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The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-16
state, Comfy and vicinity

The Methodist church, that is TO be, is
"hcing" quite rapidly. The carpenters are
certainly inspired-Or possessed-to have
the thing completed before Christmas, for
they spoil the morningnap Of honestfolk by
sitting up all night in order to commence
work with the first streak of daylight.
However. we will forgive them that if they
will only refrain from putting any nven-
ton upon the backs of the pews, as in the
present church, for keeping folks awake,
because it not only accomplishes that laud-
able object, but it is furthermore cOnduc-
i've of very irreverent sentiments towards
the inventive genius of the architect
The selcctmen have thought best to for
bid ball playing of all kinds upon any of
the public streets, parks or highways. So
far, so good. Now If they will also take
proper measures to put stop to horse
racing through the streets of our village,
they will further lessen the hazardous char
acler of our public thOroughfares. of the
two evils we think the latter by all means
the greater, and by far the most ineXcusa-
bic. Certain streets, during the most pleas
ant portion of the day, from six to nlne in
the evening, are, by this reckless and per-
sistant horse-iacing, rendered utterly use
less for all pleasure driving, and absolutely
dangerous to all pedestrians who have oc-
casiOn to cross them. In the case of ball
playing, at the worst, the game always
ceases whenever ladies or teams are pass
ing, and again the boys have no other place
than the commons upon which to play
within half mile of the village; while
for horse-racing, upon our pleasantcst
streets, ladies and carriages have to stand
aside, still there is trotting track within Il
few minutes drive of the village
We learn from Vergennes that
Mr.. Benton who has formerly taught
school in Brandon, is keeping most
excellent school there, and giving
entire satisfaction to the citizens. His
closing exercises take place July cd and 3D.
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The concerts Of the Flyers Sisters on
Friday and Saturday evenings afforded by
far the best musical entertainments that
have been presented here for years. AL
though the troupe came with the best pos
siblc testimonials they were received
with some degree of caution, as it is well
established fact that sometimes other in
placements than merit will furnish seem
ingly first-class credentials. However, the
enthusiastic applause which greeted each
succeeding part of the programme proved
the truth, and more of ali that had been
said and written.
Miss Anna Flyers is musical prodigy
Her singing viewed merely as a mechanical
feat was marvellous The grace and ease
with which she reaches the upper register
deceive the ear and one can scarcely rca-
lie that her voice has attained BIB. Her
supporters are worthy of her. Miss Emma,
the younger sister, possesses a wonder
/ fully sweet and powerful contrato and
| tenor voice. The tenor of Mr.. King is in
comparable, being what is so rarely met with
even in the highest musical circles a real
tenor. The incubation Of Mr.. Lucas
voice is Enthusiastically true and pure.
While the solo performances were all
that could be desired, the quaricttc singing
is in reality the strength of the perform
auce. The rendering of 'NNhat live for,
! g..o, Il.
rs we'll rs vocal triumph, the minutest sir
MITIGATION of every word being fully dcvc
oped.
The Ducts 'Iost, Prescribed and
EXCELSIOR were ychemcntly applauded
thc fine tenor and baritone voices blcndn.
and producing the best effect
After hearing the samples Of jubilee
singing, no one can wonder any longer u,
the uneXampled success which has attend
ed the jubilee singers in this country ant
in Europe. Steal Away, Judgment Day
Nobody knows what trouble | see. Lord
I'm rolling Mary and Martha, and Swim.
low, sweet chariot. cannot be described
The jubilee singing must be heard to b
appreciated.
The performers arc as easy and natura
on the stage as they might be at home
They are entirely free from stage trick
and fine acting shams, and are As anXiou
to please their audience, rs their audienc
is to be pleased
The sisters, aged respectively ninctec
and seventeen, have many characteristic
of the white race to which they are allie
, by blood, being mulattocs, delicate features
thin ips. and small close nostrils, as we
rs Tie evident proofs of culture and IT
tinemcnt they exhibit, nearly Danish n
nj thp;, 4 fr;p
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The Coming Hcgattn-AOcation os
the College Crews at Saratoga

The boat houses at Saratoga are all about
finished, and by the 18th inst. the associa-
ton will be ready for stampede from the
colleges. On that date Columbia crew is
expected to be in Saratoga, and the other
crews will glide into town in quick success
sion thereafter, The crews haye been thus
located
Brown at c. b. Mason's, z men and .
boats. VIII be at their quarters July 5.
Columbia at Migrants; 9 men; 3 boats :;
June 10.
Cornell at Ramsdcll's; men; 3 boats !;
July 8.
Dartmouth at Charles Moons; men 1
boat June %.
Harvard at Schuyler's; 10 men; boats;
July |.
Princeton at John Riley's 10 men 3
boats June %.
Trinity at James Riley's 8 men 3
boats July 8.
Wesleyan at Washington Abell's IA
men 3 boats June 81.
Williams at Henry Moons 0 men
boats July ?.
Yale at Henry Myers; IS men 6 boats;
june %.
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Mis-. l.. w. Spaulding, jr., died very
very suddenly on Saturday, June 18th.
She was out riding Oh Friday evening with
lcr husband, and returning home .etircd
about II o'clock in health. At o'clock H.
M, she was seized with commissions and,
although medical aid was speedily sum-
moned, she died at . p. III. She was a
most estimablc lady and her death in the
prime of life has caused great sorrow in the
community.
Francis DeLong, ESD, of California,
formerly Of Cornwall, is stopping with his
nephew, Mr. Edward S. Dana, and visiting
his numerous friends in Addison county.
lie is now an extensive farmer in Marin
county, Cal, has 1900 acres of fine land,
milks 900 cows, and raises 10000 bushels
of frnit annually, besides grain, hay, and
other farm products. He is IN fine health
and is warmly greeted by his old neighbors
and friends in Vermont.
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The contest for governor from the latest
returns seems TO be narrowing down to
Judge Peck and Gov. Taft, and their chan
ces appear about equal. Mr. Spragucs
friends claim 50 votes, which is am increase
of four from Saturday.
Bennington county is endcavoring to
unite 1pon q candidate for governor to pre-
sent to the convention, and il is probable
they will unanimously present either T. W..
Park, Hon. A. L. Miner or Hon Harmon
Garfield. The latest rumors are that Mr..
Park will be presented which will compli-
cate matters materially in the convention
and make the result still more doubtful
The Burlington Sentinel says; "The
what 10 it? The Rutland delegation in the
republican state convention.
Lamoille county is said to be divided be.
tween Peck and Taft.
The indications are that the convention
at Burlington on Wednesday will be ''live
! ly.' The general belief, however, is thai
either Judge Peck or Mr. Taft will be
nominated on the first ballot, and that {
full comparison Of views before the con
yention assemblies will practically confnt
the contest to these two gentlemen.
The present outlook indicates Col
Franklin Fairbanks as leading in the rae,
for acknowledgement, although the eau
cuses of Saturday evening show large gain
for Hon. b. D. Harris of Brattleboro, whom
it is claimed will lead in the convention
The contest like that for governor is con
siderably mixed, and Hon. l. G. Hinckley
of Chelsea, it may be found at Burlington
has made the result still more doubtful.
Montpelier, st. Johnsbury, Spring
field and other large towns are claimed 70
Judge Peck.
Rockingham sends five and Chester fou
delegates for Taft.
We learn that large majority of tn
delegates from Washington and Orang
counties will be for Judge Peck,
Windsor elects two Taft delegates an
one Peck TO the state convention.
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in the school hall. Mr.. Benton has sent a
personal invitation to the wickedcst
Modoc" in Brandon to 30 to Vergennes
and enter class that he has in prepare
ton for college.
In the report of the proceedings upon
Decoration Day in Rutland, we notice that
The GLOBE reporter has it that the Bristol
band serenaded The GLOBE office and then
the HerdH building, while the UerdM
claim that the band screnaded them and
then went to THE GLOBE office. This, we
think, is pretty small business for such
paper--no, bdnd as the Bristol Cornct
Band pretcnds to be. Not the serenading,
that was quite the correct thing, but the
dipping of the reporter of each paper into
the belief that they serenadcd both offices
frs
Speaking OF bands, we wonder where the
Brandon Brass Band is. We read in some
Rutland paper, not over a year ago, that
there was band in Brandon. We don't
deny it we wouldn't deny it if we heard
that Mr.. Cilley had presented The "Modocs'
with a silver base ball, until we knew it
was untrue But if there is a band in town,
where does it keep itself these lovely even
ings, when all the music one can hear is
that made by mosquitoes? Of course we
have no right to complain we couldn't
under any but an er post fdctO law, suspend
p L Barnum if he drove his circus through
the town next Monday without uncovering
a single monkey cage But what mean
spiritedness it would exhibit? What ruth
less insensibility to the miscries Of his fell
low mortals would tmanifcat? We should
certainly protest, III the name Of suffering
humanity against any such dog-ln-the-man
ger monopoly. Hence. if there is u band
in this town, hiding its benignant influ.
cnces away under bushcl, we beseech OF
it, in the name of a music-loying, mosquito
stricken, and hand-orGan starving commu-
nifty, to trot itself out and screnadc oui
depot, scale shop, Ugion Office and other
public buildings. Don't be afraid Brandon
ians can't appreciate good music (when it''
free, and don't, o! don't affect that yot
can't make good music; too much modesty
isn't hcalthful in this climate
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TRlE WESTERN ARKANSAS 7EAgs-
SEEAE.

The western judicial district OF Ar
kansas is q paradise for United States
marshals and their deputies. 1t is, also,
both a good and bad place for criminals
bad because they are sure to be arrested,
and good because they are sure to be set at
liberty without any trouble About the
middle of February, one of the standing
committees of the House was corrected
TO inquire into the expenses and general
management OF the western judicial dis
trict of Arkansas since its organization in
1871 and they have thoroughly done their
work. Their report is now before us, in
book Of three hundred and sixteen pages,
and discloses the most extraordinary eX-
penditures and the most corrupt practice
ON the part of the judicial officers of that
district that can be found in the annals of
the country, so far as federal officers are
concerned. Indeed, the populations of
Tweed, when the wealth and population of
New York city is compared with that Of
western Arkansas, almost pale into insig
nicancc. We have been sympathizing
with the down-troddcn taxpayers Of South
Carolina, hut If the whole country should
be saddlcd with such marshals AS this dis
,rct has, we shall need 10 keep our SYM
pathies for ourselves. We have not the
space, this morning, to do any more than
refer to the more salient points Of the re-
port and testimony, but they will he found
all sufficient to disclose the state of affairs
existing there.
The language Of one of the deputy mar
shnls Is sufficiently expressive and furnishes
its own comments. He says their instruc-
lions were to go out and gobblc up every
body they could get hold of, and that they
did this because the marshal told then,
they could get 'ante dated warrants when
they arrived at Font Smith. BY some law
or rule, only thlrty-tlve days services could
be allowed in one case, and to "gct over
this provision, they would bring in a squad
Of prisoners all charged with the same Of
fence generally trumpcd up onc-ir
which case the marshal would make
0P'N"' "NP"Ny' p"J M" f" "'''"ii Gum i'l
signing and swearing to the return, retaiI
thirty per cent. of the fees charged ant
ten per cent. more of the remainder, nnC
then give his deputies orders for the small
or rather large, balance remaining, whicl
were bought up by the postmaster of For
Smith-onc of the marshal's partners-fo
anywhere from ten to seventy-iiye cents OF
the dollar, and nothing more was heard o
the alleged criminals. The fees were all tina
they were after, the marshal, his deputies
the commissioner clerk, postmaster, etc,
all being in league to dcfraud the govern
ment. In several instances vouchers wer
returned for a large number of speco
deputies, acting as posse c0nltdtu'
amounting to over twenty-three thousan
dollars, which sum the marshal testified
under oath, he had paid to the person
named, all residing at Fort Smith.
special officer of the government was ser
to Arkansas to investigate, and with tn
exception of very few of the name
mentioned, he was unable to find them G
any one who had ever seen or heard O
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:. S'g,lvll,s EyHpENCE.o

AS the chain of circumstances is slowly
but surely gathering its coils around John
p. Phair, and rs each new development
tends the more certainly to demonstrate his
guilt, we hnd very general fear and APP
prchcnsion expressed by our citizens tina,
he may yet escape the penalty due his
crimes. ii he is guilty, by being allowed TO
''iurn states evidence" In this we be-
lieye they are entirely mistaken We can
conceive Of no danger thereof or necessity
therefor AS there seems to be general
msapprchcnsion in reference to cases where
a Guilty party is allowed to become a wit
ness for the state and thereby escape pun
ishmcnt. and as there has been so much
said in reference thereto in this case of
Phair, it may not he amiss to briefly eX-
plain this matter Of " turning states evil
allowed TO escape punishment by giving
evidence fer the state if guilt can otherwise
be proved; and never, in any case, unless
circumstances tend to show that two or
more persons were engaged in the crime.
Even in these cases, the principal criminal
is never allowed to escape in this way,
only the least guilty We can illustrate
this by two instances which occurred in
Rutland, III 1854, we think it was. large
sum Of money was obtained from the Bank
of Rutland by means Of forged or "raised'
| ola ni... t. lND,,r
cd in the operation, who were pursued and
arrested. One or two links in the chain OF
evidence were WANTING. and it WINS dscov.
cred that one of the men-EllintZer by name
if we remember it rightly-was the least
guilty of the four and was in fact, being
led on and made mere tool ofby the others.
He was, therefore, allowed to "turn states
evidence" and by his testimony the Others
were convicted and served out the full
penalty of the law in state prison. The
other case was that of the "Rutland incen-
Diaries The moral proof of their guilt
so to speak, was strong, indeed no one
doubted their guilt. But there was no
sufficient evidence upon which to go t.
trial with an assured prospect of a convic
ton. without further or additional evl
dence, they would have again been turneC
loose upon the community. The lcas
guilty of the party, in years comparatively
Il boy, made full confession, was allowed
to "turn states evidence, and upon hi
testimony, with the other circumstances
his fellows were convicted and sent {,
Windsor, where they are now serving on
the term Of their sentence 1t is only in thi
class of cases where a criminal is allowed
TO "turn states evidence and thus escape
the penalty. Phair's case presents not TIN
first clement thereof The evidence Of hi
guilt is almost, if not quite conclusive; i
does not appear that he had accompices
but If he had, everything tends to shoy
that he is the most guilty party. Our Cit
2ens may rest satisfied that if Phair is tn
murderer, he will not escape in this way
but will, unless death intcrvenes, suffer III
extreme penalty Of the law.
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them, and those whom he did find stated
that they never performedany such services
Let us look at the marshal's reported ex-

them, and those whom he did find stated
that they never performedany such services
Let us look at the marshal's reported ex-
pendturcs. For the year ending June Both
1871, the disbursements were $137 ,95955
for 1872, 1921, G53 43 for 1878, includ-
ing claims presented but not yet paid,
$264 ,4410l. BY way of contrast, let
us turn to the disbursements prior to
the war, at the same time remembering
that the ich0le state was in 0ne district, not
two as now, and that the expenditures are
for the entire state. In 1858, that is the
year ending June 30th, they were $685.
600 in 1859 $4,000 and in 1860, &c.,
900. This contrast alone, without any re-
ference to the other matters before referred
to- would show that the administration or
maladminstration of "justice,' we pre-
sumo they would call it--injustice is the
better words attended with eXtorton,
oppression and corruption. The whole
judicial system, as administered, in the
western district of Arkansas, is mass of
corruption and rottenncss. The committee
have handled the matter without gloves,
with the honest intent to arrive at the
truth and expose the guilty. The "white-
wash brush has not been used at ALL AS
partial remedy for this corruption and
wholesale stealing, and to prevent its re-
currcncc in the future, they recommend
That the western district be abolished and
that the state hereafter, as prior to 1871
compose one district. To this all the peo-
| pie will say amen, except those particular
/ Office seekers for whose especial benefit the
/ district was first formed. We do not
/ think any particular comment is needed on
| the uncarthing of this beautiful nest of car
/ pet haggers With every fresh exposure,
their day and their reign approaches nearer
and nearer to a close. Let us pray that il
may quickly come.
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vsan KILLED.

On Tuesday afternoon last, Leandcr Par
ker of West Concord, Essex county, was
killed by the cars at the depot in Lyndon.
Mr.. Parker and Lii Harrington were going
to Concord together. The engine and two
cars were above the depot, just ready to
draw down Harrington run up and
got on, while Parker took a position lean
ing igainst the platform, which was as high
as his stomach. As the cars came down
Parker, not noticing that the platform was
so near, was caught between the car and
platform and rolled round and round for a
distance of twenty feet to where he dropped
and fell under the platform. Harrington
ran TO him Immediately and picked him up
noticing at the same time that he was crush
ed badly in the chest and shoulders. IIar-
ringtoD asked him if he was hurt and he re-
piled, eyes, badly Harrington and Con-
ductor Ranny made haste to prepare place
in the car where they laid him, and then
started the train rapidly for West Concord
lie was perfectly conscious and in terrible
agony. At Gould's crossing, two miles
from where he was hurt, deadly pallor
spread over his face and he sank rapidly,
till just as the train reached Yves, Concord,
when he breathed his last. Mr.. Parker
was sickly man, about forty years old,
much esteemed, and leaves wife and
three children under eighteen years old
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age OF Isuaernatoriai Candidates

The Brattleboro Record says: We are
surprised at the clamor that has been
raised in different localities in this state
against the proposed nomination of Judge
Peck for governor, SIMPLY ecausc he is
20 years of age. Have we forgotten that
the abest and most distinguished men who
have been heretofore selected by the free
men of this state for the important Office
of governor, were older than Judge Peck
when they entered upon the discharge Of
their official duties Among them were
Chittenden, Tichenor, Galusha, Ezra But
Ter, Stephen Royce, and Charles X. Viii
liams. The opponents of Judge Peek are
unanimous for retaining him on the bench
of the Supreme Court. If his age does not
disqualify him from faithfully discharging
the laborious and onerous duties of Judge
of the Supreme Court. can it be possible
that he is too old to be governor, If We
mistake not, Coy. Dix of New York Is
more than 10 years old, and he has greatly
distinguished himself by the ability which
he has eyinced in the discharge of his exc
cutive duties. In short, old as he is, he
has made himself SO popular that he will bt
re.nominated for reelection. with great un
animity, this fall by the republicans Of
New York.
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THE RUTLAND DAILY GLOBE TUESDAY MORNING.

Mr. Baker is making very extensive re-
pairs. Mr. II II Mason has Just finished a
new house Mr. Henry Whitcomb is to
build one soon. Mr. Seldcn Cook has Just
finished u sales room for boots and shoes at
his old place. A new falls bridge is in con-
temptation, which is very much needed
A new tenement is being finished in the
brick block, etc. let the good work con-
tinue.
Mr. j d Powers, of picture framing fame
has moved into Foggett's old store, where
he will continue his vacations as of old.
HnpnWNIr
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ACCIDENT. AS Rev. Mr. Aiken and Mr..
Andrew Ross of Vergennes were on their
way TO the Addison county conference,
held at Shoreham, Tuesday last, the axle
trees of the buggy broke and threw Mr..
Aiken to the ground with considerable yio-
lence. Mr.. Ross held on to the reins until
the horse cleared the thills, and threw him
to the ground. lie was not injured, but
Mr.. Akin was Jared and bruised. He is
quite comfortable, we are happy to say