The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-11
E.ACs3SS NEWS SUMMARY
Fly Telegraph and Wall.


THE LrCRY TICKET
At the Masonic Relief Lottery drawing
n Norfolk, Va, Saturday night, ticket |
No 1860, held by J. d. Reed, Of Nor
ok, drew the capital prize of $4,000, and
No. 80, $40 drew $4,000
GEN. BuTLERs ILLNESS.
Gen Buffers recent attack of inilamma-
lion of the bowels was more serious than
the public was given to understand until
after the crisis had passed. This is the
first time in his whole life that Gen. But
Ter has been confined to his bed for twenty
four hours at time.
JAY GOULD.
Jay Could is just now the lion of the
lions. He has turned hull and heads for
mdable clique. BY his influence it is said
that Uncle Daniel has lost five millions. lie
is so depressed by the calamity that he has
taken to his bed, and sees no one. 1t is adj
mitted on all hands that his losses have been
frightful. Whether Drew will recover Is
a question. lie is no smarter than Little
Keep, Schuyler, Lockwood, Mills, and
hosts Of men who have been sovercigns of
the street in their day.
THE CITY OF KEExH.
The Inauguration Of the officers of the
new CITY government of Kccnc, N. H..
took place Tuesday forenoon at ten
o'clock, at the City Hall. 1t being the
first organization under the new charter
more than ordinary interest was manifested
in the proceedings. Ike oath of office
was administered to the Mayor, Iloratio
Colony, Esq, by Hon r NJ Edwards, and
the aldermen and copncilmcn were sworn
in by the Mayor. Prayer was offered by
Rev W o White Henry s Martin was
oloo;od o'ty oie,i IA. e,lv, tiIUugu
one of their number then transferred to the
city organization the charlcHof the town
granted by George H., April II, 1853, to-
gether with all the books, records and
other property Of the town.
DRUNKENNESS AMoNG WOMEN.
Official statistics show that there is more
drunkenness among women in Liverpool
than among men. A public meeting was
lately held in League Hall to consider how
this terrible evil is TO be dealt with. 1t was
stated that from October LIST to April LIST,
1850 women had been committed to the
borough prison.
DRY GOODS TRADE.
The domestic dry goods market is quiet
in commission houses, but more active with
jobbcrs, whose sales are increasing Re
tailers are buying moderately.
The Atlantic Mills have unexpectedly
reduced their standard sheetings to / cents,
which has unsettled cotton goods and
created disturbing effect in The market.
Some jobbers arc selling Indian Head at | |
cents, which is below the agents prices.
Several brands Of brown cottons and
bleached shirtings are also selling below
agents prices. Prints are more active and
some bordcrcd styles are sold up to the re-
ccipts from mills by agents
The demand for imported goods continues
light and unsatisfactory, and jobbng sale>
do not meet the expectations Of holders.
MAPS BY TELEGRAPH.
a member of the Partisan Academy oil
| Science has devised method whereof,
maps and diagrams may be transmitted by
telegraph. A numerally graduated semi
circular plate of glass is laid by the tele
grapher over the map to he transmitted an,
a pencil of mica, attached to Il pivoted stril
of metal, also divided into numbers, allow
ed to move over the plate. Looking through
n fixed cye-picce, the operator traces on
his map ON the glass with the adjustabl
mica pencil, and, noticing the numbers sue
oessively touched on the plate and on tn
moving metal arm, telegraphed them T.
his correspondent, who, by means of an eX
actly similar apparatus, is thereby enable,
to trace out an exactly similar map.
MISS GRANTS APPROACHING NuPTIAIs.
The Invitations to the White House wed
ding are very plain, without monogram o
device, and read as follows:
The President and Mrs. Grant reques
the pleasure of your company at the maj
riagc OF their daughter at the EXecutiv
Mansion, on Thursday, May 2lst, ut l
o'clock, a. m.
This is on heavy parchment paper, an
| will enclose two plain bristol board cards
each about two and half by four inche
in size. One bears the name Miss Nelli
w. Grant, the other, Mr.. Algernon c. i
Sartoris.
SUICIDE OF A WEALTHY MAN.
Charles p Gerrish senior partner of tn
firm of Jed, Eyre IL Co., New York con
mission merchants, was found rapidly sinl,
ing at his residence, st. James place
Brooklyn, Thursday morning, and die
soon afterward, from the effects of MOI
phla. A note announcing his desire to die
and inability to contend with the despond
ency to which he was victim, was foun
on his table. He was very wealthy an
influential.
wEsroN's WALK.
The track in the American Institui
IIalfover which Weston will begin Ia
five hundred mile walk this morI
ing wai officially measured on Thur
day. A track had been laid under the d
rectons of a civil engineer, with earth an
chowdered shavlngs skirting the immens
floor, and roped out from the space n
served Tor spectators. This was first mei
> sured carefully, and so altered as to max
ITS length exactly one-seventh of mile
The start on the five hundred mile wal
will be at five minutes past midnigl
, this morning, and the six day
will consequently end on the succeedin
Saturday night. The task includes an e
fort to make one hundred and fifteen mill
in the first twenty-four hours. On I'll