Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-01-09

followed by The alarm ol the machine
shop whistle aul IA, ringing OF various
llell,, brought thu hre department and a
larg, lclntaliau ol citizen, To- the s,rue
ii the ranha- ratiua, which prNcd To be
the wooden miltug conyr Of Merchants
Raw aud Nr-t ,t.,r, oNuyl hy Myssrs.
! " &, Random AMI George Guyvs, The
buildme contained thrive storr, un the
ground auur, two ui which were occupied
a, grucrri,, ly Mr. lsulou aud Masau X
Marshall aud the third a. a hoot onh
she's manutaetary hy Sadlgr X sv-eeL
7 The second floor was occupied n, dwell,
ing, by Charles Bennett lud Airs. Frees,
and as a dentists office Nv Dr.. Iawton,
while in the thirl story was a machine
and gun,mith ,ho,, owned Nv Smith n
| Williams
I When first discovered the h.mo, We're
observed. where, from al We can learn,
they originated, in the cutting raom OF
Sadlar y Sweet, establishment, on the
second huor aul IN the roar II the build
ing, pud Though "a, first il seemed ump,~-i-
hlo Ia s,vr the building from destruction
the well-lir,ctci stream, from engine,
Na-. and . and the mtirmg efforts Of
the Hook and Ladder boys spm brought
the fire under subsection in the first and
second stories; though creeping up the
line OF a Partition between the south and
middle stores, il iyuitcd the roof Of the
entire block But the ircmou were again
il, superior, and, rs below, it was there
'rompcAed L. relinquish it, hold, and it,
las, one upon the building.
Tho loss on the building, which at the
outset was completely Quilted, we are un-
able TO give, though We believe it is COW
cred by insurance, Mr. landon having
upon his two-thirds share the sum Of
5000 while Mr. Graves upon the re-
naming onc-thiri had $1,000, the latter,
We learn, in the Vermont Mutual.
The occupants of the block saved mos,
Of their effects, though. q, may b. pre-
sumcd, in damaged condition. Mc,,rS,
Mason Y Marshall are insured $4,000 in
the Vermont Mutual through IL. W Por-
ter, agent. 81 900 in the Norwich Of Nor
witch. Conn. aud $1,000 in the Loril-
lard of New York, through +, l.. Carlcll
Il Co. Mr., Landou i, insured 10 the
amount of $1,000 ON his stock. through the
agency Of prindle Il Durham. Sadlcr
X Sweet had stock of goods valued at
about $1,000, On which they had effected
insurance to the amount of $4,000 in the
Peoples Company of Worcester, Mass,
and the Windsor County Mutual OF
Wood~tockIthrough Mr. Porter. The los,
of Smith X Williams is estimated at 5000
ON which there is no insurance, The loss OF
Drs, Lawton is slight, they saving most
of their effect, in good order We have
not learned as to their insurance. The
other occupants also succeeded in saving
their property in comparatively good con,
= A.>ion. and lose little.
MAIL FAcILuEs o,r..--.,g p,,r,,xD
AND WASHINGTON RAILROAD. - The
/ Troy and Boston Railroad having refused
to carry the United States mail, the New
, York mails do not arrive here until 9:2(
p. m. hy the way Of Saratoga The rout,
agents over the Rutland & Washington
? Division, run to Eagle Bridge and back
L.. ,t..,tll 4
= Vile, Pawlet and Salem, come To Rutland
and 20 down ON the train that leaves Rut
e. land at ll:4O a. III. the next day, nearl,
- a hours later than when carried over tn
n natural channel of communication. Thi
# is a matter of importance 10 the bushes
D. men Of Rutland. The earliest mail t
/ New York leaves Rutland at 4lj p. III
e four hour, and thirty-fyc minutes lat,
!. than before, and it does not arrive unit
q $50, three hours and twenty-five minut,
It later than before the break in mail con
II munication. npd it cannot b" deliver,
I until the next morning,
= This is a subject that should h.. invest
L. gated at once. Whatever may have bee
IN the cause of tn. break iH connections b
Of tween the Troy X. Boston Railroad, Al
~ Mr. Park, THIS is another question, al
=. because, III" government does not Sc hit
Of acccdc to their demand, for the trauepoI
alton Of the mails. is 10 reason Why lars
, and pr5spcrou. commuuiti,s--a large 7,
tion Of which are tributary to their 10:
. -->hould have their CORE spondcucr Al
business arrangement, thrown into conf
sion. l. not something due from a ral
" road to the people: Tho Troy X BoSt,
Railroad Company rannot be justified
~ thus outra@ing the public for the pnlt
y" sum of q few thousand dollars, when t
people they thus injur" an. daily coutr
td uting to their support.
,lcl -..
of SWEEME CouRr-Thc Supreme Cot
he Tor the County of Chittenden, commen,
its session at Burlington, On Tuesd,
. judges Barrett, Peck, Wilson and Pro
-. are assigned to hold the term. The lin
of Judge Barrett may prevent his atter
=, ancc. 1t has been rumored that Judge Pc
would be detained in the trial Of m
der case in Orange County, but the Br'
10 ford Opinion says that after part Of
the jury in the cas-" had been cmpancl
III Judge Peck received intelligence that
GU presence would be necessary, at Burlii
"a tou the trial was continued to III" N
reu term
BURLINGTON. -- The Merchants
7 tional Bank OF that city, has declare,
semi-annuaI dividend from its eamil
my for the last ~i> months Of five per cent
not The charter of the Commercial b.
ell of tina, city, expired on the LIST inst J