The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-11-14
Rutland County Notes.

Rutland county mas Si,v34 natives OF
Vermont residing within its limits.
Black, White and Quechc rivers all ORR
gnate in the eastern part of Rutland coun-
.y and flow easterly through Windsor coun-
~ into the Connecticut river The Otter
Greek originates in Rutland county and
lows through Rutland county from south
to north, and is the principal stream.
The population of Rutland county at the
second census in 1900 was 23,Sl3, gain of
:, 24S in nine years.
Benson had at the first census, 1901, only
GAS inhabitants.
The Congregational church in Benson
has a membership of 1862, (j9 males 104
females) thirty of whom are not now resi-
dents
The list for state taxes in Brandon Is
$15,3l203
Manganese is found in Brandon in album
dance aad of the best quality.
The appraisal of personal property in
Castleton is S12, 22709
Rev l. II Stone of Castleton is on tour
through the west, visiting his children,
who are scattered in Minnesota, California
and Washington territory. He also takes
the opportunity while travelling to lecture
on temperance.
The town of Castleton was organized in
1777
The Bomoseen House, under the care
of its popular landlord, Mr. Collins, is fast
winning its way in public favor
A wooden wedding took place at the
residence of John Castle in CastletOn, on
Monday evening the 10th inst. An album
8 To-, In
Chittenden has 50 dogs.
The settlement of the town of Chitten-
den commenced about the close of the rev
olutionary war, but much of the township
being mountainous, yet unsettled.
The appraisal of real estate in the
town of Clarendon is 81, 2j4.3S.
The charter of thetown of Clarendon was
granted both by New Hampshire and New
York, and comprises part of the two
grants of Scarborough and Durham.
DANDY.
Rev. J. p. Stone, formerly of DANNY, is
now supplying the Congregational church
in llighgate.
full account of the first ordination SER
vice in Dandy, will be found in another
column.
One per cent. of the grand list of Dandy,
is s,226.93.
Farhavcn has about 0,663 acres of tax
able land
Fairhaven was chartered Oct. %, 1910,
to Ebenczer Allen and his associates.
The history of the town of Fairhavcn,
by Rev. A y Adams, is one of the most
vouminous and well prepared town his
tories that has yet been published in Yer
mont.
Mr.. George VI. Fuller, the lawyer of
Fairhaven, was married on Wednesday t.
Miss Myra +. Floyd. A large number OF
presents were brought by the guests. Aftel
the ceremony the happy couple were con
veycd TO Castleton in a sleigh drawn by
four horses, where they took the cars fol
the north.
The Congregational church in Hubbard
ton was organized in 1882.
Hubbardton derived its name from Thos
Hubbard, large proprietor of the town.
Hon Bradley Fish, of Ira, has com
menced the foreclosure of a mortgage
against " lillian ID. Goodnow, formerly o
! Rutland.
Mcndon has only %, 1856 taxable acres o
land. The township lying mostly on TIN
| Green Mountains, and much of it bein!
| high and cold land, it is not adapted t.
! farming purposes or settlement, but it ha
The panic effects the numbering interest
of Mcndon.
Mr.. b. c. Butteriield has engaged in tn
manufacture of wooden window shades a
Walkers factory in Mendon.
V travelling meat man is furnishing tn
people of Mendon their supply of meat.
Aliddletown is growing in population
under the spur of the springs and the sta,
of visitors during the summer season.
The settlement of Middletown was com
menccd and mills were erected there befOr
the revolution by Thomas Morgan, wht
died IN that town at the advanced age o.
80 years.
Mount Holly had no inhabitants that
were enumerated at the first census in 1891
although there were few scattered settler,
in the township.
There were thirty-scven deaths in Mount
Holly from the epidemic of 1913
The ladies of the Methodist church a
Mt Holly, at their first sociable, had an en-
joyable entertainment.
The house of Mr. + Butler, located OF
Proctor's hill, Mt Holly, was recently de
stroyed by fire.
Frank Holden, of Mt Holly, lad of six
teen years of age, who ran away foul
weeks ago has not been heard from.
The Otter Creek rises in Mt. Tabor ant
runs south into Peru, and then west int,
Dorset, and then north through the western
border of Mt. Tabor into Wallingtord.
The contributions of the CONGREGATIONS
church in Pawlet to benevolent objects il
1872 was S60S7.
Simeon Burton was the first town CLERK
in Pawet.
Nathan Swift is the postmaster of the
postollicc recently established at Nortl
Pawlct, near the residence of Hon. HE
HOLSTER, one of the judges of the RUTLAND
county court. This is now his postoilict
address.
Six dwellings and store are being erect
ed at West Pawlet.
The HOLSTER Brothers Of North Pawlet
have sold during the current year Is, 00C
bottles of Saratoga, Congress and Empire
waters.
potato starch mill, plaster and feed
mill, and carriage shop, are in full oper.
alton at West Pawlet.
The development of the slate interest
adds largely to the business of West Paw
let.
Western corn-fed cattle are being import.
ed for sale rs beef, by Mr.. A. L. Pinnev,
the markctman at West Pawlet,
Pittslield has 230 taxable polls.
The Methodist church IN Pittsfeld was
organized in 1904.
Pittsford gained 5G3 inhabitants from
1901 to 1900.
Mr.. Joseph ii. Peabody, one of the mer-
chants of Pittsford, dealer in wooden
goods, mittens. gloves, etc., averages an
annual sale of nearly fifty thousand dollars
worth of goods.
The Troy conference academy was es-
tablished at Poultney in 1887. In former
times its students numbered from 300 to