Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-10-26
Minor Items.

t The Vermont Mutual Fire Iusur-
ance Company issped policies to the
} amount of $4,000 on Monday and also
on Tuesday Of this week.
There was from three to four feet of
snow in Wyoming territory on Thursday
of last week At Relief station, on the
Pacific Railroad, the cars were delayed
ten hours.
-Ex-Governor Brownlow is in full cry
after Governor Brown of Tennessee.
The old Pareon fires low and seldom
misses his mark.
They have a new and easy way of
distributing the mails at the Rutland
Railroad depot in this place. The cars
run over the mail-bage, rips 'em open"
and the letters end papers are quickly
distributed. TLi4 is the way it was done
Tuesday.
"A lady went into "a store in Burling-
ton Tuesday and inquired for fine ar
ticle of tes saying that one could not be
too careful now. dsys where there is so
much ul Grafton in teas. The polite pro
prietor assured her that all the brands of
tea kept by him were entirely free from
liberation. ard the lady bought her half
pound of Young Hyson and departed con
fdent and happy.
"A crusade against kerosene oil, or
rather against those who manufacture an
unsafe article so called, is likely to arise
out of the Chicago disaster, and the soon
er it begins the better.
The n. Y. Herald says that two sir
gular facts are "the cackliDg of geese
saved Rome, and the kick of a COW des-
troyed Chicago"
All the roads now under the manage
ment of the Vermont Central are fnan-
cially successful, and are doing better
business this fall than ever before On
the Ogdensburgh and Lake Champlain
road they are building new brick depots
at Rouses Point and Chateaugay, and new
ones are to take the place of old ones on
that line next year.
To-day is the 370th anniversary of the
Discovery Of America by Christopher
Columbus.
Ex-Governor Hiland Hall, with his
wife, were on a visit to his son Charles
Hall, in Chicago, during the fire, but bis
residence was not reached by the copf4-
grafton.
Repairs are being made on the road at
the lower end of West street.
The Bennington Banner says: Rev. G. /
/ II. French of Andover has accepted call
to the Congregational church at Rutland.
Not quite correct, Mr.. Banner man.
There has been no call made or vacancy
to fill, as the Congregational church in
Rutland has a very acceptable pastor in
Rev. Mr.. johnson.
The ceiling of the Railrond Depot is
being whitowashed, and the flooring be-
tween the tracks IS being repaired.
The pupils in Tilden Seminary at
West Leb mon, n. H. raised fifty dollars
for the Chicago sufferers, and the people /
of the village increased the sum by libe-
raj contributions.
The ladies who have taken out mate
rial for making into garments, are re-
quested to be prompt in returning them
TO the Mission rooms, Main street.
The incendiaries have reached Syracuse /
and set on FIRE the public school buildings,
which were consumed.
Rutland pays over $1,000 in assess
ments to the Vermont Mutual Fire Insur-
anqe Company. Henry w. Porter is the
agent of the company. His Office is in
the National Bank block, where he is
reldy TO receive unpaid assessments or
take applications for Insurance.
The Chicago relief lists throughout the
country are still open and the charity Of
the nation is yet active.
Hon William A. Russell, Of Salem, is .
the Democratic candidate for Senator in
the 10th New York Senatorial district.
The ladies of the relief committee have
decided to dispatch box of clothing to-
day to the sufferers in Michigan.
Among those who lost their all, by the
fire at Chicago, were james Rowe and
Joseph Ruff, both formerly residents of
Rutland and in the employ of Ben. K.
Chase. Mr.. Ruff's set of watchmaker's
tools was among the most complete and
perfect in the county, some of them hav-
ing been manufactured in London, Paris,
Berlin and other places.
The Chicago fire has proved a bless
ing to the begging imposters who infest
street-corners and beseige dwelling-houses
with piteous tales of want. Their cry is
now "Chicago sufferers," and amid the
general sympathy for that afflicted city
they are reaping rich harvest
Forty-fve insurance companies have
suspended.
The ladies Of the Relief Committee
have already dispatched large box of
clothing to the Mayor of Chicago.
Harper8 Weekly of last week contains
an interesting story by Mrs. Dorr, en-
titled Harvest Apples"
The Commerce Insurance Company of
Albany, have determined to 60 on with
business. ID
Burglars blew open safe at Mechan-
ioville, N. Y, on Wednesday night. They
only secured 80 for their trouble. Look
to your safes.
The Midlebury ReQiSter has a most
naive and artless correspondent who
writes from the broad plains and fertile
meadows of Ripton. He says that the
people of that classic locality were, few
mornings ago, thrown into a state of ex-