Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-09-01

valuable horses gored TO death by mao
bull recently. .....s
The house of Mrs. Eddy, widow
lady in Bristol, was entered by thieves
recently, and considerable clothing, etc,
stolen.
"A rattlesnake has been seen this sea-
son near Hog Back Mountain, in the vi
cinity Of Monkton, the only one which
has been seen thereabouts during the last
% years.
BENEINGTON COUNTY.
"A boy, son of Joel Davis, of Factory
Point, fall from a ladder few days since,
striking ON his head, sustaining injuries
from which he may never recover.
"A dwAlling house belonging to Mr..
Amos Lawrence, but occupied by a Mr..
orton, at Factory Point, was destroyed
by fire on Sunday evening, together with
its contents and lot OF hoy situated near
the house. Mr. Orion is a poor man a4a
the loss must fall heavily upon him.
"A young man by the name of Eaton,
of Factory Point, who had just returned
from a term of service in the United
States army, had tooth extracted few
days since, took an anodyne on going to
bed and was found dead in the morning.
So quietly did he pass away that his hand
lay upon table by his bed, with a guild
of tobacco in it which he had evidently
Just removed.
A son of David Kimball of Pownal,
aged ~ years, was drowned on Sunday
evening. He was bathing with several
other boys in a pond in East Pownal. He
was soon got out, but all efforts to resus-
ticate him were in vain.
Candidates for Town Representative
in Pownal are going to be numerous this
Fall, and there are two now in the field
/ the Democratic Union and Workingmen.
Notice of an application to the Gen
eral Assembly has been given for char
ter for railroad from the East line of the
town of Bennington to New York State
line, at a point in Bennington or Shafts
curry or Pownal, with the privilege of
bringing branches of the same road to any
point in either of said towns.
An application will be made to the
Legislature for a charter of a railroad or
train way from some point in the town of
Bennington, with the privilege of extend
ing the same or building branches thereto
to the towns of Stamford, Searsburg, Glas-
| bnpU
to be operated by horse power or gravity,
or both.
Mrs. Nathan Stowe, living near
North Bennington, cut her throat on the
morning of the 10th, the cause of her sui
eide being insanity.
The Bagn says that those who
knew Bennington as sit was" will hardly
know it IS sit IT," having been improved
by new buildings, etc.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
The village of st. Johnsbury will
rank fourth in the population of the State.
The census returns show the present
population to be 1864; males 1862, fe-
males 22Ol. This is an increase of 1895
in ten years. The population of the vii
lage is 3289.
Henry Garter, lumberman, was in
stantly killed in North Concord on the
24rh, by being caught between a couple
of logs in jam"
John P. Morse has hen that laid an
egg which measured 3 s by 5-S inches.
and weighed IA ID. The hen 'still lives"
Mrs. Joseph Ide, of st. Johnsbury
Centre, had an ovarian tunor, weighing
about thirty pounds, removed on last
Saturday the Goth inst. DR.. E. r. Peas
lee, of New York city, performed the
operation, assisted by Drs. Newell, Cahoon
and Ballard. The successful removal of
these tumors is a triumph of modern
surgery, eighty per cent now recovering
from the operation, while before, all died
in from one to three years.
The house and barn of w. L. Kim.
ball, at McIndoes Falls, was burned.
Loss $1,000 insured 800. Matches was
the cause.
-Hardwick has had two fires of late,
barn belonging to R. Wakefield, struck
by lightning, and a house and barn be-
longing to IL. Billiard, supposed to have
been purposely set ON fire by an enemy.
CHITTENDRN COUNTY.
Between eighty and ninety thousand
bushels of oats have been brought from
Canada to Burlington this season.
About four tons of cheese were ship
ped Saturday from the Hinesburgh cheese
factory. The shipment of last week
brought between 14t and 10 cents per
pound.
AT the Democratic district conven-
ton held in Essex Junction on the 23d,
Henry Gillette of Richmond was nomina-
ted for Member of Congress.
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton of Burlington have rented stand on
the Fair Ground for the sale of refresh
ments during the four days of the State
Fair, Sept. 18th to 10th.
A young man from Panton, named
Murray Adams, in the employ of An
thony Laduke, of Burlington. was kicked
by horse on Sunday, receiving serious
injury.
-Adiatant General Wells has author
lied the raising of another military COM
pany at Winooski.
-Winooski Falls has a band, several
civic societies, two military companies,
and Post of the Grand Army of the Re
public.
DIR. J. B. Small is the Democratic
nominee for town representative in Col
chester.