Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-12-02

"A barn belonging to Mr.. Howard, of
- uhaftsbury, was blown down on
etardsy, killing Ave cows and a pair of
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I The gale on Saturday relieved mo.t
- ne houses in West Rupert Of their
snimneys- The roof Of VIM Moncrief.
ban was also blown of.
Ten or twelve citizens Of Ben.i,0,o-
80 South this fall to spend the winter
Among them are Hon. II. @. Root and
wife, who go to jacksonville, Fla.
The school house at South shst,s-
bury, was entirely unroofed by the gale
on Saturday, and many trees torn fron
the roots and laid promiscuously across
the highwsys.' Though considerable dam
age was done to property, there ives a.
serious injury sustained by any person
Typhoid fever of low type has pre-
vailed at East Arlington, for the last six
weeks, some cases proving fatal. Those
now sick are improving, and II l. hoped
that no new cases viii develop them
selves.
The fall term oil Burr aud Burtoa
Seminary, at Manchester, closed on last
Wednesday. One hundred and twelve
students have been in attendance The
next term begins Dec 9Th The faculty
| remains the same as al present, s1cs p
that the Primary Department Is discon
| tinued for the winter.
The new lattioe bridge, crossing tbs
Battenkill River. 1T West Arlington, wa
blown fIom it. foundations by the wind
on Saturday, aud entirely destroyed Ths
bridge was built last year, at a cost oi
$1,000, and repairs on it had just been
completed, necessitated by the damage 1,
sustained in the late freshet
Turkey roost, and hen yards wer
freely visited by thieve- the night before
Thanksgiving, IN Bennington One mar
lost between thirty AMI forty fine tui
keys.
Tho Bennington Banner says that s.
evening train from the north. on Monday,
| the 22l, caused beef - take q sudden rise.
the locomotive while under high rate 10
speed, striking nine head of cattle, b..
longing 70 Champl4iu Goyes, near -
"Fsirbanks' Crossing" 4u1 20 badly IN
juring them that al h.a to be killed
One Of the mo-. -eyere gales of wind
which has paced over this section n
many years, yisite u On Saturday morn
ing last. The damage done in Msnchestei
however. was Int triainz, but some Of TIE
towns adjoining ga r. have been les
fortunate.
The burning u Dir Ames' cheese
house, grainary, Dc, last Eeek, entitled
greater loss Of property than was repor; )
by us in cur last itsle. The amount
cheese destroyed wa 1900 Pound-, ins;ea5
Of 500 pounds, a. given by u; oats, 6ls
buzhel, and Is cords Of wood, besides
daily utensils, agricultural implements,
lumber, &c Estimated los not covered
by insurance $1,000. Il II not known
how the fire originated.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
A Mr. Bemis Of Peschsm, killed two
otters at one shot, short time since. H.
has been offered thirty-nine dollars for tls
two.
Since the food At the Fsirbsrk-
works in st. Johnsbury, they have blasted
and laid up in wall, one hundred and
seventy-nine cords Of stone, thirty-threa
Of them being laid in cement and male
as firm az a3smsnt. This wall has bser
laid along by The side Il tie river, bs;i
above and below the dam, sn1i il Is BE-
lieved that Il will stand the test When
again the foods hall come. A new shop,
nearly one hundred and fifty feet long, j.
going mp on this wall, and If the weatber
permits, it viii be enclo-ed with brick be-
fore spring
Paddock village, st. Jobnsbury, hsd
a smart runaway recently, the horse OF
Samuel Jewett displaying is speed, spill
ing ten gallons of kerosene oil, smssbiny
4 wagon, and knocking cat two Gifts oEL
front teeth.
cHITTENDEE COUNTY.
Joseph Barton, Esq, Of Charlotte.
lost ten very nice sbeeps few nights since.
by the incurtions Of the abominable pest
dogs
The new academy at Williston, IL
place of the one burned last year, wss
formally opened on Wednesday evening
last, with an address by President ANGEL
Mr. Hodgeman, the principal, Is gradu
ate Of ID srtmouth, and said 20 be young
man Ct promise.
] Hon. L. d. Mason OF Richmond, has
the Oldest cheese factory in the United
States He established it eleven yesrs
ago, and the method employed in nearly
all the great factories was borrowed
directly or indirectly from hi-. The
quality produced has always been the first
in the market, and bis well rounded pro
portions show that be has not done g
'lean" business.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
DR. ii Baxter Of Highgate, has r.
sumed the practice Of his profession.
The action Of the people Of Mon
gomery, Saturday, in voting eight time
their grand list in aid Of the Missisauo.
Road, was Characteristic Of their plueE
and good sense 1t is strange that Enc
burgh and Berkshire should hang ont
GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
Mr.. Joseph Gallagher Of AlbuTgh
Springs, has taken a contract to build ter
houses az 1cnkers, near New York ciy