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

CLAYTON.
New England Items.
Manchester, n. H, talks of a grand
musical festival to come off some time in
November.
Boston received a load of 10000
watermelons from Baltimore one day last
week.
The oldest rerson thus far found by
Boston census takers 10 pnsanna Waters.
whose age is 107.
-Templeton, Mass, farmer have re-
Gently lost quite a number of young cattle
by disease or the excessive heat.
Lexington, Mass, is building a new
town house which is situated on the site
of the old Lexington house and is to con-
tain a memorial hall
"A surveying party have been pros
pecting for new railroad route from
Fort Edward to connect with the Hoosac
tunnel at North Adams
DR.. William Prescott, the Concard,
n. H, antiquarian, who was seriously in
jured by a fall in Boston last week, is now
considered out of danger.
Much of the Berkshire corn crop is
ready for rharvesting-a month earlier than
last year, and much superior in quantity
and quality to that of last year.
OF the 161 deaths in Boston last week
90, or nearly go per cent, were those of
children under five years of age, and thir-
ty-eight Of them were caused by cholera
infantum.
Twenty-Five parties in Boston are as
sessed for a million dollars and upward,
and five for two million dollars and up
ward.
Gen. Butler, Wendell Phillips and J.
G. Whittier are among the lions adver-
tised for the Salisbury Beach gathering
on the 21st of September.
The experiment of introducing black
bass into several waters of New Hamp-
shire last year, has proved so successful
that a new supply is now being obtained
from Lake Champlain, with which other
streams and ponds are to be stocked.
An unworldly young man on the
boat bound for Martha's Vineyard, the
other day, overheard something about
Napoleon, and exclaimed with unaffected
earnestness: What is Napoleon flogged
Which side is Napoleon on, sir on the
Prussian
Samuel Jomeson, a Worcester printer
supposed to be about 40 years old, though
appearing younger, has been missing
since Sunday. He had borrowed various
sums of money from his fellow printers,
and owed bills for board, etc, which
would indicate that his disappearance is
not sC v,v,otario1,p : -
Bishop elect w. w. Niles of New
Hampshire, will be consecraeed, Septem-
ber 81, in St. Paups Church, Concord, Pre-
siding Bishop Smith of Kentucky acting
as Conseorator, Bishop Doane of Albany
preaching the sermon, and Bishops East
burn of Massachusetts, Bissell of Vermont,
and Clark of Rhode Island assisting in
the ceremonies.
An enthusiastic town meeting in
Holyoke, Tuesday voted, 301 against %,
in favor of the towns taking stock in the
Holyoke and Westfeld railroad amount
ing TO 3 per cent. of its valuation. Will
lism Whiting, Edwin Chase, James Fl.
Newton, W. B. G. Pearsons and c. A
Corser were chosen town committee.
Carlos Pierce, who died at Stanstead.
2. @, on Saturday, was the noted mer-
chant farmer of Boston and president of
the Mercantile library. In his boyhood
he came near being buried alive at the
time of the falling in of store in Federal
street. He raised on his farm at Stan
stead the mammoth OK "Gen. Grant" and
presented it to the general.
The new prohibitory party were un-
able to make up delegation from Green
field, Mass, to the Boston convention, on
Wednesday. The truth of the matter is,
the temperance men of Franklin county
can accomplish more in the ranks of the
Republicans than they can by separate ac-
tiOn.
Census reports, 1870 and 1865: Deer
field, 1924, 303S; Egremont, $50, 92S;
Lenox, 1865, 1860; Leverett, S77, 907 :;
Longmeadow, 1342, 1880; Montague, 1925,
1876; Sterling, 1870, 1912 Sunderland,
S52, SCI; Webster, 4763, 360S; Winchen-
don, 1898, 2801. ...
Patrick Cassidy, night policeman at
Pitssfeld, was arrested on Tuesday for
firing two pistol shots at Louis st. Mary,
the keeper of a saloon, Sunday morning.
Cassidy, somewhat intoxicated, asked for
liquor, but was refused. He then tried |
to borrow money and was again refused,
whereupon he drew a revolver and fired
twice, but fortunately without effect. |
Cassidy waived an examination and is |
under bonds of $4,000 to appear for trial
September 13.
About 200 of the descendants of
Samuel Burwell, who has made Stree
planter" of Milford, Conn, November 20,
1869. held family reunion in that place, |
last week. Among the relics displayed |
on the occasion was pewter platter, with |
a coat of arms on it, which was brought |
from England, and has been in the possess
sion of the family for over two hundred
years.
A misplaced switch on the Old Colony
railroad at South Braintree, Tuesday,
morning, threw the engine and baggage
car of the steamboat train from the track,
smashing them badly and killing John J.
Marks, brakeman, about % years old.
Marks was standing in front of the
baggage car, and put down the first
brake and fastened to the second, but
the collision took place before he could do
SO. When he was found, the handle of
the brake was in his hand and frightful
cash on his forehead. The heroic fellow
thus died at his post. The conclusion of
the fruit and other cars stayed the We
locity of the cars containing the passen-
gers, many of whom state that they could
not realize that an accident had taken
place. This is the first fatal accident that