Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-05-20

MIDDLEBURY. - Mr.. Thomas Hogan
workman on the North Middlebury mar
BILE quarry, was seriously hurt on the 10th
inst, by stone falling on his hand
smashing his fingers in a terrible manner
He was attended to by DIR. 0. E. Ross
and is doing well.
The rascals are not all dead yet In
the burglary committed upon the store o'
Mr.. L. r. Sayre, in our village, the night
of the 10th, the door was opened by
boring holes 80 numerous as to enable the
rascals to remove part of the lock from
| its place, slip the bolts and then march in.
They found about SO in shinplasters
which they appropriated, together with
some candy and other small articles, in all
about $25. They neglected to try the
liquors in the cellar Mr.. S. being our
town agent for selling liquor, perhaps
for fear that it might tangle their legs
and loosen their tongues, and thus expose
their nefarious schemes and deeds.
"A gentleman of truth informed your
correspondent that on the 10th inst he
crossed the mountain from Warren to
Lincoln, and found the snow four feet
Dog days will turn the snow into vapor,
if it does not 90 off before the season. j
Rev George Carr. of Rock River
Conference, Illinois, preached in the NJ
L. ~
VIM. Carr, Esq, of our town.
Mrs Sylvester 5. Foot, living at th.
Paper Mill Falls, in Wey bridge. If ct with
very serious accident On the sth inst.
which threatened for a time u terminate
very seriously. 1t seems = ,at Mrs F.
was engaged in cleaning h6 use, and had
stepped INTO a char to cleo ma door casing,
when she slipped and cs me down. strik-
ing her head against the corner Of the
stove, cutting very severe cash in her
scalp, and rendering her for some time
lnsensible. After che wound had been
dressed, Mrs. r. st ooped down, and is sup
posed to have hr Jken a blood vessel that
had been anIuns d by the fall, when the
blood began e, flow frightfully, and be-
fore ID could De stopped she tainted sew
eral times. The lady is, however, conva-
lescent and doing well, under the care of
DR.. c. B. Cdrrier
Mr.. A. l.. Williamson, of our village,
has been awarded the contract, by the
Post Office department at Washington,
for carrying tie mail from Middlebury to
Shorehari, six days each week, and for
the ser vice receives the sum of $500 per
annum. Mr.. w. is worthy man, and
we hope will do well, assured that he will
do all in his power to accommodate the
public.
The Wesleyan Conference met on the
9th inst, at Chazy, N. Y, and among the
appointments for ministers we learn that
Rev. Lewis Partridge has been returned
to Weybridge Lower Falls, as the preach
er for the Wesleyan church at that place
the ensuing year. This is his third year
at that place, thus indicating his accepta-
bility to the people of the church. He is
a worthy man in the true sense of the
term.
Great complaint IS made in our (Ad-
dison) county, that sheep are dying in
great numbers from grub in the head.
Many OF them feed apparently well, until
they are seized with shivering, and fall
dead. Large focks have been seriously
decimated from this cause
In previous letter 1 remarked that
over hfty dogs in oar town had been this
year put on the grand list. The correct,
and exact number is, however, IS, repre-
sentlng fixed value by statute law of
$o,oOO, which il, in fact, more than all the
dogs in the State are v orth.