Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-08-21
news and Notes.

Juodi EdFiy mas been elected nre.;
dent OF the Southern Historical Socci Co.
Three fatal cases of Asiatie cb1ls.
were reported at Chicagoon FridaV v''5i4
The new passenger depot in L.
City will be the largest in the ~
The three oldest citizens Of PHI I;Il,
phia are Coddington Chasebrongbi- ''1 ~,
Horace Binney, 90 and Ambrose VIZ -
90. "hi'e'
Large quantities of Western b,,...
are now sent to the Eastern MAJ
where it is said to be sold as the rroJs,,
of favorite New York and Verno1r-..
diaries.
The returns Of the Agricultural n.
partment for the first Of AugUst ir,l;a ~
a general and somewhat marked -~ =.
provement in the condition and nro,a 1-'-
of the cotton crop since tie first ~
July. vi
A frenchman processes to have IL.
covered, by experiments upon himsa1f
that coffee taken upon an emptysfo-r1o,o,,l,,
renders the mind abnormallV clear an
the temper unnaturally bad. --~
Capt Jack would like 10 baa- f-,,,
the War Department. The Jrdga "A
vocate General, and after hin, 81.
President, must approve the fndinrs 't -
the ModOc trial case before tbey Mill
have any validity. When that is done
they will be made public. This vii
give them a good long time in which f.
die from natural causes.
When a man ''squats" on anofba-
mans claim in Nevada he is first foI5 ~
''rise." If he won't rise be is Shot af
and if this fails a crowd of men bami
him up to a limb and leave him 10 erio-.
the morning air.
Parties from Canada are negotiatfBr
for site and water-power at Bellows
Falls, Vt, for an establishment for the
manufacture of alpacas, which viii re-
quire S400, 900 capital and employ 50l
hands A subscription to the stock Of
$50, 900 from the citizens is all that is
needed to secure its establishment there
It is said that glycerine, mixed with
the water in steam engine boilers. To-
vents the deposition Of limesalts. l
consequently protects the boiler a-
incrustatiOn. About onepOund of g're--
inc to every 300 or 400 pounds Of caa'
burnt is sufficient for this purpose.
There is great excitement among fine
clerks Of the New York Custom Hons
over the report that a large number of
tuem are to be DISCHARGED at once far
bribery and other corruption, In c0nnec-
ton with the recent frauds bv import
crs
There seems to be but very little doubt
that Hon. Horace Maynard viii De the
Republican candidate for Governor OF
Tennessee. If Andy johnson succeeds
in getting the Democratic nomination.
the canvass will be unusually lively.
Rev. w. II. II. Murray Of Boston viii
deliver the annual address before The
Connecticut River Valley Agriculture.
Association at Claremont, y. H.. Sep
TENDER 10, at o'clock p. M. and TIE
books for all entries to the different
purses will be closed Saturday, Sept g.
at 8 p. m.
4 Washington dispatch states that tle
reason that the truth about the salary
grab and the names of the members
who have or have not returned their
shares is kept a secret Is. that the ~ecre-
tary of the Senate and the Sergeant-at-
Arms Of the House are candidates t0-
reelection, and are DESTROYS of using the
information which they possess in the
matter to secure their reelection At tie
next session.
Mr.. Sam VI. Bryan. the japanese
Special Postal Commissioner. has sue
ceeded i'm his negotiations at Washington
for a postal treaty lie is now about To
start for Europe, where. i'm England.
France and Germany. he will eu4caTor
to effect treaties similar 10 the one le
has lust concluded.
The progress of the English tongue Is
somewhat wonderful. il seems 10 h.
spreading throughout all lands, and &C.
have gone forth TO the uttermost parts q
the earth. Professor Decandolle brings
out this fact with great power In bis IT,
cent work, THE History of Science
declaring his decided conviction that i-
perhaps fifty years the English LAM
guage will be spoken by eight hundred
and sixty millions of mankind. the Ger
man by one hundred and twenty-torr
millions, and the French by no morethag
siXty-nine millions.
When Motley was in Vienna his repu-
tation as q man of letters was of very
little use TO him in the noble society IF
Vienna. where no one reads and very
few think. But his elegant manners
his engaging address, his open-haulal
hospitality, his mastery of European Jap
guages, and his thorough acquaintar doe
with every little mystery of eti,ratta
made him a general favorite in thai mos
ignorant and exclusive cor RI in Christ
endom. Many Of his most intimate
friends had never red a word of his
writings. One day . s.Durcblauclt said
to him: Il have lust been reading an
American histo..y. l did not know there
was anythlng. so fine in your Literature.
MI Motle' waited to hear some c0mplE
ment O.. his own work. and the atfa5.e
prince added, 1T was called the History
OF -ncle Tom :"
\ tale is told Of two husbands: one.
upon leaving his Office. the other night.
stopped at a bookstore, paid SL2j far
a new article, and went home and gave
his wife "a Pair of Blue Eyes. The
other, after leaving his Office, stopped at
a saloon, paid S12j for whisky, and
went home and gave his wife a pair OF
black eyes.