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    1. [VERMONT] Rutland 6/28/1889
    2. Ruth Barton
    3. The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, June 28, 1889 Rutland 6/28/1889 The local opera company, under the direction of the SHERLOCK Sisters, gave "The Chimes of Normandy" Tuesday evening, and "Pinafore, " Wednesday evening, both performances were for the benefit of the Johnstown sufferers, and were well attended. The Sheldon Marble Co., is to build a large office just south of the store of H. H. BROWN & Co. The supply station of the Standard Oil Co. is in process of erection. the tank proper will have a capacity of 1,200 barrels. It is proposed to have everything ready for business in about three weeks. Rutland's enterprising Board of Trade again "bobs up serenely." This time it is the P. E. CHASE Toy Co., of Mechanicsville, with its 60 men and large established business, that Rutland wants and seems almost certain to have within ten days. Should the business come here, new factories will be built at once, and the business will be conducted on a much larger scale than formerly. The Board has now under consideration a proposition from Tim, WALLERSTEIN Co., shirt manufacturers, to move their entire business to Rutland, build large factories and employ 1,000 or 1,200 hands. Judge DUNTON has returned to Rutland with his family, and will reopen his law-office and occupy his Washington street residence. Mrs. S. BOUTELLE, while waiting for the passage of the 3 o'clock train, at the West street crossing, monday, was struck by a switch engine coming from the other direction, and knocked down. She was seriously but not fatally injured. The young lady so seriously injured in the shirt-factory, a few days ago, is improving slowly, and it is now thought that she will recover. Sheriff PEABODY, assignee of the estate of the insolvent Lee S. HOUGHTON, has filed his schedule of assets with the Court of Insolvency. They amounted to $14.15 and a dividend of five mills on the dollar was declared. There are 12 creditors, and one of them, a corporation, will receive four cents as its share. Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT

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