Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1875-04-15
Local Note S.

GOld 100.
The repairs ON the Bardweu House
are going forward rapidly.
Prof. Dana, of Rutland, will enun-
clate at the spelling match in Castle
ton next week.
Mr.. Chas. j. Powers proposes TO
move his grocery establishment down
town
-Chas. f. Huntoon, who went South
on "a health trip recently, arrived in
Jacksonville on April 7.
A O. Cunningham has received a
large and fresh stock of clothing.
The building lot on Willow street,
sold at auction on Tuesday, by G. c.
Dunn, was purchased by Evelyn Pier
point, for 1855.
"A meeting of the Industrial Reform
ers will be held at the Village Hall, on
Friday, the 18th inst, at o'clock p. n.,
when the election of officers and other
important business will be transacted.
We publish to day an interesting
letter from South America, sent us by
Rev. N. p. Gilbert, who, it will be re-
membered, left Clarendon short time
since for a six months stay in that cOun-
try.
r. w Redington, Esq, will dellV-
or hls new lecture IN CastIetor7 on Tues
day evening, April 81. The lecture
will be o2e Of his happiest efforts, and
will be deiiSered there for the first
time ..s,n-
W. II. Fonda, Of North Ferris
burgh, has been appoihted station agent
at that station, in the place of Henry
Beach, resigned. Mr.. Beach has been
station agent ut North Ferrisburgh for
IS years and has been very popular. Mr..
Fonda win make an excellent agent.
Hon. j. w. Stewart and wife, of
Middlebury, are stopping for few
weeks at Charleston, South Carolina,
We hope Mrs. Stewart may be benefited
by the sojourn there. ..... ..
The letter of acceptance of Rev.
Justin X. Richardson, of call to the
pastorate of the Rutland Baptist church,
is in the hands of the committee of the
society, He will probably commence
his labors on the first Sunday in May
What an eyentful month, April
Lexington and Concord fight in the last
century-Fort Sumter fired upon in the
present-Lincoln's call for rs, 900 men
Richmond fell-Lee surrendered-An-
derson again in command of Sumter
President Lincoln assassinated. All in
the month of April.
Albert II. futile, Esq, arrived
with his wife, Saturday evening, from a
pleasant journey to Florida. They were
absent from home three weeks, and now
return in excellent health and spirits,
more deeply than ever impressed with
the thought that there's no place like
home.
"A public examination of teachers
Tor common schools will be held in
Hubbardton, al the residence of Zebulon
Jones, superintendent, on Saturday,
april oath, 1915, commencing at 8
o'clock q. III.
We are informed by n. L. Davis,
Esq. Master Mechanic of the Rutland
railroad, that no request came to the
Waterman at the machine shop to blow
the steam whistle, on the occasion of
the fire Tuesday night, and he knew
nothing about the fire. The request was
given TO Waterman in the round house,
ard there is no whistle ON that building.
We very cheerfu}Iy make this state
ment.
"A letter from MiddlebuIy last night
to the proprietor of one of our hotels
says: 'Look out for young man about
20 to IS years of age, good easy talker,
light complexion anu light mustache:
business, buying horses. He is ''dead !
beat If the young man who fits into
the above description is at any hotel in
this vicinity 1t would, perhaps, be as
well for the pockets of the proprietor II
he would ''pass him along.
--Forty-1ye Of the scholars OF the
High School have enrolled themselves
ss--177;rt the next spelling match, and are pre-
Pared TO spell against the world. #
sufficient number of entries are received
the next match will be held one week
from Friday. Scholars from any school
except the High School, and any resi-
dent of the county, can have the oppor-
tunity IT composing, by enrolling their |
names on a Est cow open at Tattle q |
Co.'S bookstore. 1s';,e prizes this time
will be four in numbes~-two for each
side-and it will be well 7Torth 40 effort !
TO obtain them. The pre}iminafgea VAL |
be settled upon hereafter.
"A girl in Madison county, Ill, has !
offered herself as prize to the one OF |
four suitors who will outspen the 9th |
ers. The match will be held ia public, |
aud fee of twenty-five cents will be