Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-01-02


master of Hartford, in the place OF NJ. c, /.
oSgood. resigned
The Burlington Times Says that bur
ial in the Catholic cemetery proper was
refused on the body 81 Donovan, the
freight conductor. at Rouscs Point, be- I
cause he had boon Free Mason.
Henry Allen, who has just ~, into
Jail for stealing the horse of William s'l-
yer of Noutpelier in August last, acknowl-
edge. tina, he has stolen forty horses aud
sold them since,
A truck horse was driven into thu
Creek near Middlebury, whore lee had
been taken out, on Monday, the 2lst inst,
and was drowned. McWhirtcr, the dri-
YER came near being drowned with il,
We learn that 1t James F, Bolton of
the v re, formerly Of Middlebury, has
. received hrcyet commission rs Captain
Of United States volunteers. We believe
he i, soon expected home,
In the case OF heirs Of Alvin Flint
! W. J b. kimball executor, il appeared
that by the will certain legacics were
10 le paid in, lawful money of Canada
/ The executor rendered grceubacks To the
! Vermont lcgatees, which they refused,
and demanded gold, OF its equivalent The
Caledonia county court sustained this
claim for gold.
J The Middlebury Register says: I'VE
hav, been informed that Lewis Meacham.
I formerly OF this place, has received an APP
pointed a. Professor of Mathematics in
Union Christian College. Ind 1t being the
only college in the State OF that denomi-
nation, il is in Furnishing condition and
literally endowed, paying it, professors,
five in number, salary If 1880 each.
Disabled soldiers are educated free of eS-
pense.
We have recorded the sudden death
of son Of Joseph Randall ofI.yndon, and
that an investigation WAS 10 be had. Mrs
Randall was step-mother to the lad there
were rImor- that she had abused him, and
public opinion was strong against her. y
thorough investigation has been had and
has resulted in the discharge Of Mrs, Ran
dali Had she been violent and cruel
woman. the case wuuld have been serious
for her. but IT was proven that she had Sc
,vr,lr p>.s,;,-tea ,l,- boy I,St once, a,,a for
good cause, and has generally taken good
care OF the boy. The probability is that
the boy died Of meningitis, though there
were marks that might have been taken a.
evidence If violence, did not the charac-
ter and motherly conduct of Mrs. Ran
! dali forbid 80 it is worth while for
mothers aud step-mothcr- to earn good
reputation in the management Of children.
TuE WoMHN IN BATTLE = The Yer
mont journal gives the following report of
case that was tried in the Windsor
. County Court:
, Orlin & Abby B. Chamberlain rs. Marshall
and Adeline RiN and three daughters.
This case aro4., under the following cir
cumstances
Mrs Chamberlain and Miss Rix, now
Mrs. Richardson, one Of the defendants,
while q, social game of cards was in pro-
gress. at the house of Mr.. Rix, exchanged
rings, a. Mrs. Chamberlain insisted after
, wards in earnest and for good, but "a Miss
Rix afterwards insisted only in fun, or
FIR two weeks. The two weeks having ex-
pircd and Mrs. c., after a lawful demand of
the ring in her possession and tender of
, ~, gnl 20
give up the ring, claiming She had traded
in good faith, ETC. and very naturally this
gave rise to a vigorous family, neigh
borhood. and even town warfare. The
good citizens of Sharon having arraigned
, themselves ON either sides, The usual
+ Q iantity of back-biting, slandering and
/, insulting. took place between the contend
ing factions, hut still Mrs. Chamberlain
kept possession of the ring, with good
deal of cackling Things remained in st0tU
. gRo until one bright and beautiful after
noon, Mrs. Chamberlain had gone to the
black berry lot to pick berries and there
met Mrs. Rix and her three bouncing
daughters. After the usual flourish of
trumpets, and preliminary skirinishing.
the four Rix women advanced in good
order, seized Mrs. c. and threw her down,
and with force and violence wrenched the
ring from her finger, and left her bruised,
bleeding and fainting on the field of battle,
: whilst the victorious Rix army retreated,
bearing the ring as a trophy of their
4 valor.
: For this assault and battery this suit is
brought. The trial occupied two days,
and resulted in verdict for the plaintiff.
: Damages S15.