The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-08

IAFEST NEWS SUMMARY
Ely Telegraph and Mail.

Hon. George F. IIoar consents to &C
cepl another nomination for Congress on
the earnest solicitation of his friends
The town of Mokelumne Hill, Califor-
mia, was totally destroyed by fire Sunday
afternoon.
Weston will again attempt to walk at
the Hippodrome 500 miles in six days, be-
ginning at 1906 a. M. Monday, Sept. IA.
MI. Barnum has promised him $1,000 if
he shall succeed.
Herbert NJ. Day, provision dealer. of
Milton, Mass, has been arrested and placed
under 81 900 bail on charge of felonious-
ly assaulting daughter of ex-cty messen-
ger Oliver II. Spur.
Colonel Whitley's Office in New York of
the secret service bureau will probably be
closed in a few months. Colonel Whitley
proposes to resign, and has already Ie-
moved most of his books and papers to
Washington.
A shocking accident occurred on the
New Hlven railroad at Mount Vernon,
Westminster county, n. Y, Saturday.
David Scott, milkman, was driving across
the track at Fifth avenue, when the wagon
was struck by locomotive and shattered
to fragments. Scott was fatally injured
and the horses escaped.
The widow of Stonewall Jackson, who
is not thirty years of age, is stopping at
the Warm Springs, North Carolina, with
her little daughter.
State Treasurer Thomas Raines was mar
ried in the Episcopal church at Brockport,
n. Y. on Tuesday morning. to Miss Aggie
Butler, of that village.
Mr. and Mrs. Sartoris will not return to
this country until some time in the winter,
as they have visiting engagements in Europe
which will consume all of their time until
the first of January.
large number of the leading citizens of
Albany have rendered public dinner to
Gen. j. Meredith Read, Jr., in recognition
| of his services as consul general to Paris
| during the war between France and Ger
many, and as minister to Greece. The
dinner will be given on Monday, 14th inst
| The defalcation of cx-auditor Mcllrath
| of Minnesota, foots up S100,005. The
official action of the governor is not yet
| known.
Several days ago Mr.. Potter of Am
sterdam, n. Y, returned to his house after
| a short absence and was met by his little
girl, who said she did not like to stay will
her mother because she looked SO white
Mr.. Potter, on entering the house, founC
the lifeless remains of his wife, who ha'
expired from heart disease
Sebastian Beach Mills, the classical plan
list, was thrown from his carriage down
precipice near his country home in tn
Catskills, couple of weeks ago, and got
, broken leg and painful internal injuries
Wilkes Spirit says that while Mr.. Mills wa
lying helpless on the ground several cal
riages passed, not one of whose occupant
s offered to carry him home.
: The will Of John Harper has been mad
a public, and the fact is disclosed tia
i the estate is worth about 100000. TIL
e lands embrace 2,40O acres There al
i several requests to his faithful colored Sc
!. wants, after which the property is divide
: among his nephews and neices, the large
:, portion going to his favorite, Frank Ha
81 per. The latter is bequeathed the horse
II including Longfellow, which was the priC
/ and comfort of the old mans heart
s. In regard to the Tilton-B eccher suit it
l. said that Mr.. Beecher's lawyers were
ID serve the answer TO Tilton's summons, {
rs Saturday. The SIN says that "the ca
.r will be entered on the October calendar
+ the city court. Judge Reynolds went ava
= Friday for two months vacation, and Il
&c case is likely to be called before Jud
Nelson. Many Of the witnesses who tt
I. tilted before the committee of inquiry a
to be summoned, and Miss Susan b. A
thony and other well known ladies al
al gentlemen are to be subpgnaed in Mr.. Il
it tons behalf"