Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-05-27

ST. ALBANs.-The average daily at
tendance upon the public schools of ST.
Adams for thirty seven weeks in 1868 was
425.
The annual parade of the st. Adams
fire department takes place next We'd
nesday or Thursday, weather permit
ting.
There was slight fire in house on
the Lake road, in st. Adams, on Thurs
day night, caused by bed taking fire
from pipe which man went to bed
smoking. Damage trifing.
The Weldon House, the largest and
best appointed hotel in Vermont, has been
leased for term of years. by Walter Nc
Donald, for an annual rental of S10,-
900.
The pastor of NJ. L. Church in st.
Adams announces that the so-called Me-
thodist meetings being held at the West
ern Reserve and st. Adams Bay, "are not
appointed, authorized, encouraged, or
controlled in any way by the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
"A man by the name of Alger, living
on Rice Hill, st. Adams, committed sui
eide on Thursday by hanging himself.
He had been sick for some time past, and
had met with numerous misfortunes in
regard to money matters. The Transcript
says: 1--WE have heard that case which
he had in the late County Court which
went by default, caused by his non-appear-
ance through sickness, was the cause
of his sad fate. He hung himself to a
ladder in his barn. He was middle
aged man and leaves a family"
On Thursday Tommy Smith teolored),
sentenced to States Prison for term OF
eight years for assault with intent to
commit rape, and Israel Crapeaux, sen
fenced to the same institution for term
of three years for larceny, made despe.
rate attempt to break Jail, and succeeded
in making hole in the wall large enough
to admit their passage out but they
were fortunately discovered as the fore.
most of them WAS emerging from the
"hole in the wall" by son Of Sheriff
Place, who seized IA club and kept them
back until the arrival Of his father, who
secured them and placed them in irons
The boy, it is said, had to administer tc
the prisoner who appeared at the aper
rl1 -l,. l,.st - = r.
club, i'll order to prevent his escape.
Between the hours of three and seven
o'clock last Saturday morning, the dwell.
ing house of Mr.. T. c. Richardson, of ST
Adams, was broken into. The noise
awakening Mr.. Richardson, he gave chase
to the burglar, but was unable to secure
him. Calling to his aid Chief Of Police
Downing, they returned to the house OF
Mr., Richardson, and discovered that the
thief having taken off his boots and en-
tered the house in his stocking feet, in
fleeing from the house had left distinct
track in the sand. This circumstance,
with the apparent fact that portion of
the sock on the left foot of the burglar
was torn off, gave a clue to work upon,
and Chief of Police Downing, after Wig
liant search, secured the culprit-a huge
negro, by the name of John Harris, who
sets his residence down at various
Places Montreal, New York. etc. He
was brought before Justice Sherman on
Saturday, plead guilty, and was put nnder
500 bonds to appear for trial. For want
thereof he. now lies in St. Adams Jail
Great credit Is due officer Downing for
thus disposing of St Adams sneak Hieres.
GnEsTER.-J. Warren Head has sold
building lot, 25x5. feet opposite the
carriage manufdctory on Depot street.
upon which there Is a cellar nearly COM
pleted, to Charles W. Abbott, for 800,
taking i'll payment for the same several
articles OF personal property. Nh. Abbott
will Immediately commence the erection
of IA tenement upon this site. Thirteen
yoars ago this plat Of ground was pur-
chased by Mr.. Head for three dollars,
md he has now sold the same at the rate
T''ooo per acre Noit.iiient' III feSatu
10 the increase in value Of real estate in
his vicinity are unnecessary.
-on "wednesday OF lat week aingu-
AR accident bciol George, young son
II y. y. Fletcher. While IN the back
Yara' i''ai"R some pet fowls OF has
'''h'r - " ''Ff" spanish game COO" at-
t'oH"d hi''' ""' before DO e'uid he res
"usd fr"m hla unpleasant situation, the
oPmiad bad eano od"d IN infllcting a
severe wound with his spurs ~ the cor
u"r OF GeorRl"s eye. Blood flowed quite
freely i"r te" moments and physician
beng called found the "Pt'c nerve Sc