Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1875-11-25
THE RUTLAND HERALD.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER q. 1s1s.
Loea, Notes.

Local notes. 1r.ss - a'.'t,s-
Mrs. Louise Woodworth Toss wants.
to read in Rutland. rs ~ :...5l.
Hon, Martin G. Rverts intends TO
return from the West the FIRST of De
cember. !. u i.j ..1.t5'-f5s.
1T is quite probable that a night
train TO and from New York will soon
be put on over The: Harlem Extension
railroad. ri. tt..
"A Mr.. Miner, nephew of Mrs. Mary
E. Bagley OF this town, was recently
killed at the Centennial buildings in
Philadelphia He fell from the roof of
one of the buildings
We understand that Mr. Lucius Big
Glow, formerly editor Of the St. Adams
Aaperttse,, will spend the winter in
Washington, ais correspondent of the
Boston H@rgld
Gen, n. Fl, Baxter aad family left
for New York on Friday, to spend the
winter They will reside in their house
recently purchased by Mr.. Baxter on
Fifth Avenue. #-. |...=/
There was a large attendance at all
the churches. on Sunday morning. AT
Trinity church, Rev, Roger 8. Howard.
D. D., former pastor of the church,
preached a very able sermon on the text:
"Qatt gou IKE men be s,roag"
Men are at work for Col. Proctor
and Mr.. Thomas Ross, removing the ma
chinery at the central shaft of the Hoo
sac tunnel. 1t will take about four
weeks longer 10 remove il at. 10 Rut.
land
The Bates House entertained thirty,
nine guests through Sunday. Five Of.
these gentlemen are thorough musicians
and they entertained the patrons of the
house with some fine music, principally
selected from the book of Mr. Sankey.
The bar for selling liquor in the
building of T. c. Thornton on Washing
ton street has been taken out We I'M.
derstand the proprietor says there is no
money In II, and he throws up the
. sponge.
81 --St rvices with sermon are held each
9@7sy afternoon at The school house at
Sat.it.5land Pale different cIergymen
oalclafe Rev. 8. B. Pettengill
PFeaeheA here on SUNDAY. aud win
pIea,n ihtss very third Sunday in the
month uufIpgela winter, Rey. Justin
b. Richardson's 3asaehes there next san
day afternoon. e..
AT atont ! ! o'eidas sunday evening
the brilliant planets Mas and saturn,
which have adorned our Stat herr skv
for so many weeks, made 7eTy near
approach to each other. Theexa,5 t.,,,c,,,
of conjunction was l0;45. p. NJ. Wvsh-
iugton time, although they were very
nearly in conjunction all the evening.
and with two stars below them, Gamma
and Delta Capricnrni termed rig au-
gle with Gamma at tAg yertex.
The correspondent Of the Troy Press,
who accompanied the excursion over the
New York < Canada railroad to Mon
treal, justly, ~ it seems t3.lls, says ii is
noticeable how large a number of raen
the world is indebted TO for the compile.
ton OF the road Where there are 80
many claimants dare not discriminate
but push them all aside and name az
the protector ard creator of the road q
man 100 rnodesr 10 claim his fightIub
honor--I. v EaKer. s. =. s. e..
The Mendelssohn Society met in
Simons Hall Friday night and organized
by the election of the following officers:
President, John n. Baxter; Vice Presi-
dents, Horny F. Field, John n Wood,
fin, George G. Day, J. Il. Meeker SEC
rotary, Horace Baxter Treasurer, Clas
w. Musaey Librarian, John G. Pease
Auditor, Charles F. Harris Board of
Directors, A. +. Walker, l.. W. Red
ington, f. A. Morse, G. A. Parkhurst
F. NJ Davis Conductor, George A.
Mietzkc Pianist, Mrs, L. Howard Chat
terton Assistants, Mrs. II. 7 Field,
Miss Ella NJ Ryao. The first meeting
for rehearsal VIII be held on F'r'day /
evening next.
The Berwick House psTr0wly es-
oeapd being burnt Sunday night. shortly
before six O'Clock fire was discovered In
a room In tne north end OF the west
wing, in the upDer story. II was first
seen in the Bates House by Hiram
Haney, who ,an to the Berwick and
gave the alarm. 1t was found on exam
nation that the fire caught In bed, but
how is = fpystery. The room was unoc-
cupied. and there were two beds on the
hadstgad Ia one Of these beds the fire
caught, and, being noticed early, was
pat out with few pals of water There
was no damage done to anything except |
the beds and bedstead. An alarm was
sounde and the engines came out, but |
the fire was entinguishel before they
were ready to be used.