Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-04-16
The Tro, Conference nj iho u.tho-
odist Church.
rot KIM DAY

FOURTH DAY.
Ou Friday evening very interesting
missionary anniversary was held, at which
able and eloquent addresses were deliver
ed by W, III l.. Starks, DR. De Haas aud
II G, Seatou, Adjourned,
SATURDAYS SESSION.
/ Ats o'clock this SATURDAY morning
the Conference was convened Rev DR.
J. T. Peck officiatcd nj the opening eNer-
ciscs.
The first ballot for General Conference
delegates was reported l53 votes were
east. - necessary 10 election W II.
Brown, 5. Meredith, DIR. J. 7. Peck, J. L
Bowen, r II. Robinson, having received
the required number Of votes, were de-
clarcd elected. DR. + Hubbard and DR.
T. Wentworth were elected by the second
ballot, C. F. Buriick and DR. j. T.. King
were elected reserves. The Conference is
TO meet May lst, in Chicago
The ecclesiastical court on the case Of
5. NJ, Merrill, reported that he is expelled
from the Conference and church.
The fifth question was taken up. res
pccting the character of candidates for e.
der's orders Several candidates were
examined and passed. Took up local
decons for elders orders, and local preach
er, for deacon's orders
After notices the Conference adjourned.
Bcncdiction by j. ID. White.
b RLINGToN - Edward Wilttt. for
theft, was sent for period to the Re
form School
-Rhone and Madden. the belligercnts,
whose shindy we mentioned in our
last issue, came up before Judge Hollen-
beck, Friday morniig. Each were fined
$40 and costs, and the Lepine females
were each sentenced to the County Jail for
thirty days
The Times says the Boxers" OBJ
served Fast Day by trying thencw Water
Works. They found them, as ARENAS
Ward pleasantly said, a decided success"
Attaching their hose to the nearest hy-
drant, they threw a heavy stream at least
twenty feet over the pole on the City Hall
The feat was 50 patent that anti-water
men stood aghast. About half-past three
an alarm OF fire was sounded One of the
tenants of the wooden building on Church
street, opposite Strong's block, had under
taken to build a fire in stove without
seeing where the pipe went to. and as
there happened TO be 10 chimney, the par
tition through which the pipe ran was
speedily in flames Little damage was
done, however, the fire being speedily ex-
tinguishcd. The Boxers" were prompt
" on hand
RAILROAD CoNNECTToSs The Troy
Wing Of Friday makes the following re.
ference to the renewal of connections be.
tween the Troy X Boston and Bennington
x Rutland Railroads:
TIL FIRST passenger train that has beer
run to the Vermont State line, in fifteen
months, on the Troy X Boston railroad
TO connect with the Bennington Il Rut-
land railroad, arrived III the mon depot
yesterday morning, with about thirty pas
sengers. The great battle" is ended, and
aifiyap1 1l,a.,ll rafnfan > .
The "cut-otf has been quite detrimental
TO our business interests, but now that the
difficulty has been settled, we suppose Il
let "old sores severely alone Hereafter
the connection will be made regularly at
this point, unless some unforeseen circum-
stance, not now contemplated, should
arise to thwart the purposes and interest,
: OF the railroad companies. A car of frcigh
Tor various points along the line OF Mr.
Parks road was also dispatched from thi
city on Wednesday cveaing, and wa
taken up and distributed at NJ severa
destinations by the connecting road
above
The .No1At1ta NoaHg for April. la.
the following table of contents: The
thief in the night; The experience Of u
military missionary in Virginia; Forty.
four guns, birthday salute; A plea foi
good reading, Major-General Fitzpatrick
/, Stranded, not wrecked The metropolitan
PulpitS, some Brooklyn and New Yorl
pulpits; The Delusions and Decorums o
Dress, and editorial department Th
!. number completes the first year Of I'll,
publication OF the No.tfhrh NoHtilB an,
it has already indicated its right to be
by giving to the public a vigorous and re
liable magazine. 1t deals with the ques
: tons of the day in bold and manly style
and if We cannot always agree with tn
: views it, expresses, we are compelled to re
spcct the honesty and independence wit
which they are put forward and yindi
: Gated.
: PORTLAND AND RUTLAND RAIEoAI
9 We find the following concerning I'll
! movements in New Hampshire relative t
e the connecting line between White Rive
h junction and Portland 1t is an extrac
r from letter OF a correspondent OF til
Is Manchester \. II. Mirror, under date q
L Franklin, y. H., April 9th. !
e The chief end Of man. as represente
Is by the jewellers around the head water
a OF the Merrimac, is TO get the Portlan
. X Ogdensburg Railroad laid out an
y built through our front yard, instead Z
ID having it go through our neighbor'
re back kitchen. Last summer n.r,;.