Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-09-16
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The sultan has the govt.
-Edinburg ladies sip rhublrb ch an
payne.
the Church Union.
An Indiana merchant has insured
his life for the benefit of the town ; poor.
The eastern railroads now advertise
at Omaha, Only 50 hours to New York
Stacked whest in the vicinity of
Omaha has been much damaged by late
rains.
An Indiana family has experienced
within nine months four weddings, three
births and two deaths.
-Musgrave. the new governor oil Col
umbia, is soon to marry "A dJu5hter OF
Cyrus w. Field.
Omaha having boarded five lndi ans
at her Jail for some time. purposely lett
the bars down one night, and wasn't
troubled with their bills any longer.
-Durivagc, the actor and journalist,
who died recently at Memphis, was II
kinsman OF Edward Everett.
-Pennsylvania democrats are disap-
pointed to find that Packers wealth L.
overcstimated by eight millions, and that
he does nor bleed - freely a. Wa hoped.
"A California Sp.ritua.ist proposes TO
raise money for Pacific national indus
trial orphan asylum" by exhibiting
throughout the Union "a pi., weighing
1900 pounds.
John Trimlur. a. one time war cor
8 m
Missouri, and recently connected with
the press Of Chicago, died i'll that cit, on
Tuesday. ONLY II years old
Mr.. Bigelow seems to be completely
reorganizing the editorial staff OF the
New York Times. T. S. Siuclair has iust
become city editor of thai; paper, and
Donald Mcdonald is the new night ed
itor.
The Jewish Messenger looks upon
the opening of the Suez canal as full
fillment Of prophecy. and thinks it will
be followed by the return Of the. Jews 10
Palestine and the regeneration Of that
country.
"A son of an ex-president of the Unit
States from Virginia, who has become ut
terly debased by indulgence i'll strong
drink, has just been admitted to "A charity
ward in one of the hospitals of Washing
ton.
Schneider, whose suggestion Of q
dress was burnt off from her few nights
ago at London theater, now confes.es
that the performance was thoroughly re-
hearsed and intended to revive a droop-
ing season"
-Jo Jefferaon has about forty work
men engaged on the grounds of his villa,
twenty-five miles out of New York. AS
the 6eat actor is not troubled with re-
hearsals, he goes out to his country home
every day He = lives five hundred dol
lars night, and half the receipts of the
matinees.
Two friends taking walk ON q turn
pike leading from Baltimore, were passing
q milestone inscribed ''2 n to b." "Poor
B ~ said one of them; "a queer place for
q grave, and mean sort of stone to
mark it." 'eWhy, its q milestone, man, /"
said the other, innooently. "Is it, indeed (?
If q NJ don't spell tomb, should like to
know what it does spell"
| "A remarkable answer was given re-
Gently in an examination at Cambridge
University, England The candidate,
being asked who Wycliffe was, and hav-
ing doubtless heard him called the morn.
ing star Of the reformation, and that he
died vicar of Lutterworth, answered that
the great reformer twas for some time
editor Of the Morning Star, and died vicar
of Wakefield"
| "A halfbresd captured by . vigilance
COMMITTEE in Kansas for murder, and
about to be hanged, told the COMMITTEES
that he would hang himself Absorbing
y be put the rope round his neck, climb
ted tho tree, and jumped of, declaring
that he had killed six men, and would
have doubled the number in . few days.
He caosed his brief speech with cnrses and
ie1eexatiom. !.