The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-06-24
RUTLAND AND VICINITY.

The sun sets tonight at TAO; rises to-
morrow morning at 4:23.
Company a. First Regt., V. V. NJ,
Capt. f. Y. Whitcomb, will meet for drill
this Cruesday) evening, at 's30, p. M, at
the Town Hall.
The sem-annual encampmcnt of the De-
partment of Vermont, Grand Army of the
Republic, is to be held at Rutland. August
9th, 18th and Sth.
There will be a special meeting of Post
Roberts No. IA, G.. A r., at the Odd Eel
lows Hall, Globe building, at 8 o'clock
this evening
Grove street is just now receiving much
improvement, by a trimming process of the
turf on the sides of the street, which not
only gives better appearance hut widens
the street materially.
Vermont Central first mortgage bonds
sold in Boston Saturday for 25.
Blackberries promise an abundant crop
this year.
Business men desiring to secure their pos
tai cards printed, will do well to call at the
GLOBE Printing Establishment.
Barnum's detectives say that there were
more tipsy people in Rutland the day of
their show than at Troy, n. Y, two days
before, the explanation being that we have
prohibitory law here and license law at
the latter place.
An engineer on the Addison railroad
stopped passenger train the other day in
order that the fireman might catch a turtle
he saw summing itself in a swamp.
1t has been discovered by trial that the
postal cards will not copy in the ordinary
way, but will receive an impression as well
as need be. One has only to reverse the
ordinary process-write his message on the
letter paper, copy it by aid of the press on
the postal card, and send the copy instead
of the original. The writing is reversed
and needs mirror to set it straight.
One Barney Carroll was arrested yes
tcrday for drunkenness and continual abuse
of his wife, and was lodged in Jail to await
Mr.. A. II. Danforth has received hand
some bay colt, four years old, of N, l..
Davis, of Rutland, for training at the Fair
Ground stable He also received gclding
bay colt of Z. S. Stowell, Esq. of Cornwall,
which will be trained for next years races,
and is considered promising trotter.
All should bear in mind the fact that the
famous Seventh Regiment Band, of New
York, gives concert at the Town Hall, in
this village, on tomorrow "wednesday,
evening, and govern themselves according
ly. The programme published in our pre-
vious issue speaks for itself and gives proof
that the concert is to be one of the finest
ever heard in Rutland.
A. ii. Danforth has sold two fine young
horses at good prices one to Mr.. Steerc
of Worcester, Mass, and the other to l.
Dawley, of Rutland.
1t appears that one of the men who fig
ured so largely in a report of the attemp
at burglary made at the residence of JOIN
A. Sheldon some weeks since, was well
known citizen of Brandon, who was il
town that evening awaiting the train to g
to New York. He, in company with an
other man, was walking on Main stree
when the alarm was raised at Mr.. Sheldon
house, and the gentleman Immediately
started for the spot, at the same tim
looked well to his pistol which he had wit
h,n, 10 al IN Ia IF tl,a
fessionals, and as it was near train time, h
stopped but moment and then ran fo
the depot. The story of his connectio
with the affair has become known anon
his acauaintances at Brandon and he no'
goes by the name of the professor"
His Excellency Coy. Julius Converse an
wife arrived in town last evening and ~
at the Bardwell House.
Hon. Chas. N. Davenport and Hon.
b. Englesby of Burlington, are in tow
stopping at the Bardwell House.
Governor Converse has accepted the il
vitation of the Castleton Seminary and u
State Normal School at Castleton to after
their closing exercises on Wednesday al
Thursday of the present week.
We are indebted to Hon. G. W. Willar
Member of Congress from this District, II
the valuable report of the Select Commit
II the House on Postal Telegraph.
Aire in Shrewsbury, on Friday mig
last desypyed the dwelling house of ALI
Dougherty, n farmer, together with
horse-b harm and wepd-shed. The fire W
discovered on the rosf of the house abo
ten o'clock, by the neigrRors' VINO alarm
the inmates. Some of the FURNITURE a.
clothing were saved, while ne Darn a
wood-shed contained nothing Vi sie
value but what was saved. The l''ss ~
known; partly insured.
Mr. Geo. II. Randall of Horizon, WI
Is spending few weeks at the residets,
of his father, ]. A. Randall, ESQ, at Pit
ford