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The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-09-22

Tours, Sept. 20:-All telegraphis
communication with Paris ceased yes.
terday. The journals here express ap-
prehensions that Tours may BE- attack.
led, in which o,ss they say the gevsrn.
ment will remove To- Boebea.xsgaw o. &
+" TOURS, Sept. 20.-Adv;eesl from o..
olerns attribute great importance 10 vth>
engagement ataJ oinsills yesterday. Ths
Prnssians suffered MUCK iron ssiths
French artillery hidden ~ the woods
The battle lasted3neas3y 3 all g day, and
the Prassians 1t length we're forced "a
retreat = =tt:haa:. 2ea' cdW i
f. It is reported that the Pissians wsrs
badly defeated yesterday in ~ attempt
to storm Fort 'Montvaliern, at the o1ee'
side Of Paris. liza q, H:u4i ~m;.5t
z A dreadful rsilroad casualty occurred
near kere this morning, by Two ztzaipa
colliding:25 Eleven persons were killed,
Including Duvall, one Of the editors 81
the Journal aes Debats, and twsnty-
Eve severely injured. ~ has -~at II
| BERLIN, Sept, 2o.-All the reserves
have reached their regiments. pa 97' ~
The corps gone to storm Toul Is nm:
der the Duke OF Mecklenburg. .174' q
| Ulrichs at strasbourg beings Bona
parte, has greatly relaxed his zeal since
the Republic Is proclaimed '2a n II"
There ,ro no signs IF: the oapisul.
.tion Of Metz. IL. 1t5s bn2tf I'D hist L.
The final official figures Of the sspit.
ul..ion Il Sedan 4. repos.tsd % 90.
erals: 200 ,tatf oaicen 1905 lins "a.
ee.s, besides 800 o6esi. 81 .var.iioual
grades discharged . parole; 81. 42a
priyates surrendered and were trash.
ported into Ger..i,anyll' !; 2, 900 vete
made prisoners during the battle s
900 escaped in.o B'.lssiun; 10000
vere killed I ad wounded !; total, 1S7, J.
009. ] y.
FIoarscr, Sept. g q 4 81 4 ] x:-The
sisgs:o Of sRone ~ sonnssosd. Five
livisioas under Geaseal OadooAa IL.
vests Tho eity, ID NJ tbaase b : nattsu
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-09-22
TIE RADICALS

The announcement Was made that !
socialist meeting would be held q
which Victor Hugo, Ledru Rolin,
Louis Blanc and Piatt would be pres
ent to protest against the medication Of
tie government, I imagine tho meet.
ing, Vas suppressed, as il has not taken
place. The Reds are struggling lard
Tor ascendency. ,..,;~, tn.. 49,.
q 1e*art TIE NEGOTIATIONS. ...,
Tours, Sept. 19.-Though i IS Ger.
tain that Jules Favre has gone to the
Prussian headquarters, no base Of nego:
tiations is arranged. :, ...:.. ..n:;
.a,>,,. THEIRS AT HOME. =.
Tours, Sept. 19.-Thiers arrived
from London last night. a.. .. ~.,, =,
g LONDON, Sept. 19.-Trochu on the
18th received the advanced guard o.
the American volunteers. So,say Gal
tgnan7s Messenger, referring possibly
to the ambulance corps, and possibly t.
passengers who arrived from Americ'
in the ship Queen, to enlist. ~ 7sn
The Prusaiau government has tr. y,
fsrr.d forty million rubles lately on de
post At the Bank Of France, TO, Lon
doea banks, Gao 81 e: y*s.tte,. s.Es.E /
varioloid prevails among the French
in the prisons at M.gdeburg and Wit
tenbuFg. vi ls'saff t# !.s.ss:I II vs,z.s.
/ Officers Of the ;landwshr are Offered
commissions in, the army: zc.I btr@ j.
Tho French captive officers are allow
ed the choice of German towns ~ resi
sdenee. They receive the same ration
/ and pay IS At home. tt.s.,ssy;H., ~. I'LL.
Countess Cowley has . long inter
view With the Emperor on Saturday q
behalf Of the Empress. e.@s.s
i The Rost saya balloon with 81, 0O(
letters from Metz WAS captured q
| Neufchate!. In one Of them Bssainl
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-11-17
CabiegFaJsis.

Prince Frederick Charles has arrived
! 1T Commercy.
The Italian authorities have c,cs j
the Jesuit College at Rome.
The Gez-tte De France demands an
immediate election 10 put an end 70 the
'rbitrerv rule of the Provisional Govern
ment.
"A barricaae committee has been
formed at Lyons. TIE authorities have
and vast On usntities Of stores. Large NINA
hers of cattle have been collected In sn.
tieiPation Of 4 siege.
M Gsmbetta commenced crusade
against Mayors who l4mely admit the In
ysders into their towns rather than offer
Resistance which would most certainly
be followed by the vengeance OF the foe.
He says il is ''now more than ever incum-
bent on the country 10 resist a. every
point and holds forth the example ~
by Chateaudun and S.. Quentin IS wor-
thy Of imitation by other open bnt p4iri-
otic towns.
-Adviees from Frankfort stale that
from one end Of Germany 10 the other e
CIV Di LgEEDLACAt - ltEtB EAGlAfF
is calling out for lie able-bodied popula-
ton, and the able. bodied population who
are now warripg in France are beginning
TO call out for restoration 20 their conn
try.
Prince Napoleon denies that be had
any interview with Gen. Benrb4ki or
Gen. Boyer respecting Napoleonic in
trigues He says be came TO England on
private business, but acknowledges that
he has had an interview with the Empres-
and the Prince Imperial.
Mr. Russell of the London Times
says that the French In Paris know per-
fsctly well whence the greatest danger j.
20 be expected. and hence direct al their
fire and their ssllies agsinst the investing
forces en- the southern side. Whatever,
he adds, "msy be the feelings Of the gsrfi-
sou of Paris, the French who are outside
the city are animated with profound be-
lief in the success OF the bsseiged. He ssys
the moment everything is ready FIR the
bombsrdment last opportunity will be
given to Paris to say whether she will ac-
cept the alternative. The beseigers are
being reinforced by large number of SOL
diers who have recovered from wounds
they sustained in the beginning Of the
war;
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-11-17
Our Washington letter.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 7, 1870

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 7, 1870.
E9ttor Rutland Rer0H As in my
last communication I referred to the one
event nov 4FpefIcet in this city, the
paving Of Psnusylyania Avenee, and the
work having progressed until it has as
sumed a phaze which will warrant me in
doing so, I will briefly allude to it again,
and endeavor TO particularize ia sreiking
of the different kinds used. In speaking
Of this thoroughfare as a whole, will say
that it il in n frightful state of d5ShabtHe
lust n,.w. To those accustomed TO the
serene dignity of aspect peculiar to this
thoroughfa1e, nothing can be more strik-
ing than it's present appearance, and the
only satisfaction found in its present dis
torted condition is the promise which it
gives of better times a coming. Homeo-
patbically speaking it is now in its crisis,
and, if the restoration is to be at all COM
mensarate to it's present understandable
condition, if to make the tour of the
Avenue then shall be as delightful as 1t is
now disgusting, if the horid stencil of coal
tar, and the clouds of dust raised by every
vehicle and borne upon every gust of
wind, until your handkerchief is made to
do the double duty of guarding your nose
and digging the grit from your eyes; if
those who now are forced to weep in con-
sequence, shall by and by be restored to
an equal rejoicing, and where now deep
yawning excavations threaten the pedes-
trian with instant destruction, and huge
curb and fsggiDg lay around lose, STUN
oling.bioeks to break your neck. over at
every step--if all this shall have it's re-
eomPenSe, then we'll may we endure these
TRIALS ior season in anticipation of the
supreme excellence of way 10 follow.
What better illustration cou,d wa bave
OF the one step from the sublime - tho
ridiculous than the tsmbliug Of a mnle
and cart ladened with dirt alone -
the sidewalk used to be, in front &c :.
embelliahed gallery of art, o. huge tanL
OF coal tar emitting its foul oder ana
smoke near the highly perfumed bouao,r
OF metropolitan belle, Such is l;fe ON
the avenue.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-11-17

Sen tor Benedict has introduced bill
of great Importance, which contemplates
the ultimate abolishment of the district
system of schools and substituting there
for the town or municipal system. 1t
provides that at the annual town meeting
next to be held in the several towns, the
voters thereof shall vote, by ballot, upon
the question of abolishing the school dis
tricts in their respective towns. Any
town not abolishiug school districts at
that time, Is authorized to do the same at
any subsequent meeting legally named.
Every town failing to accept the change
at the annual town meeting, and having
within its limits three or more school dis.
tricts, in each of which the number of
children is less than fifteen, shall re-
district the same SO that no district shall
contain less than twenty children of
lawful school age. In towns where the
school district system shall be abolished, !,
a board of School Directors numbering
three or six shall be elected-on one-third of
whom shall be elected for one year, one
third for two years and onethird for
three years. The selectmen are en-
powered to fill any vacancy occurring in
said Board. When any town votes to
abolish school districts, they shall cease to
exist after the 1st of April following the
date such vote was taken. The school
houses and other school property shall be
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-11-17

ORLEANS COUNTY SOCIETY OF NAT
URAL SCIENCEs.-The Orleans County
Society of Natural Sciences met at the
Congregational church in Wes:feld, Nov.
l, at O'clock P. m. The meeting was the
largest and most interesting of any the
society has ever beld. Rev. Thomas Mac
kie read paper on the the minerals of
Missisquoi Valley, Mrs. Rev. A. A. Smith
read an interesting essay on structural
botany. Rev. S. R. Hall, LII D., made
some observations on the drift of Orleans
and Frsnklin counties. Also upon the
gold bearing rocks in this section. J. III.
Courier made some allusion to cryptic
gamous plants and exhibited several speci-
mems under the microscope Timothy
Holt, Geo. f. Leggett and S. J. Donald
son, IL. D., of Derby; E. Harrington of
Coventry A. H. Richardson, n. G. Hoyt
and Rev. Thomas Mackie OF Westfeld,
were elected acting members. Rev.
Thomas Mackie presented several
specimens of gold, washed from
the alluvium at Wesifeld; also,
gold bearing rocks from the same
locality, and said he had no doubt
but that minerals could be found there in
abundantly paying quantities. Lieut.. S.
P. Jocelyn of Barton, presented Taran-
tula, Centiped, end Scorpion from the In-
dian Territory. Many of the citizsns of
Westfeld brought in specimens of rocks
and minerals and flowers to have their
properties explained upon. james E. Ken
nedy presented to the society 1875 speci-
mems of insects, all tastefnlly arranged.
The society is in fourishing condition
and there seems to be growing interest
in its objects. During the next summer
we hope to institute meetings to gather
objects of natural history, in the forenoon
meet at some favorable place at noon for
lunch, and in the afternoon have explana-
tion given of each specimen collected.
]. N. CURRIER, Sec'y.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-11-17
Notes from the Capital.
THE AIR LINE RAILROAD


The bill introduced by Mr.. Bull oi
Hancock, to Incorporate the Air Line
Railroad provides that it is for the pur-
pose of building a road from some poiut
on the north line Of this State through
the several counties and towns in the
State to rome point on the sourh line
thereof, and with the right TO build as
many branches as may be necessary; ; and
may connect with all railroads without
this State a~ the interests of the ComptIy
or the public good may require. TIE
several towns in this State may aid in
the construction of said road or my of its
branches to an amount not exceeding the
total value of all the property, both real
and personal in laid towns. The capital
stock is fixed at one hundred million dol
lars. The bill also provides for the cleo
tion of fourteen directors by the people,
bieunially IT has been referred to the
committee on railroads The reading Of
tho bill created no little amusement, and
Mr.. Bull desired TO have it distinctly
understood that he introduced it by re.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-11-17

appraised by commission of three per
sons appointed by the Assistant Judges 0
the County Court, and the amount of sucl
appraisals shall stand to the credit of tn,
several school districts to be adjusted anG
equalized between such districts !; and the
school houses and other property shal
thereupon pass to and become the pro
perty of the town. The remaining eec
tions of the bill prescribes the duties Of
the school directors, and of the town treas
urer, in reference to the care and dis
position of the school fund.
Without expressing an opinion respect.
ing the merits of the bill, [ will make a
simple statement concerning the opera
tion of the town system OF schools in
Pennsylvania and Massachusetts,, which
may be of interest to those who have not
given much thought to the subject. This
bill embodies nearly the same provisions
as the law passed by the Pennsylvania
Legislature in 1886, substituting the mu
nicipal for the district system, and which
law was amended in many important par.
ticulars, in 1S4S It's acceptance was al
! first made voluntary with each district
and an accepting district was allowed the
opportunity of voting down the law al
the end of every third year. In 1S46, thi.
feature being no longer necessary, the
| law was made general and obligatory, but
| in 1869 there were some fifteen districts
that still refused to obey the act, and they
were deprived of the distributive shares
of the school fuad.
Massachusetts, by an act passed IN
1867, abolished her school district system
The movement to this end had been agi.
| tated for thirty years by the leading edu-
cational writers and speakers of the State,
and the continuance of tbesdistrict system
was deemed a great obstacle in the path
way of educational improvements 80 thar an
overwhelming majority of the people de.
manded the change. At first the towns
were required to vote directly on the
question, and such towns as refused to ao-
cept of the act were TO forfeit their distri-
butive shares Of the annual income of the
school fund. Finally the law was made
compulsory, on the ground that the sup
port of so many small schools as were re-
tanned under the district system involved
a wasteful expenditure of money, and
that it was the y, IT ,IA e =, .srnment
to adopt messuIe that woul4 result in
the greatest good to all. II the law had
not been mace compulsory IL Is probable
that the small districts would generally
have been adverse to the change, and, in
many instances, would present serious OBJ
stacles to the success of the new system.
The amended bill passed the Massachu.
setts Senate unanimously, and received
but nine negative votes in the House
From the school reports of the states of
Massachusetts and Pennsylvania We
gather the best assurances that the town
system has worked admirably, not only in
respect to improving the character and
condition of the schools, but also in light
ening the burdens of taxation for the sup
port OF schools. OBsERvER.-lSt. Adams
Messenger.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-11-17

THE NATIONAL CAMP MEETING FOR
1871 TO BE HELD AT ROUND LAKE
The Methodists of this section of the
country will be pleased tc learn that ar
rangements are now about perfected by
which the National Camp Meeting next
summer will be held on the grounds OF
the Round Lake Camp Meeting Associa-
tion near Mechanicsvile. Mr.. Hillman,
the President of the AssociotioD, has just
returned from Philadelphia, where he OBJ
tanned the consent of the officers of the
National Association to hold one of their
meetings there, provided satisfactory ar
rangements can be made with the rail-
road companies running to this point.
Mr.. 81. is now engaged interviewing the
railroad officials, and it is more than
probable he will make such terms with
them as will meet the views of all parties.
He is not likely to fail in anything he un'
dertakes. Last year there were three Ma
tional camp meetings held, one at Boston,
one at Chicago, and another at Baltimore,
but next year it is proposed to hold only
two, the one at Rou, q Lake and the 9th.
er at Erbanna, Ohio The meeting al
Round Lake will commeuce on the 4th
of July.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-11-17
THE RTTTLANn HERALD
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER II. 1870.
The German Army,

Next to the army of the North, put in
army now fighting in France is probably
the best educated body of men under arm E
the world ever saw. Every day there are
sent from Germany to the men in the
field, two hundred thousand letters and
postal correspondence carda; and post
Offices, aud printing Offices, and telegraph
Offices spring up wherever regiment of
Germans moves. Army and field post
Offices are established at all points, and
there is a regular set Of men detailed 10
manage thtm. Many clergymen and
Theological students who were exempt
from ycrvire, have volunteered, and the
universities ARE clo SD. y Profess or at
the University Of Bieslau. attached the
following notice to the door Of his audi
torium: "Since the Gentlemen students
have something better to do than TO run
to lectures, hereby delare my lectures
closrd." Such students as were not al
lowed to enter upon military duty are
serving under the red cross b nuer If the
sani,sr, corps. Thsse fac's show the high
socj,l nud Intellectual standing If the
army.
Among the purates are number of ex-
cellent Snuscrit scholars. Among these
are Drz Thibaret, Goldschmid, Goekc,
pischel, and Richard Kiepert Another
Sanscril scholar, DIR. Won Thiemanp,
sent a remarkable report of the battle of
Setau. l. WAS, in the original, "A great
curiosity, and even the translation shows
great scholarship. The following is
foundation: yesterday was great bat
tie. The enemy were totally defeated
there whole army. and the Grand King
lEmperor) himself, taken prisoners.
Tgeshtar (Euioap) forged for us the fam
ing thunder blow. We beat the Ahi
Python, who crept away into his hole
(Rigo i. 80. nm well; in the battle l
did not come in great dagger, because in
this mountainous neighborhood only the
foot soldiers sre able to get well into the
f Eht, not the riders"
What other country, except our own,
conld furnish such privates for an army.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-11-17

NO OTHER PLACE."-The Troy Times
is responsible for the following: Last
night young husband, having celebrat-
ed little too much, was led home by one
Of his friends, who rang the door bell and
retreated to the other side of the street to
see if it would be answered. Promptly
the door was opened, and the fond spouse
who had waited for her truant beheld
him in all his toddiness. why, Walter,
is this you?' "Yes, my dear" "What
in the world has kept you sou Been
out on little turn with the boys, my
d-d-arling.' why, Walter, you are in
toxicated" Eyes. my dear, L estimate
that's So" What on earth made you
get SO drunk? And why-oh, why do
you come home to me in this dreadful
state :" Because, my darling, all the
0tter p!oces r Stut up 7"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-11-17

hall, has just returned from a months
cruise to Nova Scotia, where he went in
company with his father-in-law, the ven.
cradle John Todd, DID, of Pittsfeld,
Mass. While hunting in that region Mr..
Hill had the pleasure of killing mann.
moth moose. The reverend gentleman
brought the head and antlers home with
him as evidence of his Workmanship.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-11-17

A man at Elizabeth, N. j., has a Chi
nese "Soonah" dog, which he purchased
the other day. from one of Captain Her
vey's laundrymen. The animal is about
the size of an ordinary black-and-tan ter
rier. but without hair on its head, breast
and front of its fore legs. Its body is
covered with irregular, narrow black and
white stripes, while its head is shaped
like settlers, its ears being, in proportion
to it's size. somewhat longer. These $500
nah" dogs are as common in China as cats
are here, bat are of no particular use to
their owners, being too lazy to catch mice
or rats,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-11-17

A PROFITABLE DoG-John Q. A.
White of West Rochester, is the owner OF
spaniel which he shears as regularly as
a sheep, and the fleece is sufficient to keep
a man and boy in nice, soft, warm stock
ings throughout the year. That's the kind
Of dog TO keep and we call upon the
gentleman from Leicester to make him an
honorble exception from that Herod.like
bill Of his now pending in the Legisla-
ture. If Mr.. Bull would not shake his
head too violently, the Legislature should
go further aud exempt him from taxation,
by way of encouraging home industries.
Vermont is purely an agricultural Srate,"
You knOw.-S. AlJanS Messenger.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-11-17

BURLINGToN.-A. L. Stearns & Co.,
lumber dealers of Burlington and Boston,
have leased of Sidney d. Morse, at Bur.
lington, seven acres OF land, partly water
lots, for thirty years, at $4,000 a year.
and taxes, assess ments, etc. The property
embraces tenement buildings upon Union
Park street, the Sidney building and the
Morse building. The lessees will erect a
great wharf opposite the foot of the street,
and in time build edifces adjacent to
those already up.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-11-17

TEACHERS INsTITUTE.-The Warren
County ,N.Y) Teachers Institute has just
closed their session J. L. Sawyer, In
structor, AdamArmtrong, School Commits
sioner. 1t was a very successful institute,
and too much praise cannot be given the
noble-hearted School Commissioner for
his efforts to make the affair both pleasant
and instructive. The analytical series of
readers and spoilers were unanimously
adopted by the teachers as the text book
of the county.
Warrcnsburgh, Nov, 1870. c.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-11-17

GALAXY-The Galary has printed and
sold of the November number four edi-
tiens. The first edition was as large as has
ever been called for heretofore during an
entire month; but this time the entire
edition was sold within five days of its
publication, and three times since then
the publishers have teen obliged TO stop
all other work to get out fresh editions.
This looks like succ1.s.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-11-17

THE ROBBERY OF MRS. ROBINSON
On Monday officer Mckay, of North
Adams, Mass, armed with the necessary
legal documents from Gov. Clafin OF
Massachusetts, and Gov. Hoffman of New
York. took FROM the Tombs in New York
Miss Anna Clifford, and brought her to
that village with her trunks. She was
to have been examined on Wednesday
before Judge Bulkley, for robbing Mrs
Robinson of Bennington, at the time she
was thrown from her carriage a few
weeks ago. 1t turns out that Miss Anna
Clifford was formerly a resident of North
Adams, and at that time " as Miss Laura
Whipple, daughter of the late George
Whipple.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-11-17

To CURE TOOTHACHE "A well-known
dentist of Troy, who has tried the remedy
on some nervous people who have old
roots of broken teeth, and are too timid
to permit an attempt to remove them,
makes the following public for the benefit
of all whom it may concern: To persons
having q hollow tooth, allowing the air to
reach the nerve, I would advise that they
get some spirits of nitre and mix with
alum saturate little cotton with it ard
apply it to the cavity. If the pain ex-
tends upward to the eye, or takes the
form Of neuralgia, procure some horse
radish leaves, take out the stems, wet
them and apply on the face over the pain,
and I think you will get relief If you
have no radish, try beat leaves they may
answer the purpose.