Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-10-20
New England Items.


lighted and extinguished by electricity.
Alfred Phillips, father of Adelaide
Phillips the vocalist, died at Marshfeld,
Monday morning. .#..#t.s*
Gov. English is first in the field with
a proclamation for thanksgiving, which
he appoints fer November "a, the last
Thursday of the month.
The Connecticut State dental asso-
citation held its semi-annual meeting at
New Britain, Monday and Tuesday.
The recent report that the celebrated
Flynt-C Coolidge dressmaking case had
been "amieably settled" proves to have
been incorrect, and new trial COM
menced in the superior court at Boston
on Monday.
The Supreme Court at Concord issued
on Saturday an order to Gov. Stearns and
x-Gov. Smyth, the receivers of the Con-
cord railroad, to pay over to Moody Cur
rier, the treasurer of the corporation, the
sum of $75,0 900, in order to pay the stock
holders the semi-annual dividend of per
cent.
Eight vessels and eighty lives have
been lost thus far this year in the fishing
business from the port of Gloucester, and
it is feared that these numbers will be in
creased by the loss of another vessel,
which has been absent much longer than
it expected to be when it left Gloucester.
New Haven barely escaped having
another murder added to its rapidly in
creasing list, on Saturday evening. In
the course of dispute which arose in a
saloon one of the parties drew a revolver
and fired it, Fortunately, however, a
mau who stood behind him struck down
his arm AS he was pulling the trigger and
the ball entered the floor instead of the
body Of the man for whom it was in
tended
-SiIaz e Burrows of Mystic, Conn,
who died on Thursday, was commander OF
the first American merchantmen that en-
tered Japan and was one of the pioneers
in the China trade. He had also visited
Russia and was on friendly terms with
the Emperor Of that country, who made
him some valuable presents,
The Westfield horse and cattle show
will BE- held on Moseley's Park, Wednes,
day and Thursday. The premiums
amount to 5000
Tho completion of the Greenfield
water works is to be celebrated on Thurs,
day. by grand fremru', muster, for
which $3.50 in prizes is offered.
The second days exhibition Of the
Eastern Hampden Agricultural society,
which had to be given up on account of
the rim, ls-T*~eek will come off to day,
if the day b. Pheasant, if not IN Thursday
The exhibition will commence at nine
o'clock and continue until 2.3O pm, after
which citizens pure OF $50 will be
trotted for,
The home for destitute Catholic
children on Harrison Avenue At Boston,
the corner stone which WAS laid on Sun
day. is to cost about 100000, and will
accommodate nearly 300 children. The
building will be of brick, with trimmings
of Nova Scotia stone, and will he 1875 feet
long by 50 feet deep. The institution was
ORGANIZED III Nay. 1864. aud has since
been growing so rapidly that the new
building will soon he none too large for
it's requirements The totnI number
of children received into the ho,ne since
it, establishment in 1864 is 1907 and the
amount expended $75,S2G.
"A whale was discovered on S ,turd4y
afternoon by party of men on a schoon-
er. off Gloucester He WAS floating on
the water, apparently dead and the men
put off in a boat and made fast to him
with but very little trouble. They sup
posed he had been struck and wounded
by some whaler, and were proceeding TO
attach other ropes to bin, whom he sud
denly walked MP, capSiZod the boat, broke
two strong ropes that had been attached
to him and tried TO escape. He was pur-
sued and finally captured after five hours
of very warm work. 1t is suppozci from
the fact that 10 wound was found on him
that he WAS full of amber oil, which pre-
vented his diving. This amber oil Is very
valua BILE. The whale is sixty. feet long,
and his mouth opens twelve feet.
-Chestnuts are plump and plenty in
Berkshire this season. Nearly every burr
has produced three perfect nuts, while
occasionally they are found with five and
seven in each. There are but very few
false chestnuts and a smaller number of
wormy ones. Two men recently gather
ed two aud a half bushels in day, while
yer many lluN Hdtt d buSuGl FAtit III TIE
same time. Lots of schOol-boys went out
on Saturday, and he who brought home
less than a peck wasn't considered smart
The nuts are wholesaled at So per bushel
and retailed at 20 cents a quart.
The Williams College Vidette pub
fishes in it's last issue a catalogue of the
birds found in the Hoosac valley This
catalogue, which was prepared some years
since by Prof Chadbourne, has been care
fully revised by Prof Tenney aud is OF
considerable value to ornithologists of
Western Massachusetts as n nucleus
around which TO group the results of
more extensive Investigations.
Prof. Dimmock has adopted the uni
versity method of instruction with the
Junior class in Greek Lectures are
given daily in place of recitation, and the
class undergoes critical examination
once every three weeks. Thus far the
plan gives entire satisfaction.
"A naval association has been formed
at Amherst College, with A. d. Norcross
as president and E. E Hardy, commo-
dore. They have purchased the r. F
Hawkins boat of Springfield, and have
crew in training.
Servants and Ladies'.