The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-18
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BURGLARY.
The store of Wallace, Jones II Ely, at
IIoosick Falls, was entered Sunday night,
and between five and six hundred dollars
worth Of goods taken.
IDENTIFIED.
The Catskill robbcr arrested ut New
York was detected by reason Of his offering
some of the stolen silver spoons for sale.
They were marked with the initials of the
Post family. The fellow has bccn fully
identified
rn SMEAR THIEF.
Monday night u small boy entered the
grocery store of Philip Walsh on North
Fourth street, Troy. lie was in the act of
leaning over the counter rs If to get his
hand into the money drawer when some
person entered the store. The boy. who
was in his bare feet, ran off without get
ting any money.
\ POOr OLD WoHA% EOUGHD.
Monday afternoon an old lady from the
country entered Maynard & Co.'S store, in
Troy, TO make some purchase. She had
only SIS, which she had earned by very
hard work. She laid the pocket book down
on the counter and turned her head fer n
moment. When she came 10 look for her
/ money again II was gone.
rnE CHECKER CONTEST.
On Monday, at Boston. six glmcs were
| played, Of which the boy Barker won one
his first in the series. Two were drawn
and Wylc won three The contest now
stands thus Games played. % won hy
| Wylic, s won by Barker, / drawn %.
Six more games were played Tuesday each
of them resulting in draw, thus making q
change in the standing of the contestants
from that of Monday The result thus far
is as follows Number of games, 80 ; Wy
lie, s; Barker | drawn, 80. Seven more
games are to be played and it was thought
that the match would be finished Wcducs-
day noon.
Woodruff AGAIN
Victoria c. Woodruff was arrested in
jackson, Mich, Sunday, on Il charge of
selling obscene literature. She was bailcl
and proceeded with her lecture on the
social system. her audience doubtless bcing
increased by the prosecution.
RUSSIAN PRISONERS
On the 9TH of September the number of
prisoners in the empire of Russia was 49,
AGA Russia has geo prisons with accomo-
datio ns for only SO, 200 persons. Over "a
UOO prisoners had therefore IL uU put in
temporary quarters, even more unhealthy
than the regular prisons. The mortality of
| prisoners is, therefore. Unfortunately large
In the two years of 1868 and 1869. of Goo
| 900 prisoners kept for longer or shorter
time in cOntlnemens, 154, $50 had to under
20 medical treatment, and 1870 died
That is to say, one out of every four rot
sick, and one out of every nine died.
cAMERoN's RING DEFEATED.
There is great rejoicing in Washington
by the opponents of the Cameron ring over
the ratification by an immense majority Of
the new constitution of PENNSYLVANIA. The
result is quite unexpected and death blow
to the ring influence in that State. Cam
erons friends admit that his rule is ut an
| end.
TIE TICHDOGNE CASE.
Jean Luic, the witness for the defense in
the Tichborne case, who was arrested for
perjury and afterwards discovered to he a
ticket-of-lcavc man, was brought up at Bow
street London, Tuesday. When asked if
he had anything to say before the rcvo-
cation of his license, he replied that he was
sorry for what had happened, but he was
invited and encouraged to do as he did. He
declined to say anything further. Luic
was thea removed TO the convict prison at
Pentonvillc to serve out the uneXprcd term
of his sentence, after which he will he tried
for perjury.
THE COAL TRADE.
The Philadelphia Le,lger of Monday has
the following weekly review Of the coal
trade:
The total anthracite marketed for the
week ending Dec. 9th amounted to 222, 27S
tons, and for the coal year IL, 7S2, 5s3 tons,
against 1904 $50 tons to corresponding
time last year, being an increase of 7G0, S9i
tons. The bituminous tonnage for the
week is 31,737 TONS and for the year 3, al. =
1870 tons, total Of all kinds for the week