The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, Friday, February 5, 1886 Here and There 2/5/1886 Woodstock is soon to have the Salvation Army. Vermont academy at Saxtons River has 160 students, the largest number ever in attendance at a winter term. The supreme court for Rutland county began a session, last Thursday, with Judges ROYCE, POWERS, ROWELL and WALKER assigned. The docket has 47 cases, of which 10 have been heard at previous terms and are now awaiting decisions. The ice-cutters began work on the mill-pond, last week, and find about 14 inches of clear firm ice. Large quantities are put up every winter, by the farmers. The village dealer cuts and loads it for about 60 cents per cord. As the cutting is largely done with horses, it gives cakes of uniform size, and they are drawn to Hartland, Ascutneyville, Cornish, and other places. There is a force of about 100 men now employed at the Central Vermont railroad shops at Rutland. The shops were closed Saturday, and they probably will be every Saturday for a few weeks, in order to make some repairs on the engine and machinery of the buildings. Superintendent BURDETTE says that it is the hardest time he ever saw for railroads everywhere, and the cutting down of the force and limiting the number of days' work is necessary to make both ends meet. Grand Organizer J. J. LARGAN started at Rutland, last week, an assembly of the Knights of Labor, with a large membership. the promoters have been working secretly for weeks, to avoid opposition from employers until the society was strong enough to resist them, which they now claim is the case. Workmen are generally satisfied, and no strikes are expected, but the sudden announcement of what has been done makes considerable stir among the marble men and manufacturers. A district assembly is to be formed at once, with organizations at Burlington, Brattleboro, St. Albans and Montpelier. Leonard R. WARREN, late of Co. "A" 12th Vt. Vols., of Chester, has been granted a pension of $4 a month and arrearages amounting to $1,075; also Hartwell FRINK of Bridgewater, late of Co. H. 1st Vt. heavy art., has been granted a pension of $2 a month and arrearages amounting to about 4500' through the agency of Gilbert A. DAVIS. WINDSOR JOURNAL Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton [email protected] Dummerston, VT