Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1875-06-15
state News.

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Loaf Inn, in Ripton. -s..-..
The thermometer tailed 50 in thf
shade at Brattleboro, Monday.
The report that Gen. Butler has beer
selected to deliver the Grafton at the
soldiers reunion at Brattleboro, in Aug,
ust, is denied.
At a recent village meeting in st,
Johnsbury a motion was carried to re-
scind former vote to purchase a steam
fire engine.
They do say Sheriff Drew's "CEarie
Mac is the fastest trotter in the State
He comes out Of the St. Adams races
with a big reputation for speed and
bottom,
The first class school teachers of the
Granite State are emigrating to Yer
mont. Prof. s. H. Bracket, who has
had charge of the Keene High School
for seven years, goes to st. Johnsbury
Academy next terra.
Julian Scott is living with his family
in the handsome town of Plainfeld,
M. He is understood to be sketching
a large battle piece of the Revolutionary
war, probably 'The Capture of Ticon-
deroga," foF The forthcoming Centennial
exhibition.
A house and barn belonging to IL. q.
Shepardson, of West Brattleboro, were
burned on Saturday afternoon, with all
the contents, during the family's alb
sence. The loss was covered by in
surance.
Thursday morning, July 8th, Daniel
Mccoy, of Cambridge Bourough, COM
mitted suicide by hanging. Reported
cause, domestic difficulty. His wife,
who is somewhere in New York State,
has been telegraphed to.
Mr.. J. P. Willard, native of Yer
gennes, and for some years landlord
of the Madison House, Chicago, died of
paralysis, at Keeseville, N. Y, on Mon
dag, at the age of 81 years.
Tilton a. 6oodnow, son of the Rev.
A. w Goodnow, pastor of the Baptist
church at Wilmington, is "stroke out"
in the Amherst University crew, now at
Saratoga to participate in the coming re-
gatta.
The people of st. Adams and vicinity
are going to raise monument to Miss
Ball, who was murdered in that town.
The investigating society held meeting
'FLgFsday, on the scene of the murder,
: stR9qnted to nothing.
49,. MN, ~aor, Of Essex junction,
J on, - Ml Ce Cambridge, played
match of twelve games o. '>So
the other day, which II,
ID in a victory for McGregor, he win
ling nine games while three were
lrawn.
Editor Earle, of the Morrisville C5tj,
en-, in abiding to recent bear hunt,
one of the hunters, Asa Hunt,
. that animal, which he resented when
lie met the editor in the street by giving
lin an ursine hug and chewing off a
part of his ear.
A divorce case of llong standing, be-
ween DR.. William and Catherine How
.rd, Of West Fairlee, in which over one
hundred witnesses appeared, was ter
minated in the Orange County Court,
by bill granting Mrs. How
Lrd the custody of her minor daughter,
80 900 alimony, and $4,000 in trust to
he child.
Col. Henry S. Hard and the Messrs.
Garfield, of the Arlington Car Manu-
acturing company, propose to estab-
ish branch of their large business in
ome other locality, and have been in
pectiDg several places with that end in
yiew.
During the thunder shower Friday af-
ernoon, water spout was seen in the
axe, at Burlington, just outside the
Freak 1t was estimated to be
lbout thirty feet in diameter, and reach
ID from the water to the clouds. The
water spout moved slowly northward,
Ind was lost to view behind Rock
Point.
The survey of the proposed railroad,
with the Rutland and Bur-
ington railroad at Mount Holly and
-unning to Montpelier, has begun, and
books are circulated with
good success, Wilmington and Jackson
vile piedgihg $4,000 in two days.
Mr.. Sprague is now surveying in the \
own Of Granville. ..,.
A meeting was held in st. Adams :.
Wednesday for the purpose of forming /
a new agricultural society. to hold its
exhibitions, on Bellevue Park, ST. Al ]
bans. Every town in Franklin and
Grand Isle counties was represented,
and the border towns in Canada and in
Chittenden county are. tn sbe>invited to;
enite with the two counties ia. the for. .
nation of the society. ~ ~ N $3.50
The celebration in h9nor,ef the Barre (
ia Barre, on: the 9TH. was :
largely attended. Addresses were made
bv Hon, &C. W. Willard, Hon, E. p
Rev: N N. ::Glazier, :Rey, j. j.
Lewis, Mr.. E.' e. French and, Hiram.
Atkins: j. s.; Spaulding, of the Barre.