The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-22
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The sun sets tonight at 4;31 rises
tomorrow morning at 1923.
THE GLOBE Is under obligations to Hon.
c. W. Willard for the annual Report of
the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, Com
merce and Navigation
a woman drunk, walking the railroad
track south OF the depot and swearing like
piper, was one of the sights of Sunday
Nearly three hundred dollars were as
scssed in liquor fines at the Police Court on
Saturday.
special meeting of the Entire Nous
ut the Bardwel House this evening
The word ''lvcly' docs not express the
condition of the holiday trade on Saturday
it was grand rush, whcrcat our mer-
chants were delighted.
A temperance meeting will be held at the
Town Hall this evening, at which Rev
Richard Grogan, Rev. Edward Mills and
others will speak.
The people of Rutland and vicinity are
fortunate in having the opportunity of list
cning to Hon. Thomas Fitch of Nevada
who has established his right to a place in
the front rank Of Lyceum speakers, and has
won the title of the "Slyer-toned orator of
the Pacific Coast
Joseph Dion, the cX-billiard champion of
the United States, will give an exhibition
of his skill at the Bates House this Mon
day evening. He will play game at
French caroms, which will be concluded
with displays of fancy shots with cue and
fingers. Mr.. Dion, on the 10th of Decem-
Der, gave an exhibition in New York by
way of showing how he can play when he
wants to, made runs of 80, 10 and -, in
game of 800 points. and an average of
nearly 90 points. His antagonist was
Charley Frink, who is hard man to beat
The exhibition tonight will be interesting
to all billiard players.
The residence of John \. Sheldon, Esq,
03 Main street, caught fire from a defective
pipe leading from Il furnace. When dis
covered it had made some Roadway, and a
few moments more would have consumed
the dwelling, but fortunately it was sup
pressed without a general alarm. A slight
damage to the building, and the loss of a
quantity of clothing, is the extent of the
injury.
The new Congregational chapel will be
so far completed as to be occupied by the
Sabbath school on Sunday next.
Sliding down hill in the evening in ira
verse sleigh, is one of the sports of some of
the middle aged people of Washington
street.
Congressman George W. Ilcndec and ex-
Congressman f. +. Woodbridge, were at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, on
Friday
Rev j. Gibson johnson, pastor, after an
absence of two weeks, occupied the pulpit
of the Congregational church on Sunday
morning.
The petition of the people of Chittenden
for new road through Pittsford to Bran
don, was heard at the Office of Col. Charles
H. Joyce, on Saturday afternoon, before
Hon. II. c. Abel, of West Haven, Hon.
Pitt W. Hyde, Castleton and John b. Bea-
men, Esq, of Poultney, commissioners
appointed by the county court f. j.
Ormsbee, Esq, and Col. Charles II. Joyce
appeared for the petitioners w. II. Smith
and Judge Dunton for Pttsford
We have information from Hon. c. W
Willard, Member Of Congress, that John
II. Seayer, the well known express messen-
ger, has been appointed postal clerk from
Boston to Ludlow, and that Mr., Ferguson,
the mail agent on Lake Champlain, has
transferred to postal clerkship from Burl-
ington to Ludlow. Mr. Seayer will run
from Boston to Ludlow and back every
day, and Mr.. Ferguson from Burlington
to Ludlow and back. We join with Mr..
Sewers many friends in congratulations
upon his appointment, and believe him to
be well adapted to the place. The salary
of the position is 81 ,060 per annum.
The work of trimming the churches for
the Christmas holidays has begun. The
wreaths and crosses and trees for public
and private decorations are appearing in
the stores that make specially of these
CHEEKY green.
Gen. w. w, Grout of Barton. and Rev.
r. b. Fisk of Lyndonyille, arc lecturing in
Orleans county.
Sunday was the shortest day of the
year.
There is splendid set of over-coai
thieves prowing around the community