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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-11
A Curious Beauest /.

The Registrar of Allegheny county,
Pa. has Just rendered decision IN one
Of the most remarkable cases on record.
Some months ago James McCulley, an
old gentlemen worth several millions,
died. leaving no wife or children to en-
ioy the rich inheritance. After his
death and burial Robert D. Clark,
dealer in boat stores, came forward and
claimed $4,000 from the estate. He
presented as evidence of his claim an IN
strument bearing Enthusiastically the
signature of the deceased, in which Nc
Cnlley explicitly directs his adminlstra-
tors or executors to pay the above men
toned sum to Robert ID. Clark as token
of his regard for the latter, and to COM
memorate the bond of friendship long
existing between the two.
Major William Frew, administrator
of McCulley's estate, resisted the pay
ment of this beeuest, giving as his prin-
cipal reason his opinion that the sigma
ture to the bond was a forgery and that
the existence of the paper wus not
known until after the death of McCul-
ley.
Some of the best lawyers of the State
were engaged in the dispute, which has
been protracted for considerable length
of time. The claimants produced testi-
mony showing that Hon. Edgar Cowan
drew M the instrument called bond of
friendship, and that McCulley's sigma
ture at the bottom of it was evidence of
its genuinness. Clark further testified
that he had enjoyed the acquaintance of
McCulley for over 20 years. He often
dined with him at his house, and had
~,,uk with him Eore times than he
d,, -anat furthermore that McCulley
could ''te bad endorsed notes for
during his 'seFabie amount of $780,
600 600 Even in this y, ~ p,'' he had his
death of the millionall~ - $4,000.
endorsements to the amount o. nro-
and of this paper $4,000 had been
tested.
According to Clark's story, the de-
ceased first spoke about preparing the
naper four or five months before it was
executed. He said he was on consider
able paper for Clark, and as he was
Getting old he wanted to make such a
Sroyision for his friend that there would
he no further need tor endorsers.
McCulley's heirs vigorously resisted
this claim, endeavoring to show that
while living McCulley never manifested
the slightest friendship for Clark over
his ordinary acquaintance, and en-
pbatically denied the genuineness OF the
SIGNATURE to the instrument. The amount
involved and the singular character OF
| the document created great deal OF
interest in the case, and much curiosity
| was eyiuced to learn the decision or the
Registrar. : = g.
| It came this afternoon, and is IN IA
vor of Clark. In the officers opinion
the paper was fully proved, and conse
ouently admitted to probate. Clark ap
reared very nervous during the reading
of the document deciding the case, pu
when the result was announced h'
seemed the happiest man in the cour
room. The heirs perhaps will appea
the case to the Supreme Court.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-11

ialth1ulness to promises or relations Of
trust, and to-day the Golden State of the
Pacific stands far higher in the strength
OF the moral character of her people
and their political honesty than her fav-
ored sister of the plains.
This early impress upon the public
character of Kansas, has made her the
scene OF more conclaves of organized
ruiflans, than any other State, and we
can regard 1t as no new thing, for her
SOIL to be the home of the large band of
desperadoes, organized for marauding
and pillaging expeditions into Mexico,
that has recently been unearthed in the
city OF Atchison. Kansas is rather an in
convenient distance from the scene of
enterprise of these marauders in Mexi-
co, but it is more congenial for head
quarters than among the disciples of old
sam. Houston in Texas, or the descend
ants of the honest miners of California
and so they wisely select as their base of
operations neighborhood whose sense
OF honor and right was early blunted by
the excuses and crimes of the border
ruffians. We can only admire the dis
erection of Roland A Sutcliffe, the leader
of this band of desperadoes, for selecting
the city of Atchison, in the State of
Kansas, as the safest place in Christen-
dom to carry out scheme of robbery
and plumber on magnificent scale, and
had its detection depended on the ener-
gy or integrity of Kansas officials, it
would have had much surer prospect
of success.
About one week or ten days ago, the
agents of the secret service bureau of
the United States, made their appearance
at the headquarters of this band of rob-
bers, and found full and thorough or
ganization, numbering many hundreds
of men, with Sutcliffe as grand head
center. The organization had plenty of
money, and its plan of operations was
infinitely detailed in the written docu-
ments found in possession of the Chief
! upon his arrest. 1t contemplated a re-
moval, in small parties, of considerable
| force into Mexico, and there to take to
the highways, and descend upon the
dwellings of the mobiles, and into the
rich villages, and plumber and rob indis-
criminately, fighting all local authority
until it got too strong, and then scattering
| to unite in some other place, and repeat
the operation of the first stand, sending
the results of the enterprise to Atchison
for safe keeping, until the band should
/ be satisfied with their accumulations,
and return to divide the spoils, and end
their lives amid the comforts and luxuries
their wealth would buy. 1t is hoped
that the arrest of the leader and dis.
covery of the plans, will end the organ
ization, and that the noble and true men
of Kansas will be successful in theil
efforts to break up the existing order OF
things in that State, and demonstrate
thu the vicious teachings of early set
tIemen,' can be overcome through the
influence ,f the missionary spirit o.
those who have .r.'ade their home on thu
fertile prairies of tina, State since the un
lawful excuses of her Early inhabitant
/! sent the name of bleeding kansas a
q war cry through the nation to ar<"S'7'
the angry passions and warlike spirit OF
| the people :.
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Care Of Cattle i'm winter.


We think the most common fault is In
neglecting many little attentions which
add so much to the comfort and we'll
being of all domesticated animals, such
as frequent carding, cleanliness, suffi-
Cheney of bedding, unnecessarily lengthy
exposure to cold when let out to water,
and other minor points which may. not
seem of vital importance in themselves,
and SO get neglected as matter OF
course. An animal, COW for instance,
will live through the winter perhaps
with about as much certainty, whether
She is carded or not, and yet no one can
deny that regular and frequent carding
would be likely to add to her comfort
and thrift. The same amount of food
will probably do her more good II her
health and comfort are promoted by
these attentions.
How often do we see whole herd
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-11

The list of House committees which
we give elsewhere in this issue has been
carefully scanned, and is generally re-
garded as shrewdly arranged. Nassa-
chusetts has the chairmanships OF the
Ways and Means, Judiciary, Accounts,
and Coinage, Weights and Measures
Vermont, that of the Revision of the
Laws; Connecticut, that of the Civil
Service, and Maine the Library. The
West comes in for large share of the
honors, the States of Wisconsin, Nichi-
gan, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Mis-
souri,, and Kansas having fifteen chair
manships, including among other, the
Pacific Railroad, Claims, Manufactures,
Indian Affairs, Military, Foreign Affairs,
Pensions and Patents. New York re-
ceives important committees; Com
merce. District of Columbia, and one
other. PENNSYLVANIA receives six chair
manships, including Post Offices, Public
Lands, and Naval Affairs. Ohio re-
ccives four places, including the Appro-
priations. War, Claims, and Education
and Labor. The Southern States have
eight Chairmen selected, including
Banking and Currency. The Western
! States, and Pennsylvania and Ohio con-
| troll the important committees, with
| about three exceptions. New England
members make up for the paucity OF
caairmanships by important second
>taees. The selections seem to be sug-
/ 4 by distinct apprehension on the
ges'e> part that westward the Star
Speaker etc, and the slate has
OF the Empire, Presidential aspiration
decided aspect of ,ort members are
The places of Vern4 ,~nsanshin Of
as follows: Poland, Cha .he laws
the Committee on REVISION VI >"srd,
and a place on the Judiciary; WIN,
second place on the Committee on the
Reform of the Civil Service, and also
place on the Committee on Foreign At
fairs; Hendee, places on the Committee
on the District of Columbia, and also on
the Committee on Private Land Claims.
A curious blunder is pointed out in
the Speaker reporting Special Com
mittee on Civil Service, which expired
by Limitation at the last Congress, as
standing committee. 1t is suggested
that the Speaker should have put col
ored Representative at its head. One of
the committees, heretofore unimpertant,
which is to loom into prominence,is that
on Railways and Canals. Mr.. McCrary,
its Chairman, has already offered vol
luminous and important bill, providing
for Government supervision and regula-
ton of railroads. 1t shows very clearly
the influence of the oranges. The Ways
and Means Committee are more decided
ly protectionists than in the last Con-
gress. MIR. Burchard and Mr.. Kasson
are presumed to be both incidental pro-
tectionists, while, of the Democrats, MIR.
Beck is by no means full-fedged free
trader. Six members are decided tariff
men, two others lean that way, and the
Democrats may be remarked as opposed.
| The District Committee is conside red az
promising fair inquiry into affairs here
| if ordered. The Commerce COMMITTEES
| is regarded as strong one.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-11
Further Concerning the Crane
Affair.

Below will be found some new facts
connected with the Crane defalcation
which go to show that the authorities do
not consider Mr.. Crane criminal at all
events. They are taken from the St.
Adams Ad0ertiser of Saturday:
1t lis proper to state that Mr.. z.
Rogers of Washington, and Mr.. G. s.
Mixter of Boston, special agents of the
treasury department, were in st. Adams
yesterday, with Collector Crane, having
come to Vermont to put him in charge
of the enlarged district of which he was
recently appointed collector.
These gentlemen, in conversation
with the editor of this paper, not of his
solicitation, not only declared that their
first examination of Mr.. Cranes books
convinced them, beyond a shadow of
doubt, that Mr.. Crane was entirely justi-
fed in charging Mr.. Jewett with having
robbed him, and systematically covered
the fraud by false entries and perversion
of the accounts and books of the office,
but that such further examination of the
matter as they had made since their ar
rival in ST. Adams, had only served to
confirm what had from the first investi-
CATION been a certainty. We say this,
not as offering any expression of opin-
ion as to the guilt or innocence of Mr..
Jewett, but simply because in fairness it
should be stated. 1t was no light re-
sponsibility for Collector Crane to accuse
Mr.. Jewett, and in justice to Mr.. jew
ett's friends the evidence of these ex-
perts who have more than once travers-
ed these books and accounts, belongs TO
the public just as Mr.. .Iewett's letter
does.
Hon. Joseph Poland, formerly collec-
tor of the first district, expresses his
opinion that this defalcation must have
been known to the department within
six months after it occurred. The high
er officials must, therefore, assume 8
portion of the odium. Mr.. Crane has
brought a suit against Jewett, and il
| will be followed by another action or
| the part of the government.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-11
KANSAS.

From the dav whe u the bill org, ~ui ~. :
Kansas and Nebraska was first submit.
to Congress in 1858, to the present time,
the public history of Kansas has been a
continuous record of corruption, blood
shed and intrigue not but what there
are many good men in that fair State,
but because the tone of her society was
inherited from the RIGHTEOUSNESS and vi
oolence of her first settlement, that adj
heres to her social and political relations,
,r,e the hereditary taints and physical
neculiarities among the families OF men.
,tl,e wear of such tumults and disorders,
40 W ere incorporated into the struggles for
orrro, macy of the Free State and Bor-
dor R,t. IAN men, that followed immedi-
otelv ofto the repeal of the Missouri
Comnromis, :, has a greater influence up
ON tho oboroc Ter of people, and the in
stitptione of . State, than are read from
tho nocos Of his tory. The austere vir-
tues and integrity OF the passengers OF
the Maynower, STAN pea themselves up
on all after generation. VI sne peopio "
New England, and to til Us cay that sec
ton of the country can tr, Voc oaoA' ~.
only many of their social CT s'oins, pu'
also their habits of thought al aonoi-
ence of crime, tot heiriP Puritan al SceStiy'
So also in Kansa 9, we daily see 10 her
politics and society the lawlessness ana
easy manners of Stringfellow, jones'
H. Clay Pate, JohI Brown and Judge
Lecompt. There is no other StiNIe
where men have CO rrupted the Leglsla-
ture so far as to bl ly seats in the Unit
ed States Senate, fl Dr term after term.
The possibility of ii yosuch inscriptions
Senators as Caldws II and Pomeroy, has
never been made a ca lily elsewhere ana
the executive effrolIte. ~ that could ap-
point Crosier to the va Ncant seat OF the
disgraced Caldwell, is Sc cured to Kansas
as exclusively as though protected by the
broad parchment ce rtifca, te of the patent
office, California did not inherit an ex-
ceedingly bright social poll sh from the
rough miners of 40, but tn, ose stalwart
fortune seekers always had just appre-
citation of the rights of Other s, and in
their rough, uncouth way, adj uinistered
exact justice to all, and REQUIRE a toler-
able show OF honest intentions rom ev-
cry one that come to reside anon ythem.
California, unlike Kansas, was ed ucated
in a school of morals that frowned upon
underhanded chicanery and circum ven
tion. and burst into flame of indi. INA
ton at all meroenary corruptions, or sn
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-11

OBITUARY.-E. w. Aldrich, of Shrews-
-. died at his residence on Friday
oftornoon last, aged SO years. His dis
" $50 .ros orvs, '~elas. Mr.. Aldrich was a
o;.;uor rorr r,rch re--nected. He has been
quite prominent in public aifairs mas
represented Shrewsbury In the Lee9lsia
ture, and been honored by his town IN
other ways. He leaves large circle of
relatives and friends, who mourn his
sudden death, which casts gloom over
the town. His funeral will be attended
at the church in Northam, to-day,
(Monday), at IL o'clock.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-11

AN ACCIDENT. AS George A. Mans
field and his partner, G. L. Stimson, were
driving past the Central House, on Sat
urday, the forward axle of their wagon
broke, letting off one of the wheels, one
side of the wagon dropping to the
ground. At this, the horse became I'M
manageable, running until near the corn
er of Center street and Merchants Row,
when both gentlemen were thrown out
violently on the walk in front of Wings
drug store, the horse passing on across
the road to the depot park fence, where
he was stopped. Mr.. Mansfield was
considerably bruised, and probably win
feel the effect of his injuries for some
days. Mr.. Stimson we did not learn, was
hurt much. It was narrow escape.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-11

THE situation of affairs between the
United States and Spain is now grsyer
and more complicated than ever and
resort to direct intervention in Cuban
affairs by our government more neees-
sary and imminent than at any previous
stage of the double instruction
in the island. The stability OF
the CASTELAR, government is highly
questionable from the tenor OF the aes-
matches from Madrid, and, as a conse- :.
ouence, the prospect of brief and $50
lated contest with the Havanese IS az
this moment lessened. Yet, even II 1t
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-11

"A young lady in Wayerly went
down town the other day to have her
picture taken. When the artist showed
her the ssproofr and asked her how she
liked it, she placidly remarked that he
had "Dut too darned much mouth on it
to suit her..
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T AND SALE.

| AND SALE
The nonresident proprietors of the town
of m cunt Tabor, in the county of Rutland,
are hereby notified that the taxes assessed
by said town, within the three years next
whole or in part unpaid, on the following
described lands in said town, to wit:
$50 acres, No. s, Range 6, taxs3 SO assessed
TO Joseph Greeley's estate original pre-
l3rietor, Edward yanworth.
900 acres, No. 4, Range 2,taX SIZE, assessed
10 Joseph Greeley's estate; original propr1-
etor, Nathaniel Marshall.
200 acres, Nos, Range u, taxS49S, assessed
TO JosephGreeiey's estate; original propri-
etor, Eli Parsons.
200 acres, MOI, Range 7. tax $3.50, assessed
to JosephGreeley's estate; original propri-
200 acres,No.Il, Range u, tax 1878, assess
ed to Joseph Greeley's estate; original pro-
prfetor, Joseph Games.
II acres, No. s, Ranges, tax 90 cts, assess
ed to Jane IL. Lawrence; original proprte-
tor, Steel Clip.
SO acres, No. 20, tax $500, assessed to
Abraham Little; original proprietor, Steel
Clip.
70 Abel Putnam, Jr.; original proprietor
100 acres, No. ), Range ], tax s2.s7, assess
ed to Warren Vaughan original proprie-
100 acre, No.4, Range ?, tax $3.50, assessed
to Warren Vaughan; original proprietor,
Steel Clip.
loo acres Mob, Range 2, tax $2SI, assessed
to Warren Vaughan original proprietor,
Steel Clip.
100 acres, Nos, Range 2, tax sale assessed
to Warren Vaughan /; original proprietor,
John Reypold.
land SO much rof said lands will be sold
at public auction, at the railroad station
in said town, on the 9th day of December
next, at ten o'clock forenoon, as shall be
requisite to discharge said taxes, with
costs, unless previously paid.
Dated at Mount Tabor, this oath day OF
November, A ID. 1873.
4sw3 J.. p. HOWE, First constable
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The copartnership of Slack 3 Derby Is
this day dissolved by mutual consent. All
dues to or owing by the late firm will be
adjusted by A. %. Slack. All indebted to
Slack b Derby will please settle at once,
and pay over to A. ID. Slack.
r. Z. Derby will continue the business
hereafter, strictly cash or ready pay. and
will do his best to please all whe arc dis
posed to patronize him, as to low prices
and quality of goods,
AUGUSTUS ID. SLACK.
FRANCIS L. DERBY.
Sherburne, Nov. 10, 1873. 4SwSw
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minor Items.

The Brandon Scale Company have
in the last week put in 40-ton Howe's
Improved Track Scale for the Boston
and Albany railroad at Cottage Farms,
Mass, which is a great success in the
way of weighing machine, a 40-penny
ma il carrying up and holding the beam
Though the wires worked very bad
" last night that skillful Geographic
operator, j. E. Griffith, took the mes
sage in little less than twelve hours.
1t was hard nights work, but he did
it well, being at his table steadily from
p. IN. to 5.45 a. m.-Free Press, ID.
To which we may add that Alfred b.
Conner took the message here in Rut-
land in little less than nine hours, be-
ginning at 5.45 p. m. He could easily
have shortened this by one-third had he
not been annoyed by the slowness of
some one on the same wire'north of him.
"A correspondent writing us from
New London, Conn, says: {" saw from
the Daily HERALD of the I'd of De-
cember that the thermometer in Rutland
at that date indicated 10 degrees below
zero. At 700 a. M, of the same morn
ing, in New London, the thermometer
stood 10 degrees above zero" Quite
variation ?
-Horseflesh in Bennington appears to
be rapidly depreciating. At public
sale there last week, span of horses
sold for the moderate price of nine dol
lars; and since then we have heard of a
horse sale that took place in that village
where the amount rendered and accepted
in consideration of change of owner
ship was a two dollar greenback.
-McEnany, the young man who was
shot in Port Henry on Wednesday last,
leaves wife and two children in Lud-
low. He was about 81 years of age, and
by trade blacksmith. His parents re-
side in Port Henry and are very respect
able people, and the heartfelt sympathy
of that community is with them. He
was their only son, and had always
borne good reputation. The woman
Robear, who killed him, is described as
a coarse, hard featured woman, low, re-
treating forehead and pair of dark, SIN
lister eyes. A person on looking at her
would at once give her credit for a very
treacherous disposition. She is half In
dian, as her features indicate, and is for
all in all hard looking individual. The
funeral took place on Friday last.
The injured man Coyn was removed
to his home In Port Henry on Saturday.
/ Just before he left he declared, on being
asked, that he received his injury by
being kicked by some person whose
/ name he did not know, and falling down
tue stairs He claimed that he could re-
cognize the person, and even partially
/ described him.
"A few weeks ago Patrick Doyle, of
! New York. and John Mcmahon, of this
place, signed articles to wre8tle, collar
and-elbow, for $1,000 aside and the
championship of America Friday was
the day mutually agreed upon for select
ing final stakeholder Doyle's hackers
failed to plank the final deposit, and
Mcmahon claimed forfeit, and was
, awarded all the stakes that had been
posted. 1IcAIahon at once signifed his
desire to make match against any man
| in the world, Mclaughlin preferred, for
! $1,000 to $4,000 q side,
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PKpTI ora RAILRoApINe- - An extra
freight train, consisting Of twenty-five
cars, left Rutland on Saturday. and re-
ecived orders to run wild" from Ches-
ter to Bellows Falls. While near the
village of Rockingham, and on coming
around curve, the engineer was sur
prised TO see number of the section
hands on bridge few rods In advance
madly waving their hats for the train to
Stop ne at once blew the whistle for
brakes, and they were quickly applied,
but is was impossible to stop, as the
train was on down grade, and going
at the rate of twenty miles an hour, and
they rolled along and passed over the
bridge in safety They then stopped and
returned to ascertain the difficulty, and
discovered THAT they had passed over
twenty rails on each side of the track
without a spike in them, on high
bridge, and the further end of the last
rail was eight inches out OF position
when the train touched the first one,
and was placed in position afterwards
by a heroic workman, at the peril of his
life. It is claimed by some that the
section "boss" was careless, as he should
have had a man stationed with a flag 1870
rods distant on each side, whereas he
simply had flag stuck in the snow
about go rods distant, and it had become
so twisted up by the wind that it was
hardly noticeable. However that may
be, it is fact that several men came
very near being ''sent for.
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ESTRAY.

FsTRAY.
Came into the Enclosure of the subscri-
Der, on the 18th inst, one black mare, with
star in the forehead, and one white hind
foot, supposed to be about eight years old.
Also, one grey mare, supposed TO be
about three years old.
The owner Is requested to prove proper
ty, pay charges, and take them away.
e. p. BARBER.
Benson, VT, Nov. Goth, 1878. 4Sw3w