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MISCELLANEOUS.

Another crevasse was reported at Apper-
son plantation, opposite Friars Point, on the
18th, threatening great damage. There was
three feet of water in the streets at Fflars
Point and the whole country in the rear was
being rapidly inundated.
The National Executive Committee OF the
Patrons of Husbandry, in addition to the sum
of 81 900 already forwarded to the Louisiana
sufferers, recently voted to forward one num-
dred barrels of -four and ten thousand pounds
of bacon to the needy members of the order
in Louisiana and Arkansas.
The most damaging testimony in eonnec-
ton with the District of Columbia inyestlga-
ton was elected by the examination of Bleck-
endorfer, an expert engineer, employed by
the committee to make measurements around
Government property. Witness testified that
he had followed his profession for thirty
wears. and had been President and Engineer
of the Board of Public Works for the State of
Ohio. He had also served the Government
as an engineer at West Point and on the "a
cifc Railroad. Witness had measured all
circles, and in each instance had found that
the Government had been overcharged. Ae-
eording to his measurements, nearly, If not
quite. all the work done had been overeharged
the discrepancy in some instances amount
ing to many thousands of dollars, and the ag-
| gregate sum reaching into the hundreds OF
thousands.
/ Weston brought his proposed 800 mile walk
to close on the 430th mile, being satisfied Of
his inability to accomplish the distance with
in the time specified. The last mile was
walked in 10 minutes and SO seconds.
1t is now definitely settled that the army
headquarters will be established in st. Louis
to which city General Sherman will remove
permanently from Washington in few
months.
A relief fund of $500 in aid of the suffer
| ers by the Mill River disaster had been col
lected up to the 10th, and the Connection
Legislature had appropriated an additiona
10000 from the State Treasury to be expend
! ed under the supervision of the Governor
, required. -. "A committee from the Masss
chusetts Legislature had examined the resel
f voir and reported it very poorly built.
: Some twenty of the missing dead bodies Wel
4 dug out of the ruins of buildings and deposit
|. of sand, and twenty-five or thirty more wei
i still to be recovered.
A A Columbia Is. CD telegram Of the 19l
o. saws: 'sThe Sheriff of Orangeburg count
i undertook to arrest Governor Moses tn
i morning, at his private residence. The 20
d ernor declined to accept the service of Il
q writ. He called upon Brigadier-Gener
Nash, commander of the National Guar
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VOLUME III.
POETRY.
SONG.

BY ARTHUR o. o'sHAUGHNEsSEY.
Has summer come without the rose,
Or lett the bird behind?
Is the blue changed above thee,
o world or am / blind?
viii you change every flower that grows,
Or only change this spot,
Where she, who said, 81 love thee,
Now says, +" / love thee not ?"
The sky seemed true above thee,
The rose true on the tree;
The bird seemed true the summer through,
But all proved false to me:
World, is there one good thing in you,
Life, love. or death-or what?
Since lips that sang, ''I love thee,
/ Have said, "I love thee not ?"
think the sum- s kiss will scarce fall
Into one flowers gold cup;
l think the bird will miss me,
And give the summer up
Oh, sweet placel desolate IN tall,
( Wild grass, have you forgot
I How her lips love to kiss me,
! Now that they kiss me not?
Be false or fair above me,
Come back with any face,
SunmerI-do care what you do?
You cannot change one place
The grass, the leaves, the earth, the dew,
The grave make the spot
Here, where she used to love me,
Here, where she loves me not,
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DARWIN has practical supporter OF his
theory i'm the shape of the first gorilla ever
tanned and now in London. A small party
dined with him not long ago, and we are
fold that Monsieur Gorilla behaved IKE
any courteous diner-out, except tnat ms
conversation was not brilliant, ana thaS ~
one point in the meal he calmly eAIeLlueu
his paw and removed from his nelghpoI
plate to his own some pretty Glny kieA- k.s
shaws, which particularly pleasea mn, !. =,
He He drank claret with his steak, lounged IN
his chair between the courses, and cracked
his walnuts and took his after-dinner glass
Of mort with the most graceful ease. Ht
| is yerv particular in his food, and always
takes hot rum and water, sweetened VIII
honey, before retiring. Darwin ought u
be happy man.
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ExHuMING THE DEAD.


New YORK, May IA Sun special from
Northampton, Mass, says that just below
Leeds, on what was pretty town called
Warmers Flat, a vast amount OF debris was
collected. A hundred men, with ox-teams
and horses to move the heavy tlmbers, began
work early this forenoon. In the first half
hour five bodies were found and before noon
thirty were unburied from that spot. Inc
operatives from Williamsburg, whose Iost
ones had not been recovered, crowded into
the little carpenter-shop into which the bodies
were carried, and all were recognized, al
though some were disfgured almost past re-
cognition. In the string of vehicles every
few rods were wagons containing one, two,
and sometimes four coffined bodies, en- route
for the cemetery, for in the universal bereave-
ment interment followed swiftly after the re-
copniZing of the bodies, and the funeral ser
vices. except in a few instances, were dis
pensed with. AT Haydenville, the
BODIES WERE LAID OUT
in the Congregational Church. Lying, side
nv side were mother and her two children;
near them a mother, her married daughter
and her two infant children. The dead OF
those whom the flood had left destitute were
buried at the expense of the town. The dead
of Williamsburg number hfty-seVen. inc e
Town Hall was thick with the uncof1ned
bodies, principally of women and children;
The churches were closed, and pastors ana
ueople devoted their whole time to the dead,
which were removed to the reeeiying-vauit OF
the cemetery as rapidly as the burial facliltles
permitted. One poor fellow worked alone for
an hour around the wreck of his own mouse,
which was carried away mile from Its place.
He lifted up the boards and timbers very care
fully. peering inside them so anxiously that q
| throng soon assembled around to watch MS
movements.
ssfM HUNTING FOR MY WIFE,"
he said. when questioned; ''she was in the
house when the flood came, and she must Dc
near it now.n Those who tried to help MN
were scarcely able to do so, because he Woule
have each board lifted SO carefully. He
worked until late in the afternoon before he
learned that her body was among those feune
on Warmers Flats. The gate-keeper OF tne
reservoir SAYS he has lived in constant expec
tation of a break, and has often called the az
tention of his superiors to its unsafe eonol
tion, The accident has caused great appre
hension among the residents along the Wes
branch of Mill River, of which the Gosnel
reservoir is the head, and which joins the eas
branch at Williamsburg. 1t is in all respeGt
similar to the Williamsburg reservoir. 10
day a petition numerously signed was sen
TO the company owning it, asking to nave
en,ntied at once and the dam strengthened
Popular apprehension ran so h1gn tnat th
, citizens threatened to take the matter IN tnel
own hands and break the dam. The compa
nv promised to do what Is necessary at oncs
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CRIMKs AND CASUALTIES.


Tiburcio Vasques, the famous baAdit of
California, was captured at Los Angeles on
the 18th. The old outlaw was found asleep,
and after being shot half dozen times, was
finally captured.
Bv collision on the Central Ohio division
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, near
Bellaire, Ohio, ON the 14th, two firemen
were killed and number of emigrants in
jured
A large reservoir, located about two miles
above the village of Williamsburg, Mass,
on the morning of the 18th gave way and its
waters came pouring down in torrent
which swept everything before it in its
course. A large number of people were
drowned, and many factories, mills,
and other buildings carried away.
The number of lives lost, as near as could be
ascertained up to the evening of the following
day, was one hundred and forty-four, and 1t
is believed that there were still other victims
whose names had not been reported. The
damage to property will certainly exceed one
million dollars, and will probably be nearly
| double that amount.
| The citizens of Williamsburg held town
meeting ON Saturday evening 16th) ana ap-
pointed committee to raise subscription,
to look after the destitute, and organize the
search fer the missing. Northampton and
the adjoining towns sent in supplies of food,
clothing, and money, and contributions were
taken up for the sufferers in the churches on
Sunday throughout Western Massachusetts,
| All the large towns and cities were or.
ganizlng relief societies. The funeral of nine
victims of the disaster took place at Williams
] burg on Sunday.
Two men, named G. T. Jones and Oliver
Hill, who were on trial at Shreveport, La.
for the murder of young man named Elliott
were taken from the jail on the night of the
10th and summarily hanged to some trees il
the Courthouse yard. 1t is said that tht
brother of the murdered man, who was tht
principal witness for the State, had been pu
out of the way by some Of the friends OF th'
prisoners, and it was feared that the criminal
would get off for want of evidence if the mat
ter was left in the courts.
The bulkhead of the Gardner dam, in tn
Upper Wolf River, Chano county, Wis.,, CAV
way recently while nine men were engages
in raising the gates. Four men, Nathanie
Parks, Jerry Casey, Nicholas Notts an
Charles Mahoka, were instantly killed, an
the others badly injured.
: One hundred and ten bodies of the victim
of the recent Massachusetts, disaster ha
been recovered up to the 18th. A committe
had been appointed by the State Legislator
to investigate the cause of the accident, an
extend such aid as was needed by the su
ferers.
, A dispatch from San Diego, CAL, state
that Mr.. Ayerend, wife and four childre
were found murdered at their house, twel'
miles from that city. No clue to the murde
1 ers.
A three-story brick building at the corn'
4 q of Perry street and Central avenue, Cincil
natl, occupied by j. J. Murphy as grocer
store and residence, fell to the ground on Il
d night of the 10th, burying five persons in Il
a ruins. A child of Mr.. Murphy was the on
e one killed.
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Mail accounts from Southwestern Minneso-
ia represent that the ground is literally alive
with young grasshoppers, which have already
commenced eating vegetation. If they re-
main the prospects of crops are considered
hopeless.
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Gall colored), to furnish him with military
protection. Soon three companies were or
dered out under arms, and were distributed
between the Executive Office and Governors
residence. Large crowds gathered in the
streets and around the guarded points. This
afternoon, upon the advice of his counsel, he
concluded to submit to the law, and gave
bail. He did not surrender to the Orange
burg Sheriff, but to the Coroner of this coun-
ty. The troops were dismissed. The streets
are filled with military, and business Is para
lyzed.n
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VANILLA CooKIRs.-a cup of sugar, !
cup of butter, egg, ] cup of sour milk; .
teaspoon cream-tartar, teaspoon SOFA.
Flavor with vanilla, roll thia, and bake ID
slow oven,
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cOwMERCE AND INDUSTRY.

CUMM MEkkOE AIN ID IN jus 4 N q
Gold closed in New York on the Goth at
112 1-S.
The National Agricultural Congress assem-
bled at Atlanta, Ca, on the 18th. President
jackson delivered an address.
A caucus of the Southern members OF the
House of Representatives representing eleven
States, was held on the 14th, to perfect bill
for the refunding of the cotton tax, amount-
ing to thirty million dollars.
En1lnurir,n is the cnmnaratiYe cotton state
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About daylight on the morning of the 18th,
Brooks evacuated the State-house, with all
his remaining forces, and during the day
Governor Baxter took formal possession;
The building was found in a very dirty ana
dilapidated condition, from its having been
used as a barrack for so long, q time, and
DESTROYED. The municipality was formally
turned over to the Mayor at noon, and with
the exception of the Governors troops sta
| TONED at the State-house, everything present.
ed peaceful aspect. A large number OF
buildings were illuminated at night IN honor
of Baxter's triumph.
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The IeGisEature Assemblies and Re-
cOsnfEes Baxter as GOvernOr-Pr0.
cIamatiOm by the President-GOvs
Baxter Sustained. and His OppO-
nents Ordered to Disband-Peaee at
Last.
The Arkansas Legislature organized on the
18th, quorum of both houses being present.
Baxter was recognized as Governor, and
Joint committee was appointed to prepare
resolutions to send to the President, giving
the views of the Legislature in reference to
the existing difficulties in that State.
4 short skirmish occurred during the eve
ming. in which two men were wounded.
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ment for the week ending May 15:
1874. 1873.
Net receipts for past week % 20,
all u. S. ports. ......... zf,Zs5 o9,ooz
Total receipts from Sept. 80. . 90, roo
to date all U. S. ports. 3,eOo, 463 5,Sol ,5Sz
Exports for past week
from all ports. ........... 4o,uA 4'lie
Total exports from Sept
to date from all ports: 2,4Sl, ,934 2,B4, ,Sfi
Stock now on hand at all ,o 90,
U. S. ports .............;. so, Ni ooo' 9'f
otTIa ;nierior nUT towns WI A''-H 63,2l9 75, 1877
stock at Iiyerpooi. -. 772, 900 746, 800
Stock Of American af1oat for ooo
Great Britain. ............. 72,OOU ZUV,UVu
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-23
Serious Accident at CastIctOn.

Arunah w. Hyde, ESQ.,, of Hydeville,
was quite seriously and probably fatally in
iured yesterday morning. He was driving
across the railroad track at Langdon S
crossing, near The Castleton depot, when
he came into collision with the passenger
train which leaves Rutland at $50 a. m.
The engine struck and instantly killed the
horse, demolished the wagon and threw
Mr.. Hyde some thirty feet from the track,
where lie struck on his head and was rem
dered senseless. The train WAS immediate
~ stopped and Mr.. Hyde was carried to
the house of Mr.. S. ii. Langdon, near by,
and Drs. Sanford and Burton were soon IN
attendance. His injuries proved to be a
terrible cut on the right side of his head.
family of Mr.. Langdon and from many in
the village. DR.. Woodward of Brandon
arrived about 4 o'clock, and another ex-
animation was made, revealing the same
facts as had been reported by the other
physicians. AT seven O'Clock Mr.. Hyde
remained in the same unconscious state
that he had since the accident, with favor
able symptoms OF pulse, breathing and
natural warmth.
AT nine o'clock last evening the symp-
toms were worse with great danger of inn
mediate dissolution.
Mr.. Hyde has long been known as one
of the most prominent citizens and busi-
ness men of Rutland county, and has
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-23
RUTLAND COUNTY COURT
September Term, 1874.

Hon. II. Fl. WHEELER, Judgs
Hon. |; 9. WHEATON ATOM Asst. Judges
WIN. NJ. FIELD, Sheriff.
Henry II. SMITH, Clerk
SPENCER G. ROGERS, Court Reporter.
Tuesday, Sept ED No. geo. N. b.
Lewis T. ]. Pratt N. p. Simons COM
pleted his argument to the jury, and after
the charge by Judge Wheeler they retired,
and after an absence of about an hour re-
turned with verdict for plaintiff. Dam
ages S170 and bis costs.
No. 2G2. o. II. Brown v Farhaven and
West Haven. This Is suit TO recover
damages for injuries received by plaintiff
and his team, caused by the breaking of a
bridge over the Poultney river near Woods
hotel IN West Haven, perhaps better
known as the Powder Mill bridge" The
testimony was all heard and the argu-
ments of Geo. Briggs for the plaintiff, also
Of j. B. Phelps and W. c. Dunton for the
defence c. II. Joyce clrsing for the
plaintiff. Pending the remarks of Col.
Joyce the court took recess until . a. m.
tomorrow.
During the progress Of the above case
the court suspended the hearing for a short
time and the following criminal business
was transacted.
John p Phair was arraigncd for the MUIR
der of Ann Freeze, and put in plea Of not
guilty, and requested the court to assign
him counsel rs he was entirely without
means and also requested that Dunton &
NeazeY might be so assigned the court
compiled with his request. States Attor-
ney Ormsbce then requested the court to
set day for the trial not less than week
hence. At this point Col Veazey request
cd the court to hold the matter in abcy-
ance until tomorrow, as they desired TO
make application for u change of venue.
With the understanding that the matter
should be attended TO at once, the judge
remanded the prisoner to the custody of
the sheriff.
Charles Stafford of Clarendon, who was
indicted this term for an assault, was
brought into court and arraigned for the
same. lie pleaded guilty and was SEN
fenced to pay fine Of $40 ard costs. lie
paid his fine and was discharged.
Andrew Jackson (not Of the Iermitage),
who was before the court at the March
term aud gave bail TO appear and take his
trial, but failed to come to time and for
feited his bail, was brought into court by
his bond5man, r. X. Thrall, and surren-
dercd The court ordered him into the
custody of the sheriff.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-23
Fire In ST. Albans-A.Oss $4,000

Yesterday Tuesday, morning fire
broke out in the drug store of Messrs. L.
l.. butcher 81 Sons in st. Adams at abont
half-past three o'clock, and was not arrest
ed until il had done damage of some
$4,000.
The fire department worked well, but
without avail. The buildings ON each side
were damaged to a considerable extent.
The infammable contents of Butchers
drug store proved its destruction, for as
soon rs the drowning element touched the
oils, &C., they burned like powder. The
loss to the Messrs. butcher will be from
$50, 900 to 10000; l.. p. Kimpton, mil
linery, will lose about 81 900 by damaged
stock, &c. Jacques Bros, boots, shoes
and groceries, sustain a loss of between
81 900 and $4,000. The Weldon house is
also slightly damaged.
The Office of the st. Adams Daily Aduer-
tiSer, which was in close proximity to the
fire, was for time endangered, but es-
capped untouched. The Daily Messen9e,
Office was also likely to be destroyed had
not the fire department worked steadily
and to the purpose.
The parties were all partially or fully in
sured. The Messrs. butcher have ordered
a new stock of goods and will be ready fol
business again very soon.
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Mount Holly.

This quiet town is receiving quite an adj
dtion to its list of good houses by the resi-
dence of s. c. Cook now in process of cree
ton. 1t is situated about thipty-fve rods
north of Mt. Holly depot, and when fin
ished will be one of the most substantial
and commodious buildings in town and an
ornament to the place. Would there were
more such men as Mr.. Cook to settle In
their native town, even though it DO q
rough and hlly one, instead of moving to
the neighboring villages.
Another and more beautiful object oil
pride to Mount Hollyites is the Catholic
church, now nearly finished. Standing on
one of the highest spots in this vicinity il
overlooks fertile and large tract of coun
try, and is finished in the most thorough
and ornamental manner both inside and oul
and altogether Is as neat and pretty .
church edifice us can be found in any coun
try town and one which the Catholics OF
Mt. Holly, who have built it by an expen
diture of considerable time and money
may well be proud Of The painting ant
frescoing is being done by VIM. Kretsch
mer of Rutland, whose name is a guaran
tee for his work.
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Recovery OF the ssJaII Birds.o

Yesterday Sheriff Field received the fol-
lowing dispatch:
BRANDON. Sept. 90, 1919. 10 a. III.
To Sta'es Attorney or VIM. NJ. Field
| Two girls said to be the two that broke
| Jail are here. Shall arrest them?
IL. $. BUTTLEs, Constable.
The sheriff Immediately replied, "Yes' (;
and the mail train north at 2.10 in the
afternoon took Deputy Sheriff G. d. Mil
lington TO Brandon to look up the matter.
He found that the girls were the identical
Mary Jane Parker and Julia Rogers who
escaped from the Jail here on Saturday
night, and brought them to Rutland on the
next train.
1t appears that Constable Buttles ran
across the fugitives on the road from
Brandon to Forestdale, and from their ap-
pearance suspected they were the ''jail-
birds" lie therefore told a man named
Charles Fitzgerald to watch them while he
drove back to Brandon and tecgraphed to
the sheriff Mr.. Buttes then sent his dis
patch as above, and on receiving the an
swer went back to Forestdale to arrest the
| girls. lie found, however, that that was
not SO cay matter, as it took some time
to find them. He searched through the
barns in that vicinity, and finally sped
them in n clump of trees near The roadside.
| Fitzgerald had left after eDdcavoring to
get the girls out of the reach of the con-
stable. They were promptly arrested and
brought back to Brandon village, where
they were locked up. Fitzgerald has not
as yet turned up, but bis report of his con-
nection with the business is now needed,
and if not satisfactory to the authorities he
is liable to hear from them.
The girls have undoubtedly had a sorry
time of it since they escaped, judging from
their appearance and the story they tell.
They claim that they sawed their prison
bars themselves some days before they es-
capped with a case-knife given them with
their food, which they had struggled away
for the purpose. They also confess that
they had outside assistance in getting out,
and implcatc some parties in town. A
woman named Bridget, who was an inmate
with them for some time, undoubtedly
helped them in securing their release after
she had been discharged a week or two be-
fore. The girls say they proceeded on
foot by the railroad track to Brandon,
where they arrived about o'clock. They
have since been sleeping in barns and pick
ing up living the best way they could.
They had no particular destination in view,
but merely were attempting to keep clear
of the officers.
Stronger and safer quarters will probably
be given them hereafter while they remain
in Rutland county, and even if they should
be promoted.