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

Tickets for Rev f. Mills lecture,
which will be delivered next Friday
evening in the basement rooms of the
Rutland Baptist church, for the benefit
IF the young mems bible class of that
society, can now be had of members OF
the class or at futile s. Co.'S bookstore.
The subject of Mr.. Mills lecture will be
Ancient Jerusalem" to be followed
soon by lecture by Rev. ]. G. John
son subject, Modern Jerusalem"
These lectures will be very interesting,
as they will be illustrated by large en-
cravings representing modern and IAN
cicnt Jerusalem Tickets, 25 cents each
iar single lecture, or 40 cents for both.
The mean temperature of each quar-
Ter Of December except the first were
hclow the average Of these quarters for
forty-eight years. The last quarter was
he coolest for half a century, and the
mean Of the whole month lower than for
any December since 1885. Christmas
moruiug was the coolest since February
5rb. 1871. Snow fell on eleven days in
January to the depth Of 204 inches (the
largest quantity in any month in several
yrars.)
-Geor" D. Spoouer has purchased
of Lawson Dawley the Barnes-Chapln
farm. about two miles north of this vii
'aee. and has taken possession thereof.
The slate business in Rutland coun-
Nv, for the coming season, looks par
ticularly promising. Dealers in Poult-
ucy inform us that in that town the
business never promised better.
The report that the Vermont Cen
tral railroad company has given up the
lrase Of the New London Northern rail-
road company is incorrect. The Yer
aont Central managers have simply
...me to the very sensible conclusion
hat it Is difficult and Improbable to run
,h- road at arms length from st. AL
hqns, and propose hereafter to manage
it Grom New London, which is the head
l.arters Of Col. George A. Merrill Sup
,rintrndert. and the other new officers
5f the road.
Forty per cert of the old Vermont
Central claims has been paid. The 9TH
or twenty per cent, installnents viii
come along at regular intervals. Ogde3tS-
5,trg JournaL
Samuel Sinclair, late publisher of
me New York 7'rilone, has gone into
bl1kruoicy.
r. Charles /. Kimball, Superintendent
of the Dutchess and Columbia railroad,
has been appointed general superinten-
dent of the New York, Boston and Mont
real railroad, which gives him one hun
drnd and seventeen miles more track 60
look after.
The distance from New York To-
Rutland by the New York, Boston and
Montreal railroad viii be two hundred
and thirty-ive miles.
Jim Nye on hearing OF Mr.. Patlrf-
sons purpose to go before the Poland
committee again and explain" his letter
Of January 4th, 1878, to Cakes Amcs,
strolled over to the New Hampshire
Senator's desk, slapped him on the back,
and uttered winged words as follows;
Patterson, if l wanted to take out d
patent for a id fool, I'd send you to
the Patent Office as my model So says
an exchange.
The drawing room cars on the day
trains between st. Adams and New
York, via Rutland, have been hauled
off. The cars will be put in thorough
repair and replaced on the line on the
opening Of spring business.
Edward Johnson, late publisher Of
the Pittsfield Mass. Times, has become
associate editor of the Burlington Free
Press.
A correspondent from Port Henry
writes us that the races, advertised to
come off in that place recently, were
declared void, and all bets off.