Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-08-19

CAsILErox.- Willie Preston runs
yelocipede with one lsg on one side, with
the help ~ . crutch on the opposite side.
a mile in a minute and fifteen seconds.
The latc-t attractions II The Bomo-een
House ore in the form 81 billiard table,.
the fret eror introduced into the town for
the u-e q The public.
"A petition Is being signed quite
largely by our citizens tor the commute
ton Of the death penalty pronounced upon
Horace X. Plumley 70 that Of hard labor
for life in the State Prison.
Five liquor law offenders from West
Castleton were brought before Chester
Spencer. ED. last Friday afternoon. and
after pleading guilty Of one offence and
promising better things, they were respec-
lively fined ten dollars and costs.
"A writer in the Independent says
that new gin mill has recently been
started within mile and 4 quarter of
Fairhayen Three of them are in full blast
in our village, which j. .bree more than
the law allows
Several of our towns people have
gone abroad 10 spend :he month of
August, some OF them are AT the shoals
Others are az the cove, and some are
wandering among the Adirondack, and a
few are baking under the sunshine Of the
springs.
Quite number Of strangers and
Others, former residents OF CAs;leton are
spending season here. The cities repre-
scented by them are New York, ST. Louis,
Boston Brooklyn Chicago, Flushing. Mil
ford. Mas, Battle Creek, Mich, and
Waterbury, Con.
Fifteen or twenty ladies and gentle
men went on what they called, before they
started from home. pleasure excursion
/ to Killington. When they arrived at the
summit, about seven o'clock in the even
ing, it rained in torrents, and when they
took their leave, at the same hour on the
follo wing morning, it rained the same as
the night before. On the whole, il was
rather of damp and dark excursion.
They have but little TO say of the beauties
aud pleasures of trip TO Killington, As
experienced by them.
In the absence of Mr.. Guernsey,
Mr. L. G. Higley presided at the organ
in the Congregational church last Sunday
morning, and at the Sabbath School con-
cert in the evening. Mr.. Higley is a
musician of rare excellence, and plays
upon the organ with unusual taste and
skill
e. c. Carr, NJ ID, formerly resident
IF Castleton, and for a term of years Pro-
lessor Of Chemistry in Ca-tleton Medical
College, and more recently Professor of
the same in Madison University, has been
appointed Professor of Chemistry in the
California University, at San Francisco.
The Doctor is an able and eloquent lee
turer on this science.
Lieut.. ID. T. Woodward, Castleton
boy, represents the Z. 3. n. among us
Just now He is visiting relatives. He
was promoted from midsbipman TO lieu
tenant for meritorious services rendered
through the late rebellion.
AT the invitation Of Mr.. Francis,
Charles Mitchell gave partial account at
the chapel, Last Sunday night, Of what he
saw in his travels the past year in foreign
countries. He, with ten companions,
visited fifteen or twenty ancient cities In
those lands Charles is grandson Of the
late Hon. B. r. Lsngdon, and son Of DR..
Mitchell, Of Brooklyn, who was. from the
year 1880 TO 1912, Professor in Castleton
Medical College. Young Mitchell Ia q
graduste Of Yale College, and u now a
student in the Theological Seminary Mt
Il Aodovsy Maaa n. W. b.