Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-05-11

q :. W tne railroad company, tn
town having been released from liabilit
on its railroad bonds.
-Danville has raised $1,000 for school
this years.
The old factory building at Steven,
village in Barnet was burned April Cd
!, Loss from $500 to $1,000, with no insur
ance. The fire took on the roof from
spark from bonfire. At one time no
less than eight CT ten buildings were o,
3 fire from burning cinders, but they wer
e1tinguished without serious injury.
F. G. Batchelder has been appointe,
Postmaster at West Danville, vice G. W
harrington, removed.
-Lyndonville has just had "baby
sociable." Ten babies were present
This, however, does not constitute tn,
entire strength of the Lyndonville in
) tantry.
WIN. Blain of Barnet has raised thi
spring from his flock of five sheep, lively,
lambs-whieh is generally thought to b.
a little the best story in that line which
has been told of late.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
The school difficulty in Essex is al
over. The vote in the last town meeting
to rescind the previous vote abolishine
the districts, was carried but by fifteen OF
twenty votes, the friends of the town sys
tenn not recognizing the legality of any
such vote, and not voting upon the ques
ton. The action is regarded as entirely
nugatory by all. The school districts
have all assented to the new arrange.
ment, and have given up their property
to the town, and the school directors have
undisturbed and unquestioned control OF
the schools.
The case of Whitney vs.. the town Of
Essex, now on trial in Chittenden County
Court, will illustrate "the laws delays
1t has been, we believe, thrice tried in the
County Court and twice in the Supreme
Court, has, the lawyers say, been decided
both ways by the higher court, has cost
the town already good deal more money
than would have settled the plaintiff g
claim at the outset, and the plaintiff, of
course, an equal amount; and it is still in
the legal mill. Both parties must hope
that the rule of "three times and OUT
will hold 10 this case.
-Tuesday afternoon of last week a
young man named Kimball had one foot
cut off while kicking sawdust in front of
the saw in the mill of R. P. Thompson, at
Colchester Center. When will people
learn to be careful when around saws?
ESSEX COUNTY.
The only son of Charles Woodbury.,
of West Concord, was killed last Tuesday.
He, with another boy, was playing upon
a cart body which set upon end. The
boys tipped it over upon him, killing him
instantly.
H. A. Flint, stage driver, of West
Concord, was arrested not long since for
stealing or losing $2S3,40, the amount of
an express collection bill He had been
drunk for some days. 1t is suggested
that the stage proprietor will not hire
another man that carries jug in his
stage, right away.
GRAND ISLE.
Joseph X. Mitchell, OF South Hero,
died at Milton, April Goth, aged 60. He
was member of Isle of Patmos Lodge
and was buried with Masonic honors.
"A Grand Isle man who owns a
good farm of two hundred acres, has
worn + wooden shirt thirteen successive
weeks without having it washed, and his
height ors are unanimous in wishing that,
in one of his periodical excursions across
the Lake, he may fall overheard and get
the unwholesome garment thoroughly
soaked.
"A rad accident occurred at North
Hero on the 27th ult. An old gentle
man named James Tassie attempted to go
in a small sail boat from the Court House
to the north end of the island. He set
out between the hours of three and four.
the wind blowing hard from the south at
the time, aud shortly after he started in
creased to a gale. He was alone, and
when sailing near the Carrying Place the
boat capsized, and he was drowned. Mr..
Tnssie was a Scotchman who had lived in
town but few years-was about sixty
years of age, well-to-do farmer and
good citizen. He leaves wife and son
and many warm friends to mourn his
loss His body has not been recovered.
LAMoILLE COUNTY.
"A correspondent of the Springfield
Republican at Johnson, denies that the
recent suicide of Alexander Riddle, the
we'll known politician of that place, was
caused by family troubles, and says it
was solely the effect of liquor.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
The mumps, canker-rash and measles
have been making the good people of
We.tfeld some trouble OF late.
Dana Graves of Barton lost horse
the past week of new disease, the fea-
lures of which are a deep swelling across
the back, and the loss of the use of the
hind legs. There is another one sick
in the same way in the same neighbor-
hood.
An epidemic among the neat cattle
is diminishing the dairy prospects OF
some of the Orleans county farmers.
The seleotmen of Greensboro have
called an extra town meeting to elect
constable, in the failure of the one elected
at the annual March meeting to qualify
by giving bonds. ..
Two youths, named Arthur Foss and
Frank Mosier, of Charleston, have keen
convicted of larceny of various articles,
and the former sent to the Reform School
at Waterbury, and the latter committed
| tn Jail in default of S4OO bail