The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-02

That great Wehbcr Inheritance in Hol-
land, about which supposed heirs have
| been worrying, turns out TO be nowhere
Nothing is known about it by the authori-
ties in Holland, and by law of that coun-
try all inheritances are forfeited unless
claimed within thirty years In this case
it is admitted that the Webbcr from whom
the claimants hoped to inherit died, nearly
two centuries ago
ANOTHER COMFORTABLE pAUpaU
Mrs. Christiana Maher of Bridgeport,
Conn, recently bought house and lot for
$1,000, part of which was the proceeds OF
aid she had received from the scectmen
caused the property to be attached, they
having brought suit to recover the money
given to her. She had $500 in the bank
when She first applied for aid.
LEGACIEs.
The late F. d. IIodgman of IT. Edward
left in his will $4,000 to the American Bible
Society, $500 to the Troy Conference Mis-
sionary Society, $3.50 to the Troy Confer
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for the relief of the poor Of his church.
CHILD srFFoCATED IL ITS MOTHER,
ARMS.
On Il recent Saturday Mr. and Mrs. John
a. Pollard of Troy, with an infant, were
driving up Vail avenue, and as the day
Was quite cold Mrs. Pollock put her shawl
around the child and held it in her arms.
When they arrived at the house of friend
they got out Of the wagon and MIS- Pol
lock noticed that the child's face was
black. closer examination proved that
the little one was dead. It had been sutio-
Gated in its mothers arm.
THE SCISSORS GRINDER MURDERER
Those who arc camorng for the trial
and conviction of Waltz, the Catskill
scissors grinder murder, argue that he is
not insane from this fact -Four physicians
were selected to examine him. They held
a consultation within the hearing of Waltz,
but talked low So that Waltz was made to
believe that lie was not to hear them. One
of them suggested that they should insert
morphine in Waltz's arm, and if he was
insane he would fall into a deep sleep and
if not vice versa. Waltz must have over
heard that conversation, they claim, for
soon after the injection Of morphine he did
fall asleep and remained in that condition
many hours, when, as the physicians hold,
if he had been insane he would not have
fallen asleep. His trial is put down for
the fist week of the present month.
SERVANT GIRLS FORTUNE.
Mrs. Dorothea Stratton, formerly do
nestle in the family OF Dexter Moody of
Troy, now of Montreal, has fallen heir to
an estate in Ireland valued at three million
d0Hdrs. The person who left Mrs. STRAIT
ton the fortune was Lady Lougheel, who
owned vast estates in Ireland Her hus-
band has been dead many years and her
only child, n son. was commander in the
English navy and died few years ago at
Melbourne. Australia. Mrs, Stratton was
next heir to him in the indirect line, the
male descendants having run out
Not An EEL-ror
water meter was placed in the High
school building in Hartford, and worked
for time in the most satisfactory man
ner but recently it became utterly de-
moralized and was sent to machine shop
to be tested, the result being that ii was de-
cided to be worthless and returned Ia Wor-
cester, Mass the place of its manufacture,
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its history. A letter has just been received
from the makers announcing tina, the
meter was designed to take the measure
ment of water, and that the inventor had
no idea that it would be used for an eel-pot.
And now it has come back, minus an eel
over foot long which remains in Worces-
ter as II memento of the triumph of genius
over the Connecticut river water,
BANKRUPTCY STATISTICS.
The following is an exhibit OF proceed
ings in bankruptcy in United States courts,
with the statement of cases in bankruptcy
in said courts and their disposition, from
March 2, 1867, to Dec. 81. 1872 also.
cases pending Jan. /, 1878 number of pc
titions filed in 1867 7,345 in 1868, 90.
$50 in 1869, 5,92l; in 1870, 4,30l in
1871, 5,43s in 1872, GOA, Total, 5s,6ls.
Number of discharges granted, 3s,741;
number of cases pending Jan. |, 1873 15,-
42l Fees and expenses of assignecs, 81
O03, 022; of clerks, S942, ZOE ofmarshals
81 ,OOl, 954 of registers, s76s,342, Mis-
cellaneous expenses, Sl05,66s. Total ex