The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-05
LOCAL. NJ EN'rION.

A new floor was laid at the express office
yesterday.
The express train from the north yester-
day afternoon was two hours late.
"Shoe leather, chemically considered, is
ozhide of beef says one of our visiting
tanners.
Charity Lodge of the degree of ReSekah
meets at Oddfellows Hall this evening at
7:3O o'clock.
Martina, the wonderful illusonist and
ventriloquist, opens at the Opera House
tonight. Go and see him.
Enter March, as a lion exit March, as q
lamb. This is according to meteorological
stage directions not always followed how
over.
A numerous delegation of ladies and gen.
tlemen attended the concert at Pittsford
last evening, enjoyed good entertainment
and fine sleigh ride.
Gen. s. p Corlss of Albany, N. Y, and
H. s. Marcy, general freight agent Della
ware and Hudson canal company, are at
the Bates House.
The handouts which were on the Irish
man who escaped from the hands of Dep
uty Sheriff Millington, at the row at the
town hall, Tuesday night were brought
back yesterday.
The mail train from Boston was two
hours late, the delay being caused on the
lower roads by snow. The trains on the
Cheshire and Valley roads were drawn by
two engines attached to each train.
Capt. L. II. Virgil, superintendent of
the National Express company, denies the
statement afloat that his company has be-
come merged in the American Express
company. He says ''the statement is un-
true"
Thus far the railroads centering at Rut-
land, Notwithstanding the severe storms,
have been saved from heavy expense on
account of battling with the snow and
have been on time with remarkable regu-
larity.
The Delaware and Hudson Canal COM
pany find great difficulty IN filling orders
for coal just now, they come in so thick
from all quarters. The railroad operated
by the company south of Albany are taxed
to the utmost to carry the coal and then
fail 10 keep up with the demand.
The reports that Rev. A. l.. Stone, DID.
of San Francisco, brother-in-law of our
townslnan Francis A. Fisher, esq, former
ly of Boston. will soon return East as
minister, will strike the great mass of
New Englanders of all denominations with
pleasure DR.. Stone is a great favorite,
being highly esteemed for his geniality,
liberality, diversified attachments and
whole-heartcd conservation to his work.
On Tuesday next some twenty-five
Knights Templar of Saratoga will pass
through Rutland, en- route to Pittsburgh,
where they go on the invitation OF De Soto
Commandery. The Commandery at Bur-
ling have appointed a committee consisting
of George o. Tyler, Theodore s. Peck and
Gen. w. w. Henry, to meet them and ex-
tend to them the Inequalities of the Queen
City.
The remains of Mr.. John Cusick, whose
sad death at Springfield, Mass, appeared
in Tuesdays GLOBE, arrived here on the
Boston train, at o'clock yesterday after
noon. They were borne, by the hands of
his friends, from the depot to St. Peters
church, on Meadow street, followed by
long procession. AT the church, his fu-
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were performed, when the burial was
made IN the Catholic cemetery on West
street. An opportunity was given his
friends at the cemetery to view the re-
mains.
baggagemaster on the Passumpsic rail-
road--managed by our townsman, Col
George A. Merrill-was killed in an un-
known manner at Springfield, Mass, yes
terday 1t was supposed he was on the
train until it started, and nothing was
known Of him until the arrival of the train
at Chicopee Falls, when the head, without
the body, was found wedged in the under
machinery of the car, his body having been
torn to pieces and scattered pieccmeal
along the road from Springfield to Chicopee.
None know how it happened, further than
that his hat was found at Springfield, his
scattered body along the route, and his
head at Chlcopee. This is the story as we
hear it. The sequel may not prove SO bad
as the rumor. lie run on the road from
Newport, VT, to Springfield, Mass.
Young Neddie Ripley, a seven year old
son of Gen. w. Y. W. Ripley, had a
narrow escape from being killed on the
street yesterday afternoon. He was cross
ing Center street at the corner of Mer-
chants Row, when team belonging to
Geo. Richardson and driven by his hired
man ran into him and knocked him down.
The horse, which is a high-spirited one,
struck the boy and kept on for several
rods before being stopped. The boy was
dragged by the sleigh that distance, hi
Goa. having caught on the runner and drew
him under the sleigh where he was kept
and, strange to say, without injury
When released from his peril the plucky
boy was taken out and found to be al
right. Drivers should be very careful
about turning corners at rapid rate Al
there is always danger, especially on tina
particular corner.
Among the arrivals at the Bardwel
House, yesterday, were j. S. Schultz
New York city f. W. Norcross, New
York M. W. Page, Concord, N. II. G.
Jenkins, Bradford, VI. Joseph Smith
Holland L. A. Billings, Troy, N. Y. f
f. Burton, Cleveland, Ohio Mrs. Hitch
cock, Mrs Manley, Pittsford, Vt. G. T.
Ives, New Haven, Conn. +. Y. French
II. G. Morris, Boston II. M. Taylor