Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-04-30
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Windham county court !.
The Record says since Nov, q 1861 p
We have had, in Brattlehoro, - snow g
storms, and an aggregate fall Of six feet .
and one inch Of snow. In the month OF
March 10 inches fell. II
Frank Briggs Of Richmond has made
this spring from l13 trees ,ol' pounds oil
extra sugar, Who can beat this
Frank Handmer sold his hotel at ,
Lincoln, and parted with his wife Harriet
the same day, giving her five hundred
dollars. She had made, for twelve years
the reputation and success of his hotel
Charles johnson. Of Vernon, was
brought before Justice Newton, on Tues
day, for stealing pair Of buck,k'n nit
tens, pair Of wooden mit,ens' and two
pair OF wooden socks OF Henry Richard
ardson, Of Bra,tleboro, in February last
and fined $40 and costs--in all s2l,'o /
The hanson 4 Goodnowmanuiac,ur'
ing company, OF Shelbume Falls, employs
seyenty.fye prisoners at Windsor VI, IN
manufacturing scythc SnathS, and they /.
produce ten thousand annually, Mr.
King, who has been in the employ of that
company and Lamson \ Co, for the past
thirty years, has been in prison twenty
years ~ nm uver-ser- Of the eonylciss
The number Of deaths in Reading in
1867, was IL. The oldest person who died
in the year was stephen Weston, aged ~
wears. $ months and 10 days OF the
other persons their ages were as follows
from 50 to 30, /; 20 to So, ;; 30 To TO-
Il; 20 to 80, ,; u to %, |; under one
year. 3 youngest, days,
A skeleton was found in Era''lohoro
last week bp some workmon who were
excayating for a building, 1t was thought
10 be the bones of "a child of abou, twelve
. wears. but from the undouht,a long time
they had boyu thorc-pcrhap, century
: it i, more likely they were those OF an
! older person There is no clue to solve
+ the mystery Of their deposit there, but as
I other remains haze been found few rod
, south. We think it more than probable
p that the ground on the east side Of Man
street from the Town Hall, southwark Z
%. !. Pratt, store, Wa, formerly used as
4 burving ground by the Indians,
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The number 81 years l. now eleven.
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whirh subscribers should understand
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&c GKNNp JAIL priINEHI.-TweNc ,u
nd yictS escaped from the Clinton \ \
ur prison on Wednesday. They were
of work on the iron mine. 600 feet und
he ground. and disarmed and gagged Tho
&c, keeper aud then started for tn" mouth
er the mine There they encountered Il
nd guard. but with tho gun - their ia'sse
Is sion they disposed of him. and lwnpu
an over the stockade, he'd for the woods I
ar, prison was closed rs -nou US the alarm ~
I'd given. and all hands started in pul>u
ers SOM IT the furitive> were captured t
+. same afternoon and two more lhur>d
IN Among those still at large J., Geurgr
OF Gordon, convicted in Albany for tile mt
OF der Of Owen Thompson. a droyer, al
vas sentenced ~ prison for life, II is con
it, IDENTIFY expected that all will he capture
i'e AS the ground was covered with snow,
that the,fugitiycs could hr easily track
TIM NEW MlNlsTtR of NNE.-I
81 President withdrew the nomination
An Thoma, Ewing, ST. as Secretary Of W
ted Oh Friday, by sending to IT," scnat"
~ following communication;
"a To the Senate Of the UhIJ1d TTarTz
, to hayc,nominated John NJ Sheffield to
the Secretary of the Department of War,
.ith place Of Edwin NJ Stanton, TO be rcmoy
nn The President also nominated Rob
ny /, FAIR to be surveyor Of customs
the Peoria, H.
but The Presidents nomination Of Gene
iti Schotield as Secretary q war FTTzzttr7
,.,' curious The General has been with CIR
,es. several days. He is in disfavor anne
ich the Radicals of Virginia just now. ]
pom nomination is not ad interim. Emol
are nomination is withdrawn, and Schohel
i l';na, sent in to take Stanton's place. BY Sc
,tod the nomination is regarded aS an apr
ick- to the Senate to give him the balance
ave his term.
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ling REV. DIR. CUMM1NGs' FAREWELL. :
peo- EEss.-Rev +. f. Cummings, ID,
1nal the past thirty-six years an active {
,ub- faithful Baptist clcrgymen of Concord,
5 an H., preached his farewell discourse as
Y of tor of the Pleasant Street Church rect
With " The house was crowded to overti'
the ing, many persons from other religious
the cieties of the city being present. DIR. q
lies. mings took his text from jeremiah !:
With md preached very interesting discou