Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-04-03

| scale works, enjoys sound teeth. tough
| law and a stiff neck. The other day he
accepted challenge to lift barrel of
| flour with his teeth. The flour was roll
ed out; Joe tied string around it, stuck
his teeth into the string, carried the bar
| rel of flour about rod, and won.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
Hunter 81 Shiland Essex Junction,
commenced running their paper mill
again April 1st.,
Mr. Hamilton S. Peck and Mr..
| Elihu B. Taft were admitted to the bar
at the recent term of Chittenden County
Court These gentlemen are graduates
of the University and studied law in the
office of Wales q Taft, in Burlington.
james NJ Chadwick has retired
from the proprietorship of the Central
House, Essex Junction, and is succeed
ed by Geo. p Howe. Mr.. Howe is well
and favorably known throughout that
section as the owner of the stage line
from Essex Junction to Johnson.
Major Gardner s. Blodgett of Bur
| lington, Assistant U. S. Commissioner to
! the Universal Exhibition at Vienna, left
for that city Wednesday morning, and
will sail from New York for Europe
!
scWeser" Our hearty wishes are eX-
tended the Major for prosperous yoy-
age and good health during his sojourn
at the Austrian Capital. He will be
absent from home about six months.
ESSEX COUNTY.
AT the opening of the term of court
at Guildhall, few days ago, the clergy
man who made the prayer, petitioned in
this manner: go Lord, impart wisdom
and grace to the jurors, the bench, and
| all the members of the cOurt-and even
to the lawyers"
The recent term of the county court
was a short one Only one jury trial
took place; that of the State gS. Charles
Marden for an assault with intent to
kill Moses Eastman of Lunenburgh.
Verdict not guilty.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The Sentinel says that the Catholics
of Richford are getting out timber and
! stone for a new church to cost So, 900.
Negotiations are in progress for the
connection of the two railroads at Rich
| ford. If any arrangement can be made
satisfactory to both roads, a bridge will
| be built across the river near the Missis-
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| Eastern Counties Junction depot.
| Last year the United States govern
ment surveyed Swanton HarbOr-the
| point where the Portland and Ogdens-
/ burg railra adj strikes Lake Champlain
! The result is a favorable report of the
! engineers-that the plan is such that a
harbor should be provided for shipping
| on the lake towards the northern end
and it is considered fully equal to that
at Burlington. A breakwater is needed,
as at Burlington, and in the river and
harbor improvement bill passed by the
| last Congress, there is an appropriation
| of $4,000 to begin it.
GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
"A shock of earthquake was felt in
Alburgh, lasting three-quarters of min
ute, on Tuesday morning last. about
half-past one o'clock,
The Masons of the county recently !
enjoyed a festival at the residence of |
| Brother Hon. Ira Hill of Isle La Motto. |
"A successful musical convention |
came off at Isle La Mott, March 14th. |
The Island is a whole singing school of
! itself, and contains musical talent. The
affair was gotten up, and conducted by
Prof A. NJ. Bugbee of Chazy, n. Y.
LAMoILE COUNTY.
The post office department has ar
ranged so that the mails win reach |
Waterville on Tuesdays, Thursdays and |
Saturdays of each week
While drawing ice, Lyman Walker, |
of North Cambridge, was thrown from |
his load and badly injured, his head |
striking the ice with such violence as to |
render him insensible.
"A bold attempt was made to rob /
Mr.. S. SCOTS store in Eden, last We'd |
nesday night, the money drawer being |
taken by means of removing a pane of .
glass from the window The drawer
was found the next morning near the I
store, minus the money, though it con-
tanned but small amount when taken.
"A. p. Holmes, town agent of Stowe, |
was arrested for selling liquor contrary /
to law, but after one or two hearings the /
prosecution fell through The whole I
board of town officers wrote States At /
torney Niles that there was no need of /
interference on his part in Stowe, as |
they were entirely satisfied with the |
liquor business as conducted in their |
town.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Hiram Roberts fell into the bleach
cry of the paper-mill, at Thetford Cen |
tire, and was badly burned.
-Silas Danforth, of Topsham. fifteen |
years old, stole a coat and a pair of |
pants from O. T. Morrison, of Groton. |
He was pursued and found in the cellar
of Elisha Moulton, of Topsham, from |
which he was taken to GrOton, and |
brought before Judge Darling, who sent |
him to the Reform School, in Water |
| bury, to await trial.
John Grace, of Starksboro. and Ed. |
Ransom, of Williston, were choping at |
Walden, and at work on one log about |
twelve feet apart when Ransoms axe |
flew out of his hands, cutting bad cash |
on Grace's heel. Grace came near
bleeding to death before the blood could |
be stopped.
"A blast from the ledge back of the |
residence of Erastus Baldwin, at Wells |
River, recently, threw up two stones |
which came into Baldwin's chamber. |
One, weighing about $50 pounds, went |
through the roof, broke bedstead, and |
lodged on pile of books; another went |
through the gable end, and another |
through the door. Baldwin lives in q |
dangerous locality. at present. The |
other day stone of a ton weight struck |
within foot of his house
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Henry Turner has returned to |
Craftsbury from his confinement in the
Orleans county Jail, for the shooting of |
Charles Mercy, on the third of March,
1872, without trial.
The passenger depot in Newport
was robbed of about $50, last week. Ed. |
Fisher, of West Derby, proved the guilty
party, and is now in jail for want of |
bonds, for trial.
The Governor appointed no locating
committee in the matter of the county |
seat, so that matter of removal has fall |
len to the ground for the present.
John Anderson, of Glover, is the
possessor of a curiosity in the shape of
a calf born week before last. The body
is the usual size, with a head like a |