Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1875-01-07

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the game of ''poker" is stirring up s,ne-
thing of blaze of indignation that
| high government official should giVeles-
sons in gambling, SO that the General
may find his poker making it hot for
him.
Mr.. Frank Jones, of Portsmouth, IN.
A., has his life insured for 100000.
This is said to be the largest life insrr-
ance carried by any individual in New
England, except Charles @. Storrow. Of
Lawrence, who is insured for $3.50. 90.
SO says the Insurance I1adeg.
The severity of the weather in SoOt-
land may be inferred from the fact that
snow in some places is lying two feet
deep on the higher ranges of hills. a
depth which has not been equaled since
1888. Sheep are suffering greatly from
inability to get at the heritage through
its frosty covering.
The Democrats in Congress are ter
ribly demoralized over the discovery
that Mr.. Schumacher, Democratic mem
Der of the present House and reelected
to the Forty-third Congress, held so
large portion of the Pacific Mail SUB
sidY fund. He had exerted much infiu-
ence on the Democratic side in favor Of
the scheme.
Postmaster-General Jewell told the
Congressional friends of the Oregon
straw bidders that he would allow mails
to rot before he would allow such prizes
as this ring had secured They touad
that they could not talk him over, as
they had supposed in holding their little
conference.
1t is understood that the failure of NJ
B. Oakley Il Co., extensive provision
packers, was caused by the falling,~af
in the price of hogs. The amount the
firm has failed for is said to be very
large, and the suspension will probably
tend to considerably unsettle the provis.
ion market so far as pork is concerned,
Oakley & Co. have always enjoyed the
highest credit
We shall weep no more over the-ruin
of South Carolina. A memorial to Con
gress unanimously adopted by the leg
islature of the State, enumerates the
gains made in the trade of Charleston,
in cotton, rice, naval stores, lumber.
etc, ''all cOnclusively showing" as the
memorial AYERS, that the trade of the
city of Charleston in the past eight
years has been nearly trebled in all the
important elements of Southern prosper.
ity."
The annual report OF the New York
Central and HUDSON River railroad, en-
bracing the Harlem road as well as the
main line, shows the stock 10 I've $780,
1923 300. The funded debt has been in
creased during the last year by $40, 759,-
209, and the total amount is now S3S,-
4S4,742. The floating debt is not chang
ed, still remaining at the insignificant fig
ure of $1,167.
Postmaster General Jewell hopes to
be able to save at least four millions Of
dollars in the annual Curren expenditure
of the postal department, viz: one mil
lion by collecting the unpaid foreign
postage, one million by a more ecOnOm-
ical management of post offices, and
two millions in the cost of transpOrta-
ton.
The Boston common council, Thurs
day evening, voted to take water from
the Sudbury river for the city's supply,
and the matter will come before the
board of aldermen Saturday evening,
which will probably concur with the de-
Cision of the lower board. The cost of
the new conduit needed is estimated at
$500, 900.
Mr.. Bellows, Vice-President of the
Pacific Mail company, gave his testi-
mOny to Mr., Dawes committee, on
Thursday, to the artful manner in
which the accounts of the company
were kept, by which the true state Of
affairs could not be made known to Cae
not in the secret. Theodore Tilt -
would undoubtedly speak of it as a tpt 2
nioal y,a<, - - I-~.a->;------ -
Revs. DR.. Bacon and Porter, Of al
college, have expressed fresh conde.ence
in Mr.. Beecher. To the latter Mr. 3.
said last week-''Dr Porter-I have
been invited by your college to deliver
supplementary course of lectures on
theology, three in number, to follow
those delivered by DR.. John Hall, of
New York. | have accepted this invi.
tatiUn, but you see what circumstances
| am surrounded by. | am enveloped ia
law suits, and am under charges that
affect my moral character | feel con-
strained to release you from. this engage
ment. Please consider it Cancelled"
Dr.. Porter replied with great warmth.
81 shall do no such thing. | believe in 4
your moral integrity with all my heart; I
Yale college believes. in you cannot |
release you from your engagement.
Mr.. Beecher submitted, and the lectures !
will be delivered .e-s... 81 X /