Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-01-18
Minor Items.

at the meeting OF the National RenubIi-
can Committee, in Washington, on
Thursday, in place of Hon. 7. w. Park.
VINO Is absent in Europe.
Humane drivers viii give their
horses the best and sharpest shoes posi-
ble' while the roads are covered with
snow and ice.
Several of our young ladies, on
Thursday, gave an equal number of
young gentlemen Leap Year ride to
Brandon, paying all the bills. They en-
joyed ..one of McBride's splendid SUD-
pers, and after social dance returned
nome at seasonable hour
j. NJ. Y. Warrington, the celebrated
Photographic reporter of Boston, will
be present at the Dairymen's Associa-
ton, next week, tomake verbatim report
of its proceedings.
"A hurricane passed over the village
OF Manchester Friday, blowing down
chimnies, tearing slate from roofs, and
blowing down buildings. Slate from
the new Congregational church went
through window of house some dis
lance away, and another striking a
horse knocked him down.
"A term of the United States Circuit
Court is to be held at Burlington on the
4th Tuesday of February.
The Supreme Court for the county of
Rutland assemblies January 31st.
They have place in Lyndon called
Egypt" Perhaps Brother Chase of
the Union can tell about the darkness
that reigneth there.
There was right smart shock of
an earthquake at st. Johnsbury on Tues
day evening, about s o'clock.
Massachusetts still furnishes State
aid to its disabled soldiers or their FAM
lilies. Fitcburgh paid last year, $4,657.
/ james Gordon Bennett of the New
( York Herald is reported failing.
jay Gould is only SO years old.
Match him.
-Messrs Rickcords g. Huntoon of the
Montvert Hotel at Middletown Springs,
have opened the Hamilton House, corner
/ of K and 14th streets, Washington, D.
/ c.. They will open the Montvert House
again early in the spring. Vermonters
visiting Washington will meet with a
cordial reception from these gentlemen.
Hon. J. Q. A Fellows of New Or
leans, a native of Topsham, and Senator
NJ II Ca~,o,,+or &c IV;son~c;y, q rativa IF
Waitsfeld, argued the celebrated case
of the Crescent City Live Stock and
Slaughter company, before the Supreme
Court of the United States at Washing
ton, on Thursday.
The Brattleboro Ph@niD says -
'The inevitable swarm of reporters were
/ at Brattleboro from the cities, to write up
/ the funeral ceremonies of James Fisk,
Jr." It adds, THE representatives of
the Sun and Herald of New York, ap-
parently thought it quite as agreeable
/ to mingle relaxation with business and
trust largely to imagination for their
facts"
7 The sleighing was never better than
now in Lamoille county.
The Lamoille County Teachers As
/ ISOLATION meets at Johnson, January
Goth and 9th.
DR.. William D. Buck, Of Manches-
ter, n. H, q native of Williamstown,
Vermont, died of heart disease on Tues
day evening last. He was a prominent
! physician. and had been president OF tic
New Hampshire State Medical Society.
He visited Europe in 1916 in company
with Rev. Mr. Noyes.
The American Dairymens Associa-
ton held a successful session at Utica
last week, Governor Seymour presid-
ing.
Gloves are now got up with eight
buttons
Soon the search will commence in
New York for twelve men who have
read no newspapers for the past few
days. and never heard of Fisk and
Stokes.
The Directors of the First National
Bank of Montpelier have voluntarily
raised the salary of their Cashier, J, c.
Houghton, Jr., to $4,000.
Rev. E. D. Hopkins and wife. of
St Johnsbury, recently celebrated their
silver wedding.
The new town hall at Putney is to
be dedicated on Thursday evening Janu-
airy 18th, by an address from Hon. Sid
ney Smith. of Worcester, Mass. follow
ed by dance and a supper.
The prevalence of smallpox in
other places, not far distant, admonishes
us to be on our guard, and adopt precau-
tionary measures against so dreaded a
foe.
The Passumpsic Railroad have cow
mcnced the construction of fifty new
freight cars at their shop, at Lyndon
Vile
-Rcv. ). Bowlcs is delivering geo
logical lectures at Concord, Vt
j. II. Barnes, proprietor of the
stage line between Montpelier and St.
Johnsbury, has driven 1900 miles since
he missed trip.
"A temperance spasm has swept
through the village of Island Pond, and
Frustrated some six or eight liquor deal
ers with fines.
The construction of the Lamoille
Valley Railroad goes brayely ON, forty
miles is now being run. Our former
townsman c. F. Spaulding is acting
Superintendent, with head quarters at
st. Johnsbury, and Sherman w. Park
hurst is Conductor, with head quarters
at Hardwick The many friends of Mr..
Parkhurst will be pleased to learn of the
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