Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1875-11-04
Local Notes.

GOA ltOs
The Marble sidewalk On Center
street is now the best piece of walk in
tnxn. Mir. w. W. Tower knows how
10 build a walk.
There were many good natured
looking faces among the Republicans,
yesterday, caused by the glorious elec
ton news. ..-,-...
John B. Reynolds, Esq, and family
leave to-day to spend the winter in Cali
fornia.
The branch news room, in the base
ment of the Bardwell House building,
established recently, by spauldng &
Co, did not prove q success, and has
been given up.
Deputy Sheriff Mplington made a
seizure Of bottle of whisky at Pat
Lotus GROCERY yesterday. The
amount was small, but the fine will be
as great as if it had been larger.
A fire was seen last evening, at
about six O'Clock, in the north part of
the town, said to have been a sugar
house burning in the maple orchard of
John NJ. Allen.
The time has been cut down in the
railroad shops to nine hours, making
CORE spending reduction IN pay. The
whistle is new blown at 7:15 in the morn
lag and at 5:l5 in the evening.
The pay of laborers in the quarries
at West Rutland has been reduced about
20 per cent, making the pay of COM
mon laborer 81 % per day.
The postmaster at this place has
erected = street letter box at the corner
of Wales and Center streets, Berwick
House corner from which mails will be
gathered the same hours as the other
down town boxes A box has also been
placed on Main street at the corner of
Main and West streets, to accommodate
peopie in that section of the town, from
which mails will be gathered at 1880
q. m, l:i5 and $3.50 p. m.
TIE Union prayer meeting al the
Baptist church, last evening, was quite
well attended, there being more present
than at any Of the previous meetings.
Rev. ]. W. Eaton took charge of it.
The next Union prayer meeting is to be
held at the Congregational chapel next
Monday evening.
The annual meeting Of the Vermont
State Agricultural society was held at
D .attleboro, on Wednesday. A report
of : ne meeting will be found in another
nlaca this morning. It will be noticed
that Go 'onei George A. Merrill, of Rut-
band was elected president, and that
General II. Henry Baxter, of Rutland,
was elected c hartman of the board of
dirsctorp We congratulate the society
and oil iDteres, ed, in the selection of
these gentlemen for these positions. We |
nredict increased su ccess and usefulness |
Of the society under he new administra-
ton. Henry Clark, Of Rutland, was
reelected secretary.
If mules were not as scarce in Rut-
l4Q0 AS sam w CllGl 5cA4AA IA AAI"eA 80 ~
noticed that dogs are whenever ''saus-
ages is plenty" we would desire to men-
ton to those members of the mud-turtle
brigade who stand in the evening ON
sidewalks and fill up the doors of stores
and offices, that we have the authority
of the Cincinnati Times for saying that
ssright in the center OF the hind hoof of
every live mule there is lump of gold,
which can be very easily dug out with a
peaSnife."
We understand that Irving Bros,
of Brandon, general agents of New
England for the patent water proof |
building paper, are contemplating a
change very soon, the business at the
mandatory in Philadelphia requiring
their whole attention. Parties in Wor-
cester, Mass., have been talked of as
following them as the New England
AGENTS. a more central point than Bran
lon bainv desired.