The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-08-05
RUTLAND AND VICINITY.

The sun sets tonight at 7.15 rises to-
morrow morning at 4.57.
The Congregational Sabbath school of
North Bennington, at their regular session
on Sunday last, adopted series of compli-
mentary resolutions to Henry F. Field and
James c. Dunn for the courtesy extended
to them at their recent excursion, also to
the authorities of the town and village of
Rutland for their liberality in the accom-
modations rendered them, which rendered
their visit SO pleasant and agreeable.
The first daily weather report from the
signal Office at Washington was received at
the Rutland postofflce yesterday. 1t is ex-
expected daily hereafter.
A patent was issued on the 18th of July
to j. p. Flanders of Vergennes for double
acting force pump.
Last evening, about dark, an old man
emerged from the depot and making his
way into the middle of the street at the
corner of Merchants Row and Center
streets as best he could with the help of a
cane, vociferously shouted, "Perlice,
where's perlceman?" The cry being so
rare one in our quiet Streets it at once at
tracted the attention of quite crowd. On
the arrival of the desired "brass coat and
blue buttons" the excited individual made
known his wants. He is native of the
Swamp" and is blessed, or cursed, with a
son who it appears had made an attack on
the old man, Sunday, striking him on the
head, and in consequence of which the par
ent desired that the refractory son should
be instantly incarcerated in Jail. Chief of
Police Crawford accordingly started for the
scene and secured the son.
A party of old fishermen. though not old
men, spent Sunday in their favorite en-
ployment among the brooks of Chittenden,
and returned to Rutland at nightfall with
sic trout.
Rev. DIR. Lorimer of Boston preached
to the people of St. Adams ON Sunday on
"Self-Conquest.'
The st. Adams Messenger says: "The
two penitent Grand Isle men who affec-
tionately met after a quarrel of twenty
years, and dissolved their differences in a
copious exchange of tobacco juice, must
have had taste for carnal things"
We regret to learn of the serious illness
of the wife of Col. M. s. Colburn of Man.
chester. 1t is feared she cannot survive.
The announcement made few days
since that Mr.. C. M. Whitaker, whose
jewelry store at Brandon was robbed some
weeks ago, had recovered his goods and
that the thief had been arrested in Cincin-
natl, proves to be untrue. Mr.. Whitaker
went to that city, but found that the prop
erty found upon the person of the man ar
arrested was not the plumber from his
store and the thief was not the man he was
looking for Mr.. w. has returned home
and is still in quest of the robbers.
Horace Barnard and family of New
York, are summering at the Equinox
House, Manchester
The Vermont delegation who have been
in attendance at the Good Templars Grand
Lodge, sail for home from Belfast, Ireland
Aug 10, in the steamer Pennsylvania.
Several of mine host Orvis' winter guest,
at the st. James Hotel at Jacksonville
Florida, are sojourning at the Equine,
house.
Rev. N. Cyr lectured on Father Hya
cinthe at South Adams,o Sunday evening
and gave extracts from sermon he hear,
the distinguished divine preach at Notr
Dame, Paris.