Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-08-11
New England Items.

| There are two eases of small pox in
South Adams, Mass, and three in Savoy
Mass.
The caterpillars seem to be much
more plenty than usual in Berkshire,
Mass Scarcely an orchard escapes their
| devastation.
| Rev. Frank Sewall, son of William
S. Sewall of Bath, Me-, has been appoint,
ed president of Urbana (O.) University
and Thomas T. Moses, son OF William V
I Moses, of the same town, has been ap.
| pointed professor in the same institution
The descendants of Holland Maynard
| of Northboro, Mass, who died in 1918, at
the age of 70, had family reunion in
| that town, on Wednesday, about $50 be-
ing present, including representatives of
five generations.
"A commission appointed by the gev-
eminent of the Argentine Republic to
sOuo I'D, ~ !: - ~ - - ~ n
land, have taken home with them dupli-
Gates of the plans of the Worcester high
school house, now going up, as model
to be used in their own country.
The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of
Rhode Island held its annual session at
Providence on Friday with large at
tendance. The total membership of the
Order in the State is 1889, of which num-
Der nearly 700 have joined during the
past year, while the additions in Provi-
dence still average from twelve to twenty
per week.
-Litchfeld, Conn, on Monday, by a
very large vote, took further subscrip-
| ton of one per cent. in the stock of the
Shepaug Valley Railroad, making its en-
tire subscription $4,000. This leaves
only 100000 to be raised in Washington,
Rox bury and Bridgewater, to make the
total cash subscriptions 100000, the sum
which must be secured before the con-
struction of the road will be commenced.
Colby (Waterville) university has
been holding its semi-centennial, this
week, and rejoices over recent addition
to its funds of $4,000, which makes it's
total invested property $191 200. A new
building is to be at once erected, at cost
of $25, 900, for the department of chemis-
try and natural history, which has re-
Gently received several valuable gifts of
fossils, minerals and shells, and the
future prospects of the university are
very fattering.
The fat mems associations held its
annual meeting at Gregory's Point, Nor
walk, Conn, on Thursday, with an atten-
dance of about 1000 persons. OF this
number, however, only so came up to the
standard of 200 pounds, and are bona fde
fat men," the heaviest of whom
was Andrew Whitlock of New York, who
weighed 312 pounds. Among the provis.
ions provided for the occasion are such
items as 1876 bushels of CLAIMS, so bushels
of oysters, 500 pounds of fish, etc.
The Daily Bee of Dover, N. H., has
ceased TO buzz, after brief existence of
four months.
Boston Irishmen have just organized
Republican club. ..~'.
The thunder shower, on Thursday,
filled the railroad tunnel at Salem SO full
OF water as to extinguish the fires under
the engine boilers.
The Keene Sentinel having expressed
the opinion that an article written bv a |
man named Alderman "lacked truthful |
ness" has been sued for libel, the damages
being laid at $4,000.
The recent report of Boston paper |
that the water of Flax pond at Lynn was
poisonous, has been refuted by an analy-
sis made by DIR. Hayes, and another Bos. |
ton paper now makes the strange an
that the original statement
was "made for political effect"
"A Portsmouth, N. H., hotel has four
bachelor customers who have continuous
ly boarded at it,-one As years, one 45,
one ~, and the fourth %.
Over sixty square miles of territory
In franklin county, Maine, mostly fine
timber land, have been burned over by
recent fires.
= The Old Colony and Newport rail.
way mas purchased the Granite railroad
In Quincy and will connect it with the
main line. 1t is the Oldest railroad in tba
country and has always been operated hy
horse power.
The oldest Episcopal Church in Nav
England, and probably in the United
States, is at Wexford, although it is no
longer in use. 1t is called st. Pauls, and
was built in 1907, at North Kingston,
about five miles north of Wexford, r. l.,
whence it was removed in 1900 to its pre-
sent location. During the Revolution it |
was used as barracks for American sol.
diers.