The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-11-30
From New York.
GOLD.
New York, Nov. 2S.

Gold opened at 111A.
CLOSING Up EX-PREsiDENT wArsoN's WORK.
William c. Gray, director of The Erie
railroad, who went TO Europe to complete
cx-President Watsous financial mission,
returned yesterday. Nothing is known as
yet as to the tenor of his report.
PROTEST WORTH NEEDING.
A protest is Published to-day against
Sunday amusements, and asking the en-
forcement of the law prohibiting them.
The protest is addressed to the police com
missioners, and signed by several hundred
citizens, among them L. d. Morgan, James
Brown, j. J. Cisco, Jonathan Sturges, DR..
Willard Parker and Cornelius Vanderbiltjr.
TIE WOOL TARIFF.
The committee appointed by the chamber
of commerce to consider revision of the
tariff on wool, reported yesterday, recon-
mendlng the abolition of all classifcatlons
for the purpose of levying dn'ies, and the
establishment of uniform duty of twenty
five per cent al valorem, it being calcu-
lated to yield a sufficient revenue to the
government, and to relieve the wool trade
of the numerous vexations and impedi-
ments of the present law.
THE RAILWAY POSTAL SERVICE.
The report of George S. Bangs, superin-
tendent of the railway postal service,
shows that at the close of the fiscal year
there were in operation iltty-nine lines of
railway postoflcc cars, extending over a.
S66 miles of railroad, on which were per-
formed 34,025 miles of service daily, and
12,747 G25 miles annually, by 7j2 railway
postoillce clerks. These clerks are CLASH
fled as follows 2S3 head clerks. $40
clerks and 80 assistant clerks New York
sends out fifty-ive to sixty tons of mail
matter daily; forty-fvc to fifty tons of
this is forwarded on trunk lines leading to
the West and Southwest He favors the
establishing of fast and exclusive mail
train between Chicago and New York.
The expenses of railway service are ST.
COZ, G2O.
CONTEST FOR A SEAT
The Chicago Tribune says j. n. Lemoyn
has decided to contest the seat of Charles
b. Farwell, member of congress elect from
the third Illinois district.
AFTER THE TORNADO.
Trains passed over Spring Creek bridge
at Tuscumbia Saturday afternoon for the
FIRST time since the hurricane.
THE YACHT MARCIA,
which was stolen from the harbor some
four years ago, and which has been pur-
sued the last year, arrived off the Isle of
Wight the 26,h inst, mailing from New
York
THE DIMINISHED DEMAND FOR SUGAR
compels the reilners of this city and vicinity
to consider the expedency of diminishing
its production. For this purpose several
meetings have been held at the importers
and grocers' board of trade. A committee
was appointed to consider the subject and
to report ut a subsequent meeting. The
proposition is that a certain percentage of
the refinery work shall be stopped, SO as to
equalize the supply and demand There
appears to be a general desire 10 reduce
expcnscs as much as possible, and to refrain
from unnecessary outlay in the manage
ment of the large retineries.
ST. ANDREWS DAY
The anniversary of the patron saint of
Scotland will be duly celebrated by the
natives of that country, by public dinner
at Delmonico's, on Monday evening, under
the auspices of the st. Andrews society of