Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-21
New England Items.

BY actual account 1876 trains cross the
highway at Prison Point, Charlestown-
oScIy duy, on the Boston aud Maine,
Eastern and Boston and Lowell railroads
Spring field, Mass, has the reputation
of starting the game of base ball. 1t is
alleged that the first ball club was organ
lied and the first match played in that
city.
The Superintendent Of the Hing ham
Aims House was furiously assaulted on
Wednesday by an inmate whom he was
attempting to corfne for some misde.
meanor, and received dangerous wound
in the arm, seyering an artery. The in
mate, who is supposed to have been tenn
porarily insane, escaped and has not yet
been discovered.
Great preparations are being made
for the bi-centennial of Suffield, Conn,
in October. 1t was hoped to have the
branch railroad completed from Windsor
Locks. but that will not be accomplished.
There was a severe shower at Holy
oke, Mass, on Thursday. The wind pros
trated several trees, and some of the slate
was blown from the roof of the Merrick
thread mill. The rain on the northeast
side of some of the manufactures was
driven in in such quantities around the
windows as to run in streams down the
walls or across the floors.
New Haven is preparing for three
days Beethoven festival in the fall.
"A party of Meriden ladies had recent
ly had picnic of their own, from which
husbands, brothers and lovers, and even
were excluded.
The Fem murder at Milford has called
the attention of the Legislature to the
subjects of rewards for the arrest of muir
derers, and the House has passed bill,
the governor to offer S3000I
reward for the arrest of murderer, upon
the request of the state attorney of the |
county where the murder was committed. |
The safe of the Ames Plow COMPANY
at Worcester was broken open on Friday
night, and $50 belonging to the company,
and $500 in bonds belonging to Samuel
A. Knox, were stolen.
The exercises of commencement week
at Wesleyan University, at Middletown,
on Sunday, with the preach
ing of the baccalaureate sermon by Presi-
lent Cummings. The annual sermon be.
fore the missionary lyeeum was preached
n the evening, by Rev o. f. Tiffany of
Newark, N. ].
Capt. James L. Day, who died at
New London on Wednesday, was native
md until 1861 prominent citizen of Nor
xlch. he established Il line of steamers
between Mobile and New Orleans, which
'rought him large fortune, but suffered
great loss by their confiscation at the
outbreak of the rebellion.
The funeral Of Mrs Dwight Loomis
laughter of Albert Austin, of Suffield
It., on Tuesday, was an event of peculiar
adness. She was married June IA, the
eremony being the first in the new Con- ,
regational church, and died July 10, at
'ittsburg, Pa, whence the remains were |
rought. Rev. Walter, Barton was sum- s
loned home from his summer vacation at
Iadley, Mass, to ofhoiate at the funeral 8
Manchester, N. a., is fast recovering q
rom its recent fire, and arrangements are I
READY made to erect many new build .
lgs. 3. W. Harrington and the other
wners OF the site on which the Masonic
.empie stood, will Immediately put up a
arge four-story building. The city gov i
rnment will probably require that the b