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

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the Vermont Central Railroad was fined,
at Milton the other day, in the sum of IS
and cos's, amounting TO 1854, for allow.
| iu4 his freight train to stand on the cross.
ing and ob~tructjDg the passage of teams,
waiting in :he rain. This law could be
put in force to the pubic benefit in other
/ towns.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Mrs. Storrs Morgan of Miles Pond, Vt.
was found unconscious in her woodshed
on the morning of the 4th inst, and died
soon after. It is supposed that she was
taken with an apoplectio fit.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
On the Missisquoi road, Friday morn
ing, just beyond Chadwicks the train
going TO Sheldon ran into a heifer and
the conclusion threw the front end of the
| passenger car from the track. It was
soon hauled on, however, and the train
proceeded.
lie Pyotecteur Caaadien, the French
newspaper at St. Adams, has been sold TO
a Montreal publisher Mr. Antonio
Mousette will, however, start another
paper under the same name, in ST. Al
bans and we commend this new paper to
our Canadian residents.
The rock cut on the railroad near
East Highgate Is nearly completed It
has been quite job and they have made
some heavy blasts They threw one piece
Of rock, containing over seventy cubic
yards, and estimated to weigh over $50
tone, some 100 feet from its bed At the
same blast another one, measuring 80
yards, was thrown some ten rods, and an
other seam blast threw a rock nearly
three feet square, over the roof Of houae
some 40 rods distant.
One of those slight IF ,irs ga frequent
where liquor is sold openly and defantly
came off at the depot, at Enoeburgh Falls
on Monday of last week. One Hugh
Green from Richford brought a French
man to the depot to take the cars for the
West. B4fora the cars left they got into
quarrel which resulted in hand -to-haud
fight Green had kuife ia his hand and
strnck the Froncbmau with it, cutting
cash over the eye. They both got pretty
severely bruised. When they got cooled
off they both expressed themselves as sat
i~fe1 and parted "good frienda," the
FrenchmaD going to his new home 10 the
Yves, aud Green returning to Richford.
GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
Geo MoGovan, of Grand Isle died
on the 18th insF,
The fruit crop is light, but of superi,
ga quality. Apples sell for 81 barrel on
I'm.
he edr,'.~ frost in September, I'M
The tslsnd,, did extensive dam
SUni '0r '"e ~estad crops.
20 - "'- ' >eesls SINCE the family
About three " Ill went to the
f John A. Chamberlih tired man at
amp-meeting, leaving the >taa I'D and
ome. The next day he set. vee,,
vent to New York Stete. About ,-An,
go they missed $50 that had been
n drawer, unlocked, notwithstanding
hey had a safe in the house.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
The Odeans County jail is without
enant.
In jay, the measlrs have Ike out
With the prospects of ero1gh to 60 all
lronnd.
Mr.. Alex lnder jameson, of Irasburg,
lied very suddenly on Tuesday, the Sd
nst. He was standing in front Of the
rick store talking when be staggered and
ell. Medical Attendance wAa close at
.and. and everything done to restore him,
,ut of no avail. His disease was pro-
bounced apoplexy. HIS age was u years.
/ months and - days.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Miss Mary J. Lyon of Williamstown'
las Just completed a bed-quilt, of the
pattern called "the poor mans quilt" or
hard times" which has 1886 pieces in
i.
An old lady of Williamstown, on re-
urning from visit to her son, in Boston,
,aid "she was lucky enough to get there
IN some great day, for the roads were
fulI of folks, and she saw more teams pass
in one hour than she saw at home in
whole week.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The Waterbury National Bank re-
ports loans and discounts, SOL, 331.49
individual deposits, $17,79672.
George Ketcham, Esq, of Montreal
P. O., has rented of John Clark, the resi-
dence formerly occupied by s. L. Drew
in Cabot. Mr. Ketcham expects to make his
permanent residence in Cabot village.
-Amssa Cummings of East Montpel-
Ter, has always raised his own wheat TOR
-four since he began farming. Although
sc years of age, he has never yet purchas-
ed barrel of -four, but has sold many
barrels from wheat of his own raising
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