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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-03-20

4 GOLDEN WEDDING OUT WEST
From the Jacksonville, Mich, Citizen,
we learn of the long continued welfare
of an old couple, who were former
ly resident in Pittsford, in this coun-
ty, and now living at Parma, Michigan,
where they celebrated their golden we'd
ding, February nth. These are Nathan
Dean and his wife, formerly Triphena
Smith, sister of Orlin Smith, Mrs Brad
ley Burditt and Mrs. German Hendee,
now living in Pittsford. On the coca
sion referred to, the children, grand
children, friends and neighbors, assem-
bled at the residence of Mr.. Dean, and
the PASTOR Rev J. III. Ross, in behalf
of the children, presented Mr. Dean with
a substantial gold headed cane, and Mrs.
Dean with an elegant gold watch.
Father Dean then accepted the pres
ents, and proceeded to give a condensed
statement of some of the incidents con-
nected with his past life. He stated that
after keeping shanty alone one summer,
in the thick woods of Depeyster, st.
Lawrence county, n. Y, where be had
moved from Pittsford, he started for
Vermont to marry his wife, on foot and
alone, two hundred miles, with his pack
containing clothing etc, on his back.
Returning after few months, they
started life in the shanty, and proceeded
to convert the trees of the surrounding.
forest into more substantial and CON-
Portable abode. Here they resided about
twelve years, and in the meantime he
was appointed captain of company of
militia, and trained as only those wild
woods boys knew how to train, with
the help of the spirit and some of the
fire of their old revolutionary fathers, to
say nothing of any other spirits. About
this time they embraced religion, were
converted and joined the Methodist
church.
Immediately after his conversion, he
resigned his commission as captain, and
in few. years removed to Michigan, set
tied in the year 1885 in the township OF
Sandstone, jackson county, near the |
village of Parma. Here be again found |
himself in the woods having located his |
land at government price, and again
in shanty. Here, surrounded with the
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-03-20

DEATH OF MATTHIAS A PIKE. An
other of Saratoga's oldest and most re-
spected citizens, Matthias A. Pike, ex-
PRED at seven o'clock Friday evening,
in the seventy-sixth year of his age. He
was born in December, 1897, at Pitts
ford, VT, and removed to Fort Ann,
Washington county, in tkis State, about
1920, when he married. For many years
he was active in politics in Washington
county, and for a long time was justice
of the peace and superintendent of the
poor. From 1S4S to 1862, he was col
iector of tolls at Whitehall. In 1852 he
moved to this village to act as treasurer
of the Empire Insurance Company,
which position he held until the CON-
pany suspended business. For ten years
be was police justice in this place, and
in 1866 and 1867 was postmaster. He
lived with his wife, who survives him,
fifty-three years. -Soratogiar, Saturday.
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FOSTER OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED OF THE
GOVERNORS DECISION. = The official
document of Governor Dix ordering Fos-
ter to be executed on the 21st inst. was
received by the Sheriff in New York,
Saturday. Sheriff Brennan, accompa-
panied by Deputy Sheriff Joel Stevens,
visited the Tombs Sunday morning at
nine o'clock, and officially notified Fos-
ter of the decision of Governor Dix.
The Fprisoner manifested no particular
emotion. DR.. Stephen II. Tying half
an hour later drove up in carriage to
the Franklin street entrance He was
Immediately ushered into the presence
of the prisoner, and remained locked up
in his cell until noon.
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A Lost VIII.



AND WHAT IT WAS WORTH TO WOMAN.
Two or three months ago J. Rowell,
the furniture dealer on Michigan ave-
nue., set about overhauling a desk filed
with old papers-papers which had been
accommodating on his hands for several
years, until he could scarcely say how
he got the most of them. After throw
ing away q bushel or more of the docu-
ments, he came upon paper sealed and
tied with red tape. He could not re-
member having seen it before, and was
amazed when he broke the seal and read:
Last will and testament of Israel Whit
worth. Getting further down he found
that the paper was nine years old, and
that the viii gave to margaret Davis,
my sister, OF her children, the Gordon
farm, situate two and One-half miles
from St. Joseph, Mo-, together with all
live stock and farming utensils; further,
the sum of S5, 900 in bank in st. Joseph,
(unless | shall have withdrawn it, my
gold watch, my household furniture and
One-half of what my house may bring
at private sale.
So read the will as far as her sister
and her kin were concerned, and then
Whitworth made requests to several
other relatives. The will was dated
''Detroit, August IS, 1863 1t occurred
to Mr. RoWcll that the will might be of
some account to some one, and he wrote
to Mrs. Davis, directing the letter 10 st.
Joseph, Mo La about two weeks he
received d reply from her, dated at
Weston, same State, his letter having
been forwarded to that place. She stat
ed thai her brother had been dead nearly
eight wears and that she had never
known Of a will. The propcrtv had
been divided among four near relatives
of the deceased, or should have been,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-03-20

THE BANKRUPToY AMENDMENT.-AB
act approved March 8, declares. THAT
it was the true intent and meaning of an
act approved june 8, 1862, entitled An
act to amend an act entitled, IAN act
to establish a uniform system Of bank
ruptcy throughout the United States,
approved March 2, 1867. That the ex-
emptions allowed the bankrupt by the
said amendatory act should, and il IS
hereby enacted that they shall, be The
amount allowed by the constitutions and
laws OF each State respectively as ex-
isting in the year 1871 aud that such
exemptions be valid against debts con
tracted before the adoption and passage
Of such State constitution and laws, as
well as those contracted after the same,
and against liens by judgment or decree
Of any State court, any decision Of any
such court rendered since the adoption
and passage Of such constitution and
laws 10 the contrary notwithstanding
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-03-20

VERMONT DIVISION OF THE PORTLAND
AND OGDENsBURG RAILRoAD.-This new
road has been particularly fortunate
during this unusually hard season for
railroading. A correspondent of the
journal says: SIN the last severe
storm, few days since, the train came
in from Hyde Park with the engines and
cars almost concealed from the sight
by the snow piled upon them This was
during the most severe storm we have
seen for years. Eighteen inches of snow
fell, and the storm closed up with q gale.
The snow was piled up fearfully, but
the trains have gone right along and
made connections every day. No road
in New England has made better time
this winter. The trains have not been
blocked on any trip over an hour-pret-
ty well for a road crossing the Green
Mountains.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-03-20

MEANS BUSINESS. We congratulate
our citizens and the people of Western
Vermont generally upon the information
received by telegraph from London, and
published in our columns, yesterday
morning, that six and a quarter million
dollars of the loan of the New York,
Boston and Montreal railroad had been
negotiated at two per cent. premium.
This is not only great financial sue
cess, but it means business and immedi-
ate business at that. 1t means that the
new through air line, from New York,
through the valley of Western Vermont,
is to be constructed and put in running
order 1t means new developments for
our mineral and industrial resources, new
markets for our products and general
prosperity for this rich and productive
valley. We congratulate the manage
ment of the road upon the successful
completion of their negotiations, and the
people of Vermont upon their future
development and prosperity.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-03-20

SPHERE OF WOMAN ESLARGED.-A
Jackson township woman challenges any
man in the county TO meet her and con-
test their superiority in Grading or NOW
ing in the harvest field, chopping wood,
hauling with team, hitching up and
breaking green mules, or any manual la
Dor generally performed by men in the
country. We do not make this chal-
lenge upon mere rumor, but with the
consent of the lady in question, whose
responsibility cannot be Questioned.
She also proposes to wrestle any re-
spectacle man from this county who
will meet her in Jackson township, ac-
companied by friends who will vouch
for him. She has been engaged az
winter in hauling coal In the village of
Herndon, and boasts that she can do
more work of any ordinary kind than
any man In the ounty.-jSuabury (Pa.)
Democrat
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A Troy GmL's MIsTAKE.-Not long
ago. a gentleman visited a highly res
pectable family Of Troy He had what
is known as an opera hat-one so auang-
ed with springs as 10 fold it fat and sit
on il without iDjuring IT, The daughter
of the household. q charming young
lady, took it into hcr head to astonish
her father. She went into the hall and
took the visitors hat. as she supposed.
and going up 20 her father, said
Father, you've worn this hat long
enough; you must get a new one, and
Immediately sat down on the top of it,
with a great crash Sure enough, she
had taken her fathers hat hv mistake,
and he never wore 1t again.
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The Colonel was disposed to assert his
rights, and took unbrage at the frequent
consultations of stockholders. ''There
is too much buzzin' about hcah to suit
me-" he would say. eff there's any
buzzin' to be done, I'll buzz myself BY
Jove! I've been elected managin' editah
of this papah, an, by Jove. I'm goin'
to manage it. If these gentlemen amt
satisfied NTH my management, my res
ignation at their suhvice; but / don't
want any buzzin' around me. Come,
Henry, let's go an get cawktail."
Col. Clusky had none of the absurd
prejudice against personal journalism
which some of the sedate and stupid
newspapers of the day affect. s'Boys, ;"
he would say, ''to-mo'ah we must open
on em along the whole line. I'll go for
'em on the second page, an want I'm
dahwood to go for 'em in the local, and
Smith can go for EN- in the telegraph,
and Hendahson in the commercial, and
among us all we'll make it hot. It's
about my time O day to take cawktail,
and | want the whole force to go out
with me-"
Col. Mike came from country where
the code was in force, and he had an
idea that nothing helped a newspaper
SO much as for some one connected with
it to shoot some one or get shot himself.
When it became necessary to reorganize
the Ledger force and somewhat condense
it, the difficulties of the situation began
to manifest themselves. Ordinarily
when a proprietor or managing editor
desires to dispense with the services of
an employee, it is very easy matter to
drop him note politely informing him
that his services are no longer required.
The discharged employee bites his lip,
pockets the note, draws his salary, caus-
es a paragraph to be inserted in one of
the other city daily papers, stating that
he has resigned" or severed his con-
nection, and. then he proceeds to get
Systematically and thoroughly drunk.
But i'll Kentucky it is more serious
matter. Kentucky talent takes it as
mortal affront that any proprietor should
fail to appreciate it, and it is disposed to
hold somebody to personal responsibility
or at least to demand an explanation. IA
half dozen affairs of honor only failed
on account of the difficulty of fixing the
sponsibility. Matthews was the Jor-
kins of the firm and owing to his divided
duties on each side of the river, it was
hard to find Matthews. One of the en-
ployes whose services were dispensed
with, spent a fortnight and a half of his
last weeks salary in travelling between
Louisville and New Albany, for the pur-
pose Of putting a head on Matthews.
Fortunately, however, they never met
until the force Of the indignity was
spent
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-03-20

THOMAS CREE IN VERMONT. = The
Troy Times of Monday says: "About
the first of February, Thomas Cree, late
of Washington county, made his APP
pearance at Montpelier. He said be was
in poor health from hard work, and
had come there for rest and to recruit
his jadcd energies. He took board in
the family of Lyman Camp, and re-
manned five days there. He then said he
would go to Boston but would return in
a few days. He left his trunk at Camps
where it is now, he paying ten dollars
on account of board prior to and during
his absence. But he has never put in an
appearance at Montpelier since he took
the Boston train one morning. Camp
claims that while Cree was at Montpe-
lier, the Cashier of the Bank of Poult-
ney visited him and the two spent the
greater part of the day together at the
Pavilion Hotel. What does the cashier
say to this ? It does not look at all as
though Cree was on the route to Texas
when he was at Montpelier.
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SERIOUS ACCIDENT. - Mr.. Columbus
Smith of Salisbury, while walking with
friend in the street in East. Middlebury,
last Saturday, 18th, was overtaken by
two young ladies, in a cutter, driving a
fast horse, and, by an act of sheer care
lesSness, they ran against Mr.. Smith,
knocking him down, throwing him a
distance of some eight feet. He was
taken up in an insensible condition and
found to be quite severely hurt. The
thill struck him in the thigh and side
and he was considerably bruised. 1t is
wonderful he was not killed on the
spot, as he is a very heavy man and fell
with great force.
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From the y. !. Independent
The NOW Executive OF Spain.
TIE cAREER AND cHARAcrER OF FIGErRAs

THE CAREER AND CHARACTER OF FIGETPAs
Figueras assumes the chief scat in the
Spanish executive at sixty-three, in the
very prime of his mental powers and
physical vigor. But although far from
being an old man, his career has been
long in thrilling events. AT eighteen he
had become an ardent politician, had
enrolled himself among the Radicals of
his native Barcelona, and had been
marked as a dangerous parsonage by the
agents of the Government. When he
was twenty-one he had become an avoW-
ed Republican, and begun to perform
the perilous role of conspirator against
the Bourbon throne. Aver and anon
from that time he appears at intervals on
the stormy stage of Spanish politics, al
ways propagating Republican ideas, stir
ring up discomfort and resistance against
the corrupt and despotic powers at Mad
rid, organizing instructions, hurrying
from Barcelona to Madrid, from Madrid
to Terragona, with messages of disloY-
aItv and prospects of revolution. In
1848, when Spain like Italy and Germa-
nv, caught the revolutionary infection
from France. Figueras was in the thick
of the conflict. counseling, commanding
and acting with all the ardor of intense
conviction AT thirty-two he found
himself deputy in the Cortes, sent
thither by Barcelona, and forming With
Orenzi, Tsozano, and Jaen. little but
stout souled phalanx of four Three
years later the phalanx was swelled to
twenty-one, who thought themselves
strong enough to openly propose and
vote for rnnublic, and after the revo-
luton of 1868 the party increased to
seventy, who have just achieved the long
hoped for victory. THROUGHOUT the pc
Rod between 1861 and 1872, Figueras
continued the foremost champion of
the publicans-sometimes as Deputy
In the Cortes, sometimes as courageous
but cautious conspirator, masking his
operations behind his advocates gown.
He has been prisoner, an exile, and
always suspect; and through it all has
never once recanted, or even concealed
his opinions. An open enemy from the
first to the throne of Isabella, and to
all thrones whatsoever, he has extorted
the respect while continually exciting
fears Of the monarchial statesmen.
Meanwhile Figueras, engaged thus ac-
lively in the most continuously turbu-
lent political drama which Europe has
witnessed since Napoleon landed at st.
Helena, has not neglected the studies
begun with zeal in early youth. His
knowledge of the law was not inferior
to that of any advocate at the Madrid
bar. His powers as lawyer long ago
ranked him among its leading members.
His speeches in the Cortes betray ia
miliarity with history, especially with
that of Spain, which should be. but sell
dom is, among the cardinal qualifications
of craftsmanship. In this department
of learning he is excelled, perhaps, on
w hy CASTELAR,, whose knowledge of
English and American political annals is
for Spaniard, wonderful. Unlike most
radical leaders In Europe, Figueras is
devout believer In Christianity. On one
occasion he made so impressive decla
ration of his faith in the Cortes that,
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The strakosch Concert.

The Strakosch concert last evening at
the Opera House was attended by good
audience, both in point of numbers and
OF culture. Seldom has Rutland had
such galaxy of musical talent to pa
tronize, and, if some were disappointed
because Mario did not appear, and 9TH
ers were deferred from attending as
their favorite. Cary, could not sing, still
many availed themselves of the remain
ing attractions, and all were highly graft
ned. OF the concert as a whole, we
have simply to say, that it was open to
but one objection, lack of vocal and
predolninence of instrumental music.
and, if these had been little more even
ly balanced, we might snm up the merits
of the whole affair in exclaiming sex
cellent."
The programme was varied but
slightly from that announced yesterday
morning, owing to the inability of Cary
to appear, she being suffering from a
severe throat affection. Mile. Carreno
and Mons. Sauret first presented them
selves for our edifcation and applause,
in a duet for piano and violin, and
achieved both. Signor Scolara followed
in the aria, 'Miei Rampolli," from Ros-
SIM, when Sauret gave mastery violin
solo. Patti now appeared amid raptur-
Gus applause, which was redoubled and
prolonged to the echo when she had
done with ''Caro Nome, and in response
she gave Coming thro' the Rye" with
such naiUette as but few can master.
Mile. Carreno closed part first with a
piano solo, brilliant in execution and
thrilling in effect.
Part second opened with a violin solo
from Mons Sauret, which was applaud
ed to the encore, as it deserved. Signor
Scolara was warmly welcomed on his
second appearance and left the stage
with a universal encore ringing in his
ears, and the eagerncss of the audience to
listen to him again was not appeased by
any bows, but demanded temperance.
He himself came to this conclusion and
acted accordingly. Patti came again to
a triumph and the delighted listeners in
sisted on more, which was given in the
laughing song" with a most obliging
grace and spirit. Mile. Carreno now
came in for her laureIs and surpassed all
her previous efforts. Her rendition Of
difficult passages was much in the man
ner of Gottschalk. and indeed her whole
style reminds one of that great artist
In response to an encore she reappeared
and held the audience well-nigh spell
bound until Mile. Patti and Signor Scol-
ara closed the concert witha magnificent
duet from Donizetti This allowed both
artists some opportunity to display their
rauge, which they did with admirable
effect.
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found majority In the American Sen.
ate, who will hesitate to record them.
selves in favor of honest elections, or
who will neglect to take this occasion to
announce, in unmistakable terms, the
fact that whoever seeks seat in that
august body must come with clean hands
and unspotted reputation. This duty
they owe alike to themselves and tho
American people.
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Execution of rIurdcrsrs.
GEORGE DRIVER.

fE-bINt@ bisl EN-
CHICAGO, III March a.
George Driver, who killed his wife on
the morning Of the 18th OF last Novem
Der, by shooting her with pistol, bor-
rowed from his son, was executed in the
county jail this afternoon, at 224 O'Clock.
Last night was spent mainly in prayer,
bis spiritual adviser being of the Pres
bytcrian faith. This morning a Jesuit
father visited him. but he declined to
follow his advice He said that he was
once Catholic. because his wife and
children were such, but he had re-
nounccd the faith since conviction, and
would die Presbyterian. About noon
he expressed a desire to converse with
Rafferty,. another murderer. who is con-
fined in the Jail, under sentence of death,
and who has been granted supersedcas
twice. Driver spoke with him long, and
cutrcated him to make peace with Heay
en- rafferty, laughed at him The chill
drcn of the doomed man acted unfeeling-
ly and strangely. They talked and
laughed with strangers, as if at levee.
Shortly after o'clock, Driver was la
ken from the cell, where he was pray
ing, and brought to the scaffold, which
he mounted firmly and without hesita-
ton When asked if he had anything
to say, he addressed the crowd, stating
that whiskey had brought him to the
gallows. He advised all to shun liquor
as poison that injured the body and
mind The drop fell at 2:24 o'clock p.
M, and in eleven minutes he was dead.
JOHN W. OSBORNE
KNOXVILLE, Ind, March IA.
John W. Osborne was brought here
early this morning from Galesburg. He
seemed in good spirits, and ate heartily
about II o'clock. This morning he con-
fessed to w. Mathews, brother of John
Mathews, that he killed Mrs Mathews.
He said he followed her to the cellar and
hit her on the back of the head with a
brick and left her. Returning, he cut
her throat with knife He denies that
he ravished her, but affirms that he was
hired to kill her. His statement was
written out in full, and handed to the
minister for publication. AT one o'clock
he was brought on to the scaffold, and
stated that he had written full con-
fcssion. lie made nospeech and showed
no fear. When asked if ready, he said,
Eyes sir" promptly, and stepped smil-
ingly on the trap. His hands and feet
were pinioned, the black cap adjusted,
and at one o'clock and eleven minutes
the trap fell. He fell about five feet.
His neck was not broken, and he died
of strangulation. His struggles were
terrible and lasted some time. In 80
minutes life was pronounced extinct
and the body cut down.
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turning SO soon as expected, the Office
boy went out and found him lying on
his back near the Office and quite dead.
He was taken home and examined by
the physicians, who pronounced the
cause of his death apoplexy. So far as
is known he had never shown any pre-
disposition to it, and though a young
man of full habit, his health was excel
lent and his manner of living perfectly
regular and temperate.
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ACCIDENT AT PoRT HENRy.-Willie,
youngest son of B. M. Beckwith, ESQ.,,
of Port Henry, N. Y, was severely in
jured one day last week by falling out
of the upper window of his barn, strik-
ing upon his head. At first doubts
were entertained of his recovery, but at
last accounts he was much better and
will probably recover.