The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-31
DAILY GLOBE SATURDAY MORNING OCTOBER 81 1874

Wintermu,c, convicted of killing Secre-
tary McCook at Yankton, Dakota, has been
taken to Vermilion on writ of babeas
corpus granted by Judge ISkidder, of the
territorial supreme court. Bail Is asked be-
cause of falling health caused by the miser
able condition of the jail.
Al Cincinnati, Wednesday, General Brs-
bin made an appeal to the chamber of COM
merce to aid the suffering poor of Nebraska
living in the region devastated by grass
hoppers. A committee of five was appoint
ed by the chamber to devise plan for Sc
curing aid in the way of food and clothing
The indications are that strong effort
is to be made to prevent the hanging of
Wagner, the Isle of Shoals murderer. The
Portland Press hopes, from the fact that
the execution has been postponed TO a pc
Rod several weeks subsequent to the open
ing of the legislative session, that the state
will "bc saved from the shadow OF II de-
moralizing and murder-inspiring legal hum-
icide within her borders
The national bank of commerce of New
York and the union bank of Boston have
caused attachments TO he issued against the
A. & w. Sprague estate, to collect claims
respectively of $44, 900 and $4,000. The
proceeding If pushed far enough, will in
volve test of the trust mortgage ard of
the subsequent assignment to Mr.. Chaffee.
Considerable time must elapse, however
before that point can be reached -PFOUi-
dence JOurndl.
Hon. Whiting Griswold of Greenfield,
died at his residence in that town Thursday,
at the age of sixty years. For many years
Mr.. Griswold was prominent in the politics
and public life of franklin county, first as
| a democrat and afterwards as a republican.
He served in both branches of the legisla-
ture, and in other places of trust and use
fulness. His funeral will take place at two
o'clock to-day.
A San Francisco dispatch says the fail.
urc Of Morga S Sons, agents for the Gran.
gers in their shipments of grain abroad
was the result of $1G4,0 due the London
& California bank, borrowed at one pei
cent. per month. The conditions anC
agreements of the firm with the farmers
were such that the disaster falls mainly
upon the firm and will not distress the
Changers to any extent. The liabilities arr
half million, of which three-fifths are
due the bank and two-fifths to the farmers
Six thousand monuments for the graves
of unknown soldiers of the Union army
have just been shipped via. the Housatoni'
railroad from j. r. Briggs works at Shelf
field to New Orleans; 5000 will soon b.
sent to Antetam, and more thereafter t.
Gettysburg. The quarrymen are cutting
out the marble slabs faster than they ar
dressed, so as to have q supply for the stoI
workers when the frosty weather shall pre-
vent successful quarrying. While tn
Sheffield, Lee and Darlington marble quar-
ries are being worked by large forces, tn
iron ore beds at Sheffield and other town
are deserted and the furnaces are cold
Thus it is all the way down to Salisbury
Conn, with the exception of one furnace O
Mr.. Barnum. Several months ago he dis
charged all his men, except sixty at on
furnace, and this will begin a vacation wit
November
The apple crop is immense through til
central and western portions of the stat
, of New York, although it is not cxtraord
nary good in this vicinity. From Schenet
tady to Rochester the trees are actual
breaking down with fruit. In fact, the
are so plenty and cheap (the best varietit
of winter apples are selling in some place
at 81 per barreD that people seem to be
no hurry about picking them. In som
/ orchards the ground is fairly covered wit
: beautiful apples, which will be used fC
cider. Apples are of superior size an
| uuo1ity tnO moro than they hava hoo