The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-31

A man was found dead on Wednesday
between Sandy Hill and Fort Edward. |
When found he was lying upon load of
logs, his team moving along slowly. lie
was brought back to Sandy HILL but all eff
forts to resuscitate him were in vain.
SCARLET FEVER.
Scarlet fever of q very malignant type is |
prevalent in Biddeford, Me. There are
said to be 200 cases. Two of the largest |
city primary schools numbered but twenty |
four pupils Saturday.
NAVAL
The number of men in the United States |
navy now is 10000. The regular recruit
ing stations at Boston, New York, Phila- |
delphia, Washington and Norfolk will he
confined to able bodied seamen only, and
elsewhere recruiting depots are to I've i'm
mediately discontinued.
LIVELY TIMES.
There will be lively time in the Senate
when the resolution authorizing an increase
of / 800 enlisted men in the navy comes
before it. 1t is well known that the Sec
rotary of the navy has enlisted men in adj |
vance of his authority.
RICH LEGACY.
Edward Wales Of New York, and his
sister Mary Jane, have just fallen heir to
an estate of 5000, 600, bequealed them by
their uncle, James Corbctt, who died in
Glasgow in October last. Edward has
been till now a travelling salesman for the
Howe sewing machine company, and his
sister is tho wife of a well-to-do farmer in
St { "a, .ich.
WHAT ME-. CUSHING SAYS. -
In conversation Monday, Mr. Cushing
said his first intmation of the appointment
came from the President in person, who
formally stated that hc had concluded to
make a change at Madrid, and asked if he
would accept the place. Mr.. Gushing re-
piled that while lac would accept, he did
not desire the appointment, us he would
have to rclinquish his profession to accept
it, and that was distasteful to him.
SALARY BILL.
When the House meets next Monday.
Mr.. Hale OF Maine, will, under the call of
the states, introduce bill for The total re-
peal of the increase OF salaries. and move
to suspend the rules and put il on its pas
sage. This will bring tile House TO Il vote
without debate. Mr.. Hale has already
filed with the clerk the required notice that
he intends to present such Il bill.
,Sytpr-a M M
1t is stated that the object Of the recent
visit of ex-senator Patterson Of New
Hampshire to Washington, was to induce
the Senate to take his case from the file of
the last Congress and act upon it, lie
still hopes to be vindicatcd by the Senate,
although everybody outside the Senate con-
sidcrs that his reputation was ruined by the
Credit Mobilicr disclosures last winter.
CHECKERS.
c.. F. Barker and james Wylic played
the remainder of the series of games of
checkers and finished it Monday morning
The whole score stood as follows: Wylie,
5; Barker, 2; drawn, 5. This Is und0ubt-
edly the best score made in the United
States so far.
WAGES.
The Pennsylvania railroad company re-
duced the wages of its engineers and fire
men ten per cent, TO take effect at Jersey
City, January list On the other divisions
OF the road it took effect Christmas day, l
and the men struck Immediately. The
men in the New Jersey division say they
will also strike at soon as the company at
tcmpts to enforce the reduction.
DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS.
Despite assertions and a general belief to
the effect that there are, in all the depart
ments, an unnecessary number of employees,
it is understood that there are upwards of
one hundred vacancies in the Treasury De-
partment, for which list Of appointments
has been presented. With one exception
the new appointees are from the South, and
it is intmatcd that in future that section
will receive more consideration than hereto
fore.
CALIFORNIA TOWN ROBBED.
Twenty Mexicans and several Americans
all armed, entered Dingston, Fresno coun-
ty, Monday night, seized twenty citizens,
bound their hands and feet, then robbed
the two stores and town, getting about
81 900 in money and a large quantity of
jewelry and ribbons They escaped, but
the people are in hot pursuit.
MURDER.
Information has been received at Lewis
ton, Me-, that Mrs. Lucy Tenney, on the
morning of the 2ith inst, was probably
murdered in her bed in Grafton, Me-, by
her husband, Moses Tcnney, a blind pau
per- lightweight years of age. A coron-
er's jury has returned verdict to the above
effect, and Tenney is now under arrest.
SMALL FOX.
Mrs. Chrstisna Lcssar has been awarded
81 800 by Brooklyn court as damages
due her in suit instituted against Albert
Krantz The suit was brought by the
plaintiff on the ground of her having con-
tracted the smallpox while living in a
house belonging to the defendant She
claimed that she rented the house after
child had died in it Of smallpox, and while
she was Ignorant of the fact.
THE roLARIs PATTY
A meeting of the survivors of the Polars
Arctic expedition will be held on Tuesday
night, to petition Congress to give both
them and Esquimaux Joe additional com
pensaton, as their health has been badly
impaired by their sufferings. The alleged
poisoning of Captain Hall and the state
ments of Captain Tysen at Washington in
connection herewith will be brought be-
fore the meeting.
THE vlEGISIUs.
The proceedings against the Virginus
to be instituted before Judge Benedict,
In f1.r