Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-06-30
Ne w England Items.
Adjourn ed


New Ham pshire visit Rye beach and the
Shoal e, July 81 and 90, when Speaker
Blair ie wilt deliver an oration. Vice Presl-
dent. Colfax is invited to be present
Ida Bliss of Milford, Maine, IS years
old :, recently took pinch of snuff play
fu lily from a grandpas box, and continued
+ sneeze afterward for five hours without
cessation. She was then seized with
spasms, and at last accounts was III a crit
ica1 condition. She was a bright active
girl.
Three men were drowned in Portland
harbor, Tuesday afternoon, by boat up
setting,-J. W. Ell. Rogers of the firm of
Rogers Fuller &c Co., of Boston, Charles
W. Holmes. also of Boston. and Timothy
Auglan OF Portland, who had charge of
the boat The body of Rogers was re-
covered, but those of the other two have
not as yet been found.
The Gallaudet association OF deaf
mutes will hold biennial session at Con-
cord, in September.
The State Medical Society at Con-
cord, on Wednesday, elected DR.. W. H
II. Mason of Moulton boro. President, and
Dr. G. P. Cunn Of Copcord, Secrettry.
"A hearing before the Legislative com
mittee ou the coatraGrs between the Cin-
cord aud Northern Railroads commenced
Wednesday afternoon at o'clock.
a ,,a-+p4,, 9 al l>,,.u Ii A.,
,sabesic were capsized by squall, on
Tuesday, and David Richer, 81 years old,
was drowned. He leaves a wife in Nash
ua.
The Breokfield Mass, Congregational
conference, the oldest by seven years of
any in the State, celebrated it's semi cen
tennial at West Brookfeld, last week.
"A West stockbridge man. tull of
poor whisky made an assault with
knife and ak upon police officer, the
other dAy, and after rough time, was
secured and locked up.
Two ChinaHaen attended the Baptist
Sabbath school at North Adams on Sun
day, and were put under the instruction
Of William Ingraham, who has been
faithful Sabbath school teacher for over
twenty years.
One of the singular turnabouts of
time is the occupation of the estate of the
Congregationalst divine, DIR. Nathaniel
Emmons, at Franklin, by Dean Academy,
the new Universelist school, and one of
the wealthiest and best appointed schools
in the State. The remains of DIR. EN-
mons and of his family, eight bodies in
all, which have slept in the common lot,
were few days ago removed to suita-
BILE place in the cemetery at an expense of
$4,000, shared equally by the town and
Dr. Oliver Dean, the founder of the aca d.
emy.
Ida Lewis had hoped that the habit
ues of Newport would leave her in peace,
this summer, but she is already annoyed
by continual visits and intrusions. Her
health has never been so good since her
heroic rescue of the four men.
At Narragansett (Cranston) Park,
Wednesday afternoon, a purse of $4,000
for horses that have never trotted better
than 237 was won by "Robert Bonner"
"Lightfoot" and "Little Dam being dis
taneed time 241, 236s, 234 1-2, and
2.33. The second race, purse of $4,000
for double teams, was won by "Kirkwood"
and License" "Jessie Wales" and Ozark
ness being second, and "Honest Allen"
and "Black Harry" being distanced time
1921, 2 80, 227s, 22Ss and 22Ss.
The democrats in the Legislature on
Wednesday defeated the proposed amend
ment to the state constitution to strike
out the word "white." The votes stood !
Republicans for 119, democrats against
SO. Lacking two-thirds vote the amend
ment was lost.
In the boat race to Lake Saltonstall
Wednesday afternoon, the crew of the
Sheffield Scientific School, of Yale Col
lege, beat the crew of the Lawrence
Scientific School, of Harvard College, dis
tance three miles. Time-Shefields 30
minutes, 10f seconds Lawrence, % min
utes, 333 seconds. Much enthusiasm was
manifested over the result. Clarence
King, chief of the u. S. survey of the
40th parallel, was one of the judges. S.
f. Emmonds, of Harvard, was umpire.