The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-07

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Six columns of reading matter on tbs
outside of to-day's GLOBE.
The listers of Windsor county arc 10
meet at Woodstock, Tuesday February Il,
to agree on and adjust system OF apprais-
al which will operate equally on all see
tons of the county Would it NOT be well
for the listers of Rutland county 20 have II
meeting for the same purpssc?
The glass of fashion spring styles
on the fourth page.
'Flashes of fun ON the fourth page.
A RoXbury man, named Mcmahon. at
tempted to get on the day express train
cast on Wednesday as it was going out Of
the depot at Montpelier, and was terribly
crushed by being rolled between the car
and depot, falling to the ground rs soon as
the train had passed. His ribs were all
broken, besides other injuries. and lie lived
but few hours.
n Dutch congressman remarked even
vas elected thought | would find dem ali
Solomons down here but i founG deye
vas some as pick fools here as milcsclf"
Among the papers of the late Rev John
/ Todd, ID. D., of Piltslield was found IL
manuscript volume containing the record
of the marriages, deaths, blptisms, addi-
tons to and dismissions from the church.
in the Congregational parish from the be
ginning of the pastorate of Rev. Rufus W.
Bailey in 1924 to the year 1916 in Or. Todd's
pastoratc 1t has been passed over 90 Tie
present clerk of the church. James Cowan.
Henry Priest of East Walingiord is one
of the editors of the Tuftoaian, n periodi-
cal published by the students Of Tufts col
legc
The Slate Producers Association of Rut-
land and Washington county, (N. Y. Slate
Producers Association meets at Poullney
today, at Il o'clock p m.
Rev. ]. Q. Biitingcr of HartlanG. has
been invited to the p astoratc Of the Con-
gregational church in EIavcrhil, \. II.
E. II. Aldrich of Shrewsbury, has accept
ed the position of Principal Of the Green
Mountain Perkins institute at South Wood
stock.
The Woodstock ,Staaday6 says. "it is
said Hon. George a. Merrill is again TO be.
come superintendent of Passumpsic rail
road. This was his first love and it is not
surprising that he should return TO it He
will be the right man in the right place"
Wendell Phillips lectures at Woodstock,
March 10. Subject, Lost Arts
The town of Woodstock has adopted
the commissioner system of highways.
Bethel is talking up iireman's muster
for the 4th of July.
j. L. Fisher, formerly of Woodstock has
been elected Secretary and Treasurer of the
Galveston, Houston and Henderson rail
road
Charles Fisher of Woodstock received by
mail few days since, from his brother
Jacob in Galveston, Texas, two horned
toads, which are really great curiosites.
One of these is quite young and the other is
fully developed, and is covered with little
bony, sharp pointed horns The two horns
on the top of his head. where horns ought
to grow, are about three-quarters of an
inch long, These creatures will live three,
months without eating.
Linus L Sherman OF Ludlow, president
of the Vermont Pharmaceutical Society
returned from Washington yesterday, and
reports that everything looks favorable for
an early repeal or modification of the tax
stamp on proprietary medicines.
Barre is likely to have Il railroad the
coming season, having voted on Tuesday
in favor of accepting the offer made
them by the Central Vermont railroad last
fall to build road from Montpelier in con
| junction with the contemplated Montpelier
and White River railroad through that town
to Royalton.
! Prof. Charles II. Stafford, of New York
city, died at the residence of his brother.
Hon n. b. Stafford, at White River June
ton, recently, aged nearly 80.
No. 7, Center street, has long been tar
| get for some of the official "big guns to
shoot at for the prize offered by the laws
! OF Vermont, and as the center has been hit
"on sight so often, the proprietor, Mr. V.
| w. Whtcomb has resigned his commission
and has turned over his quarlermaster and
commissary stores to Mr.. b. III. WOolley.
Mr.. Whtcomb wishes his friends to under
stand that he now considers himself placed
on the retired list, therefore they need not
expect his Official appearance at No. Z
after this date.
A masquerade ball comes off at the
Town Hall, Brattleboro, March 20.
The governor and council of New Hamp-
shire have appointed Hon. Royal Tyler,
of Bratteboro, Il commissioner of deeds
for Vermont.
Miss Mary Slason, formerly of the
Rutland public schools, has been presented
by the members of the senior class of the
Brattleboro grammar school, with three
volumes Of Dickens works, as n token of
their regard.
A gentleman in Watertown, N. Y, has
got SO far in the total abstinence reform as
to issue the following order to his hired
man "You must stop drinking whisky
or eating onions don't care which"