The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-08-15
DASHES HERE AND THERE.

Preparation are being made for laying a
marble walk in front of the new Baxter
National Bank and The GLOBE block.
We see among the political calculations,
that Judge H. II. Wheeler's residence is
assigned to Rutland. He spends only
portion of his time in Rutland and holds
his legal residence at Jamaica. in Wind
ham county in the Second Congressional
district.
Two boys, ten and twelve years of age,
were stupidity drunk in the depot park yes
terday.
Eggs have riz.
As the result of leaving teams alone, close
by the depot two teams ran away yester-
day and did not in the least improve the
carriages to which they were attached.
Will those papers which have given cur
rency to the item that the Rutland county
Fair has been merged into the State Fair,
please correct it. The State Fair is held
the second week in September the County
Fair the first week in October.
Elder Miles Grant of Boston, breaches at
Waterbury, VT, on Sunday next
Prayers that the Catholic Church may be
delivered from the tribulations of the pres
ent time ended on Thursday.
There is party of Trojans at Saratoga
Lake who last week drowned seven quarts
of worms and caught six pumpkin seed.
They are contemplating purchasing half
barrel of fish to send home, as an exhibit
of their ''success."
The demand for building lots has largely
increased in the village of Berlin, n. Y,
since the Harlem Extension got into sue
cessful operation.
A lady prepared dish of fly poison, and
setting it down, she stepped from the
room for a moment. On returning she
was horror stricken at seeing the dish in
the hands of her only child, who had drank
its contents. A physician being summoned,
administered a powerful emetic and the
child still lives.
We are pleased to learn that Col. FV
Randall, of Montpelier, who has been Sc
verely i'll is improving with good pros
pect of recovery.
The Methodist Sunday School had an ex-
cursion to Bennington yesterday, going at
$50 in the morning and returning at $50
in the evening. Owing to the rain storm
that prevailed throughout the day the
picnic which wBs planned to come off in
the grove near the village, was obliged to
be given up. The school took up their
quarters in the Free Library Hall and en-
joyed the day very much.
The Rutland base ballists played seven
innings with the "Modoc' Club and were
waxed 81 to 8. They console themselves
with the determination to return the favor
when the Bennington boys come up here
which they intend doing soon.
John II. Buck, Esq, of Lockport, n.
Y, was in town yesterday and was cordi-
ally greeted by many of his old college and
other friends, who happened to I've here.
He is to spend few weeks in the State, at
the residence of his father-in-law, Paris
Fletcher, ESQ.,, at Bridport.
The widow of Henry b. Woodbridge
late paymaster in the army, died at the
residence of Hon. f. f. Woodbridge, in
Vergennes, on Sunday last. She was a
daughter of the late Col. b. p johnson of
Albany, N. Y.
Editor Swain of the Bellows Falls Times
has received photographs of Capt. Jack
Schonchin and Scar-faced Charley. He
says Old Schonchin looks like the greatest
rascal of the two.
Major General W. S. Hancock, COM
handing the military division of the At
lantic, is expected to visit Plattsburgh in a
few days.
The Troy Press under the head Enter
prise" says; "During the gathering of vet
Grams at Rutland, recently, the Globe "a
morning paper published regularly an
evening edition, a stroke of considerable
enterprise for village daily"
The subscriptions to the GLOBE are rap
idly increasing, and it is gratifying to know
that the efforts put forth to make a live
paper are duly appreciated.
Our people should not give credence to
the report so freely in circulation that
"Tom Scott, of Pennsylvania has secured
control of the New York, Boston and
Montreal railroad, also the Central Yer
mont and Its branches. The general i'm
preston Is that this gentleman has about
az much as he can well handle south of
New York.
Another heavy freight train drawn by
two engines, arrived over the Saratoga
road on Sunday afternoon.
Notwithstanding the general dullness our
merchants report trade in July as unusual
ly good.