Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28

ory, from Iowa, was run into by cars near Wood
bury a on Saturday, and the husband, wife and
their neice were instantly killed.
The ceremony of laying the cornerstone of
the Seminary building in Montpelier took place
Wednesday evening, and the rhetorical exercises
at half past seven.
AT the anniversary exercises of the Vermont
Conference Seminary in Montpelier Rev. H.
Warren of Charlestown, Mass, addressed the Es-
thetic Society on "Forces in Sunbeam
The examination of the classes at the close
of the second term of the Green Mountain Gen.
trail Institute and Female College, at Barre, took
place July 18th and 18th, and was creditable to
the teachers and pupils. Four young men re-
ceived diplomas of scholarship. 1t is expected
that there will be from l75 to 200 students during
the fall term.
On the 18th inst, a mud turtle was caught
in Sabin Pond, Woodbury., by two young men
from Providence, r. l., which weighed thirty
seven and a half pounds.
The second match game between the Pionee,
| and University clubs of Norwich University, came
off at Mortified, last Saturday, in which the Pho
neers were successful by score of sc to is. Time
of play about ~ hours. ..
j. III. French, LID, Secretary OF the Yer
mont Board of Education, gave very interest
ing lecture at Mortified, last Saturday evening
on the subject of education and graded schools
graded school is soon to be established in place
of the Academy.
Samuel Carleton, Esq, died at Moretown or
the 18th ult., aged IS years. He was was one o
the worthiest citizens of that town, and had beer
a subscriber to the Montpelier Waterman for for
ty years.
Thursday, girl at Northfeld, while picking
berries about five miles west of the depot village
discovered some bears engaged in the same occu
patton. The next morning two brothers by the
name of Brooks, and VIM. Newton, went to thu
pasture and found them taking their morning
lunch on the berries. They shot the dam and one
cub, the other old bear and two cubs escaping.
The old one weighed about $50 pounds, and was
in very poor condition. She was very old, hel
teeth being sadly worn down. 1t is supposed to
be the same one s. Marsh caught IN trap clever
years ago, the right fore foot being gone.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
--Brattleboro in 1860 had population of s, S55
now it is reported at 1906, showing gain O
1850.
Father Halpine of st. Michaeps Catholic
church Brattlesoro, was attacked recently will
a severe hemorrage of the lungs.
The Good Samaritans, newly formed TEN
ptrance organization in Brattleboro, is having
great success.
A deed was given by four India'' chiefs, ane
wit..~---a y-----.,.ssn nunt, grandfather 9
Lieut.. Gov. Hunt, Of Vermont of what is nov
called Vernon.
The Brattleboro Pho3air says that the ''busi
ness revival and moral REFORM" for which it ad
vertised some time since, has arrived.
-Burglaries have become so frequent IN Bel
lows Falls of late, that the people are generally
arming themselves against them.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
There is man in Pomfret who has coat he
has worn 50 years.
Mr. W. S. Damon, OF Woodstock, has an
eagle recently caught in trap, that measures
feet 81 inches from tip to tip.
Mr.. H. NJ. Jaquith, of South Woodstock, sho
two hen hawks recently which measured from til
to tip four feet two inches respectively.
The wife of Abial Hurlburt, the engineer who
had his leg broken by the collision at Canaan las
week Wednesday, died on Saturday night of con
sumption, at White River Junction.
rying dinner to her husband day last week
was struck by the tree that he was just cutting
down, and instantly killed.
Hon. John Gregory Smith, Hon. j. D. Hatch,
Superintendent Merrill and Engineer Bailey Of
the Central, were in Woodstock on Wednesday,
having passed over the line of the Woodstock
railroad taking observations with a view to nego-
tiations for its completion.
Hubbard L. Smith, formerly of Hartford, a
son-in-law of Col. Samuel Mutt, of White River
Junction, was killed in the yard of the New York
and Erie railroad at Jersey City, June goth. Mr..
Smith was locomotive engineer on the Erie
road.
On opening a box car on a train for Boston,
Wednesday morning, at Windsor, it was found
that of one hundred and twenty-five lambs con-
fined therein and their way TO market, only
four were found alive One hundred and twenty
one lambs crowded into a tight car on hot day
bod heo., cruelty smothered to death. The Loss
of the property to the parties concerned, $500 Oh
more, is but small part of the punishment the
inhumanity deserved.