The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-11

The wife of David Hunter, who resides
between North Bennington and Hoosick
line, died quite suddenly on Tuesday last,
at the age of 60. She was taken i'll at four
o'clock the day previous
The Gazette complains of the insuificiency
Of water at fires.
Mr.. and Mrs William Kelso celebrated
the tenth anniversary of their marriage on
Friday evening week. Many presents were
the result.
Mr.. andINIrs. r. II. Whitney had ne.hun-
dred and twenty-five guests at their fifth
anniversary. They were presented" also
Charles Wilson has presented the wife of
the editor of the Gazette ''duck" Whew !?
A man in Bennington has purchased of
p. Hull of South Berlin, n. y, Iollen-
stein calf six days old for $50. This breed
of cattle are noted for their milking quail
ties.
Hon. William T lIorrobin is expected
home every day 1t is thought he may
have sailed in the Cuba, which is due on
Saturday. He has not discharged any of
the men from his iron works at Cohoes, N.
Y, and does not intend to do so. He will
run the full force all winter
LUDLOW.
Fruit thieves, in the scarcity, have been
driven to stealing young pigs.
Sheriff Stimson and citizen Lockwood
are on a western tour
a fig tree with lot of fruit in different
stages of growth, and night blooming &C.
reus, now opening, ARE the attractions at the
green house of A. A. Baldwin.
ST. JoHNsBURY.
Geo NJ Barney, son of Geo. c., formerly
postmaster at st. Johnsbury, died at Spring
field, Mass, last week of typhoid fever.
f. f. Sargent, agent for the Etna Life
insurance company has paid over to Mrs C..
c. Hall, the insurance on her late hus-
bands life; S1,32S.
A gentleman from out of town, who
was at st. Johnsbury at the concert Tues
day evening, found on his return to the
Avenue House, a ladies watch in his over
coat pocket.
III. Underwood of st. Johnsbury, sowed
one-fifth of an acre of peas the past spring,
and has sold from it 500. 20 worth of green
peas, and has bushel and quarter of
dry peas left. lie took a half dollar pre-
MUM on peck of the latter.
MONTPELIER.
Gen. John l.. Swift of Boston, delivered
temperance lecture at Montpelier on Fri
day evening.
The official report Of awards of pre-
miums at the late New England fair has
the following:
ITO the Lane Manufacturing Co., Mont
pclier, VT, for double circular board ma
chine with Lanes patent lever set works, a
| gold medal and diploma The committee
| NnulI ennoly hirIlv of thi, inyont;o,
The total number of scholars enrolled in
the several departments of the Montpelier
Union Schools thus far this term is 450.
and the average daily attendance 1856.
The Argus says
"The o. b. Club is the title of an or
ganization composed of Masters Ashton
Willard, Willie Keith, limo X. Merrill,
Jr., Fred Eaton, Harry Seaver, Ware Fos-
ter, Frank futile, Charles Newcomb and
| Theodore Dewey. Friday evening last
they gave very meritorious entertainment
at the residence of Hon. c. w. Willard, on
which occasion they were assisted by Mas
| ter Burnside Bailey, who played the flageo-
| let in manner that ELECTED the heartiest
concentrations. The 80. BIS" realized a
handsome sum of money, and lots of fun
for themselves and those who attended.
Mr.. Stephen Whpple is the Oldest res
ident of SALISBURY. He is in his ninety
thirdyear, and is rs erect and spry as a boy
of seventy-five.
A public temperance meeting was held
at South SALISBURY on Wednesday
week.
| MARLBORO.
A man named Staples recently died at
Marlboro, and ii is limited by his neigh
bors that his death was caused by brutal
pounding from three rufilans of that place
while drunk.
| BRATTLEBoRo.
Cider sells in Brattleboro at $3.50 to
80. 80 barrel.
ID. S. Pratt has recently sold thirty
head Of his herd of short horns, to Colo
mel William ;. King, of Minneapolis,
MINI.