The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-02
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
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Veteran.


veteran,
MIR. BEEcHER,
New YORK, Nov 80.
Sunday evening, took step forward from
his old, well.known position that the Sab
bath was day TOR rational enjoyment, and
while he actually spoke approvrgly of
Sunday concerts, failed to condemn the
theatres by wholesale. AT this particular
juncture, when two cities are agitated upon
the question of Sunday amusements, this |
new departure will attract attention. AS
was expected, Mr.. Talmage, at the Brook
Ign Tabernacle, repeated his denunciation
of theatres.
AN IMPORTANT NOTICE OF APPEAL
in the case of william NJ. Tweed has just
been made here. This notice was given at
the time of trial and sentence, aud appears
to have been purposcly deferred until the
end OF the first year of his long term of
| IMPRISONMENT II is now understood that
his counsel will seek to have the case re-
viewed, on the ground that the Indictment
on which he was convicted charged single
misdemeanor, although it embraced 220
different courts. 1t is a very nice point of
law, in which it is claimed that the Judge
who sentenced Tweed for fifty -one INSIDE
meanors had previously ruled that he could
be punished for but one. A habeas corpus
is to be applied for and an attempt made
to have the sentence by Judge Davis re-
viewed.
BOND couNTERFElTERs.
Detectives at work for the Chicago &
Northwestern railway company have learn
ed that the men who counterfcted the
companv's honds and put $4,000 on the
market are old offenders and the prime
movers in a score of great bond forgeries
and counterfeiting schemes. They are the
same that hired the office at As New street,
unoer the name of j. A. Batchcldcr g. Co.
Gottlcib Engle, foreigner, the pupil of
"Spence' Pettis, and friend of MacDon
aid, of the bank of England forgery case
did the writing on the bonds for them, ant
''Broker Dick" and others were employed
to negotiate their sale. "Broker Dick" l.
farmer in Washington county. in thi
state, and has been for long time in Wal
street engaged in the sale of forged an(
stolen securities.
, ERIE IN LONDON.
, Mr.. Gray, who has just returned iron
his London mission in behalf of the Fri,
railway, has accorded an interview to a re
, porter. during which he declared that h
had met with good success on the Othe
side, and that the statement to the contra
ry was entirely ''gratuitous.' Mr.. Ora.
says that he was obliged to fight against
very strong and bitter opposition in Lon
4 don, but that he finally overcame it.
TOURISTS TO FLORIDA
l will be glad to hear that new steamer ha
: been built for the Indian river. Steel rail
have been laid on the ST. Augustine rail
/, road, and good locomotives are In use
Steamers run daily up the st. Johns TIL
8 rush to Florida this season bids fair to sui
a pass that of all others, The Charlesto
:. steamers are already filed. They leave o
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, an
t connect with the Dictator and City Poir
: for Jacksonville. These steamers are sal
and more pleasant than the railroad rcutt
+ DEATH OF JONATHAN sTURGEs.
. oldest and most prominent citizens, die
on Saturday at his residence on Thirt,
; sixth street, from the effects of pneumonl
It One OF the most important incidents
Mr.. Sturges's business career was his col
nection with the Illinois Central ralroa,
u OF which line he was one of the chief pr
ectors. 1t was through his endeavo
mainly that the fortunes of the road, whiC
were at first wavering and uncertain. wei
q placed on prosperous footing.
=, DEATH OF A POST OFFICE VETERAN.
Joseph Dodd an old and faithful a
. tache of the general post Office in this cit
II died at his home in Jersey City yestcrda.
= at the age of eighty four years. His col
nection with the service covered periC
of more than sixty years. The old man WI
" fond of relating how he used TO take Il
10 single bag, which contained the enti
"a Southern mail, on his shoulder and trud.
- with it to the foot of Liberty street, pla,
y it in a skiff, and row himself across to Il
n Jersey City side, where, at an inn adace
}. to the landing place, the coach, with armt
IS mail guard, was usually in waiting to +
/. ceive the bag. On the occasion of brea
IS ing ground in the city hall park for Il
foundation of the new post office, the o
veteran was accorded post of honor al
&c turned up the first spadeful of earth. II