Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-22
BENNINGTON COUNTY.

bonds to appear for trial at the County
Court.
| BENNINGTON COUNTY.
bennington has stood the exorbitant
prices Of its washerwomen long enough,
and is going TO have its washing done
more oheaply hereafter; large public
laundry is soon to be started. Being so
near North Adams, possibly "Chinese
cheap labor" might BE- brought 70 bear on
the washing question.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
The new freight depot at St. Johns.
bury Centre is completed.
st Johnsbury has been enjoying lec-
lures by the travellers G. G. Coffin and
Paul Du Chaillu.
The Fairbanks pay roll for the month
ending Nov. Is, was $4,000, exclusive of
what was paid ont of thei- otn"A, which
was several thousand dollars more.
st. Johnsbury boasts of thirty-thres
persons who have reached the ripe old
age of eighty-years and over. OF this
number sixteen are ladies
District No 10, in the Houstin neigh
borhood in Hardwick, have built the past
season a new school house costing $1,000,
on grand list of $500
Albert Jenkins. j, convict recently
prdoned ny Gov. Hendee from States
Prison Tor good conduct" recently got
DRINK at Hardwick and created consider
able disturbances at the hotel.
John C. Bingham, who has for a
number Of years been enc of the principal
| druggists Of this part of the State, died at
his residence in St. Johnsbury, on Wednes-
day evening last
/ A few days since as Mr.. a. Afford of
Walden was engaged in chopping in the
woods, he was thrown from the log on
which he was standing, striking heavily
upon his right eide upon log, causing a
severe internal injury.
Drown & Co.'S carriage shop at Lynn
don was burned last week on Thursday,
with all its contents, including thirty
new ~leighs Their loss is S., 800 on stock
and tools, and no insurance. The owner
of the building had $500 insurance, which
will not nearly oo~er HE loss-
Died, Nov 90, Mary, daughter of F.
and r. Goodrich of Hardwick, aged II
yeers. About year ago she was riding
to Craftsbury il, company with many
others, and had her hip struck by some
of the number. 1t commenced swelling
and became very painful, and sometime
last summer was opened, since which it
has been running sore, until the day be-
fore her death it ceased discharging.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
"A Fire Company has been organized
at Winooski, with Ira Allen as foreman
and W L. Greenleaf as clerk.
AT the election of Company l, of the
| Vermont militia, held at Winooski, on
Monday evening, Warren f. Weston was
elected Captain, John B. Moore 1st Lieu
tenant, and Patrick Donelly I'd Lieuten-
ant.
| ESSEN COUNTY.
| On the Goth ult., Sheriff Mansur took
Riley L. Langmaid, lad twelve years
old, to the reform school at Waterbury,
sentenced there by justice Mason during
his minority for stealing poultry. A
brother nineteen years old, at the same
time and for the same offence, was fined
five dollars and costs.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Bakersfield reioices in three inches Of
snow.
st. Albans rejoices in about six inches
Of mud.
DE Witt Stuff ebean, lad IL years
old, who has been living about Sheldon
has been sentenced to the Vermont Re-
! form school for eight years for stealing
from Hon. Alfred Keith.
The late Mrs. Susan G. Bliss of
Georgia willed her property, amount
ing to $4,000, in proportions to the Amer
lean Tract Society, the American Bible
Society, and tie Home Mission Society,
subject to The life interest of her hus-
band.
Mr.. Harris, con tractor OF the Missisquoi
railroad, has purchased the hemlook and
spruce timber from about 200 acres, in
Sheldon, a mile or SO east from Fish's
hotel, and is about TO erect steam saw
mill near the track, for the purpose OF
manufacturing lumber. A little further
ON to the east, Mr.. Harris is also about to
open quarry of building stone, on the
premises Of Mr.. BENZ. A Beatty.
ORANGE COUNTY.
The saw-mill and grist-mill in the
north part Of Tunbridge, owned by Royal
Hunt, were wholly consumed by fire on
the night of the 9th inst.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
j. D. Morse has purchased OF Fred.
Evans his stages and mail route from
Danville to Montpelier.
"A young girl recently broke leg
while eoasting.
The Mortified Chair Manufacturing
Company show promising financial con-
dition, and an addition to the capital
stock is contemplated.
The people of Mortified have suo-
cessfully established graded school by
the consolidation of several districts. The
scholars have organized a Lyceum which
has weekly meetings.
The annual meeting OF the Washing
ton County Agricultural Society is to be
held at Montpelier, January ID, 1871.
The ladies of the Congregational
| church in Barre held festival on Dec.
7th, in connection with which was an Old