Rutland Herald 1-8-1877 Rutland News
Mr. James B. Fitzgerald's dwelling house in the east part of the town, near the Mendon line, was burned between five and six o'clock Saturday afternoon. Mr. Fitzgerald and his wife were in the village at the time and the fire was discovered by a teamster passing in the road.
The kitchen, where the fire probably caught, was then in flames and the house was destroyed. Little was saved.
Johnny Skiddy, a boy about sixteen years old, who lives on Gouger Hill, was arrested Saturday night at the depot on the arrival of the Saratoga train. He had been visiting friends in Glens Falls, N.Y., and having stolen a sum of money started for home. The officers, being apprised of these facts by telegraph, met him and he was lodged in jail. Nine dollars and seventy-fve cents in money were found on his person and he confessed to the theft immediately. He will probably be taken to Vergennes.
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