Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-06-16
RUTLAND, VT, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 16 1870.

to crush the whole Of the machinery, ever
if it escaped the fire. It was believed
there was nearly fve hundred bundles O
paper in the Office at the time, and afte
the floors and roof fell, whole sheets o
burning paper were carried high into th,
air by the great heat and over the roofs o
the warehouses e-d stores of Main ant
Second streets. After the flames wer,
partially subdued, the firemen broke opeI
the front doors of the counting room ant
venturing upon the small portion of tn,
floor still standing, beneath which was &
glowing furnace, rescued some Office fur
niture and several desks containing valu
able papers. The books Of the presen
year, as well as the subscription list
proofs, and complete file of the Rep,t6lS
can, were in the fire proof vaults, bu
with these exceptions the entire files O.
papers, documents, and all the business
books of preceding years, besides quite &
number of Missouri reports for a number
of years back, were destroyed.
| FENIANS ARMS The arms and anu
milton gathered by Gen. Foster, United
| States Marshal, after the Fenians raid, are
daily passing over the Rutland road
bound for the Watervliet Arsenal al
| West Troy. Seven carloads remained al
Rutland over Sunday, under the charge
of United States soldiers.
THANKs.-We are under obligations tc
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Granger, of Mid
! 4 io+o fnr Ioxy 80 ,raa1la,,+ I~,
dal cake. We wish this newly married
couple long, united life of happiness
We take great pleasure in congratulating
the bride, daughter of an old and we'll
remembered friend of our youthful days
/ The years have flown rapidly as this event
brings to us the sacred memories of tht
past, and it seems hardly possible that th,
children of the friends of our early year:
are settiug out for themselves on the rug
! ged voyage of life. But so it is; and tc
this bride and her companion we agair
extend our most hearty congratulations
| MASONIC ELECTIoN,-At the annual
convocatiou of St. Paurs Lodge, No. 25
f. and A NJ, held at Masonic Hall, in
Brandon, on the second Wednesday ot
May, the following were elected officers
for the ensuing year:
Henry Kinsman, w. NJ.
w. II. Wright, S. W.
James Knapp, J. W.
n. P. Kingsley, Treasurer.
Alva T. Smith, Secretary.
N. S Capen, S. D.
| S. S. Paige, j. d.
A. Haasa, Steward.
Louis Langwor, Steward.
James Eagles, Chaplain.
Philip Aim, Tyler.
FAIRHAvEN.-The people of Fairhaver
are moving to secure water to supply
their village. A committee has been ap.
pointed to confer with H r. Dyer
of Rutland, in reference to making
a contract with him Tor bringing IL rrom
Indian Pond. A committee was also ap-
pointed to ascertain the number of house
owners who would take it, and learn OF
the amount of land damages necessary to
be paid in bringing it into the village.
Miss Lizzie Cheeseman, graduate oi
| Ripley Female College, is to deliver q
temperance lecture at Fairhaven on Wed
nesday nvaning~ The Fort Edward u0s
ette says, Miss c. is young, but when al
! the age of Anna Dickinson, she will be
superior to what Anna Dickinson is now
if she follows her present vocation"
Mr.. H. Shepard of Fairhayen recent
ly caught 164 trout in North Britain
brook, Castleton, in one day.
Mr.. S. W. Burley found at his house
one day last week a trout weighing two
pounds. The donor is suspected, and the
J0urnaIDaan says his latch-string is out
for such waits.
The tin wedding of Mr.. Fl. Streete,
and Miss Stella Miller was celebrated al
Fairhaven on Tuesday evening last A
| full supply of tin fixings were on hand
Mr.. S. A. Fish of West Haven, wht
has been an invalid for several years, has
been made, at the hands of r. T. Ellis, the
recipient of generous donation from
some of the citizens of Fairhaven.
Col. N. G. Axtell, agent of the State
Temperance Society, recently leotured be
fore large audience at Fairhaven.
The following is the list of delegate!
to the Constitutional Convention from
Fairhaven Simeon Smith, in 1771 Mat.
thew Lyon, in 1898 ; Ethan Whipple, in
1914 John ?. Colburn, in 1914 John P
Colburn, in 1929; Moses Cotton, in 1928
William G. Kittredge, in 1886; Abram
Graves, in 1843 and 1850 E. Fl. Phelps
in 1870.
The leaders of the Baptist Sabbath
School and Society in Fairhaven held q
strawberry festival on Friday evening
June 10th. ......-. ..-.. ....-
Rev. E. P. Hooker of Fairhaven, has
received a unanimous call to the pastorate
of the Congregational Church at Middle.
bury, at a salary of 81 300. 49,.
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