The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-12
LOCAL MENTION.


month.
There will be grand shooting match q,
Miner billiards. farm tomorrow.
An interesting article of the express bust
ness, will be found on the second page.
Whitemore and Clark's Ministries play at
the opera house, Port Henry, this evening.
Pittsford people should remember the
exhibition of Mr.. Phelps school this even
ing.
Vicinity items from Arlington, Bristol.
Dandy, Hubbardton and Middlebury will
be found on the first page.
Mr.. Judah Dana of the high school
speaks at the teachers institute, at Burllng.
ton, to-day and tomorrow.
The proclamation of Governor Peck APP
pointing the annual Thanksgiving Novem-
Der 25, appears this morning.
The reply of Col. W. F. Gray to the at
tack made upon him in our Contemporary
issue of Thursday, will be found in another
column.
The Rutland manufacturing company
are doing an extended business, shipping
chairs to Cape Town, Africa, and San
Francisco.
The fifth New York artillery passed
through Rutland this morning on their
way to Pittsburgh where they will be sta
toned till the first of December.
Just one year ago yesterday heavy
snow storm came, falling over a foot in
depth. Some time in April last it disap-
peared. Is the recent storm duplicate ?
Two new locomotives from the Schenec-
tady locomotive works have recently been
placed on the Troy and Boston railroad.
They are named the G. w. Moseley and
the Ii. Dnrkee.
Encouraging prospect before Thanks
giving. The Woodstock stage came as far
as Mendon yesterday on runners, and came
through one drift three feet deep, that
caused considerable trouble.
There is some talk of petitioniDg the
trustees for ferry boat to run on West
street sidewalk from Grove to Cottage
street. The project yesterday appeared as
feasible as walking between those points.
Says an exchange, the words, "No pres
ents received on the corner of wedding
cards are becoming popular. Heretofore
IT, has cost almost as much to have ones
friends married MS it would to get up a
Nothing more has been heard of the
young woman who was supposed to be at
tempting to pass counterfeit money yestcr-
day, and nothing is missing from the shops
where she called. The young man who
followed her has also failed to put in an
appearance.
We call the attention of our East Wal
lingtord readers to the advertisement of A.
S. Mahon, which appears in another
column. Mr. Mshon has just returned
from market with fresh and well selected
stock of goods, and Is prepared to sell the
same at living prices
Mr.. L. G.. Bagley, manager of the Rut
land telegraph Office took trip along the
road between here and Bellows Falls yes.
terdsy, repairing the wires which the storm
of Wednesday night left in bad cond
ton. During the day he mended three i'm
portant breaks and Strengthened sevtra
crosses, tramping some ten miles to accom-
plish it.
One should always look at the good side
of every trial, and weare.beginning to look
upon the obstruction of Center street walk
as great public educator. 1t teaches frs,
a fact not thoroughly understood by all
that sidewalks are not necessarily made to
walk on and, secondly, it teaches us tc
value the privileges we pay for and are al
lowed peacefully to enjoy.
The storm of Wednesday night proved
quite severe strain upon the telegraph
wires, breaking them in hundreds of places
and impeding communication for severa
hours. They were, however, speedily re-
paired and before noon yesterday were r
working order. The trains on the Cen
trail Vermont were delayed some what by
patcher at St. Adams was unable to give
customary orders for the movement of thu
trains.
The Woodford correspondent of tn,
Manchester Journal says Binding in tn
holy bonds of matrimony, the custom
thereof, has wended its lively march iron
Rutland away down to Woodford, as Their
is considerable of this business going on q
present. But one sad happening we chror
icle when we announce that the wear
teamster of Paws aggregation, who lei
this famous gentleman at Bennington an
came to Woodford and married certai
"widder," has now left for parts unknown
The ''Patent Waterproof Building Pr
per-" for which Chas. p. Harris d Go. {
Rutland are general agents, is largely use
in the construction of the centennial built
ings at Philadelphia the specification
calling for thirty tons. The 'Knicke
hooker ice company have nearly ten mil
of roofs of the same material, and the Gel
tennial offices. Academy of Fine Arts
and ether public buildings of Philadelphia
are carpeted with Irvings Japanet
Paper Carpetng." The manufacture
these goods has grown, in the past ten year
to immense proportions.
We were shown last evening model
the git-edged milk pan and cooler by nj
M. Ii. Bush, the general agent for tn
state, and we regard 1t as decidedly 81
perior to anything of the kind that hi
come within our notice. We understan