The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-22
Vermont News.

Burlington has the formation of re-
gatta association, and the holding of re-
gatta il the bay during the month of July,
under consideration.
The Weeks Brothers,. prominent bust
ness firm of Lyndon, fail to get the unan-
imousconsent of their creditors to take 25
cents, and are now going into bankruptcy.
An ,nterprising tramp, in st. Adams,
got drunk, swore roundly at a woman be-
cause she would not give him food, broke
into two houses, and was arrested and
taken to Jail. all in few hours.
The compilation of the school laws, pre-
paredby Gilbert A. Davis, Esq, of Read
ing, will soon be ready for distribution. 1t
is being printed at the office of the Mont
pelidi Jaurnel, by the Messrs. Poland.
A law at Burlington has been made to
fine ,any person who may sleep in the city
parH. Asprivate families object to having
their picket fences used for mattresses,
what is the "houseiess and homeless waif
to do -?
Heman Stannard, brother of General
Stannard, was found dead in his bed Satur-
day morning at his residence in Colchester
Mr.. Stannard was apparently in good
health Friday evening, and the cause of his
death is unexplained.
As workmen were repairing n 1oung's
etO 10, lt,urf,h thou found in N aid
counter, which had been stored IN George
D. Sowlcs's barn for some time, q mouse
nest aud two cards of matches. A little
guawing of the mice would have given an
other of those mysterious incendiayy fires.
The Bellevue driving park association at
St. Albaus, are pushing forward the fin
shDg touches to their trotting course and
park About thirty men are employed at
woih on it levelDg the ground. A base
bali ground is laid out and leveled in the
vicinity of the course.
Teachers will remember that under our
present school law institutes will not be
held as matter of course. 1t is made the
duty of the state superintendent of educa.
ton to hold an institute in any county only
upon written application of twenty-five
teachers in that county, except in the cases
of Essex and Orleans counties, in which
fifteen is the requisite number.
A trottng match for $50, mile heats, best
two in three, took place Friday on the
grounds of the Bellevue trotting park at
ST. Adams, between Israel Marquette
Major Diamond, driven by Peter McEnany,
aud horse from Fairfield, driven by r..
NJ. Tierney Tierney's horse won the first
heat, the second being won by Major Dia-
mond
The switch at the gravel pit, near East
Swanton, was broken and thrown over by
some malicious person, Saturday night
week. When the night freight at 1870
came along they saw it, but the grade was
so heavy that the engine and three cars
we're driven into the sand, delaying the Sun
day morning Montreal express some three
hours.
J. d. Perry, the Vermont sculptor, now
in Boston, IS engaged upon couple of in
teresting studies of children, whose little
ways he is so much in sympathy with that
he reproduces their characteristics charm.
ingly, which, added to his facility in get
ting marked portraits, make these efforts
very successful. One Of his present works
is that of little girl of sweet, sunshiny ex.
preston, taking fine form in the clay and
the other is that of little boy now dead
the study being made from photographs
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usual excellence.