Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-03-13
Minor Items.

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Lincoln Avenue, has removed to Spring
field, Mass, and taken charge of tn
French Catholic congregation of tina
city.
-'tMy dear sir" said candidate CIV,
need not mention his name, as he wa
not elected accosting a sturdy wag OF
election day, II am very glad to set
you" "You needn't be-" replied the
wag, "Tve voted"
The Courier says that all but three
of the Rutland town officers are Repub-
licans. We do not profess to be very
good at figures, but we can count eight
on the list who voted against the Repub
lican ticket last fall
The Republicans of the first district
in Washington County, New York, have
nominated William H. Tefft for the
Assembly. Mr.. Tefft is well known as
the editor of the Whitehall Ne1os, and
has filled the position of School Commits
sioner creditably. He will be elected,
of course, and by handsome majority,
and will be an active and effective mem
Der of the lower House.
The Vergennes YermOnter says :
THE voters in Rutland had quite a
gay and festive time on Tuesday last
The anti-Cain party appear to have held
the whip hand, clearly"
"A member of the House of Repre-
sentatives, on Saturday, sent a page to
various members. requesting that they
would not only write their names in his
autograph book, but would also append
a MOTTO or sentiment. When the book
was presented to Oakes Ames, he wrote
with his signature, ''Put what you have
where it will do the most good.
The Boston. Lowell & Nashua rail
road company has been served with a
writ of attachment, prohibiting the pay
ment of any money now in their hands
due to the trustees and managers of the
Vermont Central railroad company. The
writ is understood to have been issued
at the instance OF the Ogdensburg &
Lake Champlain railroad company, and
was served on Wednesday.
A letter received by John Cain,
states that the town of Rochester,
has raised its portion of the money for
the survey of the Montpelier & Rutland
railroad. This is the first town to re-
port " ready" though Stockbridge, at
the last town meeting, voted to raise
its assessment of tive hundred and ten
dollars Now will Rutland do its duty?
The tax voted in Montpelier for
town expenses the coming year was for
ty-five cents on the dollar of the grand
list, against one hundred and thirty-five
last year. which speaks well for the
management of the town officers for
the last year.
-'Georgia policemen arrest only the
man that gets whipped" That's better
than to take neither
In the list of town officers tor Ben
son an error of the type made it read
County" Commissioners, where it
should have been Cemete5y Commission
ers.
Flesh colored CATERS, with the toes
stitched with black, to look as if the
foot was bare, are reported to be the
newest mode. They are said to have
"A shockingly natural effect.
"A Milwaukee girl stayed away
from the opera and paid the family pew
rent Well done.
"A Brooklyn lunatic jumped from
three story window rather than go to
an asylum. In the light of recent rev
elations, he took the preferable alterna-
tive.
Rutland, among other towns, elect
ed, at the last town meeting, ''sealer
of weights and measures" though the
statute creating that Office was repealed
in 1864.
Owen Brady, who had the affray in
Messrs. A, G. Clark & Co. S tannery, at
Factory Point, has settled the matter
amicably with Donnelly, paying him
small sum of money.
The Republicans of the town of
Granville, n Y, at their annual town
meeting, on Tuesday, elected every man
on their ticket, by a good majority.
"A sheriff in Florida, who was called
upon to resign, wrote back Your
communication is received, stating that
my resignation will meet the approval of
the Governor. 1t does not meet mine.
A collision occurred on Monday af-
ternoon on the New London Northern
road, two miles north of Yantic, by
which two engines and % cars were to-
tally wrecked. The accident was caused
by conflicting dispatches to the conduct
ors of the two colliding freight trains.
We have heard of one remarkably
jealous man, in Glover, who last Sab
bath started for church on foot, distance
two miles, but encountering drifts of
such huge dimensions he was obliged
to crawl on his hands and knees to sur
mount them. Had we more men of
this stamp our churches would be bet
ter filled, and the preachers would not
have to preach to the bare walls.
Milton Session, of st. Albans, the
retiring master car builder of the Yer
mont Central, was the recipient on Fri
day last, for himself and family from
the employees of the car department, OF
a number of beautiful ipresents, chiefly
in jewelry.
OFFICIAL WE PRESUME. I7ade-
Dende,at. Liberal Republican organ and
patent inside sheet, announces that
about the first of April april Fools day