Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-04-01


has placed him in the foremost rank of
the profession in the State The Express
is truly newspaper containing a variety
of intelligence from all sections and from
every hamlet in Orleans county, and in
our judgment the model lo,al newspaper
of Vermont, having its correspondent in
every town and village of the surrounding
country. We should have made an
earlier notice, but for the reason that we
had not seen a copy for several weeks.
Success to our enterprising friends in
their efforts to improve their most excel
lent journal
BENNINGToN.-H Dewey, of Benning-
ton, has removed to Castleton.
st. Patrick's day was duly observed
in Bennington by the Father Mathew
Temperance Society.
Edward NJ. Nutting, formerly of the
Mt. Anthony House, Bennington, is now
a clerk at the Mansion House, Brooklyn,
n. u, owned by Gen. Z. r.. Yale.
The Banner contains an interesting
foreign letter from W. T. Horribin, des-
criptive of Dudley Castle, England.
At velocipede race on Wednesday
evening Of last week, Henry Brown won
the first prize of silver cup in 1.41.
The second by I. Hastings in 1 42 The
first prize, silver salt stand, was taken
by II. West second, by Chas Rice The
Banner says the distance "kickcd" was /
of mile.
"A successful exhibition of Mt. An
thony Seminary and Bennington High
School, took place last week, Monday and
Tuesday evenings, at Free Library Hall.
Stark Lodge of l. o. of o. F, at Ben
nington, has been revived.
The Banner says Norman b. Craw-
ford has invented, and got nearly ready
for trial, three wheeled velocipede made
with special reference to travelling on
roads. The inventor claims it will be able
to git up and git in little better time
than any machine yet before the public
as also that it is.capable of being propelled
UP the steepcst grades"
Mr.. Frank Weeks, son of the late
Samuel Weeks, of Bennington Centre, is
one of the proprietors of the Sunday Mer-
curry, san Francisco, a leading literary
paper of California.
p---..."5 CON mas had nearly 100 days
of slcighing.
The Banner says, "Deviltry of the
baSer sort seems to be taking to itself a
new. lease Of power in Bennington"
The Bennington Good Templars are
talking OF dramatic exhibition
Manning Winslow. "a student in the
office Of DR.. L. n, S. Morgan, is attending
medical lectures al Burlington.
The history Of Bennington, by Rev.
Isaac Jennings, will soon be issued from
the press of Gould & Lincoln, of Boston.
On Wednesday evening, March "a,
the Spartan Engine Company No. /, held
festival at Free Library Hall
Bennington h.- been the scene Of the
following deviltry. Il, it is called by the
Banner; \ few nights since an attempt
was made to enter the store of Wood &
Co, but after breaking out window light
or two the disciple OF the sulphurious
ficnd abandoned the enterprise
About s. week since, III the evening, a
trunk was stolen from the passenger de-
poi, and robbed Of lis contents, valued at
$40. Me trunk was found the next
day in the woods.
E. o Cole u Co.'S grocery store has
been robbed recently.
A sack of -four was taken from the
wagon of Il purchaser, at the store of S.
l.. Godfrey "a few evenings since.
On Wednesday evening, OF last week,
just after the arrival of the train at Ben
nington, two leather business travelling
bags We're taken from the steps Of r. II.
WhitIrey's store where they had been de-
posted The bags contained samples of
boots and shoes, belonging to w. Lewis,
the agent of a Boston firm The thief
being spotted, they were found in the
yard of a Mr.. Morgan, the next morning.
unframed.
The editor of the Banner says that
after an examination of an elegant shawl.
specimen Of the workmanship done at
the Bennington Manufacturing Company,
he is not surprised that their goods rank
No. l in the market
The lecture course Of the Young
Mems Association of Bennington has
been IA success. The course Melted over
100 dollars, notwithstanding the high
prices paid the lecturers, aside from other
expenses, which amounted to over $3.50.
Much of the success of the lecture course
is due to John V. Hall, Esq, the CORES
ponding Secretary, and Messrs Frank
Bradford and G. II. Day of the lecture
committee.
The Banner, Of last week, had two
interesting foreign letters. One from
Mis- Anna G. Park, written at Rome,
Italy, and the other from W. T. Horribin,
Esq, descriptive of Manchester, England
TAXING NoN-REsIDENTs.-T recent
pecision of the United States Supreme
| Court in the case Of the State of Vernon,
and others, applicants, VS.. Edward Blake
and others, was made, the Montpelie,
Journal says, under the rule of that court
that if the court is equally divided, the
judgment of the court below is affirmed
In this case the Judgment was affirmed
by an equal division of the court. Judg,
Nelson decided the case in the circuit
court, and made one of the number which
sustained the decision in the Supreme