game
Thomas jenkins u Saco. Nc, gives a
reception ON his Tooth birthday, whicl,
takes place soon.
The American steamship Ontario.
from Boston 10 Liverpool, made tho last
run in less than ten days.
Wisconsin received $50, lai,aj dur.
ing 1857, which is only Ss.59i over her
expenditures
--ES-Minister Bigclow is ahlut To go
Ia pr,ss with Franklin's autobiography
. tie found the Ms, in Paris.
"A pure gold Saxon lingering was re-
Gently plonghed up near Dufiicld, Eng
land. which was twelve hundred years
old
Scotch papers announce the r,-appcar-
ance OF the cattle plague, from which
numbers Of cattle and sheep have already
died
The Pope has already Imprisoned
three thousand person. for symlathiying
with Garibaldi Hundreds are leaving his
territory.
The wholesale grocery firm Of Carver.
Wendover 4 Co, Of ~. Louis. failed
recently. Their liabilities are said to
amount TO half million
Within twenty-five miles ON Sagi.
nav river, Michigan, there are seventy
two immense saw mills, and the intervals
are filled in with salt works.
Mrs. Ann Perkins Of Worcester.
Mass, has filed claim FIR halt a million
OF dollars against Russia. with the House
Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Col circuit, the murdered sheriff of
kalamazoo, had an immense funeral on
Monday. After the funeral the mourners
tried TO lynch the murdcrcrs
Very argcntiferous galcna Ia, been
found in tho Lilly lode Brown mountains,
Colorado. II assayed over thrty-siS hun Fl
dred dollars in silver per ton of ore.
Letters from Havana state that there
are strong indications of a revival ot the
slave trade. One or two cargoo- of Afri-
can negroes are believed to have been
landed already, and others are expected.
In Mexico marriages by priest, have /
been declared Illegal, and great constcrna- f
tion exists among parties who have taken
matrimonial bonds upon themselves solely
with the sanction of the church
Alexander Parker, once a wealthy I
citizen of Buffalo, and liberal dispenser o
Of charity, has just been sent To the aims
house. day or two previous he was ar
rAigned in the police court charged with
stealing shirt.
In Lombardy there is a cedar tree v
eleven Mllense cubits in circumference, q
the roots Of which are said to extend un- +
oeA bicht pdIb VI tNc Tow II. IN the SIX u
teenth century the tree was about the e
same size, and it is supposed to be nearly Il
two thousand years old. IL
"A grayestone not many miles from .,
Springfield bears the following opitsph: II
SWEET BABES "a,
They came into this world to ,..o ci
sample Of our miserce,
They turned their little head, ASIDE
Dlseus.ed ut the sight and died.
William Buchanan OF Malta town y
ship, Ohio, passed peacefully away on -
Thursday evening last, at the advanced p
age OF nearly eighty. from single blessed =;
ness to matrimonial bliss, being taken off
by sudden attack of Mrs. Rebecca Ham 4,
son, dashing young widow Of thirtv-fve. l.;
No cards ~
The Osccola No Herald speaking Of W
the emigration from the east 10 that region G.
says: They come. they come. The I'll
Yankee ia the cry from every dux4tcr VI
Orr streets haye emigrant wagon. on rt
them every day, and the timber is dotted II
by thoir camp-hrcs every night, 20 where ii
you pleas.,---and still they como" ,a
John Brotherton, who died recently u
in Springfield Ill, left his brother vii y"
liam, Of Lock Haven. Pa, a. the cxrcut;r a.
of his will. When the will WAS opened -
dispatch WAS sent to William informing
him of the fact, but "a reply camr back
that William had died on the SAINT, lay
that his brother John had deceased Ia
In 11I4 an apparently deserted shin of
was met with in the Polar sea strangely "a,
encountered with ice and snow On a,
boarding her, a solitary man was found in vi
the cabin, his fingers holding the pen, til
while before him lay the record which cot
that pen had traced, bearing date tw.ly, gr
years before. No appearance Of decay ~
was manifest, save that little grcenish nj
mould had accumulated on his forehead. ''
"A Pioneer Association. was formed
last week in Montgomery county. Ohio
At the first meeting, ono old gentleman.
eighty-fve years of age. and the Oldest ser
pioneer present. challenged ans other fla
member to dance with him and actually Tic
'cut a pigeon-wing" as an illustration of an
his agility, much to the entertainment of
his brother pioneers, none of whom had ior
the pluck to accept his challenge. ma
During the late snow storm the Of
acers of the Cleveland and Toledo Rail- wa
road paid the expenses Of such passengers yo,
on delayed train as chose to secure hotel Br
accommodations. passed provisions and for
quilts and blankets to such as chose to re- /
main in the cars, which were kept com 70
fortably warm; and permitted the free
use of the telegraph to those who wished