Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-07-09

but few of the delegates to the National
Democratic Convention have yet arrived.
Potter Palmer, the Chicago million
aire, is about erecting a grand hotel at
Coicago, for George S. Leland, of the
Union Hotel, Saratoga Springs.
The retail merchants of Toronto have
held meeting and resolved not to take
American small silver except at ten per
cent discount, and large at four
Two women were poisoned near
Chaska, MINI, on Saturday, and died in
convulsions, caused by getting the poison
of potato bugs into sores on their hands.
The Scotia which arrived at New
York, brought over two hundred cabin
passengers, including Miss Charlotte Cush-
man, the actress, Miss Emma Stebbins,
| the sculptress, and William Mason, the
pianist.
The associated banks of Boston, at a
full meeting, Tuesday, chose committee
to visit Washington to demonstrate against
the passage of the bill before Congress i'm
posing an additional tax on National
banks.
Columbus Alexander, of New York,
on Saturday recovered S10Sl961 DANA
ges in suit brought against John J.
Daneker. former Sheriff, and his bonds
men, for failure to serve writ of attach
ment until after its return day.
Charles L. Robinson, who runs an
Independent side-shew in company with
Van Amburgh's menagerie, has been ar
aested at Boston for passing a large
amount of counterfeit twenty-five cent
currency in New England villages
The Topeka Kansas Record has
heard lately of a curious freak OF nature
Seven pounds of rusty bacon furnished
TO the Indians, swelled to twelve hundred
pounds by the time the vouchers were
made up for the government to pay for it.
Among the dodgers at the police sta
tion in Springfield, Mass, recently, was
a man one hundred years and four months
old.
In the Masonic procession in the same
city, the other day, was Mr.. Cox, a mem
Der Of one of the lodges in the state, who
is over ninety years of age, and who has
Dttn u MdsDD IOr seventy wears.
A man by the name of Godfrey Bra
man was killed last week in PittStord,
Monroe county, by bull he had care of
The bull, for some cause, became cnrAged
and attacked him, and his horn penetrated
the heshy part Of the upper portion Of
the leg, serving an artery, causing death
by bleeding. The bull is owned by
Walter Marsh Of Pittsford n. Y.
1t is reported that Charles Thorpe. Of
Bridgeport, Conn, is confined ut hard
labor in California Jail, under conviction
as deserter from the United States army,
by the name of Charles Davis The man
who swore that Thorpe was Davis, got $50
reward, and Thorpe supposeS that was the
lnducement for his arrest and convjrtini.
The celebrated long-winded grldn.
John Stewart, trotted ten miles in twenty
eight minutes and two and a half seconds,
at the Riverside Park, Boston, few days
since. This is the quickest ten mile heat
ever made by six seconds. The money
pending was $1,000 against $1,000 on
time, the horse having to beat the best ten
pile time ever made, and he did it hand
somely
The Canadian government has issued
an ordinance resembling the practice OF
furnishing all poor emigrants, upon land
ing at Quebec, free transportation to the
United States Orders have been issued
to the Provincial EmigIant Society to
discontinue such, in consequence Of which
the free lodging houses of that city are
filled to overfowing with scandinavian
and German emigrants.
John Cool, who murdered his two steps
sons in Cleveland last Saturday night. by
cutting them up with knife, was for
mealy sailor on the lakes. The victims
were named Edward and Henry Quayle,
aged eighteen and twenty years. The
anger of the murderer had been excited
against them because they had chosen a
neighbor to be their guardian. The muir
dered boys were heirs to the farm on
which Cool resided. just previous to his