Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-03-24


her bargain, went off home. After
while he followed her and wanted she
should give him bill of divorce. She
consented, and sitting down wrote bill
and handed to him, which he took and
went his way rejoicing.
j. II. Ingalls, of Sheffield, narrowly
escaped being killed by mad bull, few
days since.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
-Alonzo Redway, merchant from
Montpelier, was recently charged with
the larceny of tub of butter, valued at
$20.50, the property of the Boston and
Lowell Railroad corporation. After a.
careful examination, Mr.. Roadway was
honorably discharged.
Wendell Phillips is to lecture in
Montpelier, March 22d, on the Lost
Arts"
Rats are making savage work among
cattle in Marshfeld. Fri Spencer has had
five COWS badly eaten by rats, while they
were tied in the stable. They have
gnawed holes two inches deep, and man
gled them shockingly.
The new manufacturing company in
Northfeld, chartered by the Legislature
last fall, has just commenced operations.
WINDHAM COUNTY.
-Lockhard Wellman of Guilford, Vt,
was successful in his suit at the recent
session of the superior court at Green
field to recover of Patrick Butler of that
town $127 for hay which the latter
bought of Lockhart, at auction, last JAN
uary, at $14 per ton. Costs and interest
made the bill $195, which Patrick could
have avoided by paying 500 before the
trial to settle the claim.
--Hatsell P Lyon of Somerset was
killed, Tuesday, by the fall of tree that
be was chopping.
The ladies of Westminster West
have formed a society for mutual i'm
provement in household and domestic du-
ties, and they meet and discuss suitable
subjects, the same as farmers clubs
WINDSOR COUNTY.
-Stockbridge has dramatic club.
Miss Lucy Bliss taught school eight
years in Stockbridge, without losing a
day
Harvey Bicknell's house in Sharon,
with barns and colt, COW and hog, was
burned on Friday morning loss $500,
insured for $1,000
The Spirit Of the Age, published in
Woodstock, states that Ralph Jones x
Co., contractors in the Woodstock Rail
road, have swindled their workmen out
of their pay; the sums ranging from $50
to $500
"A young chap attending school in
Weston was in the habit of stenling the
dinners from the baskets of his compan-
ions He was not detected until he par
took of some pie in which tartar emetic
had been placed. He was "sick to his
stomach" shortly after.
/ WALLINGFORD.-The people of Wal
lingford village and vicinity, who appre-
ciate the advantages to community of
having temperance Hotel, are going TO
meet Thursday evening and give ''p,ine
host" Horace q benefit. This will be an
"Old Folks Sociable," but while the "old
folks will be there and leave their sub
stantials," yet the young folks will be ex-
pected to help eat the oysters and make
things lively.
"a. Hill & Son" are getting up Il SEN
sation in town. The "son," Charley, spent
last week in New York city, and during
the panic there he bought goods at panic
prices, and is showing the good people of
Wallingford that some things can be done
| as we'll as others. He has purchased a
full stock of dry and fancy goods and
| family groceries. His dry goods, upon
hioh he devotes himself in particular,
we notice are sold at prices lower than
they were even before the wa1: The SEN
valid, confined to his room, for several
months, but Charley goes ahead with a
will, having the full confidence of the
people.
French CATHOLIC FAIR.-The French
Catholics will hold a Fair for the benefit
of their new Church, commencing Mon
day, the 28th inst. at Village Hall. The
public are respectfully invited to attend.
Our French fellow citizens have erected
at great expense new church edifce, and
the proposed fair is to aid in the payment
of the expense. We hope they may be
literally patronized as their enterprise is
certainly a commeudable one.