Rutland Herald, January 1870
Sat Jan 1, 1870
West Rutland: "John Ryan, the unfortunate
boy who was injured at Rutland a short time ago, and whose leg was
amputated on Monday, died last night."
Accident: a brakeman named Dillon fell
from the freight train Monday evening, about two miles north of
Georgia depot, breaking one leg and cutting a bad place in his head.
Article on drunken brawl at Cavendish:
Herald likens it to "notorious Bent case" – makes a big deal of it –
drunkenness, "much excitement" -- "Shrewsbury scenes"
hopefully not repeated. Three bad precedents: Shrewsbury
scenes; Bent case; Cavendish brawl with injuries to men and women –
a gang of 14 toughs
French boy 9 yrs old seriously injured in
logging accident – critical but expected to live.
Mon Jan 3, 1870
French man killed logging accident – West
Mountain, in Pownall – Melatt
Tues Jan 4, 1870
Middlebury: Wm Manney arrested in a state
of intoxication . . . required to disclose where he obtained his
"fire water . . . and for such refusal was recommended to jail until
he would divulge."
Thurs Jan 6, 1870
Big editorial complaint about young men hanging
out on the street corners at night: "ribald talk . . . gross
insult . . . great complaint has been made to the authorities of
this nuisance impropriety . . . These young men who determine to
resist all appeals at their honor and good sense may expect an
exercise of the authority of the law."
Mechanicsville: "has a lyceum in full
blast" Next meeting, topic of debate: "That the African
race has received more injustice at our hands than the American
Indian."
Fri Jan 7, 1870
Editorial on the "labor reform" issue of the 8
hour day. Ten hours per day considered the norm. "Even
when we come to woman we find most of them work more than twelve
hours per day." Rutland Herald editorial stance: Opposes
8-hour day reform movement: "The relations between
capital and labor there [Mass] have always been blended in unbroken
harmony."
Geo. A. Merrill, Superintendent of Rutland &
Burlington Railroad – big article on him – he's lauded; big
celebration at his residence; Governor Page is present
Hydeville lecture: Henry Hall on "Indian
Footprints" – topic is US, NY, VT Indians
Mon Jan 10, 1870
"Ladies Aid Society for the Relief of the Poor
of Rutland" at the house of Mr. Hiram Cheney, Main St.
"Clothes line thieves are depredading again in
this vicinity"
Caledonia County: "Diphtheria is still
prevailing to an alarming extent in Groton. Within a few weeks
nine young persons have been carried away by the fatal disease."
Tues Jan 11, 1870
"The liquor law is not a dead letter in
Castleton. Two lively gin mills have been recently been closed
up through its influence or power, and one or two other cider mills
among us will soon be laid up for repairs unless they voluntarily
cease running. There is enough power in the law, if its
friends will only use it.
YMCA activity in Rutland: "Meetings were
begun at Center Rutland Aug. 11, 1867 . . . until July 25, 1869 . .
." Dedication of new YMCA rooms in the National Bank Bldg,
downtown Rutland
Wed Jan 12, 1870
Castleton National Bank robbed of $6,400.
Safe opened with wedges and sledgehammers; most of the funds safe;
$2,000 reward
"Bank robberies have of late become almost
every day announcements . . ."
Robber of store in Middlebury VT – thieves shot
at – escaped – one captured: 19 years old, named Hyer – first
offense, he says
Vergennes VT – store of J. S. Hickock robbed;
safe blown open; burglar caught June 13: John Fraine
Wed-Thurs Jan 12-13, 1870
"Good Templars" annual meeting – long and
detailed reports. Typical rhetoric: "Eternal in our
hatred to alcohol and its minions, servants, and sympathizers."
Thurs Jan 13, 1870
Good Templars rhetoric: "Prohibitory laws
are the heavy artillery of temperance, and the strongholds of the
rum power cannot be broken up without them."
Women's suffrage association meeting; lots of
stuff about women's suffrage almost daily
Smallpox scare – Proctorsville – 7 cases, all
recovered. A big scare.
Sat Jan 15, 1870
Sunday Services: The principal churches
in Rutland Village:
Baptist – Rev. E. Mills
Catholic – Rev. Charles Boylan
Congregational – Rev. E H. Griffin
French Catholic
Liberal Christian Society
Trinity Church (Episcopal)
Methodist
YMCA
Also services at:
The jail
The Pooler District
The Post District
The Herald's coverage of religious themes is
extensive; very pious editorial stance
Mon Jan 17, 1870
"A Row at West Rutland" – Saratoga RR – "a
couple of brawny Irishmen got aboard at the station here . . . one
of them, who said he was destined to West Rutland, positively
refused to pay his fare . . . handed conductor Clark a 50 cent
scrip" – a scuffle ensues – Herald says they should be "prosecuted."
Tues Jan 18, 1870
Burglaries in Middlebury – convictions:
"Town room . . . densely crowded by a community who had been most
grossly outraged by these villains. . . . 11 distinct burglaries."
One guilty party: William George Hyer, age 19
"A sad accident in Salisbury village on the
afternoon of 13th inst . . . young man Christopher Johndro . . .
woolen mill . . . the skirts of his coat caught on a shaft in rapid
motion, and he was instantly drawn to the shaft and revolved with
it, and in less time than it takes to write the sad occurrence he
was killed, his head being dashed in pieces . . . an excellent young
man, much respected and beloved."
Hydeville: Mumps and scarlet fever are
afflicting many families here and in the vicinity
"Mr. J. Sutcliff, for several years general
superintendent of the Eagle quarry, has retired from that position .
. ."
Merchants in Hydeville:
E D Billings
Russell H Hyde
Hyde Brothers
J. Culver
Sad case of Job Spafford and wife, abandoned to
the poor farm by selfish children . . . lengthy article
Fri Jan 21, 1870
"Lecture at Hydeville: Henry Hall
lectures this Friday evening, at Hydeville, subject, 'The Castleton
Fort' with incidents of garrison life, the whipping post, and
scouting, Brigadier General Ethan Allen in Castleton, etc."
Tues Jan 25, 1870
From "B.W.B." the Herald's Castleton
correspondent: Castleton Revival Meetings ongoing – Advent,
Congregational, and Methodist churches – local news – juvenile
crime, a 14 year old – "horrible infanticide" case in Swanton, where
father kills crying infant.
Wed Jan 26, 1870
"Starvation in Brattleboro. The woman was
taken sick and starved nearly to death at the house of her
half-sister, when another citizen came to remonstrate, and was
turned out of doors. The selectmen then interfered, and
carried the almost dead woman to a neighbor's house, where she died
the next day. A scanty bean diet was all that had been
afforded her for many weeks."
Thurs Jan 27, 1870
Fire in St. Albans
Robbery in Stanformd, of Winchell & Sanford:
"money, boots, shoes, some clothing"
Middlebury: "Juvenile Temperance Army"
will meet at Congregational Church
Merchant's Row on West St.
Sat Jan 29, 1870
"Accident at South Shaftsbury. Elon
Mattison, an employee of the Eagle Square Manufacturing Company and
one of the oldest square grinders in the county, while engaged at
the works last evening, by the bursting of a large grindstone
(weighing some 2800 pounds and performing 175 revolutions per
minute) received severe injuries, one of his legs being broken, and
several of his ribs crushed."
Capture of the Clarendon robber
Mon Jan 31, 1870
"Ripley Sons Safe Blown Open" – 2 a.m. Sunday,
in Center Rutland – loud explosion – got away with $25 – a huge
amount of explosive – way more than was needed to open the safe
Wallingford: Henry Hall will lecture on
"Vermont in the Days of Ethan Allen, and Vermont To-Day"
"A New Disease. A new disease has made
its appearance at Hudson NY. It somewhat resembles typhoid
fever. In Irvington, and Madalin, and Red Hook a number have
fallen victims . . . It is probably the disease known as the
relapsing fever."
February 1870
Fri Feb 4, 1870
"Mr. Lyman P. Goss, formerly of Rutland, has
recently been appointed the Superintendent of the Eagle Slate Co. at
Hydeville. Mr. Goss is a quarryman of ability and experience .
. ."
RR accident on Vermont Central RR, Burlington –
man killed
"Destitute. The Albia (NY) woolen mills
ceased running in October, and the operatives have been reduced to
extreme misery for want of employment and food. Eight or ten
families have become so destitute as to be obliged to keep to their
beds for warmth, having no fuel."
Sat Feb 5, 1870
Fair Haven – Masonic festival – "The hall was
appropriately decorated with Masonic emblems, including the
'celebrated goat' and 'gridiron'. There was a goodly number
present from Whitehall and other neighboring lodges." – A lot of
Masonic activity reported in the Herald
Tues Feb 8, 1870
"Accident at West Rutland. About 10
o'clock yesterday forenoon an unanticipated discharge of a blast
occurred in Sheldon and Slason's newly covered marble quarry in West
Rutland; by which a boy named Michael Tigue sustained severe
internal injuries, one of his legs being also so badly injured that
it is feared amputation will be necessary, if indeed his other
injuries do not prove fatal previously. It seems that on
Saturday several holes were drilled in which one of the walls of the
quarry, which were filled with powder, and all were supposed to have
been exploded, one, however, going off by the rock between it and
another blast being torn completely out and most of the fuse,
powder, and tamping being blown out by the rock . . ." (more
on the details of the accident)
Wallingford. Henry Hall lecture:
"Indian Footprints, Part II: Indians that Formerly Inhabited
Vermont." Notices of Henry Hall lectures frequent and
laudatory.
Wed Feb 9, 1870
"Michael Tigue . . . boy injured at Sheldon and
Slason's quarry at West Rutland . . . suffered amputation of his leg
yesterday . . ."
"Grand Temperance Rally. The anniversary
exercises of the Ladies Temperance Association of Rutland will be
held Friday . . ."
Thurs Feb 10, 1870
"Castleton. . . . A respectable assembly of
some twenty couple of colored people came off at the Bomoseen House
a few evenings since, commemorative of the emancipation proclamation
of President Lincoln. Most of the male portion of the party
were knights of the razor and sheers, therefore it was styled the
'barber's ball.' Their conduct was in all respects orderly.
They hailed from St. Albans, Burlington, Rutland, Poultney, Salem,
Whitehall, Fair Haven, and other places."
[Note: 1870 census from ancestry.com
lists 96 "colored" persons in all of Rutland County, distributed as
follows: Benson (6), Castleton (10), Clarendon (4), Danby (2),
Fair Haven (10), Hubbardton (1), Mount Holly (4), Pawlet (11),
Pittsford (1), Poultney (4), Rutland (44), and Wallingford (1).
Two "colored" barbers in Rutland were James L. Taylor, 62, and his
son Edward Taylor, 23. ]
"The arrivals at the Bomoseen last week
numbered 235."
Fri Feb 11, 1870
Home for Destitute Children in Burlington –
local fundraising effort for
Sat Feb 12, 1870
"Trotting at Hydeville. A trot for a
purse of $75, $50 to the first and $25 to the second best horse,
took place on the ice on Lake Bomoseen at Hydeville, yesterday,
which attracted quite a crowd of spectators . . ."
[ continuation on Wed Feb 16: ] An
estimated 4,000 people attended the trot on Lake Bomoseen from
"Rutland, Poultney, Wells, Granville, Whitehall, Fair Haven,
Hydeville, and Castleton, and other towns."
"Accidental Death. Mrs. Bryant, a
lone widow of Waterbury, was recently found by her neighbors dead at
the foot of her cellar stairs, having evidently been killed by
falling down."
Feb 11-12, 1870
Frank Lidell, Fort Edward, killed in a
well-digging accident. Buried alive. Two separate
stories, pretty detailed.
Mon Feb 14, 1870
"Ladies Aid Society for the Relief of the Poor
of Rutland will meet at the house of Mr. H. H. Paine on Grove St."
Tues Feb 15, 1870
Brandon: "town rowdies" slash and cut the
harness and reins of Capt. Cook's horse during a minstrel show
Brandon: smallpox scare – one death
"Sneak Thief. A man aged about 35 or 40
years, well dressed and of good appearance, has been hanging around
about town for several days past, with no visible business, except
the nefarious one which he practices. He watches his
opportunity about a residence until he finds the male portion of the
family absent, when he sneaks into the front or back door, as the
case may be, and helps himself to what loose clothing or other
valuables he may find. If caught in the act, as he sometimes
is, he makes an excuse that he is hungry and asks for some cold
victuals. . . ."
Henry Hall lecture in Rutland Village Hall,
solicited by many of the city's most prominent men, was very well
received: "Ethan Allen's memory we always loved and revered,
but never so much as since hearing Mr. Hall's lecture. . . ."
Wed Feb 16, 1870
"Brattleboro. . . . John Demsey, a workman on
the new bridge across the Connecticut River at Brattleboro, was on
Friday knocked from the bridge by a swinging timber, and fell 25
feet to the ice below, striking on his head and shoulder. He
was taken up senseless and supposed to be dead, but it is thought
that he may recover."
"Killed. A Frenchman named Louis Gangon
was mistakenly killed on Saturday while at work on an embankment on
the Woodstock Railroad near Tuftsville, by being crushed under a
mass of frozen earth, which suddenly cracked off and fell upon him."
Suspected robbery and murder in the burning of
the store of Birchard of Dummerston.
Thurs Feb 17, 1870
"The Rum Stream" – lengthy anti-liquor poem by
the Rev. A. F. Bailey. Brief excerpts from a much longer poem:
". . . and the old River of Rum with poison now flows / the vilest
and wickedest compound of woes . . ." Etc.
Fri Feb 18, 1870
Brattleboro: Continuation of story of
starvation: "Hygienic Starvation at Brattleboro" – very
long and detailed article on "alleged starvation of Flora Stoddard
at Brattleboro, by her half-sister, Mrs. George C. Haskins, is one
of the most extraordinary that ever darkened the criminal annals of
Vermont. . . ." The gist of it is that Flora Stoddard was
intentionally starved to death under a 'hygienic' diet of
watered-down foods. Weird.
Sat Feb 19, 1870
"Concerning the various cases of sneak
thieving, robbery, &c, that are recorded, we may safely say that the
symptoms of an epidemic of knavery are alarming . . ."
". . . . wood thieves are the latest nuisance.
Sufferers better powder some of their chunks."
Mon Feb 21, 1870
Women's Suffrage Convention at Rutland Opera
House, Feb. 21-22. Speakers include William Lloyd Garrison and
Julia Ward Howe. Several very long articles on the convention
in subsequent days. A very big deal.
"Ladies Aid Society for the Relief of the Poor
of Rutland will be held at the house of Mrs. Geo. R. Weed on Main
St."
Wed Feb 23, 1870
500 people at Rutland Opera House for the
Women's Suffrage Convention.
Sat Feb 26, 1870
Annual Report of the Town of Rutland Selectmen.
"From the report of the Overseer of the Poor, it appears that the
amount drawn by him. . . . [was] $4,517.00. All of this has
been expended in the care of the poor under his charge. Eleven
persons have been buried at town expense during the year." The
report includes reports by the following committees: "Report
of Town Liquor Agent, Mr. B. W. Marshall . . . Report of the
Overseer of the Poor . . . Town Treasurer's Report . . . Auditor's
Report."
Sat Feb 26, 1870
"Wm. N. Bacheledor of the Bomoseen House,
Castleton . . ."
March
1870
Tue-Wed, March 1-2, 1870
RUTLAND TOWN'S POLITICAL CLASS, 1870.
From the Rutland Herald, Tues-Wed, March 1-2,
1870
"Town caucus at the Village Hall."
Present are 90 of 1,800 voters
Martin G. Everts, Chairman
Henry Clark, Secretary
Committee of 12 to make nominations for city
posts:
Horace H. Dyer
Charles Sheldon
W. C. Dunton
John Cain
J. G. Griggs
Nahum Johnson
J. Mead
John Engram
Redfield Proctor
S. M. Dorr
H. G. Clark
George C. Thrall
Thanks of the meeting tendered by Mr. Wilson,
Superintendent of the B---- and Saratoga Railroad
NOMINATIONS AND VOTES
[Note: The Herald published two separate
lists on March 1 and 2: the first of nominations, the second
of those elected and the number of votes each received. Here I
combine the two, with original slate of nominees indicated by
asterisk (*) and number of votes each received in parentheses.
Again, the number of eligible voters in town exceeded 1,800,
according to the Rutland Herald, making the voter participation rate
in this election about 19% (343 / 1,800).]
Martin G. Everts. Moderator
B. M. Marshall.* Town Clerk (343)
Franklin Billings.* Selectman
(140). Overseer of the Poor (105). Town Agent
(338)
John M. Hall.* Selectman (343)
R. R. Mead.* Selectman. (341)
D. Verder. Selectman. (200)
William Gilmore.* Lister (343)
Horace H. Dyer.* Lister (342)
Nahum Johnson.* Lister (230).
Fence Viewer (340).
Evelyn Pierpoint.* Lister. (329)
J. W. Cramton. Lister. (300).
Fence Viewer (340).
William M. Field.* Constable (338)
Walter C. Dunton.* Town Treasurer
(343)
Daniel Wing.* Overseer of the Poor
(127). Lister (119)
Joel M. Haven.* Auditor (326)
William R. Gilmore.* Auditor (326)
John A. Sheldon.* Auditor (326)
Charles H. Joyce.* Grand Juror
(326)
Joel C. Baker.* Grand Juror (326).
Superintendent of Schools (124)
Edward H. Ripley.* Grand Juror
(326)
Lorenzo Sheldon.* Grand Juror (326)
E. F. Sadler.* Inspector of the Leather
(340)
Ben K. Chase.* Sealer of Weights and
Measures (209)
John Cain. Fence Viewer (340)
W. H. B. Owen.* Trustee (155)
On changes in the original nominations:
"On the nomination of Selectmen, the ticket was
adopted with the substitution of Daniel Verder for Franklin
Billings. Mr. Owen having declined as one of the Listers, John
W. Cramton was substituted in his place. When the nominations
for Overseer of the Poor was taken up, on motion of Col. Redfield
Proctor, the nomination of Mr. Wing was laid on the table. On
the motion of Charles Sheldon, the meeting was adjourned."
[March 2]
CORRELATION OF 1870 TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH 1870 CENSUS
The following correlates these newly elected
members of Rutland's Town Council (March 1-2) with the 1870 U.S.
Census (June-Sept).
[Notes: HH = household no. F =
family no. Dates refer to the date the census listing was
made, pgs to page no. of census mss. Money values: first
figure is value of real estate, second figure value of personal
estate. All listed as born in Vermont unless otherwise
indicated. Sequence of names is same as above.]
B. M. MARSHALL. [TOWN CLERK AND TOWN
LIQUOR AGENT, 1869-1870] 32. Grocer.
June 24, p. 45. HH 305 / F 389. $8,000 / $4,000.
Lives with Eunice Wooster, 65, at home, and Louis Marshall, age 7.
FRANKLIN BILLINGS. [SELECTMAN, OVERSEER
OF THE POOR, AND TOWN AGENT] 63. Farmer. Aug 25,
p. 122. HH 855 / F 1022. $5,000 / $5,000. Lives
with Josephine Billings, 60, and Emma Knutson, 19.
JOHN M. HALL. [SELECTMAN] 47.
At home. July 21, p. 79. HH 542 / F 656. $16,000 /
$4,000. Lives with Sarah Hall, 36, and two children ages 9 and
1.
ROLLIN R. MEAD. [SELECTMAN]
52. Selectman. Aug 26, p. 190. HH 1187 / F 1525.
$6,000 / $3,000. Lives with Leonette Mead, 48.
GEORGE [DANIEL] R. VERDER. [SELECTMAN].
The Rutland Herald identifies the candidate who replaced Franklin
Billings on the Selectmen slate as "Daniel Verder" and later as "D.
Verder." Census data show no Daniel or D. Verder in
Rutland Town in 1870. They do show George R. Verder. 27.
Clerk and baker. June 24, p. 45. HH 304 / F 386.
No property. Lives in household of 12 people, including a
hardware store clerk; a manufacturer of nuts and bolts; a physician;
and an engineer. This is very probably the new Selectman; the
Rutland Herald likely got his name wrong, twice. His election
as Selectman was unusual, in that he was not on the original list of
nominees, which implies that he got onto the slate and elected via
back-room organizing. He was also the only person elected to
the Town Council who owned no property, and its youngest member.
In light of these facts, the Herald's misstating his name may not
have been accidental, but part of a longer tradition of razzing
green political wannabes, especially those who hadn't yet "made it"
in the world of business. That there was another Daniel in the
room (Daniel Wing) who was apparently opposed by Redfield Proctor
for Overseer of the Poor (marble magnate Proctor was a major
political player), and among this group's poorer members, might have
added to the slight, while also giving Henry Clark, the meeting's
secretary and the Herald's editor, a ready excuse for getting George Verder's name wrong, twice.
WILLIAM GILMORE. [LISTER] 60.
Farmer. Aug. 6, p. 138. HH 972 / F 1140.
$75,000 personal estate. Lives with Mary Gilmore, 87, at home,
and Kate Foley, 30, domestic servant, b. Ireland.
HORACE H. DYER. [LISTER] 50.
Farmer. Sept 3, p. 220. HH 1378 / F 1753. $2,500 /
$40,000. Lives with A. Jane Dyer, 27, keeping house; Horace E.
Dyer, one month; 2 domestic servants, 2 farmhands, 1 chore boy, and
1 dry goods salesman. Horace H. Dyer is probably the son or
nephew of Alanson Dyer, 70, at home, and brother or cousin of Emily
A. Dyer, 57, at home, HH 264 / F 341, p. 39, who live in the same
house as N. L. Davis, Superintendent Rutland Railroad – all three of
whom, in turn, live two doors down from Bridget Waters, 20, my Irish
immigrant washerwoman unmarried head-of-household great-grandmother,
who is arrested in Aug 1874 for "getting her liquor from a cucumber"
(see posting by CHabes on RootsWeb Rutland VT on Bridget Waters).
NAHUM JOHNSON. [LISTER AND FENCE
VIEWER] 61. Farmer. Sept 2, p. 214.
HH 1336 / F 1707. $2,000 personal estate. Lives with
Mary E. Johnson, 20, keeping house, and 2 domestic servants.
EVELYN PIERPOINT. [LISTER] 54
(male). Real estate speculator. June 25, p. 38. HH
256 / F 331. $30,000 / $60,000. Lives with Sarah
Pierpoint, 50, Alice Pierpoint, 25, and Annie Pierpoint, 6.
This household is six doors down from my great-grandmother Bridget
Waters' (HH 262). Note the proximity in age of Bridge Waters
(20) and Alice Pierpoint (25). Both also have small girls in
their families: Mary Waters, age 11, and Annie Pierpoint, age
6. The difference their in families' net worth is $90,000
(Bridget & Mary Waters, $0, vs. the Pierpoints, $90,000).
WILLIAM M. FIELD. [CONSTABLE]
55. Sheriff. July 20, p. 77. HH 533 / F 647.
$20,000 / $50,000. Lives with Minerva Field, 53, Fred W.
Field, 20, clerk post office, and Kitty Field, 16.
WALTER C. DUNTON. [TOWN TREASURER]
39. Attorney. July 18, p. 71. HH 492 / F 599.
$10,000 personal estate. Lives with Emma Dunton, 31, and Agnes
Dunton, age 4.
DANIEL WING. [OVERSEER OF THE POOR]
73. No occupation listed. Aug 25, p. 187. HH
1159 / F 1493. $3,000 personal estate. Lives with Mary
Wing, 67; Kate Madison, 16; and Charles Wing, 18.
JOEL M. HAVEN. [AUDITOR]
48. Treasurer Rutland Railroad. July 21, p. 83. HH
572 / F 689. $20,000 / $3,000. Lives with
Harriet Haven, 48, and Franklin Haven, 7.
WILLIAM R. GILMORE. [AUDITOR]
31. Dry goods merchant Aug 6, p. 138.
HH 969 / F 1139. $5,000 personal estate. Lives
with James Gilmore, Post master West Rutland; Mary, 25; Charles,
clerk post office; Annie J., 3. Lives next door to Lister
William Gilmore, 60, farmer (see above).
JOHN A. SHELDON. [AUDITOR]
30. Marble dealer. July 1, p. 56. HH
381 / F 476. $6,500 / $1,500. Lives with Caroline, 24, b.
NY; Chas, 2; Augustus, 1; Mary Carley, 16, domestic servant.
CHARLES H. JOYCE. [GRAND JUROR]
40. Attorney at law. June 6, p. 11.
HH 74 / F 89. $13,000 / $2,000. Lives with
Rowena, 36; Inez, 15; Chad, 4.
JOEL C. BAKER. [GRAND JUROR AND
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS] 32. Attorney.
June 11, p. 17. HH 118 / F 143. $500 personal estate.
Lives with Addie Baker, 23. Shares house with John D. Stowers,
engine builder, b. NY.
EDWARD H. RIPLEY. [GRAND JUROR]
30. Marble dealer. Sept. 12-13, p. 247. HH 1611 /
F 1985. $1,200 personal estate. Lives with William
Ripley, 73, Bank President, $136,800 / $76,000, Jane B., keeping
house, Chas H., 28, marble dealer; 2 domestic servants ages 17 and
28; 2 bank clerks; and one groom, 28, b. Ireland. This is the
very last page of the Rutland Town census, presumably back in the
center of town.
LORENZO SHELDON. [GRAND JUROR]
69. Allo physician. Aug 8, p. 143. HH
1000 / F 1182. $12,000 / $28,000. Lives with
Mahala Sheldon, 65; Lucy Goss, 32; Harley C. Sheldon, 29, deputy
sheriff; and Grace Goss, 9.
E. F. SADLER. [INSPECTOR OF THE LEATHER]
50. Manufacturer boots & shoes. Born MA. June 3,
p. 5. HH 36 / F 45. $12,000 / $1,000. Lives with
Sarah L., 45; Minnie, 18; and Frank, 15, all b. VT.
BEN K. CHASE. [SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND
MEASURES] 39. Jewelry and watch merchant.
Born NH. July 6, p. 60. HH 410 / F 512. $20,000 /
$10,000. Lives with Lucy A., keeping house, b. NH;
George M., 5; Harry, 3; Robert Barlow, 25, jeweler, all b. VT; and
Margaret Campbell, 41, b. NH.
J. W. CRAMTON [FENCE VIEWER] 49.
Landlord Bardwell House. July 21, p. 79. HH 544 /
F 658. $75,000 / $50,000. Lives with Hannah, 35, keeping
house; May E, 25, at home; 3 laundresses b. Ireland, 2 f. cooks, one
b. Ireland, one VT; 2 f. in kitchen; 1 pantry girl b. Ireland; 6
table girls; 2 chambermaids; and many wealthy professional guests.
JOHN CAIN [FENCE VIEWER] 61.
Editor Rutland Courier. b. Isle of Man. Aug 6, p.
137. HH 981 / F 1150. $5,000 personal.
Lives with John A, 27, farmer; Jeweto P., dry goods merchant; Mary
E, 20, at home; Mary Sullivan, 13, domestic servant; Thomas
Sullivan, laborer, b. Ireland.
W. H. B. OWEN. [TRUSTEE].
Unable to locate in 1870 census.
End of listing of Town Council Members.
MEMBERS OF MARCH 1 NOMINATING COMMITTEE NOT
ELECTED TO CITY OFFICE (7 of 12, with Martin G. Everts, not on
Nominating Committee, making 13):
MARTIN G. EVERTS. [MEETING
MODERATOR] 52. At home. June 16, p. 31.
HH 221 / F 270. $33,000 / $4,000.
Lives in a household of eight, including George Hathaway, 32,
treasurer marble company; C. Lee Stimson, 30, machinery
manufacturer; Edward Palmer, 33, dry goods clerk; Edward Beach, 19,
clerk jewelry store.
HENRY CLARK. [SECRETARY] 42.
Editor, Rutland Herald. July 6, p. 58. HH 394 / F
493. $7,000 / $2,500. Lives with Henrietta Clark, 34,
and Louisa Clark, 15.
J. G. GRIGGS. 50.
Farmer. Aug. 29, p. 201. HH 1249, F 1603.
$1,000 personal estate. Lives with Ella B. Edmundson,
23, housekeeper; M. McLaughlin, 25, domestic servant. Lives
three houses down from A. J. Mead and family.
A. J. MEAD. 55. Farmer.
Aug. 29, p. 200. HH 1246 / F 1600. $12,000
personal estate. Lives with Ellen B. Mead and 5 Mead children,
plus Mary Northrup, 62. Live three doors down from J. G.
Griggs.
JOHN ENGRAM. 42. Farmer.
Sept. 9, p. 241. HH 1562 / F 1935. No
property. Lives with Ann J. Engram, 48, and 3 Engram
kids. Lives two doors down from Redfield Proctor and family.
REDFIELD PROCTOR. 39.
Farmer. Sept. 9, p. 241. HH 1559 / F
1933. $20,000 / $3,600. Lives with Emily J.
Proctor and four Proctor kids, plus Anna Connely, 15, domestic
servant, b. Ireland. Lives two doors down from John Engram and
family.
S. M. DORR. 46.
Attorney. b. NY. Aug. 31, p. 201.
HH 1283 / F 1639. $12,500 / $40,000. Lives
with J. C. R. Dore, 44, Author, b. French Canada; Russell R. Dore,
22, marble dealer, b. NY; 3 other Dore kids, 2 eldest b. VT,
youngest, 11, b. VT; 2 female domestic servants, b. Ireland, ages 31
and 35.
GEORGE C. THRALL. 28.
Farmer. July 21, p. 80. HH 549 / F 663.
No property. Lives with Luna [Laura] B. Thrall, 28,
keeping house, b. Ill; J. Chapman Thrall, 2 months; Mary Thrall, 69;
David Higgins, 19, laborer. Thrall family in Rutland is
extensive; eldest is Chauncy Thrall, b. 1802.
SEQUENCE OF ENUMERATION (to help figure out who
was neighbors with whom; HH = household):
HH 36: Sadler, E. F.
HH 74: Joyce, Charles H.
HH 118: Baker, Joel C.
HH 221: Everts, Martin
HH 256: Pierpoint, Evelyn
HH 262: Waters, Bridget (my
great-grandmother; not a political player by any stretch)
HH 264: Dyer, Alanson (presumed relative
of HH 1378, Horace H. Dyer)
HH 304: Verder, George
HH 305: Marshall, B. M.
HH 381: Sheldon, John A.
HH 394: Clark, Henry
HH 410: Chase, Ben K.
HH 492: Dunton, Walter C.
HH 533: Field, William M.
HH 542: Hall, John
HH 544: Cramton, J. W.
HH 549: Thrall, George C.
HH 572: Haven, Joel M.
HH 855: Billings, Franklin
HH 969: Gilmore, William R.
HH 972: Gilmore, William
HH 981: Cain, John
HH 1000: Sheldon, Lorenzo
HH 1159: Wing, Daniel
HH 1187: Reed, Rollin
HH 1246: Mead, A. J.
HH 1249: Griggs, J. G.
HH 1283: Dorr, S. M.
HH 1378: Dyer, Horace H.
HH 1559: Redfield, Proctor
HH 1562: Engram, John
HH 1611: Ripley, Edward H.
HH 1707: Johnson, Nahum
Tues March 1, 1870
French Catholic Fair . . . benefit for new
French Catholic Church. Leave donated articles for Rev. Father
Gagnier on Lincoln Ave.
"Castleton: A large and indulgent
audience listened attentively and quietly at the Liberal Christian
Church last Saturday evening, for nearly two hours, to Mrs. Lucy
Stone Blackwell on the woman question, or, in other words, the right
of women to vote and hold office . . . Mrs. Stone will have to speak
louder, longer and stronger than on this occasion to convince our
people, or any great portion of them, that it is woman's sphere to
vote and hold office . . ."
Town Officers' Report: " . . . the
expenses for the year 1869 are considerably larger than any previous
year since the war. The auditors report that it will require a
tax of sixty cents on a dollar of the grand list to meet the
liabilities of the town. This is twenty cents on the dollar
more than last year, caused in part by high wind, high water, poor
bridges, and high medical charges, the latter by reason of the small
pox raging so fatally and fearfully among us a year ago this
winter."
On Feb 26, Charles Reynolds, age 11, brought
before Grand Juror Morse – sentenced to one year in Reform School at
Woodstock, for "defacing the school house, making obscene pictures
thereon, and for disturbing the peace by a continuous abuse of the
smaller scholars in the school . . . a bad boy in almost all
respects, disobedient to teachers, untruthful and ungovernable
generally . . . It may interest tobacco dealers and older narcotic
worshipers to know that this boy has used the weed continuously . .
. ever since he was seven years old, and if a pickling in that juice
hath any virtue, this lad will certainly be saved."
Wed March 2, 1870
Town meetings and town officers elected listed
for: Brandon, Castleton, Mount Holly, Shrewsbury, Wallingford,
Pittsford, Poultney. Other towns listed in subsequent days.
Thurs March 3, 1870
Inventory of Probate Court cases
Sat March 5, 1870
"An epidemic that would carry off some of the
most impudent of our street boys would be a good thing for the
public, and might not break the hearts of the parents of the
deceased."
Sun March 6, 1870
Ladies Aid Society for the Relief of the Poor
of Rutland will meet at Mission House on Main Street, Mon March 7 at
2 p.m.
Mon March 7, 1870
"Rev. Miles Grant of Boston, preached at the
Advent Chapel, on West Street . . . an eminently plain and practical
discourse on the relations of Master and Servant, Parents and
Children, and Husbands and Wives, in which each relation was happily
sustained with forcible illustrations. There was much
excellent advice, good common sense, and the spirit of true
christianity [sic]. . . ."
"The following lines are respectfully dedicated
to those loafers who take so much pleasure in sunning themselves on
Center Street:
"Standing on the sidewalk / Smoking my cigar
/ Nothing under heaven / My happiness can mar
"Staring at the ladies / Surely what a treat
/ Bless me! This is pleasant, / Loafing on the street."
Fair Haven. Good Templars – plays
performed Thursday and Friday. Thurs: "The Spirit of
'76" and "The Limerick Boy." Friday: "Ten Nights in a
Bar Room". Lauded by a reviewer for revealing the evils of
"liquid damnation" and illustrating the "very lowest of degradation
by the use of 'Hell fire' . . ."
Tues March 8, 1870
W. C. Dunton – long letter on "Taxation of
Railroads." Dunton disagrees with Dorr. "I hope Mr. Dorr
will acknowledge his mistake."
"Proctorsville. On Saturday last Mr.
James Bemis, while at work in Haskell's Mill at Duttonsville, on a
planing machine, had his right hand cut off in the center of it,
leaving but the thumb. A year or two since he had three
fingers of his left hand cut off in a similar manner."
"Middlebury. A young lad by the name of
George Bertrand was on March 2d, arraigned before Justice Simmons,
charged with a misdemeanor in mutilating shade trees in our village.
It was proved that with a hatchet he had cut several seriously."
Sentenced to Reform School at Waterbury for two years.
"A girl . . . Susan Fassett from Weybridge . .
. [accused of] stealing jewelry from the store of O. S. Dickenson &
Company of our village . . . fined one dollar in costs, and one
week's imprisonment in our county jail."
"Young man . . . Piper . . . in Salisbury . . .
charged with adultery."
Wed March 9, 1870
"Hon H. H. Wheeler, the presiding Judge of the
County Court, arrived in town last evening and has quartered at the
Bates House."
Street signs: "The Village Trustees have
authorized the placing of signs designating the name of each street
upon street corners. . . ." Lauded as a good idea; other big
towns are doing it and it helps, especially visitors.
Town meeting called for Friday March 18
Henry Hall lecture at Village Hall: "St.
Paul in Italy." Tickets at: Bardwell House; Chaffee &
Hargers; Tuttle's book store; the Stevens House; the Bates House;
and the stores of N. V. Brooks, E. N. Merriam, and Spaulding.
"The Next Dance. . . . Washington Engine
Company No. 2 . . . next social hop . . . Friday evening next . . .
The Rutland Quadrille Band [will] furnish the music . . . to benefit
of Mrs. H. G. Litchfield . . . in memory of her late husband" who
was crucial in getting the Wash Engine Co into its present tip-top
shape. Organizing committee of the benefit dance: E. F.
Sadler, A. Ross, Isaac Gibson, George P. Russell, G. W. Chapin, Jr.,
and George M. Chase.
Castleton. . . . "One night last week four of
the men in the employ of the Pencil Manufacturing Company spent the
night at a hotel in the neighboring town to the north, in the
morning they returned home pretty drunk and ready for a first rate
fight; complaint was made to Grand Juror Pond, papers were served
upon them by Sheriff Caswell, and a fine of five dollars and cost
was imposed on each by Justice Brown for drunkenness. The next
morning they went to work sober and wiser men, with the remark that
they were served just right. It cost them between eleven and
twelve dollars each."
"Some forty or fifty of Bachelder's friends
attended his first anniversary as a hotel-keeper, in the parlors of
the Bomoseen House last Friday evening, in the manner as it is
termed now days, of a social hop, accompanied with rare music, and a
rich supper."
Herald editorial against taxation stance for
railroad taken by Mr. Dorr of Town Council. Dorr letter
printed in full in another column.
Rutland County Court. Hon. Hoyt H.
Wheeler, Chief Judge. Hon. James K. Hyde and Hon Bradley Fish,
Assistant Judges. March term commenced. Jurors listed
for all towns: Benson, Brandon, Castleton, Chittendon, Fair
Haven, Hubbardton, Mendon, Pittsford, Pittsfield, Sherburne,
Sudbury, West Haven, Rutland. For Rutland: Benj. W.
Marshall, Walter C. Landon, Harvey W. Kingsley (the latter excused
from service).
Announcement to Selectmen of Rutland:
"Request town meeting . . . to see if the town will vote to rescind
the vote passed at the annual town meeting, March 1, 1870, to
instruct the Listers to put into the grand list of 1870, the
railroad property located in the town of Rutland." Petition
signed by:
L. G. Kingsley
W. G. Veazey
J. C. Dunn
H. A. Sawyer
C. H. Joyce
Charles Sheldon
H. G. Clark
B. H. Burt
W. Y. Ripley
John N. Baxter
W. C. Clement
W. Y. W. Ripley
Chas Clement
Henry Clark
A. H. Post
Walter C. Dunton
Henry F. Field
B. F. Dunklee
Harvey Kingsley
John A. Salisbury
Loring Atwood
George C. Hathaway
H. C. Tuttle
A. S. Marshall
George A. Tuttle
H. E. Adams
A. H. Tuttle
H. G. Clark
James H. Dyer
Ben K. Chase
Chester Kingsley
William D. Goodnow
B. W. Marshall
J. S. Bowman
H. H. Paine
W. B. Mussey
Foregoing petition addressed to Selectmen J. M.
Hall, R. R. Mead, and Daniel Verder.
"Attempted Suicide. James Wheelock, in a
sudden outburst of insanity, attacked his brother Lewis, in their
house in Bartonsville, with a fire shovel, laying bare the scalp
with heavy blows, but not stunning him enough to prevent him from
defending their invalid sister from the maniac's attack.
Repulsed thus, James went into another room and cut his throat.
The brothers are bachelors, nearly sixty years old, and live with a
helpless sister. James has been threatening suicide for some
days. He will recover from this attempt, but he ought to do it
in an asylum."
Thurs March 10, 1870
"Springfield." Sunday Feb 27: ". .
. store of Chase Brothers, Druggists, . . . broken open . . . ten
dollars in change and scrip in the money drawer, together with other
property, was stolen . . . today a young man named Frank Micott, a
Frenchman, resident and loitering about the place was arrested . . .
"
Fri March 11, 1870
Schools: West Street School . . . taught
by Mary J. Reynolds . . . the graded school at Center Rutland
Mon March 14, 1870
Letter from S. M. Dorr, re Railroad Tax, dated
March 11
"Death of a Former Slave. . . . James West . .
. 'Old Jim' who has long been in the service of Gen. H. Henry
Baxter, has long been known in this county, and especially in
Rutland. He was formerly a slave in Maryland, and escaped, and
while on his way to Vermont . . . came to Castleton, where for
several years he was the familiarly known and faithful servant of
the late Hon. Zimri Howe. He came to Rutland . . . for years
he has been the obedient servant of General Baxter. For two
years he has been an invalid. At first his disease was
supposed to be rheumatism, but soon developed itself as dry
gangrene. He lost one foot two or three years ago, and several
weeks since the other was so diseased that it literally rolled off –
only a little cutting of the dry skin was necessary to separate it
from the limb. His has been a painful disease, and he has been
a great sufferer."
"West Rutland. The St. Patrick Benevolent
Society of West Rutland, have accepted the invitation of other Irish
associations, and will visit that city on the 17th . . .
A magnificent Irish flag, costing $150, has lately been purchased by
the friends of the organization and presented to them . . ."
Editorial complaint of Rutland Herald of young
ladies "knitting tatin" during Henry Hyde's lecture of March 12, and
a riposte from "One of the Young Ladies" of Wallingford: "They
intended no insult to him, although they were aware of his
constitutional aversion to work . . ." Very funny exchange.
Tues March 15, 1870
Public dogfight: " . . . 60 men . . .
assembled near the Depot Part at the [---] of Center Street . . .
farmer . . . mechanic . . . butcher . . . merchants . . . clerks . .
. the lawyer . . . the doctor . . . the printer . . . everybody
seemed to be on hand and eager for the fray – except the police."
"Loafing as a Fine Art. . . . down the
street from the Post Office to the Bates House, between the hours of
7 and 9 PM . . . you will find a set of interesting individuals
ranged along the side-walk, like so many spittoons waiting to be
washed. . . . The principal business of these fellows seems to
consist of advertising rum shops and 'gin mills' and the open
countenance they display . . . we have sewers for carrying off filth
and laws for abolishing nuisances – why cannot something be done to
rid the streets of these foul-mouthed loafers?"
"St. Patrick's Day. Our Irish fellow
citizens will celebrate St. Patrick's Day by a lecture on 'Native
Land' by Rev. M. J. Keating at the Rutland Opera Hall in the evening
. . . Admission 50 cents."
Middlebury. Horse trot and more gambling
– over 1,000 people estimated; editorial rebuke of how gambling
leads to crime, "vicious habits" – strong moral condemnation.
Wed March 16, 1870
"Railroad Accident." A few miles south of
Poultney; Peter Munin killed, two others seriously injured.
"Revival Meetings . . . Advent Chapel . . .
Ester Grant . . ."
Thurs March 17, 1870
Long letter from W. C. Dunton against Dorr's
plan for railroad taxation.
"Town Talk. Considering the various cases
of sneak thieving, robbery and 'skinning' in town, we may safely say
that the symptoms of an epidemic of knavery are alarming."
"Coal is coming down in price which is a
comfort to the poor."
Fri March 18, 1870
Town meeting on the question of railroad
taxation
Henry Hall lecture on "The Battle of Hubbardton."
Sat March 19, 1870
Minutes of town meeting on railroad taxation
issue. Selectmen of Rutland, held in Town Hall, West Rutland.
Speakers:
B. W. Marshall, Town Clerk
John Cain
Gov. Page
S. M. Dorr
Henry Clark
N. P. Simons
Jesse L. Billings
Evelyn Pierpoint.
Gov. Page's resolution passed 307-87.
More details on Poultney train accident
[see 3/16]
Mon March 21, 1870
Rutland County Court. Peter Tasey of
Troy, NY, for stealing an overcoat, the value of $20. Plea:
guilty.
Rutland Real Estate Conveyances: dozens
listed
St. Patrick's Day festivities reported on:
Children in procession to Catholic Church, Rev. Father Boylan, mass;
procession to Opera House; on stage: Rev. Fathers Boylan,
Gaffney, O'Reilly, Halpin. Mr. Murphy does song and dance.
Well received. Favorable article.
Thurs March 24, 1870
Rutland County Circuit Court, Wednesday March
23: "Mary Ann Stocker and Mary Ann Clifford were on complaint
of State's Attorney Wood, brought into court to answer the charge of
grand larceny, in stealing clothes from the clothes line of
Elizabeth Howe on the night of November 1, 1869, to the value of
$20." Both plead guilty.
"Mr. J. F. Butler . . . has again taken up his
quarters in his old stand on Center Street, in Morse's block . . .
fresh and salt fish, oysters, &c . . . Mr. Butler is so well known
to the people of Rutland and vicinity . . ."
Fri March 25, 1870
Chicken thief stole a chicken from Mr. J. L.
Eddy.
Sat March 26, 1870
Masquerade ball at Bardwell House: "_the_
event of the ball season."
Mon March 28, 1870
"Annual Report of the President of the Board of
Education" by N. P. Simons, President, Board of School Trustees,
Rutland, March 26, 1870:
"To the School Trustees of the Rutland Graded
School" for the school year ending March 31, 1870":
No. of children 4-18 reported for 1869:
1,597
No. of children 4-18 reported for 1870:
1,605
High School average attendance winter term:
70
Grammar School average attendance winter term:
64
Miss Parmlee's Dept: 38.
Green Street Schools: 73.
School St. Schools: 84.
West St. Schools: 194.
Turnpike Schools: 67
(all average attendance; these are winter term
figures; figures for all terms listed)
So many absences attributed to: "The
first, and, as I think, the main cause, is the ill-health of many of
the children who attend our public schools . . . There are,
especially among the American population, many frail children –
children who lack that healthy physical development belonging to
healthy childhood."
Condition of the schools.
High School: Mr. Dana, Misses Herrrick
and Carleton
Grammar School: Misses Wright, Proctor,
and Parmlee
Secondary Schools: Misses Melden, Grandy,
Pitkin, Spaulding, and Hitchcock
Primary Schools: Misses Reynolds, Hine,
Murray, Ruggles, Lee, Burnett, and Green.
Very long report; lots of florid rhetoric on
the importance of education.
Tues March 29, 1870
State Normal School in Castleton under
Superintendent Rev. R. G. Williams.
Wed March 30, 1870
Annual School Meeting at High School, Tuesday,
March 29, 7 p.m.
Horace G. Clark, Moderator
Sidney W. Rowell, Clerk for the next year
J. M. Haven, Financial Report
Walther C. Landon, Treasurer's Report;
re-elected treasurer
Henry Hall, Auditor's Report; re-elected
auditor
G. C. Ruggles, elected Trustee for Fifth Ward
D. E. Grandey, elected Trustee for Seventh Ward
John N. Baxter, resigns as Trustee for Sixth
Ward
George Willis, elected Collector
Col. Merrill, on Trustees, nominated for
President Dr. E. V. N. Harwood, Secretary Albert H. Tuttle
Joel M. Haven, report read recommending new
high school building at the site of the old Franklin House on Main
Street; recommends municipal bonds
Also mentioned:
N. P. Simons
J. B. Kilborn
Walter C. Dunton
Geo. A. Merrill
Warren H. Smith
Norman Weeks
School Committee:
Geo. A Merrill
John B. Page
Warren H. Smith
Loring Atwood
Melzar Edson
N. P. Simons
L. L. Whitcomb
"Danby . . . Much sickness prevails at present
in this vicinity, one or two being dangerously sick. Lung
fever is the prevailing disease."
Temperance lecture by Rev. E. Mills of Rutland,
in Joslin Hall, Poultney.
Thurs March 31, 1870
Rutland County Circuit Court, March Term 1870:
Sentenced:
John Sullivan, larceny, 2 years.
Peter Tasey, larceny, 1 year.
Adelbert Lucas, obtaining money under false
pretenses, 2 years.
Thomas Bryan, burglary, 6 months. "This
sentence was made light from the fact of the existence of
extenuating circumstances, it being prompted by exposure, cold, and
hunger."
Mary Ann Clifford, larceny, 6 months.
[see Thurs March 24]
Mary Ann Stocker, larceny, 6 months. [see
Thurs March 24]
END OF MARCH 1870.
Select items, Rutland Herald,
July 25 - Sept 15, 1874
SAT, JULY 25, 1874
POLICE COURT [
Before Justice B. W. Marshall ]
On
yesterday the delegate who made the row with Crawford on
Wednesday evening was brought out and plead guilty to a drunk,
which ensured a fine of $13.94. Not having that amount of money
he was put back and still remains in confinement.
He
disclosed on Charles Allen and the latter was fined $17.50 for
keeping the liquor and $17.50 for selling it.
William
Wallace Tower was brought up by officer Perkins and charged with
drunkenness and concomitant charges. It appeared in evidence
that he had somewhere procured a half-gallon jug of benzine
which he had persistently attached himself to, to the intense
annoyance of the neighborhood as well as his own family. He was
fined $13.94 and laid away in the apartment with iron windows.
He solemnly declared that he procured the liquor in Whitehall
and the Court believed him -- or pretended to.
MON, JULY 27, 1874
UNION TEMPERANCE
MEETING
The
regular monthly Union Temperance Meeting was held at the Baptist
Church last evening. The house was not crowded, but tolerably
well filled. The meeting was opened with the rendering of the
beautiful anthem, 'God is My Salvation,' by the choir. Prayer
was then offered by Mr. Meeker, followed by the singing of the
34th Hymn. Mr. Haven then read selections from the Scriptures
and followed by a few remarks in which he said we believed in
the efficacy of prayer and we were here to-night for the purpose
of appealing to God for help for he has promised to answer
prayer, and called upon Deacon Horner to offer a prayer. He was
followed by Rev. O. B. Hulbert and Rev. H. F. Austin. These
prayers were followed by a selection from the choir: 'Onward
Temperance Soldiers.'
J. M.
Haven then made a short speech in which he said we ought to
rouse the public conscience against the manufacture of
intoxicating drinks. Parents should realize the danger of the
drinking practice and their responsibility in the matter and do
what they could in regard to the prevention of this great
crime. Perhaps some of us might differ as to the methods to be
employed for the suppression of the traffic, but we all agree as
to the great crime of intemperance. It is said that
three-quarters of the crime of the world is caused by rum. We
know that a great amount of the crime in our community is caused
by it, directly or indirectly. When we get ready to do our
whole duty as temperance people there will be an end of a great
deal of the drunkenness that prevails in our community. . . .
TUES, JULY 28, 1874
POLICE COURT
[ Before
Justice B. W. Marshall ]
. . . On
Sunday Sheriff Fields arrested Edward Phalen in a rum shop on
Main street, and on yesterday he was brought up charged with
drunkenness. The evidence showed that when the sheriff arrested
him he was in a drunken stupor, but when he had recovered a
little he became pugnacious and wanted a fight with the officer,
which the latter would by no means consent to. On the showing
Phalen was fined $13.94.
A
subsequent examination revealed the fact that he procured his
liquor of John Derven, a Main street grocer. The latter was
fined $17.50 for keeping with the intent to sell and $27.50 for
selling to Phalen. The extra size of the fine was because the
present was a second offense. An appeal was entered in both
cases with Martin Fitzpatrick as surety.
Phalen then proceeded to make a
supplementary statement to the effect that he procured a bottle
of liquor at the drug store of George E. Graves. The proprietor
being out of town Edward Fenn, the clerk who made the sale, was
brought in and fined $17.70 for selling the liquor.
TUES, AUG 4, 1874
LOCAL NOTES
William Mahar, while at work with a
circular saw yesterday at Thos. Ross' foundry, accidentally got
his hand on the saw, cutting off one of his fingers and hand
severely.
POLICE COURT
[ Before
Justice B. W. Marshall ]
The
first entree into the judicial ring on yesterday was made by
Sylvester Hawkins (colored) who was found guilty of being drunk
and fined $13.94.
On being
asked where he procured his liquor, the culprit accused John
Haley of selling it to him and the latter was brought up and
fined $18.86 for keeping liquor with intent to sell and $27.50
for selling to Hawkins.
Patrick
McCauley was adjudged to have been drunk to about the extent of
$13.94, and, after a fine of that size had been imposed upon
him, he was asked to reveal where he got his liquor. The only
reply that could be extracted from him was that he got it in
Whitehall. This not being entirely satisfactory, the court
ordered him to be immersed in jail again until his memory could
be refreshed.
Bridget Waters
denied that she had been drunk and at the same time acted in so
outrageous a manner as to produce a suspicion that she was still
suffering from that disease. She was fined $13.94 and put back
to enable her to collect her senses and to allow the remainder
of the alcohol to evaporate out of her system. . . .
THURS, AUG 6,
1874
LOCAL NOTES
A woman by the
name of Bridget Waters called at our office yesterday and stated
that she was not the woman who figured in the Police Court
report a few days ago. She says that the woman's name who
figured there is 'Besey' Waters and lives on Gouger Hill, while
her name is Bridget Waters, she lives on Green Street and is no
such woman as the other.
[News
item:] A sad accident occurred at Enosburgh Falls Monday. A 7
year old son of Lewis Tatro, who lives at the end of the bridge,
was playing, along with other boys, under Sprague & Lawrence's
saw mill. The mill was not running at the time, but a
horizontal iron shaft connected with A. H. Manley's sash and
blind factory was revolving at the rate of 180 times per minute;
and with a rope which he was playing with, tied at both ends,
the boy managed somehow to get a slip noose on this shaft, with
the other end which was a loop over his wrist, so that when he
unconsciously tightened the noose the rope wound rapidly up
until it reached the arm which was confined by the loop and
wound that, too, upon the shaft, breaking the bone all the way
nearly to the shoulder, when the weight of the body, revolving
as it must have done a great many times, wrenched it completely
off, and threw the body, an unconscious mass upon the floor.
The little boys who were with him at once gave the alarm and he
was conveyed home, where prompt medical assistance was rendered
by Drs. Kendall and Darrah. Dr. Darrah amputated the broken
arm, but without avail. He partially recovered consciousness
but died in less than an hour. His shoulder and back were found
shockingly mutilated, the flesh and muscles from the shoulder
being torn away and the bones in the back protruding from the
skin. Both legs were broken, and the feet where they came in
contact with the floor in revolving around the shaft were
battered and crushed. The boy's mother was away, berrying, but
returned, apparently almost frantic with grief when she heard of
it, just before the boy died. The father of the boy went to
Canada a few days ago in search of work. He was at once
telegraphed to. – Messenger.
MON, AUG 10, 1874
A LITTLE SUNDAY
AMUSEMENT ON REBEL HILL – NOBODY KILLED
The
inhabitants of one part of West Rutland enjoyed themselves very
much yesterday; in fact they had a real nice lively enjoyable
time, such as come only once in a long time in this community
where the popular idea of Irish enjoyment is rather discouraged.
The
affair to which we refer took place in that part of the West
Side known as Rebel Hill, a settlement back of the Catholic
church and reached from the main highway by the worst road ever
traveled over by man. The fist cause of the little party was a
small quarrel between two children about 10 a.m. In the course
of the dispute, John Dorsey, the father of one of the boys,
stepped out of his house and took a hand in, his only action
being to shake or slap the child of James Gallagher, who was the
other party to the dispute. The youngster ran to his father and
the latter came out and asked Dorsey what was the reason of his
conduct. Dorsey did not apologize or justify his act, but
rather wanted to know what Gallagher was going to do about it.
The latter did not explain; in fact he did not get a chance to
because a very disconcerting stone came in contact with his head
and felled him to the ground.
At once
all was confusion; Mrs. Gallagher rushed out to help her husband
and most of the other inhabitants of the houses near by joined
in the enjoyment, the result being anything but pleasant to a
quiet individual. A crowd was, of course, collected at once and
an extended riot was imminent. Not content with sticks and
stones pistols were produced, but not used except in once case
where a too enthusiastic boy had his taken away from him and
fired in the air by an older member of the party.
After
some time most of the party had become satisfied with the
enjoyment and had made up their mid to quit just about the time
that Dr. Lorenzo Sheldon, Grand Juror, and Harley G. Sheldon,
Deputy Sheriff, made their appearance on the scene. By the
efforts of these two men the impending riot was averted and the
fighting, which had been pretty fierce, was closed up or
degenerated into a mere war of words.
In the
counting up of damages which was entered into it was found that
comparatively a few had suffered severe injuries, but several
were slightly bruised or wounded. Mr. Gallagher was found to
have received several severe scalp wounds and some other smaller
injuries. Mrs. Gallagher was found to have been bruised
considerably. She also received a cut on her head and a wound
in the back. Dr. Hahrahan was called and under his skillful
treatment she was partially recovered last evening will probably
get well.
TUES, AUG 11, 1874
THE CONTINUATION OF
SUNDAY'S ROW ON REBEL HILL
On
yesterday Dr. Sheldon, Grand Juror, caused the arrest of the
principal parties to Sunday's fight on Rebel Hill, and five
persons were brought before J. E. Leonard at the school house
near the Catholic church. These were John Dorsey, William
Gallagher and his son of the same name, Barney Conlan and his
wife, and John Raleigh, the latter charged with conveying some
liquor. It was concluded to postpone the trials till this
morning.
The row
proves, on investigation, to have been even more serious an
affair than was indicated in our report of yesterday. William
Gallagher was found to have received five cuts on his head, any
one of which would have been a dangerous wound. Barney Conlan,
another participant, received a large triangular cut on his
scalp which was a reasonable cause for laying by; his wife was
also scratched and bruised and his son considerably cut.
Several others were also injured, but in less degree.
Dr
Hanrahan was pretty busy all day patching, sewing and
plastering, and he may fairly be said to be the only man who
profited by the affray. Taken altogether, it was a nice affair;
but the participants will not fully appreciate the whole beauty
of it until they get through with the law proceedings.
WED, AUG 12, 1874
THE REBEL HILL ROW,
CONCLUDED
The last
scene of Sunday night's row on Rebel Hill was enacted on
yesterday, before Mr. J. E. Leonard, Justice of the Peace. It
consisted in fining the three principal parties to the row $20
each and costs for a breach of the peace. The sufferers under
the legal act were John Dorsey, James Gallagher, and Barney
Conlan. The wives and children of each were not considered in
the award of premiums. Beside the fines each of the three were
put under bonds of $200 to keep the peace.
We learn
that all of the injured parties to the affray are nearly
recovered and that all the men were able to go to work yesterday
excepting Gallagher, who will be laid by for a day or two yet.
LOCAL NOTES
Thomas
Ward, of Rutland, in the employ of the railroad company, met
with a severe accident yesterday at Shaftsbury. It was the
result of allowing his hand to come in contact with a steam saw
which was used for cutting wood for the use of the road. The
back of his left hand was badly lacerated. It was dressed by
Dr. Hanrahan, and the probability is that he will recover its
use after a time.
TUES, AUG 18,
1874
POLICE COURT
[ Before Justice B. W. Marshall ]
. . .
Mary Kennedy, an exile from Green street, labored under a
complication of disorders. She was unnecessarily full,
unaccountably noisy and terribly pugilistic. The first of these
troubles was met with a fine amounting to $13.94, the second and
third with another fine amounting to $9.06. Not having fully
recovered from her disorders she was put back up stairs to try
to think where she procured the cause of all these troubles.
Another female
was engaged to perform in the judicial circuit but was not sober
enough to appear.
BAPTIST SOCIETY
The
annual meeting of the Baptist Society was held on last evening
in the vestry of the church. The list of officers for the
ensuing year is as follows:
Moderator—J. M. Putnam
Prudential Committee—E. W. Horner, H. C. Tuttle, C. B. Frost
Treasurer—Albert H. Tuttle
Committee of Ways and Means—J. M. Putnam, R. R. Kinsman, Melzar
Edson, Edward Southwick, B. W. Marshall
Clerk—R.
R. Kinsman
Auditor—B. W. Marshall
Collector—Edward Southwick
After
the election of officers and the transaction of some
miscellaneous business, the meeting was adjourned for one week.
[NOTE: Police Court Judge B. W. Marshall was a leading member
of the Baptist Church]
A WARNING
Editor,
Rutland Herald—We would like to say through your columns, that
it may be interesting for the brutal fellow who drives an
overloaded team up West street, and beats his poor horses so
cruelly, to understand that there are persons interested in his
case who have hearts as tender and arms much stronger than those
of women. Further, that . . .
WED, AUG 19, 1874
LOCAL NOTES
. . . No
police court was held on yesterday, the persons who are in jail
awaiting its action being so far indisposed as to require
considerable evaporation before they will be dry enough to try.
THURS, AUG 20, 1874
POLICE COURT
[ Before Justice B. W. Marshall ]
Charles
Butterfly, whose name is too conspicuously open to puns to make
it worth while to particularize them, was arrested by Officer
Crawford and proved to have been drunk. This cost him $13.94,
and in addition he had to divulge some facts which he would
rather have kept hid; for instance, that he procured two bottles
of liquor of Fred Shattuck in the Home Restaurant, one of them
on Monday and the other on Tuesday.
This was
not altogether pleasing to Shattuck, who was fined $17.50 for
keeping liquor and $47.50 for two second offenses of selling.
Bridget Waters,
who had a little explanation to make, clearly showed to the
Justice that she got her liquor out of a cucumber, but the doubt
which the said Justice cast on so plausible a story caused
Bridget to be placed back in the pen.
SAT, AUG 22, 1874
POLICE COURT
[ Before
Justice B. W. Marshall ]
The only
case called into the ring yesterday was that of John O'Brien, of
West Rutland, who is of the descent that would be indicated by
his name. It appeared that he came to Rutland on Monday last,
having $65 in his possession, and in the course of time found
his way up to Gouger Hill where he procured much firewater and
got rid of all his money. When he was arrested he had not
enough money to pay the $13.94 imposed for drunkenness. The
question as to where he procured his liquor has not been
settled.
Bridget Waters,
who was put away up stairs to await a time when she could
remember where she procured her liquor, manifests no desire to
get out; on the contrary, she declares that she is quite
comfortable and is willing to stay inside a while.
TUES, SEPT 15, 1874
POLICE COURT
[ Before
Justice B. W. Marshall ]
The first
delegate to come before the justice was the well-known Bridget
Waters, who was put in on Aug. 17 last. The story that she told
at the time was that she got her whiskey out of a cucumber, but
after making up her mind that she had staid in long enough on
that story she owned up that she had procured a bottle of
stimulant of James Kennedy. This state of things brought up
James, who was fined $17.50 for selling to Bridget.
John
Manney was brought up charged with a complication of disorders,
which, taken together, proved that he was hardly an indulgent
father or kind husband. First he was drunk, and for that was
fined $15.19. It appeared also that he was the owner of four
children and a wife. When he had become drunk enough he went
home and commenced operations by knocking down his wife, who had
a babe in her arms, and repeating the process with his young
son. Then, as a matter of amusement, he spent some little time
in throwing his knife at his wife with force enough to stick it
in the wall, when she managed to dodge it. Once she was not
fortunate enough to do so and received a severe cut on the
wrist. She was also cut and terribly bruised about the head and
face. The child she held in her arms was so badly injured that
its recovery is deemed doubtful. . . .
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