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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-02-06

TO make up pool and we would 90 in
ana run the Tribune the SATURDAY. be-
lore election he said that the Tribune
was ruined, that Sam Sinclair was bank
rupt and that the stock was going on the
market; he said the only thing to be
done was step into Sinc1air's place as
publisher of the Tribune and get up
pool to run it we were walking out by
place at Chappaqua called by Gabrielle
''Pussy's Place, and had been walking
arm-in-arm suddenly he let 60 of my
arm and ran behind this place. had
just said to him that it was very foolish
OF Mr.. Sinclair to get his business so ex-
tended and hazard the Tribune. he
jumped behind the pussy house quickly,
and peering out from behind it, cried
out, "a. j., it amt Sam is to blame. it
is | who have ruined the Tribune :" l
thought l had offended him; we did not
do much chopping at Chappaqua when
we went to the house he asked me to
excuse him for short time while he
wrote a letter.
The letter was to besent to Mr.. White
law Reid; | waited long time for him,
and fearing that | might lose the train,
| finally went up stairs; there saw Mr..
Greeley sitting in a stupor, with large,
fat letter in his hand; he handed me the
letter, and asked me to take it to Sam
Sinclair's, and they would take it to
Whitelaw Reid; as he gave me the let
ter he said to me, 81 never was a demo-
GRAFT, never had anything to do with the
democrats, never wanted to be a dem
ocrat, and | am not a democrat now,
and want you to tell that to everybody
on the cars, and to tell them that I am
utterly bankrupt;" he told me at Chap
paqua that he would have died if had
not come up there; he did not want to
read the papers but very seldom, and
would only read the Times, which he
read constantly; he would take up the
Tribune and throw it down in disgust,
and say that it was ruined; would say
to him, "You are mistaken; look at the
advertisements; he would reply, "They
are all deadheads; you know nothing
about 1.-THE paper is nothing but a
fraud-there is no brains about it :" then
he would take up the other papers and
say, "Here is a paper that has brains
there's the Iimes-look at the Herald
the advertisements in the Tri5nne amt
paid for; good God look at this paper
Opening the Times, It's making money
right along; there's no brains on the
Tribune, it's bankrupt and played out"
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pAclFIu RAILROAD,

pAcIFIu RAILROAD,
Mr.. c. w. Mead II States that
Northern Pacific railro, aonoa,,o
trains have run regularly =. ~
time all winter, from Duluth MI
head, on the Red River of the
without delay or obstruction from sn "
except for two days of the great storm,
January 9Th and 9th, during which time
trains were suspended by orders from
headquarters, waiting for the storm to
close. The following day the whole road
was opened, and there has been no trou-
BILE since. The snow fences have proved
completely successful, and protect the
track perfectly. Mr.. Mead will lay the
thirty miles of track remaining to reach
the Missouri river in twenty days, and
will have line of boats running to Fort
Benton, 1900 miles farther up the Mis-
souri, river, as soon as navigation opens.
The most friendly relations exist be-
tween the Northern and Canada Pacific
roads, and It now appears probable that
the construction of the latter road will
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-02-06

DEATH OF PROF. MAURY.-Matthew
Fontaine Maury, LII. D., professor of
physics at the Virginia Military Insti-
tute, died Saturday. He was formerly
lieutenant in the United States navy
and superintendent of the National OBJ
servatory at Washington, but at the out
break of the Southern rebellion event
with his State" virginia. and became a
commodore in the Confederate navy.
lie was the author of the Treatise on
Navigation, which was adopted as text
book for the navy; Wind and Current
Charts, with accompanying Sailing Di-
rections, one of the effects of which was
meeting of delegates of various mari
time nations with Lieutenant Maury at
Brussels in 1868, resulting in the adop-
ton of uniform plan of observations at
sea; The Physical Geography of the
Sea, his principal work; and numerous
papers on scientific subjects. The great
value of the book last mentioned was
recognized not only at home but in Eu-
AOPN5 ito auIlAOA lCCCAflHS WV COuipIl-
mcntary medals from the King of Prus-
STA, accompanied by letter from Won
Humboldt, gold medal for art and sci
ence from the Archduke Ferdinand or
Austria, and many other marks of
honor. He was born January 14th,
1906, and consequently his age was
siXty-seyen wears
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-02-06

THE BRIBERY SCANDAL IN KANSAS
The defeat of Pomeroy in Kansas,
coupled with the startling proof of his
attempt to purchase his reelection, re-
wives the investigation year ago into
his election in 1867, which was famous
piece of whitewashing. Hon, E. G.
Ross, who was himself a member of the
United States Senate some years ago,
testified that Pomeroy told him the cleo
ton had cost $4,000. He paid all the
bills at the Capitol House, where, as he
was total abstinence man, his friend
John Martin, furnished free whiskey.
Some of the members who voted for him
received federal offices and others were
paid money.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-02-06

SAD BREAKING Up OF HIS REASON HIS
FINANCIAL ANXIETIES.

At the continuation of the eXamina-
ton in regard to Horace Greeley's will
before the Surrogate on Monday when
Mr.. A. J. johnson was called he stood
up and facing the Surrogate spoke as
follows:
- stand here as the most intimate and
warmest friend of the dead Horace Gree
ley, and | think that | ought not to be
catechiSed on a witness stand as to mat
tiers which would seandalize the memory
Of my dead friend. | am also the friend
of his orphan daughters, and protest
against this cruel dissection of Horace
Greeleys life.
The Surrogate, however, told him
that his testimony must be given and he
then said, after describing Mr.. Greeleys
manifestations of monomaniai
''About half-past four o'clock on the
morning of the Both of October my wife
gave me notice that Mrs. Greeley was
DYING; dressed and went down stairs
| met Mr. Greeley who was wandering
about; he rushed up and said, "a. j.,
A. J.. we are all ruined and | want you
10 stand by us !" l said, Mrs. Greeley
Is out of her trouble new !" he answered.
''OU, l. ltJH Cdfb dUOOt tiioh1 4AONA1SA -
zone, but we are utterly-utterly-
; ruined !" | tried to convince him
" 4 was not so, but | could not sue
tnaI 5 would always break out afresh;
ceeu d, e. ',rday that we went to Chap
on tne % pat, Md not have carriage; he
paquI NC w press wagon would do,
salu ,has on 20, Nuey to pay for car
that he nau no 81 IN &c November at Chap
Tlage I ha i insisted that should take a
transfer Of all his proper, -o III Ia daid
Tribune stock and all the CO... ona n1 s and
that people were owing him n 'one fst anu
nothing would save him but my t 'aamIS
the Tribune stock; he said ! ao 9oo
make the Tribune shares at 81, NV
apiece, and that they were not wort :
more than $4,000; told him tnat ne
had better let that matter pass ana INA.
did not understand him he wanteo iiie
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Pension TO the Daughter Of Gen.
Taylor.
wAsH1serox, Feb. 4.

w AShl21lONs Il Gu Il
Speaker Blaine, to-day, having called
Mr.. Dawes to the chair, appeared upon
the floor, saying that he had, a few
minutes ago, had an interview in the
Speakers room, which had deeply touched
him. 1t was with the widow of Robert
c. Wood, late assistant surgeon in the
United States army, and daughter OF
Zachary Taylor, late President of the
United States. She had presented pc
tition, which he would not have read as
it presented state of facts that ought
not to be expected, viz. That the
daughter of Zachary Taylor was In need
of assistance. He had assured her that
he did not believe there would be a vote
against the bill, which he now introduced
granting Mrs. Wood pension OF so
per month, to date from the death of
her husband, March %, 1869, and was
passed by unanimous vote.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-02-06
Ont Of Town Notes.
pnIITNEY.


Key Stephen d. Brown, d. D., a
presiding elder, of New York city,
preached at the Methodist church, on
Thursday evening last In 1923 he
was preacher on this circuit.
The religious interest seems to be
undated here. Meetings are still being
held at the Methodist and Baptist
churches.
The school census has recently been
taken in district No. /. The clerk found
345 persons under 20 years of age in the
district, and "a births and deaths with
in the year 1872, and guesses that the
population in the district has gained
about so in the year.
in the severe cold weather of last
week, the mercury fell as low as thirty
degrees.
DpSERVpp
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WALLINGFORD.


wALLINGFoRD.
We had very cold snap last We'd
nesday morning, it was II deg. below
zero, and Thursday 30 deg. below, and
Friday morning 90 deg. above, and in
the afternoon it was 80 deg. above,
showing since the morning previous
rise of SO deg. 1t is an interesting
question as to where this great quantity
of caloric came from so quick.
A. j. Bartholomew has recently put
in a new turbine wheel into his sash
and blind factory. 1t does excellent exc
cution, and is great improvement on
the old ''oyershot" concern which it dis
places.
Wood is coming in quite rapidly
now, at from $500 to $500 and SIS. so,
according to quality.
-Four cans of milk are sent daily to
New York from this station
On Saturday evening, as previously
announced, Col G. 81. Joyce delivered
his lecture at the District Hall. He
handled the subject, ssThe History of
the Old Vermont Brigade" in q mastery
manner. Although he said it was not
prepared for a highly finished lecture,
it was in fact a highly elaborate pro-
duction. He pictured its history from
its starting place at Burlington its jour
ney to Washington via Baltimore, and
all its fiery and bloody experience dur
ing the terrible struggle with armed re-
bellion. There were passages of high
dramatic power in his descriptions of the
shock of great armies in the dread hour
of BATTLE; the fearful ordeal of fire,
flame and blood, and the thunder of the
,'red artillery" the deadly minnie bull
let" the ''howling SHELF and all the
murderous implements of war. There
were some pathetic portions where he
spoke of the dead whose names would
be forever immortal At the close he
called for any one in the room who once
belonged to the Old Brigade Seven came
forward, and as they did so there were
rousing peals of applause from the audi
ence. The Post, and all present passed
a unanimous voteof thanks to the speak
er for the rich treat he had given them.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-02-06

be begun at Fort Garry, advancing west
ward from that point and turning its
trade and travel over the Northern Paci-
fic to the eastern markets and seaports.
The rumor lately current that the North
ern Pacific intends to ask the govern
ment to guarantee their bonds is without
foundation.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-02-06

= George Brown, the Halifax cham
pion, is about TO challenge any other
sculler in the world, giving the prefer
ence to Joseph Sadler, of England
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-02-06
LUDLOW.

On Friday evening, January "a,
Mrs. Waughep, of Rutland, gave US an
evenings entertainment from able and
popular authors.
Some improvements are observed in
our post office. One hundred and twelve
new boxes have '.een put into the case,
and supplies of the patent Yale lock,
metallic front, have already been fur
nished for forty of them. This beauti-
full arrangement viii be extended as the
accommodation and pleasure of the pub
lie shall demand The number of money
orders issued from the office during the
wear 1872 was |, $50, amounting to $780,
026 g. The number of orders paid was
300, amounting to S., 523.77. The num-
Der of registered letters sent out was 257-
and the number received was 102.
A report of the condition of the
National Black River Bank has recently
appeared in which we find the resources
and liabilities to be each 1882, 633. ~.
On the morning of January 80, the
thermometer ranged from % to 30 de-
grees below zero.
According to the census of School
District No. I, the whole number of per-
sons is 999 the whole number of fam
lilies, 1855; the number of scholars, 272;
the number of deaths in the district in
1872 was "a the number of births. 20.
At a recent meeting of the Sons
of Temperance n. M. Pierce, d. G. w.
p, installed the following officers: f.
G. Robbins, w. O.; r. c. Haven,
w. A.. r. Emery, r. Mrs. J. Simonds,
F. S. L. H. Coffin, r. s.. Mrs. j. r.
Spafford, A. r. s.; A. B. Biggs, c.;
Miss E J. Stickney, A. c.; J. Carlisle,
l. s.; A. NJ Spafford, o. s.; Rev. N.
Perry, Chaplain. Lux.
PROCTORSvILLE.
The levee held recently at Trips
Hotel hall in Proctorsville, for the bene-
fit of the branch of the Fletcher Library,
was a success, and the managers realized
full $40 after deducting all expenses.
Gov. Fletcher has moved into his new
house, and the old mansion is vacant,
where were accustomed to gather around
the domestic hearth stone, the dis
tinguished family-comprising the late
Hon. Richard Fletcher, of Boston; AL
pheus Fletcher, the most skillful phys
ician of his time in Vermont Addison
Fletcher, long time a successful mer-
chant in Cavendish the Rev. DR.. Horace
Fletcher, late of Townshend, deceased
Asaph Fletcher, late of Woodstock, de-
ceased; and ex-Gov. Ryland Fletcher,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-02-06

One mouse catcher at Aarburg, III
Switzerland, caught 1881 mice in the
! ast three months of 1872, for which he
received bounty of three cents head.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-02-06

the only survivor of the family. 1t is
now almost or quite a hundred years
since the ancestor, DR.. Asaph Fletcher,
came from Massachusetts, to Cavendish,
and with the Proctors, Salmon Button,
the AtheTtons and their associates, as the
successors of, nay almost CO.
with Capt. John Coffein,
laid the foundation for the future pros
perity of the town. Time hath wrought
mighty changes in this period of hun
bred years. Changes too many and too
real to be written Not descendant of
Captain Coffein is known to reside in
the State even, and the children and
children's children of these pioneers of
progress are scattered all over this broad
land, while some still cling to the home
stead of their nativity.
MIDDLEBURY.
Through the kindness of James nj.
Slade, jr., District clerk, l am enabled
to give you the following statistics for
school district No. A, of Middlebury,
January l, 1878:
Whole No. of families in district, 373
Number of families having children
under 20 years of age, 248
Whole number of children, 5S2
Number under years old, IA
I" between 5 and 10 yerrs old, 166
g : 10 and Is 60 :" 145
9" :" Is and 90 I" /" 1877
Number of deaths during 1872, 81
g of births g g 81
g male deaths, ~
&c female :" IL
&C of male births, IL
g 3" female 6 %
The oldest person who died in 1879, in
Dis. No. 4, is Mrs. Laura B. Simmons,
aged 50 years and 7 months.
The oldest person in the district is
Mr.. Donahue, who is 90 years old. He
is partially blind, but retains his mental
faculties very well. The population of
our district is over 1000.
Curtis Woodbury. of Salisbury was,
on complaint of j. II. Lucia, States at
torney, arraigned on the 2Sth of Janua-
nv. charged with stealing some beef and
pork from Columbus Smith Of the same
town. and bound up in the sum of 5000
for appearance at the county court in
June next. and, in default of bail, was
committed to jail. A man by the name
of Raymond was also arraigned charged
as an accomplice, but was after lnvestl-
CATION discharged.
The fifth meeting of the Addison
County Temperance Society will be held
at Ferrisburgh on Thursday of this week,
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon. Speakers
are engaged to make the meeting an in
teresting one.
The past week has been with US one
of unusual severity. The cold at times
has been intensely severe. Thermome-
ter one day % : below zero.
The Supreme Court for Addison
county was in actual session one day
only. Three cases were argued and this
tribunal adjourned. Good for the peo-
pie, but not as profitable for the law
yers.
The snow is so deep in our noun
tain towns as to seriously impede the
people in the numbering business, and
the consequence is that few mills are be-
ing stocked for spring saving.
CANDOR.
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one each by the name of Howe, Nav
nard, Flagg, Warner and Hyde. At
this time not one representative of this
town is in college any where.
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Slavery in Ca ba.

The following address has been issued
by the Cuban Anti-slavcry Committee of
New York city:
Smyrna times., 1873-02-05
MARYLAND ITEMS.

Six hundred live turkeys arrived at Crisfield
on Saturday week from Norfolk, Va, on board
the steamer NOttoN.
Rev. w. B. Hiberton has been rendered the
pastorate of the Presbyterian Church, at
Elkton, with salary Of 81 900 per annum.
Failures. two or three failures are
reported amongst our business men recently,
involving heavy loss to their securities and
creditors ors-EIktoM Wig.
Nt,o Telegraph Line-The Wicomico &
PocouOke Railroad company have contracted
with the Western Union Telegraph company
for ihe erection of telegraph line from Sails
bury via Berlin to Snow Hill.
At LGst-Centreville has been without a
hotel since about 1868, when the only one in
the town was burned down. After waiting al
these long years, company has at last beer
formed with capital stock of $4,000, and the
work of rebuilding will begin at once, it il
said, on the sight of the old one.
Land Sats.--The farms of Mr. Davic
Biddle, near ChestertOwn, were sold last weel
by mortgagee. Rose Hill" 27S acres, wa
purchased by Thomas CotLingham, of Balti
more city, at 500 per acre and the 'Davi,
Biddle farm, 4G6 acres, by ThOs. Rowles, o
Howard county, at $40 per acre.
Disappeared Prof. G. S. Blake, Principa
of the Public School in Chesapeake City, dis
appeared very mysteriously, on Sabbath nigh
week. No clue to his whereabouts can b
obtained, though rumor is rife with numerous
but unfounded reports. As a teacher hi
reputation was very high, and his loss in tn
school is severely felt.
Remarkable Dog.-Mr Robert Dashiell, re
siding on Monte, and well known in Somerse
county, has dog which continually goes int
the river and catches fish, bringing them by tn
head to the kitchen, and giving them to tn
cook. He swims out into the river, spies tn
fish moving about in half numbed condition
dives down, catches them by the head an
brings them ashore.
Smyrna times., 1873-02-05
Fer the Smyrna Time
A General Ditch Law.

The following article is from the pen of DR..
Cove Emerson, OF Philadelphia, and is hand
si to us for publication by Col. George w.
Cummins:
The Statutes of the State of Ohio include
general Ditch Law, drawn up with particular
attention in view of its great Importance to the
agricultural interests and health of the popu-
latlon. That it has operated successfully is
abundantly proven by what has been accom-
plished under Its provisions in many parts Of
that State. In Wood county, for example,
where much swampy land existed, commission
ers appointed under this general act, have laid
out no less than l30 drains, averaging 10 miles
In length, and making a total OF !, 800 miles.
Several townships in said county have laid out
an equal number averaging miles in length
During the summer and fall of 1867 nearly
400 miles of county bitches were made there
at an average cost of 81 900 per mile. One of
these is 30 miles long, from to 20 feet at the
bottom, to 6 feet in depth, deepening and
widening as it approaches its outlet. All this
work was accomplished under the general pro
visions of an effective Ditch Law, in a county
having g population 10000 less than Kent
County (See Report of the Agrieulturs&-le-
partment for 1861 No one can deny that the
County of Kent, and State at large, are much
crippled in their resources by having so much
swampy and unprOductive low lands. The
enorts 70 eject drainage hitherto made have
been limited, and many bitches located and
dug under the authority of existing statutes,
have tailed to produce the good results expect
ed from them. The fact Is that the existing
Statutes are insufficient to enforce the con-
struction Of proper bitches, and, what is OF
vital Importance, keep them carefully cleaned
out after they are made. Hence the great
necessity of new Ditch Law for the State
incorporating all provisions required to locate
and construct new bitches where needed, and
keep open all water courses, whether new Of
old, Many, of what are called company
bitches now id existence, have entailed losse
on those who made them, mainly becausu
there was not sufficient authority given in th,
laws under which they were made to compe
those through whose lands they ran to keel
them open. When this occurs all who owl
lands up stream, are serious sufferers N
effective drainage can be accomplished unit
this -tat" # things is remedied by due Legis
latIye enactment