Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-07-02

the stream, The stone on which he stood
rolled over preciPitating him into the
stream, also, and another stone was dis
lodged and rolled Oft, striking his leg, and
breaking il below the knee in three places,
It was bad dog speculation Tor him
BUTTER SurMENE-Thsge were lilo
tubs, or assoc pounds Of butter trans
ported from st, Allans, last Tuesday, by
rail. Probably one.L-fd that came "a
market was stored or carried home, await
ing higher prices,
KIMnNLIa lIrE MuENnN,-ilebor C.
kimball, the distinguished STUNT and sec,
ond President Of the Mormon Church
whose death i, announced, was native
Of Vermont, He was born on the nth Of
June, 1901 Ina ls'i2 Ec hytnme q CONVEX;
to Moumoui,m, aud followed the fortune,
Of Joseph smith, the prophet with
marked fidelity, H. ,un attained "a high
position, aud WINS semitic England on Ia,
first mission llorc hc met with cuusid-
cradle success, making many converts aud
influencing thom To ominato 20 the United
States, After holding yagjoU, positions
in, tho Church. lac eventually bcranc
one vi its three rrc,idcuts,Et,ghun Young
and ID. IL Wells being The other two Iii,
family is quite large, his WIVES and chill
drou numbering, at last accounts, sixty
persons,
OErrt Nl Tho Racine Wis. journal
announces the death in that city, on Ia,
9th ult, Of Nehemiah H. joy, E~I, aged
nearly 30, The Milwaukee News says
Mr. Joy was born at Brattleloro, VT
and for over thirty year, was in active
practice at the bar, Since his residence
in this State he was postmaster and City
Attorney in Racine, and was generally
respected for his ability and the noble inn
pulses Of his heart" The Racine Jour
nal, in referring TO the deceased, says
although we were aware that our old
friend and neighbor has for long tim,
been suffering from the effects OF pain,
ful disease, we were not prepared TO hear
Of his death 50 soon, We became ne,
quainted with the deceased at jackson
Michigan, in lsl3, since which time q
personal friendship has continually sub
sisted between us. lie was a man who's,
moral character was above raproach, pos
scssing MS few faults as Is common among
earthly mortals, good neighbor, and a
kind, indulgent husband and fathcr-thu,
fulfilling the greatest of laws. lie was a
sound,practical lawyer,a and was universally
respected by the Bar, not only for his le,
gal ability, but also for his kindly de-
pertinent towards all with whom he cam,
in contact. Such men are always missed.
ANorUER TRAIN. - The Passumpsi,
Railroad will have an extra train on tn,
road after the Doth of this month, going
up to Newport in the morning and down
to White River at night Thi, will b,
a great accommodation - the plcasur,
travel which is NOW using that wcll-con.
duetcd line OF road to get to Willoughby
and Mcmphrrmagog lakes
Nor TO EE FoUND.-The editor of tie
Montpelier Freeman says in reference 10
the soldiers and sailors convention held
at Montpelier on Wednesday last:
I'VE were told there was a convention
of the Conservative soldiers and Sal.
lors'" in this village yesterday, to select
delegates to the conservative" Soldiers
and Sailors convention in New York the
coming Fourth We made, however, dill
igent search for this convention but could
not find it. We have no doubt, however,
we shall have a report from itin due time
1t probably was not numerous enough to
attract the attention of the curious
THE BURNT BRmGE.-The Banner
says: We see by the Troy Times that the
Burgess Bridge" on the Troy Il Boston
Railroad, which was destroyed by fir,
some months since, will be in readiness
for the running of trains Of ears over i
the first week in July 1t also says tina
trains will then run through from Troy
to bennington without change Of cars
We hope this Is true, as it is great in
convenience for passengers to change a
the State line; besides being a source o
trouble to the managers Of the railroads
PORTLAND AND RUTLAND RAILROAD
"A correspondent of ,hc Boston Journa
says: The managers Of the Portland an'
Rutland Railroad and others intcrcste,
in all enterprises, railroad or otherwise
tending to make Portland a great seaport
have held a meeting and arranged for al
immense convention of railroad and gen
eral business men from all parts of tn
country TO be held here in August. Tn
18th of that month will probably be tn
dav. Measures are being taken 10 max
it one of the most important and success
full occasions ever transpiring in this par
of the country.
Has Nor WITmpRAwN.-The rcpol
/ has been somewhat circulated that Hoi
C. NJ. Willard of Montpelier had viii
drawn his name as candidate for Cor
grtss before the approaching conventio
in this District In the last Freeman Nj
/ Willard denies this, and will be a cand
date before the convention. Meanwhile
"the plot thickens." In Rutland count
the friends of both Mcssrs. Dorr and We;
zie are working with will, while Ii
friends of our present member, Mr.. Woo
bridge, are by no means idle. An adro
politician, outside the District, cxpressc
the opinion to us last week that the mu