Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1875-11-25
State News i.

latef manager OF the Evergreen Slate
company's works, is now in the grocery
business at Whitehall.
Among the indictments found IN Chi
cago for alleged whisky frauds, is one
against Frank A Eastman, formerly of
Montpelier
Mir. o. f. Barron, the well known
landlord, has rendered to the Dart
mouth University Crew of rs compli-
mentary dinner, 10 take place at White
River Junction, at the Junction Hotel,
on Thursday evening.
The directors of the Vermont and
Canada Jaiircad held a meeting at BOs-
| ton, Thursday. and elected Dr.. Jemes
| r.. Nichols ard William Mixter, boti. Of
| Boston, president and vice pres dent,
and A. G. Stafford, of st. Adams, clerk
| and treasurer.
The Woodstock iStaad4rd is author
izcd to state that the loss OF the White
River Bank, Of Bethel, By the recent
failures, viii be less than $4,000 The
bank has an undivided profits and sur
plus of S32 216.12.
The important question:, whether the
Stats courts haRe Jurisdiction of cases
where q national bank is party, came
up at Montpelier Tuesday, the court
holding that they had, but the matter
will be carried up 10 The Supreme
Court.
Tie school properly known as - len
wood Ladies' Seminary" At West Brat
tleboro, has come back lu,o the hands
Of Prof. Hiram circuit, by decree Of
the court, and he is negotiating for
the establishment Of a classical boarding
school of q high order, for boys and
young ncn, TO be opened in the spring.
The voters Of Plymouth voted on
Saturday against the proposition to bond
the town for the narrow gauge railroad
by majority OF three.
The fall term OF Middlebury College
closed last Tuesday, ana vacation of
six weeks follows. The spring term
eomnebces on Thursday, January 6.
The property Of G, Morgan and j 3.
R9geFsfC. Morgan & 20 OF Roches-
ter. Vt, was attached last Saturday, by
,rl tllcef from Bethel, TO satisfy the
etf1as Of eseGi taEs.
1 A foarfceR-ye arsoA girl has eloped
4Teaea Narth Troy with one Cheney,
4 ,nArried man. She escaped ss<,un the.
!':.....;. dressed II boys clothes.
| The Young Mems Christian Associa-
! ton has inaugurated q rousing revival at
7 Springfield, over 100 rising for prayers
/ during one evening. People from
neighboring towns are attracted 10 their
meetings
Parties IN Mortified are selecting
monarch naples for keels of vessels, for
| shipment TO the sea coast. The first one
sent was estimated TO weigh seventeen
Thousand pounds.
The tragedy al Felchviile, three
months since, when Mrs. Ebenezer
nensm0re attempted the murder of her
three children and then disappeared, has
a sequel in her death in Illinois, a few
days ago, though her wanderings since
the event are still mystery.
4 West Brattleboro boy met with a
queer accident, the other day, that mar
rowly escaped killing him. Some cows
were in the yard, and one of them, in
trying TO hook another, missed her OBJ
iect and one of her horns struck the boy
in the mouth, fracturing bis jaw and
badly inJuIiDg the roof Of his month.
Reuben GetcheIl. Of St. JohnSbrry,
had an educated dog which knew how
to kin sheep. He gave an exposition of
his method in the flock of John Bacon,
2I, aud Immediately afterward the flock
inveutoried two short. Soon after he
got into the cold lead business and that
ruined him,
The reports Of the engineers in charge
Of the New England river and harbor
Improvements have been submitted to
the chief Of engineers. In Burlington
harbor, the past fiscal year, S2S, S05 have
been spent, and $50, 600 are asked for
the ensuing year during the same period
Swanton expended 81 ,9i444; asked
for $40, 900. At Otter Greek the figures
are respectively so, and $43, 146.
Miss Elizabeth Story, highly res
pectable young lady of Fairfax, was
violently assaulted Thursday forenoon,
while walking to the railroad station. by
burly negro tramp, who had very
nearly accomplished his purpose of out
rage when a neighbor came up and the
negro fed. Miss Story was not serious
lY injured. The citizens at once began
securing the country in pursuit of the
villain.
At the New York and Canada rail
road banquet at Plattsburg, b. b.
Smalley, Esq, responded to the toast,
"The State of Vermont, and spoke of |
Vermont's fight for the New Hamp-
shire Grants, and called on Col. Cannon,
who said that Vermont was under the |
purest democratic government. lie |
compared the productiveness of the |
east and west shores of Lake Cham |
plain, and said the New York and Can
ada road was built in advance of the |
ability of the region to support it. 1t |
was a great enterprise, and was chiefly |
brought about by the persistence and |
impudence of Smith nj. Weel, in i'm i
portuning President Dickson.
The question whether Vermont will |
be represented in the Centennial at Phil-
adelphia next year, was settled in the |
affirmative long ago by the enterprising
firm of d. L. Kent 81 Co., who took the
contract for furnishing the tile for the
Art Gallery, a magnificent permanent
building, for which the State of Penn
sylvania appropriated the sum of one
million dollars. We see by the circular
of the Centennial committee that the
building will cover one acre and half |
of ground, and after the Centennial is
over it will be used for museum. The
tile with which it is fioored is all fur
nished by d. L. Kent & Co, and is