Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-09-30

BKxnIxoToH COUNTY.

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Il BENNIEGTOR COUNTY.
Il "A gsnins3at Bennington Il bsilaing
flying machine. It il uadersAsod ~ IN
public trialjwill take place nsxt Saturday
| CALEDONIA COUNTY,. go
d Jonathan Locking died In Lyndoa
September 18th, aged IS; and Elishs
sanborn in the same plsoe, ON the 10th
aged 66. Both were highly respected
citizens Of the town.
i FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Taylor, the alleged moving machine
swindler, who made the bold attempt "a
escape from the St. Albans jail on Thurs.
day, was on Saturday rendered to Mas
sachusetts officer on q requisition, undsz
whoseEconvoys he left for that State Il
noon.
Mr.. George. Bancroft, of Sheldon, has
an extensive bed of limestone On his place
at Aissisquoi Falls. Many persons Who
have examined the stoue pronounce Il Of
superior quality.
IN. WAClapp, Esq, prominent citi-
zen of Montgomery, died on Thursd.y last
of typhoid fever.
Mr.. Charles ]. Diston, an employee
in Kendalrs carriage manufactsry, in st.
Adams, has just completed ladies' work
box, which is one Of the most elaborate
specimens Of wood work We ever sav. Il
Is ootsgonal in form, seventeen inches in
diameter ct the bottom, and fifteen 1t
the top, and about ten inches in depth.
It Is made of eleven different kinds Of
wood, black walnut constituting the larg-
est share, and it contains 9,780 different
pieces, all.inlaid.to tho depth ofone-eighth
of an inch, and forming checks, stripes,
diamonds squares, and stars, The box il
lined with silk velvet and it has tray
divided into eight large and eight small
compartments, while underneath there Is
considerable space. The box was con-
structed "out of hours" since April last,
and its exact. cost is. unknown probably
$75 would no more than cover it. Within
the same time Mr.. Diston has completed
two other boxes and one picture frame
the same that was 80 much admired at
the State Fair, and has partially made
two other boxes and one frame, all of the
same kind.
ORANGE COUNTY.
/ The Wells River Houserwas sold at
public auction last week to Union Duran
for $5,4OO.
Rev Loren Taylor, for over twenty
years the esteemed pastor of the Presby-
terrain church in Windham, N. H., died of
consumption onsSunday evening, 10Th, at
the age Of 81 years. He was native of
Thetford, VT, and a.'graduate of Dart
mouth college in 1910.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
j. W. Simpson of East Craftsbury,
has been elected;ons!ofA the editors of the
Amherst Student, paper published in
Amherst: College, Mass.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
ID "A citizens meeting, to devise and in
augurate some .measures,for the restraint
of the liquor traffic in Montpelier, twas
held at VillageiHall last Friday evening.
Addresses and brief remarks were made
by Hon Jos. Poland, II. d. Hopkins, Esq.,
Hon Charles Reed. John A. Page, E-q.,
Rev. @. A. Allen, Rev. DR.. William II.
Lord, and Rev..S. Holman. The attend
ance was quite large, and among those
present were many of the most prominent
and influential men of the place. The
ladies also showed their sympathy with
the movement by responding in consider
able numbers to the call. The substan-
tial agreementsof all the speakers as to
the proper action to be taken in the mat
ter promises !well for the success of the
present effort, looking to the suppression
of intemperance in Montpelier. The
meeting adjourned, without definite ac-
ton, to the evening of the Goth inst.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
Heron w. Smith has been appointed
Postmaster at North Windbam, Vermont,
vice George W+Davis, resigned.
AT the term of the Windham County
Court last week, verdict of $500 was
rendered in an action for SANDER. The
parties to the case are residents of Wards
boro.
"A cherry tree in Pondville, belonging
to VIM. K. Moore, has borne two crops of
cherries the pastiseason.
Henry Adkins, of Guilford, on Satur-
day last, shotsa fsh-hawk measuring five
feet and four inches from Tip to tip Of
wings.
Martin; Richmond, of Guilford, found
among his tomatoes,Ia few days since, 81
cluster of twenty growing on one stem,
closely crowded togetherland all Of good
size, some of them very large.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
Two veryIvaluable mineral springs
have been discovered.on the farm Of B.
Richmond, in Bridgewater.
Willie Whiting,ithe IA years old con
of Rev. Mr.. Whiting of Windsor, who
mysteriously disappeared August Is, has
not yet been heard from.
"A boy named Willie I Morrissey, ran
away from his father, an employee of the
Ludlow wooden mills, on the 18th inst,
and his whereabouts are still unknown.
He was last seen at Bellows Falls, ON the