Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-09-17
Vermont Items.

900, between the ages Of and 10 year
100, and foreign birth b.
. -Brattleboro and other frontier folk
accuse the Massachusetts, border towns o
having an organized band Of thieves ans
!. despcradoes, who prey upon the men o
= the Green Mountains,
(. Den Flowers, Of Cornish, \, H., wa
4 seriously injured at White River June
a ton, on Monday last, by falling from |
/ bridge, on which he was at work, dis
. lance Of "a feet, striking on some larg,
( stone beneath,
Harvey Bartholomew and wife, Of
West Hartford, were before Justice Dut
ton, on charge of liquor-selling, gambling
and disturbing the public peace. They
were put under one thousand dollar
bonds 10 appear at the County Court in
December,
On the 9th ult,, Mr., Ezra Wilcox
Of Albany, Vt, was thrown from load
of grain, by his horse suddenly starting
70 run, and was quite badly hurt, though
no bones were broken.
On Saturday, the 92l ult, Mr., ]. W
Paine, Of Albany, VT, was thrown from
a load of hay, striking upon the tines o.
a pitehfork, One tine, entering on the
outside Of the hip, passed TO the bone, the
other entered the lower portion Of the
abdomen, and passed several inches into
the body. The case Is painful and crit
ical one, though he is now considered out
Of danger.
Some person or persons entered the
dwelling house Of c. $. Crow. at Salem,
| Vt, last Tuesday night, and after thor
oughly rummaging the house, found
nothing but silver watch, worth about
$50, which they concluded to take.
Two hands in the employ of James
Simpson went out on what is called
Bloomington pond, lying partly in Salem,
for the pur. use Of fishing When about
in the center Of the pond the boat began
10 leak and sink Not being able to swim,
they chung to the boat, and remained in
that situation over an hour, till parties
discovered them, and went to their relief
II WA, quite narrow escape from drown
ing. Moral-Don't 20 fishing on the Sab
hath.
On the 25th ult disgraceful affair
arising from the use Of liquor, occurred in
West Hartford. In the absence of his
wife, "a man went 10 his house followed by
three fellow tipplcrs, and commenced for
a good time generally, when suddenly his
wife returned which greatly irritated him
and lac drove her out Of doors and COM
pcllcd her to seek shelter for herself and
her .i.tlc child with her friends. Our cor
respondent says: The Indignation OF
our respectable citizens over this affair is
beyond expression. \ vigilance associa-
ti'n ha- b,on formed here, and we will
puta stop to these infamous proceedings"
The last Danville Star says that Low
81 Powers Of East Cabot, attempted to
take hi, own life. and almost .urc,eded
He had been MISSING from his hon.e for =
day or moro, when a search was iustitut-
ed by Ibis family and ncighbors \ day
or two elapsed before he was found, and
when found, he WAS discovered with his
throat cur on both ,ides'of his neck, and
several ~tal~ in his body, none Of which
had proved fatal He used large jack
knife. He wa, taken home. his wounds
niui~trrrl To. and Mt last accounts he was
considered IN , y,,y .orjtir,l eorditi,n
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mn q sl.r, time since on fine farm Of s..
mon Bro57.. near tbc Vernon line The
jp3ixiluiI ,ya. apnarentIv Of LARGO stat.
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n,.torc The homes were found ohont
two fao, hollow tlo snrY,cc &c Ito ,,r,,,nd
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stmctior wa. found with the bone, but
no w,lpop- ar other utensils and ma
marks Of injury were di,ccrnabIc.
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H.rIe,,. Of S.r..m was drivinr, a,ono viii
his team near home. when three ruttians
,praug into the road. caught his horse
and demanded his money. Upon his re-
fusinr they rave him violent blows with
a club, lie then gave up his wallet con-
tanning seventeen dollars and some yalu-
able papers when the robbers released
tha.r h'll and allowed him to proceed
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