Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-14

SAS1LEioN.-Iu ne HrSG ure society IN
this town was organized August 25th,
1884. The principal officers were Enos
Merrill, President; Julian G. Buel, Vice
President; M. G. Langdon, Secretary;
o. r. Harris, Treasurer. During the
same month an engine was purchased and
a company formed consisting of thirty
members, with o. N. Dana, Captain; Ed
mund Austin, Lieutenant; A. Branch,
LIST Hoseman; w. S. fairfield, I'd Hose.
man; William Moulton, 1st Sergeant G.
Buel, I'd Sergeant; Orson Reed, Sd Ser
geant; G. W. Ellis, 4th Sergeant. This
company continued in existence until the
annual meeting in 1850, at which time,
after the election of officers, they voted to
adjourn until the citizens would provide
them with a new engine. The company
have not been together since.
Our second engine company with 40
members, was organized on Saturday
evening last, at the rooms of l.. W. Pres
ton, and the chief officers are FL. l.. Clark,
Secretary Z. I'll. Armstrong, Foreman
L. w. Preston, Treasurer. A meeting of
fire district No. has been called to see
what shall be done in reference to pro-
curing an engine and other apparatus for
extinguishing fire.
Armstrong Bros. have opened a
branch store at Hydeville. This young
firm have built up in the last three or four
years an extensive mercantile business,
and have erected a ten or fifteen thousand
dollars stone edifoe. They have bought
and forwarded to Boston, since the first
of January, six thousand bushels of po-
tatoes, most of them Early Rose, raised
in Hubbardton, Benson and Castleton.
Since the old Westover Hotel, on the
corner of Main aud Seminary streets, was
vacated the 1st of April, five families and
a livery stable office have taken shelter
under its roof, and more families are ex-
pected to move in soon. A part of the
second and third stories are vacant, and
it is also expected that this will in the
course of three or five years be a second
old mansion house, if it is permitted tc
remain on terra trina that length Of
time.
Rapid improvements are going on in
and around what has always been known
as the Multon House. Mrs Samuel
Moulton, after living in this house Sc
years, has taken up her abode with her
daughter, Mrs. Jonas ellison of Poultney
--Laurance Perkins has sold his farm
near the pencil mill to Mr.. McGinnis fol
ttlrty.eight hundred dullaIs. NJ. IT, hi".
paid twenty eight hundred dollars for the
farm few years ago
F. Sanford sold pair of horses a few
days since to New York city gentleman
for six hundred dollars.
Alfred Persons has sold his portion o
real estate, left him by his father, TO hi
brother Nathan for thirty-fve hundred
dollars,
-Davey Roach has sold his house ant
lot in the village for the sum of nine hun
dred dollars.
Seneca Field, Esq, W. n. Bachelor
Esq, O. s. Proctor and Andrew Clark
were among the attendants at the funera
of General Thomas, at Troy, last week.
A boy Is years ofage, named Leonard
few days ago met with a fearful and
almost fatal accident, having been caught
in the machinery at the slate mill of the
Eagle Slate Company. One leg, one arm
and five ribs were broken, and his body
otherwise injured, and his escape from
death was almost miraculous. His life
was dispared of for time, but he is now
doing we'll He is under the care Of
Doctor KnoWlson