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

! Gen. Cabral has organized new
| provisional government for San Do
mingo
The Erie View Hotel, near Bing-
hamton, n. Y, was burned down Mon
day evening
Albert E. Getchel1, dealer In hats,
cut his throat in Boston, Monday even
ing.
/ Harrison Patrick, noted Ku-Klux,
has been captured.
Gen. Rosecrans denies that he is In
favor of filibustering attempt to annex
Mexico.
The President of the Transvaal Re
public (Africa) has resigned.
The eighth annual meeting of the
State Working Mems Association con-
vened at Albany, N. Y, Tuesday.
Won Soldatenkoff, Commissioner
from Russia to visit American prisons,
is in Minnesota.
The Boston Board of Trade have
asked for regular weekly mail from
that port to Liverpool.
The great Story oil-farm suit, at
Erie, Penn, was Tuesday, decided in
favor of the plaintiff, who got verdict
of $31, 095
The rag warehouse of Klaurer, ia
cobs s. Co., in st. Louis, was burned
Monday night; loss $4,000.
The annual convocation of the Grand
Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of New
York, will be held at Albany, on Feb
ruary 6.
The excitement still continues in
Manitoba, over the discovery OF Gold in
Peace River district, over 600 miles from
Fort Edmonton.
Eighteen thousand persons will at
tend the Thanksgiving services, at St.
PauIs Cathedral, London.
Mr.. E. B. Williams, Liberal men,
Der of the British Parliament, will make
a brief visit to the United States.
The steamer Havana, from New
Orleans and Key West, has been quaran-
tined at Havana for smallpox.
Dennis Shea, at Manchester n. H.,
Tuesday, killed his wife with flat-iron,
and then cut his own athroat, dying in
stantlv.
The remains of Gen. Halleck
reached Cincinnati about o'clock Tues
day evening, on the way to Jersey City.
Gen. Emory having been ordered by
the President to hold the troops in New
Orleans in readiness to prevent blood
shed, both parties have subsidized, and
comparative quiet is restored.
Rick discoveries continued to be
made in the African diamond fields.
Among others, two diamonds had been
found of 1000 carats each.
The San Francisco Board of Super
visors will not purchase the Spring Val
ley waterworks for that city.
Col. B. F. Washington formerly
Mayor of SacramentO), Collector of the
port of San Francisco, is dead.
The Wisconsin Assembly have
adopted a resolution requesting their
Representatives in Congress to use every
effort to procure the passage of the Pos
tai Telegraph bill
The Richmond, Ind, gas works ex-
ploded Tuesday night. No lives lost.
The accident was caused by changing
the purifier. Loss about $4,000.
The African mail steam packet Mac
gregor Laird was recently driven ashore
in gale on the Guinea coast The pas
sengers and crew were saved.
The Spanish National Cortes met
on Tuesday, when Senior Herrara, Min
isterial candidate for President, was de-
fcated. This defeat will probably lead
to Ministerial changes.
1t is reported at ST Thomas that a
revolution, headed by Pimental, is in
progress in San Domingo against Baez.
and three small towns have risen.
The laborers on the railroad in Pan
anna have struck and the company have
called on the government to protect the
employees. Much delay is occasioned to
the steamers unloading.
The steamer Hasster, with the Am
erican scientific party, put into Barba-
does December %, to repair her air
pumps. Dr. Martin left and returned
home on the steamer Erie, owing to
trouble with his eyes.
The Rev. DIR. J. d. Bradley deliy-
cred sermon on Sunday in the Forty
third street church, New York, (Episco-
pail announcing his secession and adop-
ton to the Catholic religion. He was
educated Of Oxford University, Eng
land
AT a meeting of the voters in
Tweed's district, on Sunday night, let
ter was framed to be sent to Tweed ask
ing him to represent them in the State
senate or resign. 1t is stated that the
reason that Tweed has not yet gone to
the senate is that he only lacks two
votes of that body to secure his seat,
and is quietly working to secure those
two.
limited States Minister Rioltc has
demanded of the Nicaraguan govern
ment PREPARATION and damage for certain
injuries done to American citizens by
agents Of the Nicaraguan government.
The Nicaraguan forign minister respond
ed that Nicaragua was willing to take
the matter under consideration, either
by mixed commission or by arbitra-
ton, but only on condition that the
claims of NiCaraguan citizens for DANA
grs by the bOmbardment of GreytOwn
and by Walker be allowed.