Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-08-17
Late News Items.

Heavy rains have fallen on the 18TH
mus.
General Lallemand reports brilliant
victory over the Algerine insurgents.
q The telegraphic tolls throughout
Great Britain are to be still farther re-
duced. a .'t. t.,...a ,.i arat f.
Marshal Mcmahon and Count de
Florigny are expected to pay visit to
Ireland. GOODS 'p. 70" .a2a..d I'...t
"A Free American Association has
been formed in Jersey City since the Or
ange riot. ..'.s.i aa.- a,.t a. j.f
Immense schools of whales had ap-
peared in the bay of Panama and many
were killed. .o' 'i ''
There are $4,000 pensioners of the
war of 1912, who will draw from the
Treasury four millions year.
The strike at Newcastle, England.
continues, and many workmen are emil
grating to America. . ...... .... ~
The school of St. Clement Danes
will probably be removed from the Hol.
born estate in London.
"A man named Cole, alias Clarke, has
been arrested in London. charged with
forging merchants bonds. iii
Heavy thunder-storms have been ex,
perieuced in the west of England, and
caused much damage to the crops.
The drought near Greenbrier, White
Sulphur Springs, Va, ia becoming OPP
pressive and the crops are suffering fol-
rain.
The crop prospects continue excellent
in all parts of Arkansas. At least one
third less cotton was planted this year
than last.
The contributions for the repair and
completion of ST. Pauls Cathedral sre
thus far satisfactory to the projectors o.
the enterprise.
The Republicans will have about
twenty members in the Lower House o.
the Kentucky Legislature, and Leslie'l
udIoIAlS is toyooo.
The national labor convention Il
nominate candidate for President will
be held at Columbus. Ohio, on the third
Wednesday of January.
Judge Blodgett of the Circuit court a
Chicago has decided that national banl
shares cannot be assessed above their pal
value.
In cousequ epce of the Washington
treaty considerable reductions are expect
ed to be made in the militia force of tht
New Dominion.
Bush fires are becoming very frequ
ent and destructive in many neighbor
hoods in Canada in consequence of th'
prolonged drought ...... ..
Two young men named Holland
were arrested at Abingdon. Indiana, or
Saturday charged with the murder of {
man named Tibbits in 1854.
- Discoveries of rich bearing
mines at Gslena are reported from Iror
county, southern Utah, in the neighbor
hood of vast deposits of iron.
The postal convention between Ecus
dor and the United States has been sub
aitted to the Ecuador Congress, and it i:
believed will be speedily ratified.
The Indians on the Umatilla reserva
ton, Oregon, decline to negotiate for a sails
of their lands, having been swindled out
of pay for the lands they previously ssld
A man named Langdon, at East
Frankfort, n. Y, beat his wife's brains
ont aud then hanged himself, on Monday
night, because she refused to deed heI
property to him.
The eolored people are considerably
excited regarding the Little Rock city
election, which takes place in November
Meetings are being held almost every
| night.
The armistice concluded with Spain,
in Washington, by Ecuador, under the
mediation of the United States Govern
ment, was ratified at Quito on the nth OF
Juue.
The recent suspension of operations
in the Vulcan Iron Works, 10 South st.
Louis, has ended, the strikers having re-
sumed work. Superintendent Reese,
against whom the strike was directed has
resigned.
The censorship of the press has been
reestablished in Porto Rico. Seniors Acos-
ia, Baldiorati and Blanco, radicals, re-
Gently elected to the Cortes, went to
Europe on the first inst. The island is
quiet.
The loss by the fire at Jersey Shore,
Penn, Monday night, is over $4,000 ::
insurance $4,000 The franklin Hotel,
two brick dwellings, and one store were
destroyed The fire commenced in the
hotel, and was accidental.
An election, to decide whether a con.
ven,ion will be held for the purpose of
framing new constitution, will be held
for the purpose in Virginia tomorrow.
1t Is generally conceded that the vote
" III Oo i5TSSly III IdNOE VI tnB convention.
Judge Barnard has dissolved the in
junction restraining the South Side Rail-
road Company FROM altering the line of
their track in Jamaica without the con-
sent of the village trustees, a compromise
having been effected.
The grand jury at indianapolis has
returned the indictment against r. ].
Bright, State printer, and bail has been
given in $4,000. Application has been
made by the defence for an immediate
trial, and the court will hear the case to.
day.
English. American citizens are cir
culating a call for meeting in New
York to draw up resolutions expressive of
their sympathy with the cause of Ireland,
and in dorsing the late Hyde Park demon