The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-10

The Laborers' Association of st. Johns
has reduced their demand for loading ves-
sells from S3 to S1.50 per day.
Governor Kemper of Virginia entertain
ed the delegates to the recent Cheap Trans
portation convention at Richmond with
dinner aud bali ON Saturday.
Hon. d. f. Dunkin, ex chief justice of
South Carolina, aud the oldest lawyer in
the state, died IN Charleston Sunday He
was native of Massachusetts.
The Arkansas House of Representatives
has passed q bill changing The time for the
congressional election from the first Tues.
day in November 10 the first Monday in
September, the day Of the general election.
The construction Of the Panama railroad
cost $1,000 human lives, destroyed by
malaria or ono for every ypSunGt the
track
Ann Farley, who lost her scalp. ac-
tory at New Haven last year, has q new
composition roof made of ~D cted
from her numerous acquaintance who
NNlC iuitl ullNlti uuu 10 NOlub
well, except when she dresses her hair she
feels like u new Icing and don't know
which of them.
The black ilux, the terrible epidemic
which has been raging in DeKalb county,
Tenn, for two weeks, is abating. Physi-
clans say that the disease is different from
any they have ever treated. Some think
it was caused by drinking the water Of the
public wells, supposed to contain dccaying
matter.
The students of the Northwr-,yrn I nj
vcrsity at Evanstewn, H., are in arms
against President Fowler, and seem TO be
backed by the entire community. The
c0sus beW is an order prohibiting the lady
members of the university from attending
the services of literary societies conducted
by the young gentlemen.
Railroad building in Brigham Canon,
where Utahs lawless miners roll down
their golden rocks on the heads Of work
men, and where single squatter, armed
with Henry rifle, runs off whole gang
oil track layers, contractor ard all, cant
be considered the most inviting of occupa.
tons.
The attorney general of Minnesota has
commenced a civil suit in behalf of thu
state in the Second District Court agains,
cx-State Auditor Charles McIlrath, for the
recovery Of $4,000, alleged to have beer
wrongfully withheld from the state by-Mc
llrath during his term of office, cxiendinl
over period of nine years.
While excavating the stree; at Helena
Ark, a day or two since, workmcn struck
huge iron lid or cover eight feet below
the surface. On raising it an immense
cavern was discovered, the dimensions OF
which were very large. The chamber is
believed to be the work of former civil
cation. 1t is now partly filled with water
The Nantucket Inquirer says that on the
9th ult., while William Owen was re-
turning from the fishing grounds of Sias
conset in his dory, he was struck on thu
back of the head and neck by some obiec
with such force as to knock him scnseles
into the bottom of his boat, On recover
| ing he found a duck of the kind known q.
| coot lying dead in the bottom of his lory
The fowl in its headlong flight had strucl
the man with such force as TO break it
own neck.
| George Hunter, Que Of the editors of th,
Scotsman, New York, was found inscnsibl,
in Thirteenth street, near Fourth avenrc
on Saturday evening. He was taken t,
the hotel where lie boarded, and il was dis
covered that the skull was fractured an(
his arm bruised He died without gaining
consciousness. Hunter, it is said was seel
to enter house of bad repute on Thr
teenth street earlier in the evening. There
is little doubt but that he was foully muir
| dered. Hunter was an accomplished schOl
ar. q graduate of Aberdeen and formerl,
occupied a mercantile position in Toronto
1t is said that, notwithstanding the vot
taken at the last yearly meeting in June o
the Society of Friends to hold the one il
1875 in Portland, it will not be held there
but in Newport, as has been the custom 70
the last 200 years. The reason for this
that the managers have learned that by tn
removal of the yearly meeting from New
property held by them in Newport and tn
splendid estate in Providence, valued a
some $500, 900, used for the purpose of
Friends school.
Grecnville, Miss. is excited over til
ghost of departed brother Of Mrs. Fl
lott, who often appears to her very sud
denly, and sometimes slaps her on the fac
and otherwise abuses her. While she wa
writing letter, the other day, an invisibl
hand snatched the pen from her. He is
Ku-Klux sort of ghost, for he treats tn
negroes with great violence. He threw
smoothing iron at one of them, the othe
day, and there is still mark on the fec
where II struck. Mrs. Eliott's health
said to be very much impaired by tn
ghostly visitations.
We have to record terrible accider
which happened in Napierville, to ma
named Wells. lie was caught by the lie
in passing close TO large wheel in til
wooden mill of Mr.. Laviolette, which
being run by his father. He gave CT
which was heard for great way of, rising
frightfully, above all the whir and clank
ing of the machinery. 1t was more tina
an hour before he could be extrcateC
His leg was broken in two places and III
ucSn TORN OH uOWH 10 inc Done. Al HIS
hopes were entertained of saving his lif,
but soon the turn of his symptoms belle
this confidence and he sank after time G
terrible suffering. He was but % veal
old,and had been married but three months
-Ne,cs.
Daniel Mossart, the wcll-known waite
inventor, has just been taken to the nsar
asylum at Kalamazoo, Mich. lie has bee
} for years at work on watch which, will
out being larger than usual, was to sho
quarter seconds, seconds, minutes, hour
days of the week, days of the month, an
months OF the year, and every fifth time
was opened was to wind itself. He la
completed it. and had received n large off,
from parties in New York tor the right
manufacture it. A short time ago he too
the model apart to fix. lie was unable
, put It together again, some part haviu
probably been lost, and the intense ment
application upon the difficulty has derangc
his mind.