Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-12-14
minor Items.

The Teachers Institute for Rutland
County commences at Pittsford, on Mon.
dsy next, Dec. 18th. Teachers, make q
note of this fact.
-Ou Monday evering next the most
Interesting lecture of the Rutland course
will he given at the Opera House, by Prof
O Fl. Hitchcock of Dartmouth College,
on "L.ife above the Clouds, or SIX Months
Residence on Mount Washington" Prof.
H, our readers will remember, spent the
winter on the very top of Mount Wash
inQton, one of the White Mountains.
The lecture contains narrative of hi
experiences with storm, wind, cold, ice
autAncw. with scientific experiments. l.
Will FRive the relation of the thrilling
events that have occurred In the history
Of 10 other man on the continent. It will
be- illustrated by a stereoptioop, pre-
ss1'ing views of the Tip-Top House
and the wonderful ice formations No
leo,ure of the course deserves a larger
hou.e, uor will any audience be more
than ty this lecture. Much interest is
be NJ msuifested hy the people of cher
towIs 10 listen to a lecture which hidH
fair TO bring out large attendance from
abroad. Persons coming from out o.
town, can have seats reserved to them ny
addr, sing N. V. Brooke, or J. B. Meeker
We can assure our townspeople and thosF
In other towns, that they will he richl,
,epsSd ny listening 10 THE lsCture. Ar
range m, uta are being made for fare 0nt
vav over ne different railroads centerinp
at Rutland.
Our usual Dairy Markets and
Foreign Letter" ave failed to reach US
this week
Quite "a number of our business men.
ACCOMPANIED by their wiz es, left here yee'
terday sf,ernoon. on an excursion to Port
Henry. They will return to-day
Among the directors of New London
new hotel association Ia Governor John
Gregory Smith, the railroad king; A. M
Ramsdell i PRECEDENT and Robert Colt
Jr., secretary land treasurer. Plans haV'
been accepted, and $85,O having been 50,
cured, operations will begin at once. The
site selected is opposite the post thce. and
the hotel, when built, will be kept by II
Crock err, Of the Ptquot house, New Lon
don Hsrbor. and the St. james, Boston.
"A verdict was rendered, yesterday
in the celebrated case of Enos Adams v
National Bank of North Bennington, in
favor OF Adams, to recover 81 600 dam
ages and his costa.
In answer to a correspondent. we
wouli sav that yosemite" is pronouu"-
ed nv Cough, Greeley and others, 40
scn-tts." and we understand that this is
the proper pronunciation.
BowDoIN COLLEGE has card OF Its
we'll known Medical School in our paper
to-day.
Tho Troy Wing Gays that John Nor
vlssey and Wally Patrick, of Troy, were
~ong the hackers OF Mace in the late
fght.
W. are under obligations TO Senator
Edmonds for recent Congressional dOcu-
ments.
Tho frat man who gets drunk in Sar-
atoya i. TO be h>nored ty having the new
lookup named sitter him. Here's your
nice cheap notoriety; who bids :
-Mrg. Mary Clifford Sled in Newbure
recently, at the advanced age OF loo
vesrs. There ia another old lady IN that
place who is lO6.
The ST. Albsns Messenger says we
received call on Monday from our old
friend and former associate in the cierio cal
deoartment OF the Legislature, Capt. FL
din ]. Hartshorn, of Enmettsburg. Iowa,
late OF Rutland He is much pleased
With his location, and represents North
-western Iowa - healthy and prosperous
rssiop. He has been for some time past
o>uDoeted with the Palo Alto ,Ad0ancs as
editor.
1t Is rslstsd of one Of the Troy city
divines that upon calling on one Of his
nsr;sb;oners. wSo was sick, day or two
since. he was admitted to the bedside OF
the patient and found him suffering from
smallpox. The prayer that was said was
very brief The minister sent home for
change of clothes. and leaving bis old
ones behind directed them to be burned
or buried
Albany has been shoted with a reg
ular organized gang of sboplifters.
Next year is Leap Year, when the
girls will take the boys out sleighing-
pay all the bills, etc.
-Bos.on's floral trade with New York
alone amounts to So 100000 per anuum.
How IL that for bleak New England?
John Ring, the Bristol murderer, will
- 4rl-d at the present term of tho Addi-
county court.
'ug November the Massachusetts,
-Da5' ulsry made 795 liquor prose-
''''e 0onS'a" for general cffences, 1888
LIQUOR and Q gam. - se' s "aa,. "~ T, re-
COVERED . I QUO III h"e' lips we're 49,
$40
WELLS Rev. W. T. Ross. of Ca.
ton, will preach in the Universslise
church on Sunday the 18th inst, at 1O:3O