The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-29

LATEST NEWS SUMMARY.
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Ely Telegraph and Nraif.
The king of the Sandwich islands isnow
on his way to the United States.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says that Dan
icl w. Voorhees, is likely to he elected to
the United States senate from Indiana.
A number of prominent b ,ston citizens
are visiting Chicago The Garden City
people complacently imagine they will
learn something.
Charles Francis Adams, of Quincy, de.
clines nomination to the Massachusetts
legislature,
Mr.. Gushing, il is said, has a very plain
dwelling in Madrid. and never entertains.
1t is reported that thousands of people
in southwestern Nebraska are in state of
utter destitution and on the verge of star
walton.
Mayor Havcmeyer of New York, has
declined a denomination by the so-called
peoples party.
AS Joseph Medll of Chicago, was born
in British America, he can't be a candi-
date for the presidency.
Toronto, Canada, has elected lady for
city treasurer. Who says Canadians are
behind the times
Kullnan, who attempted to assassinate
Bismarck, is pronounced incurably insane
by his friends.
Mr.. Robert Bonner has purchased Wei
lesley Boy for about $4,000.
Representatives of many railroads met
at Chicago on Tuesday. 1t is stated three
of the five great lines running west from
Chicago will not sign anything like the
Saratoga agreement of the eastern COM
panics.
1t is stated on good authority that Sims
Reeves, the English tenor, who has Just
signed contracts to come to America next
season for series of concerts, is to re-
ceive $4,000 for 100 nights, or S1,150
per night.
Nine. Jenny Lind Goldschmidt and her
husband will permanently reside in Wies-
baden, having accepted the posts of leading
professors at the Rhenish Academy of
Music.
The Dartmouth sophomores won the
colors from the seniors in the boat race on
Saturday last. They were carried about
town in carriage, the class treated every
body to cigals, and great enthusiasm
regned.
Robert Colyer writes that 1T is no use,
just yet, trying to see when | can come to
Boston," and iustructs Mr.. Redpath to ego
ahead and fill up the bill at present without
me-" Anna Dickinson takes his place in
the Lyceum course.
A reunion of the clergymen of the Peck
family began in Syracuse, N. V, on Fri
day and continued till Monday. Sixteen
of the nineteen living Methodist preachers
of the family were present.
A special dispatch to the advertiser from
Manchester, N. H., says that Friday after
noon officer Bennett arrested one John
Goodwin on Pine street in that city, charg-
ed with stealing lot of butter from freight
cars on the Northern railroad some two
years ago.
President Grant, at the cabinet meeting
Tuesday, expressed himself decidedly as to
the third term gossip He said that he never
expected the nomination for third term /;
that the subject has never been definitely
brought to his notice, and he denounces the
story as an idle newspaper sensation, STU
pid canard.
The Ottumwa express, on the Burlington
and Missouri branch of the Chicago Bur-
lngton and Quincy railroad, was wrecked
at Whitfield, few miles west of Fairfield,
Iowa, Tuesday. The whole train was ditch
ed The fireman was seriously injured, one
arm was crushed and otherwise badly
bruised. No other person was hurt. The
first reports were grossly exaggerated.
1t is estimated that the people who have
fallen victims to the famine in Aisa Minor
number over 100000. AS an instance of
the terrible devastation among the cattle
and fiocks, it is stated that in one village
out of more than l 600 sheep and goats,
| just one sheep and one goat remain, and of
100 cows two remain. In another, from a
flock of 1900 sheep and goats, eight arc
reported; and from another flock in the
same village, numbering $780, of which zoe
are mohair goats, the same number, eight
are reported.
The Hartford Times says that New Eng
land was formerly exempt from fever ant
ague, but "since the war this troublesome
disorder has existed, nearly every year, t(
some extent along the Connecticut coast
between the Connecticut river and New
York, and now it has crcpt into the middl,
region of the state. 1t has existed at New
Hagen for some time, and during the las
month it has prevailed seriously at Port
land, Middlesex county-the seat of thu
freestone quarries. At one time there wer,
said to be no fewer than five hundred case
of fever and ague in that town. We hea
of a few cases of it, too, here in Hart
ford"
A squaw sat down ON the curb in from
of the postollice in Austin, New, and, un
rolling bundle of calico, commenced tn
manufacture of dress. In less than al
hour the dress was finished and putting
ON over her old clothes, the squaw pulle'
out pin here, a peg there, and united
string in another place, made one step and
presto the old clothes lay III the gutter
Gathering up the rags just shed, the nobl
daughter of the forest cast one look o
triumph on the spectators and skippe
gracefully off in the direction of the India
camp. A prominent citizen who was al
interested witness of the transaction, mild
ly remarked that he would give $50 if Mrs
p. G. could shed herself like that.