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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-01-25

entered the bodies of the animals, and
they were driven off their prey. The
lion Tyrant is three and half years old,
and had been brought up from whelp
by Mrs. Manders. The animal having
been a favorite, it was during the early
part of its training allowed to run about
that portion of the caravan used as
habitation, and it freely gambolled with
its mistress. The sire of this animal
was the one that nearly worried Macco-
mo some time ago. The only arm the
deceased had was streaked with deep
gashes from the shoulder TO the hand;
the scalp was torn right back, and from
the hips to the knees, where he was
seized from behind, the muscles are
completely torn out There are pieces
of flesh gone from the ribs, and the
bones of the pelvis which are the strong
est in the human frame, have had pieces
bitten clean ont. At the inquest on
Thursday Mrs. Maccarte said she had
not seen her husband since o'clock on
Wednesday. He was not under the in
fiuence of liquor when he left her.
He was always afraid Of the lion which
first attacked him, and he had expressed a
fear of it on Monday. His salary, with
perquisites, was about "a per week
The Rev. Enoch Franks said he saw the
deceased go into the den. His opinion
was that the deceased had taken sufi-
cient drink to make him fool-hardy, but
he did not think any one could call him
drunk. The coroner said there was not
in his opinion anything in the evidence
respecting the drunkenness of the man
that affected the case. 1t appeared that
when he was down he defended himself
in a manner that showed he realized his
position. The performance being an
extra one, the heated irons were not
ready, and here he did not think there
was blame attached to anybody. In the
course of his employment Maccarte met
his death, and however they might re-
probate his calling, they must think also
that it was an institution of the town,
and which, as the law stood, could not
be stopped. Until the people of Bolton
became more civilized and discounte-
nanced these sights, so long would man
ayers fill their places of amusement with
Just such spectacles. The jury returned
a verdict Of death by misadventure, and
added: "The jury feel it to be their
bounden duty to express their entire dis
appreciation Of the reckless custom Of
s0-called ion-tamers performing in dens
where ferocious animals are Gagged. "
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THE AGRICULTURAL Convention

THE AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION. -
The Springfield Republican says: The
" COMMISSIONER of agriculture has called a
2onvenG6n of delegates, representing
1e intereSs of the state agricultural and
} Horticultural societies, boards of agri-
culture, and agricultural colleges of the
United States, to meet in Washington,
Februar,015, to confer on subjects of
mutual interest and to take such action
as may be deemed expedient to promote
agricultural education; and the conven-
dopnseems likely to be quite fully at
6Snded. By the way, we see that the
o House committee an agriculture is now
rcaking an inquiry alto the disposition
OF the land granted by Congress to the
sev@al states as an endowment for the
support of agricultural colleges, occa-
stoned by the fact that the time pre-
- Sls5ed by law vG2hin which colleges
" must be established by the states which
O accepted the grant expires in July of the
present year. We fear that if it is found
all the STATIC have used their agricultur-
CJl funds in good faith it will yet prove
to have besq expended with very little
discretion in sorae of them.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-01-25

QuIcK WoRK.-A young man in Col
umhia county, Ohio, courted a girl for a
week. Knowing that procrastination
was the thief of time, he got can of
oysters and license, invited the Justice
to his fair ones house at 8 O'Clock. and
then popped the question, was accepted,
pulled out the document, and informed
the maiden that the squire would be
there at o'clock. She pleaded delay,
he couldn't see it. Her silk dress waSat
made he couldn't see it. There vas
no stove in the west parlor Off coat,
and in ten minutes there ysas a fire roar
Ing. The squire came, the job was fix
ed, and the new made wife cooked the
oysters
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BRANDON. Brandon Lodge of
Good Templars is in a very prosperous
condition.
The proprietors of the Brandon and
Douglas Honses and two saloon keepers
have been arrested for the illegal sale OF
liquor. Both saloon keepers have sus-
pended business
RUTLAND PosToFFIoE. The money
orders at the Rutland postoff1ce, for the
quarter ending December 31st, 1871,
reached the number of 305, amounting
to 81, 745.65; while during the same
time, 81, 31460 has been paid out on
orders.
TRoTTINa AT PORT HENRY.-The sixth
annual meeting of the Port Henry Trot.
ting Association will be held at Port
Henry, n. Y, Tuesday, January Both,
1872, and continue for three days Three
hundred and seyenty-five dollars, divided
into five purses, will be trottad for, and
rare sport is expected.
BRIsToL. w. H. Whitcomb of Bur.
lingtOn, delivered a lecture on Life
Insurance" on Monday evening.
The Bristol Lodge of Good Temp.
lars has $50 members.
-Messrs. Dunshee and Peake, mer
chants, are about leaving Bristol.
Union meetings are in progress:
which are well attended, and consider
able interest is manifested.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-01-25

"A deserter from Fort Pembina. Red
River, was recently frozen to death eioht
miles north of that point.
The Tichborne case continue to At
tract large share of public attention.
The claimants chances are evidently
growing weaker.
Owing tothe thaw 2, 900 lce-men have
stopped work on the Hudson River. On
iy half the crop has been gathered.
Gen. Guzman Blanco. in Venezuela.
Is besieging San Fernandino de Apurey.
in hopes of capturing the entire revolu-
iionary army.
John G. Stevens, Civil Engineer and
superintendent of the Delaware and
Raritan Canal, has resigned.
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Our Washington letter.
WAsHINGToN, Jan. %.
SENATE CHAMBER

| SENATE CHAMBER.
Our modest anticipation of diplo-
matte middle seem to be more than real
lied, and the astute public here appar-
emily just begin to comprehend the fact
that our foreign relations are all by the
hair, SO to speak. They now compre-
bend what was obvious six months ago,
with all the keen sense of perception
with which the fellow when kicked
down stairs concluded that he wasn't
wanted there. We listen to the racket
and wonder what 1t is all about and
really that is what we are unable to de-
termine fully. Newspaper correspond
ents have been trying to sift the thing
out to logical conclusion as to who
struck first, who was struck, and how
hard, and have now left the matter
more mixed than ever, and when they
fail to give a side to an issue the case
may be considered gone up. 1t seems
that all Russia is mad and that old Cata-
cay is at the bottom of it, this much is
plain, but when we try to find out what
is at the bottom of this crazy old Rus
sian Cat, we begin to founder and grow
dizzy in the attempt to grapple minute
ness, and the whole thing fizzles into
tempest in tea pot over two cents worth
of peanuts
The elimination and recrimination
Ia fa nf thot ha
representatives of the two countries have
seen fit to differ for same fancied, or
real cause, until a first-class quarrel
sprang up just as Tall oaks from little
acorns grow"
How far the two largest nations of the
world, which have been additionally at
peace, are to amuse themselves in this
peccadilloish manner remains to be seen,
or perhaps determined by the good sense
of the rank and file of the two countries
1t is true that in Russia rank is every
thing and file nothing, but here it is mere
homogeneous and consequently more
Just. We submit that if unfriendly re-
lations are to follow that it should be for
reasons real and unavoidable, and even
in that event the tone of bluff and brag-
adocio put on by portion of the leading
press of the country, in their declara-
ton that the friendship of Russia has
always been more imaginary
than real, and that We don't
care continental if Russia
is mad clear through from the Black to
the White sea, is wholly premature.
That the American government acted
entirely within its province in refusing
to tolerate an offensive minister is beyond
question, but we do question the policy
of assuming a tone of enraged defiance
until there is a peg of fact upon
which to hang an evidence of her real
unfriendly attitude. The matter has
gone 80 far as to involve Curtin, the
American minister to Petersburg, and
also Kramer, of Denmark, and the
criticisms upon the conduct of the for
mer, are such as warrant the expecta-
ton of his early recall, if indeed our ex-
ample be not followed by Russia, and
he invited to retire.
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board which framed the report, is Mr..
Trumbull's business partner, leads some
to conclude that the board had the bene-
fit of his advice in framing them. Dur
ing the debate George William Curtis
was upon the floor apparently more than
an eager listener. There was found such
a growing opposition to the rules that
their practical application has been sus-
pended, and the board are about to bring
forward something different it is said.
There seems little prospect of the
present report being adopted, but some
measure looking to practical reform
without entailing greater evils than it
remedies is demanded and will doubtless
be enacted One of the leading features
of the weeks work In the House was
the war waged upon these poor rules
no disrespect to the rules, but we mean
that our sympathy, which is always up
permost, for the under dog rallied when
Butler got hold of them. To have con-
sistency and Butler both against them
was too much. Our sympathy
asserted itself Snapp of Illinois,
too, went clear off in opposi-
ton to them, and charged the wrecked
Democratic side of the House with the
horrible conspiracy of winking at, yes,
favoring the measure, hoping thereby
to break up the Republican party, and
confidentially told them in tones of
thunder that they couldn't do it no
sir ZEE and he thumbed his nose at them
in way that would have been exceed
ingly dangerous, according to the school
boy code. There was such laughter that
the pages are said to have done a brisk
business in buttons, for days following,
and various members are suffering from
bad colds.
Another significant feature of the
House legislation Is the introduction of
various bills looking to an early return
to specie payment.
PRESIDENTIAL.
The various schemes for President MAX
ing know no abatement. Various railroad
interests are said to be combining and
about making vigorous effort to secure
their own particular mortgages upon the
coming man, or hoping that they may
make him out of some railroad king.
A strong move is reported on the part
of the friends of Senator Sumner and
the anti-Grant Republicans to put him
into the nominating convention and be-
fore the country for President.
1t is also reported that prominent
Democrats have indicated willingness
to remain passive, provided the Reform
Republicans will put forward q man in
whom the country can confde.
Among the latest on dit is a Demo
cratic ticket composed of Generals Han
cock and the confederate Johnson, rep
resenting the north and south wings of
the party. If the south half elect
Democratic president, they mean to be
recognized upon the ticket to begin with,
and will doubtless follow up this modest
request with demands of like character
for legislative and executive favor to
follow. *
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-01-25

We received n very pleasant letter OF
thanks from our old friend Kendall, since
his return home. for bottle of Johnson's
Anodyne Liniment which we gave him,
and which he says has entirely cured him
of the troublesome and dangerous cough
he had when here.
On the death of one Of England's most
eminent physicians, all his effects were
sold by auction, and among other things
was sealed packet, marked advice 10
Physicians which brought great price.
The purchaser on opening the packet, read
"a follows: keep the head cool, the bow
els open and the feet warm" Ii physic l.
necessary. use Parsons Purgative Pills !;
they are the most scientifically prepared
pill that has appeared in the last hundred
wears
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-01-25

LoUEaIANA.-Mr. Carriers cave, on
Monday, from his bombastic programme
OF the previous day, was as complete as
anything that has happened for long
time, and dispatches received at Wash
ington from Gen. Emory, Tuesday, rep
resent everything as being quiet at New
Orleans.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-01-25

So potent are the toning and stimulating
properties of Smolander's Buchu that IL
removes or counteracts kidney. bladder
and glandular diseases, mental and physi-
cal debility, diabetes, gravel, female CON-
plants, retention or incontinence of urine,
and other maIadies of the urino-genital or
gans which have baffied medical men Of
distinction, in Europe as well as in this
country In a word, it restores the i'm
pared constitution to perfect health.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-01-25

Many suffer rather than take nauseous
medicines. All who suffer from coughs,
colds, irritation Of the bronchial tubes, or
tendency to consumption, viii find in DR..
Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry a remedy
as agreeable to the palate as effectusl in
removing disease. The Balsam is a pleas
ant remedy; it is a safe remedy; it is a
speedy remedy; it is a remedy that cures.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-01-25

GA New CIVIL SERyIcE.-Rcprcsenta-
Hay, of oIllirsis, Introduced another
civil service apportionment bill in the
House on Monday. 1t provides that all
the department appointments shall be
parcead out equally among the congress
sional districts, by the ist of January,
1878, According TO certain established
grades, and thae no district shall have
two officials of the same grade, so long
as any have not that particular grade
All soldiers and sailors in office are to be
spscissd, probably that they may be re-
tanned.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-01-25

PLATTsBURGH MARKETS. = Wheat,
$40 to, $1.s5; corn, 80; oats, so ;
peas, 90 butter, 20 to %; cheese, 1873 !;
eggs, IS to 80; apples, $3.50 to $3.50;
potatoes, 80; pork, $6 per cwt; beef,
So to Sc per cwt.; beans, s1.75 to 80 !;
turkeys, 1e4; chickens, 7c.; hay, $1s to
$50; wood, $3.50 to S5 per cord.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-01-25

SNow.-Westen dispatches inform us
that the Union Pacific Railroad is block
ed westward from Cheyenne to an un-
known extent. Three trains are living
at Cheyenne awaiting the arrival of west
ern trains
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Chester.

Martin V. B. Bemis was arrested on
Saturday by Constable Locke, and
brought before Simeon Sherwin, Esq,
Justice, and on taking the "poor debt
or's oath, was discharged from the Gus
tody of the officer. This proceeding on
/ the part of Bemis created establishment
among his creditors, as he had succeeded
in obtaining credit to large amount,
upon the representation that he was
worth $4,000 or $4,000.
. "A large and merry party of sleigh
riders" from Weston visited the Chester
House on Thursday, and partook of one
of those superb dinners which Ingraham
is famous for getting up.
Really, &pleasant state of things is
prevailing in the 18th century. We
have had the Golden, the Iron and the
Dark Ages, and the present may we'll be
characterized as the age of murders. "
4 morning paper without its suicide, or
a cheerful murder or two, would be too
tame to contemplate or read with any
feeling akin to satisfaction. Suicides,
murders, burglaries-these are the sta
pies. Amusements may flag, merchants
may fail, and manufactures be suspend
ed, but we have the charming assurance
that murder and all that sort of thing
will go on az regularly as though the
crimson wheels which regulate its rccur-
I HV- oil ,,y-t-
The murder of Fisk is the all absorbing
topic of conversation, and there are eX-
pressions of sympathy for the dead, and
denunCiations of the covardly assassin.
1t is very well to talk of mans honor,
and all that, with appropriate gestures
toward the heart, but I've an opinion of
my own about it. Iquestion whether a
mans honor be indeed placed in the
keeping of frail woman, or at the
mercy of a wicked man. In any event,
if such method of rcdressing grievances
is to obtain. it would be well to have the
thing understood at once. and give all
parties an equal chance. For instance,
Stokes had reason to believe that Fisk
injured him by intimacy with his mis-
tFeSS' MIS- L lSA Knows .ll"' 7t"Ne7 HAS
done her an INJURY by AlilinS heF nus
band and making her a widow. Now
let her kill Stokes, and the vendetta can
90 OH IoI general oiiS' uii'ii po'i' ia'iiiile9
are eA'iilC' II u 't'e 81 " Ill ~ open 'l!I
gates III 'lleSc uncertain way - VI permit
death 10 De nlitie'eu ~ m'ul. 'uuaiS'
ASIDE from Ihe III u9'lee Oh "IIo" my one
person 10 constitute DllnStI attUStF,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-01-25

CoRNwALL.-Cornwall has a genuine
Calico SOciable Association, organized
for the purpose of purchasing new car
pets for the Congregational church. On
Thursday evening a large number of
people, old and young, assembled at the
residence of DIR, Hooker, in the south
part of the town, among the crowd
being seen the familiar faces of
some of the Middlebury villagers All
the ladies were dressed in calico. Each
had, by regulation, brought neclztie of
the same material as her dress. Each
gentleman paid his five cents and drew
blindly his partner for the remainder of
the evening, as well as his necktie.
Some queer combinations. affording
much amusement, was the result But
the object of the party was realized, and
it was a success. The proceeds were
large, and the fun immense.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-01-25

Singers and public speakers who are
troubled with hoarseness, viii derive i'm
mediate and lasting benefit, from the use
of Weeks Magic Compound. The smallest
possible quantity moistening the throat
affords relief at once.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-01-25

Every bottle of Halls Vegetable sicilian
Hair Remover Is tested before leaving the
mandatory, hence its uniform quanly
and never falling results.
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PETER @. JONES & SON

Dealers in all kinds Of Paper. Also. Agents
for smith & Peters Printers Card stock,
No. l02 DevOnshire s+~n"+ Boston.
augSd&wly.
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} DISTRICT OF CoLUMBIA.-Thc govern
, ment of the Di5fict of Columbia was
never a model system of administration
wherA congress was the responsible par
ty, but, from all the facts that have
been brought to light, it would certainly
seem as if the unfortunate taxpayers
might justly lament the day when they
were given the supposed boon of a terri
Ctorial government. At all events, the
charges which are openly made against
the present government, of the grossest
and 9ost glaripg corruption, richly de-
serve the investigation which Congress
orderG5, on MoAlay, and which it is to
De hoped will Ore thorough and impair
tial one. O
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-01-25

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs. - To-day the
New York State Grand Lodge Of the
Knights Of Pythias, assemble in annu-
al session at Troy. knights who are
eligible to Past CHARACTERISTIC will re-
ceive the degree at the morning session,
Grand Chancellor J. w. Root, ESQ.
will preside. There is to be a contest
for Grand Chancellor. The present
popular incumbent will be a candidate
for reelection, and his opponent viii be
f. l.. Cole, Esq, the present yice-grand
Chancellor. The most rapid growth of
the order the past year has been in the
country lodges. The headquarters of
the officers during the session will be at
the Mansion House
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-01-25

What unspcakabIe relief is afforded 10
the burning and throbbing flesh by sin
gle application of that unequaled balsam
for human or brute suffering. Mexican
Mustang Linimcnt. The tormenting and
~leep-destUoying pains ofrheumatism,g govt
and neuralgia. are completely banished by
it, use; stiffness of the joints and painful
swclliugs. quickly yield to its emollientin-
flucnce il heals bruises. cuts, scalds, etc.
with astonishing rapidity. For strains,
spring halt, scratches, saddle, collar and
harness gals, as well as the more serious
external lnaladies Of the horse. it Is q swift
and thorough remedy.
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8usiness Aotitfs.

FRAUDULENT MI REPRESENTATIONS
Among the perniciOus frauds Of the Pc
Rod, there IS one which especially de-
serves the apprehension Of all wig place
a proper value on health and life Yae
swindle referred to consists IN the attempts
of irresponsible parties, in different sec
lions OF the United states, 10 force upon
the market vile astrirEent cOmpoundS
manufactured out Of damaged q worth
less drNgs AID refuse liquor, as prepare
tons possessing the rare medicinal virtues
of the most popular and eGic0cious OF all
vegetable tonics and observation-disclosures
ter's Stomach BitteTs.
The concoctors of these local bitter5'
are. in the truest sense Of the pbsases pub
lie enemies. Their fiery potions infamc
the stomach, stupefy the brains, and shat
ter the nerves of those who are unwise
enough 10 accept them as substitutes for
the the famous Vegetable Invigorant, that
for twenty years has been known through
out the Western Hemisphere as standard
article. ~
health-preserving. vitaliZing medicine, j.
as wide rs the world. and the miserable at
tcmDtS of needy nOStrum-n1 Ongers tC sup
plant it would be treated with silent con
Tempt. were il not that serious cOnsequEl-
ces sometimes follow the use OF the ncfari-
Gus compounds in question. whoever re-
commends any of them as remedies for
dyspepsia, biliOusnesS. constipation, inter
Inittent fever. rheumatism. or any other
complaint for which HOstetter's Bitters IS
q known specific. is guilty of "a moral. II
not legal miSdcmeanOr. At this season,
when the sun i releasing from the earth,
in the form of umwhOlesOne vapOrS. the
letters BittcrS will be OF the utmost service
10 persons with feeble constitutions
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DIX. GEO. Il FOX

Residence, No. Cottage street. once IA
DR.. Lewis Drug store, Rutland, Vt.
jan8dtf
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si~--~ 49, - sl;s4.Ias isi---s
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From the Bolton England Evening News.
\ FrightfuI Death.

A LION-TAMER TORN TO PIECES BY FIVE
LIONS, WITH A PANIC STRICKEN CROWD
LOOKING ON.