The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-14

or, but clear, sparkling and seasonable.
The brilliant weather brings out throngs of
matrons and maldens who are now bent on
the purpose of holiday presents. The
stranger who suddenly alights In the up
town quarter of Broadway on such deli
cious afternoons as Saturday, must be at
first half persuaded that the whole town is
on foot for fete, but if he watches atten-
lively he will discover that everybody is
bound to the great bazaars where presents
for the holidays are sold.
ERIE RAILWAY.
President Jewett of the Erie railway pre-
senls what he considers a satisfactory cx-
hDit Of the business of the year ending
September 30lh, and makes some rather
slnguinc calculations about the future of
that much abused road. lie shows that
willie tho company has earned eighteen
millions and half during the year, its
working expenses have been thirteen mil
lions and halt, leaving five millions of
net revenue Four millions of that sum
have been applied TO the payment of rent
ais, interests, taxes, etc, leaving about
million dollars, most Of which has been |
used for the reduction of the floating debt |
Provisions for dividends there is none. AT
the end of September the amount of the |
| floating debt is said to have been less than |
a million and "A half. The English account
ants found that at the end of September, |
| 1873. the amount of that debt was five mil |
| lions and a half
BEECHHR-TILTON CASE.
The Sun says there are several things in |
the proceedings in court in the Beecher- |
Tilton case to confirm the suspicion that it
is in fact all privately settled. In the first |
place. Tilton's affidavit is devoted chiefly |
to stating what be is unable to prove. In |
the second place, Mr.. Evarts remarks |
showed that the dispute about the bill of
particulars is an empty sham. " Let it be
alleged he said, - that it occurred within
a specified time, a fortnight perhaps" and
then the case was adjourned.
BEEonERs PRAYER MEETING.
AT the usual Friday evening prayer
meeting, Mr.. Beecher referred to the COM
mon idea of the relation of heaven and
earth. 1t would be a state of transcen-
dant enjoyment, he said when men would
meet the spirits of just men made perfect
AID therefore transcending any model OF
manhood here. 1t is " condition in which
we are to be simply sensibly elevated into
the immediate presence OF God, where the
state will be more glorious than it can be
here. At the close of the prayer meeting
the annual meeting of the church was held
The annual report showed "A membership
of 1880, an increase during the year of
eighty.
| ELEVATED RAILROAD.
The elevated railroad is to be extended
to Central Park this winter, notwithstand
ing the governors veto The officers of
the road say there is no suit now pending
against them. The company clam to have
| the right to extend their road to Yonkers
and to bridge the Harlem river at or near
High Bridge
MARIPOsA.
The Matiposa land and mining company
promises to furnish fertile matter for
lawyers for some time to come. In pro-
ceedings, Friday, before Judge Davis, in
supreme court chambers, for the appoint
ment of receiver Of the company, no less
than three lawyers ATTEMPTED to talk at the
same time. Judge Davis speedily brought
forth order by sayin. that there were two
motions for the sequestration of the proper
ty of the company. and 10 appoint re-
ceiver for the benefit of all creditors, and
that he would decide the whole matter next
Monday.
SPERM WHALES
Captain BabcOck of Sag IIarbor, master
of the whaling brig Myra, writes from St.
Helena that he had taken $50 barrels of
sperm and 400 barrels of whale since May.
After filling all his casks lie fell in with a
sperm whale and threw overbord leo bar
rels of whale to make room for the same
quantity of sperm. He reports that sperm
W alar> have been more than usually sue
cessful this season. especially in the north
Atlantic, one barque having taken $50 bar
rels when only ten weeks from home-a
catch unparalleled in the annals of whaling.
WORK AND WAGES
a daily paper sums up work and wages
in this metropolis, with the winters out
look for the laboring classes-about one
fifth, it has been found, of those employed
in the industries and manufactures of the
city are idle, in round numbers, 10000 out
of Il total of 10000 working men and wo-
men. Not far from 10000 families must
in consequence live through the winter I'M
supported by any wages. Good wages are
reported for dressmakers. Stagnation rules
in the building trade the iron masters are
idle, and 10000 day laborers are out of
work.
2 NEBRASKA AND KANSAS SUFFERERS.
A newspaper suggestion tor dollar sub
g scriptlon in aid of the Nebraska and Kan
= sas sufferers, has met with an instant re-
S sponse Passengers on railway train send
: for their few minutes work, no fewer than
5 seventy-fve subscriptions A party of
t gentlemen who have wagered dinner
t conclude to forego its pleasures that some
of the sufferers by the grasshopper raid in
Nebraska and Kansas may enjoy a few less
expensive ones, and they send accordingly
S95. A book keeper, sending his dolar,re
G minds his fellows that lots of clerks like
/ himsef could easily spare a like amount
:. for the starving. The charitable are re-
. minded that their subscriptions TO be OF
n use ought to be prompt. Let them not for
a get the awful truth that these unfortunate
o farmers at the West aie in danger of liter.