The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-02

1t Is thought Tilton's evidence will be adj
mittcd.
A military expedition, under Col. Brad
ley, leaves III the spring to occupy the
Black Hills TO prevent the miners from go
ing there.
There is firmcr feeling in the Pennsyl-
vania coal trade, aud dealers believe that
it will recover from the present dizziness
but as yet there is no increase of produc-
ton.
Owing to delays in track laying, the first
train will not go through the Hoosac tunnel
on Monday as expected. The date of that
event is now fixed for February 9Th or
10th.
The small manufacturing establishments
obtaining water power from the Concord
river have been obliged to partially suspend
operations in consequence of the continued
drouth.
Fort Cape Disappointment, Washington
Territory, has been renamed Fort Candy,
in honor of the martyred general.
The long expected reduction of force in
the New York custom house begun Satur-
day, and it is thought some 300 of the 1900
employees will be discharged this week.
Diptheria has appeared in different parts
of New York city more malignant than
before, and causes much alarm.
| The failure of w. b. Whitney of Col
umbus, Ind, for 100000, in consequence
| of specuations in lard, has closed the fac
tory in Springfield, Mass, of the New
England card and paper company, OF which
he was the principal stakeholder. About
thirty hands are thrown out of employ
ment. The company is probably solvent,
but will close up business.
Goods are going forward very rapidly
from the Lawrence mills to the city mar
kets.
A party of striking negro longshoremen
attempted to prevent non-strikers from
working Saturday, at New Orleans, and a
riot was the result. The Metropolitans
were obliged to use their revolvcrs to put
it down. Several negroes wee wounded.
The office OF county judge and Surrogate
Metcalf at Staten island, was robbed Friday
night of large amount of money and
securities. The safes were blown open by
the burglars, who obtained about $4,000.
At Fort Gary, Friday, there was great
excitement in consequence of the commu-
tation papers of Lepere not having arrived,
and Friday being the day fixed for his exc
ecution, he was repreved for week by
Chief Justice Wood. A mass meeting was
held in the evening to consider the matter.
A dispatch from Liberty says the three
men belonging to the James gang captured
by Sheriff Groom's posse, Friday, are
lodged in Jail at that place.
Some thirty feet of the Morris & Essex
canal gave way Friday, flooding the mead
ows and ice pond of the Newark ice com
pany.
A Chicago special says military expe-
dition, under Col. Bradley, leaves in the
spring to occupy the Black Hills, to pre-
vent the miners from going there.
Capt. William Leavitt of Portland, Me-,
has book supposed to be the scandaous
publication respecting George the Fourth,
for which thousand pounds is offered.
The excitement concerning the Carou-
xuet riot in New Brunswick is intense. A
company of volunteers and battery OF
artillery are quartered in town. 1t is ru
mored an attempt will be made to implicate
Father Pelletier of Carouquet, and his ar
/ rest is contemplated The troops weit
sent here to prevent an uprising of tho
r people. A portion of the troops will pro
coed to Carouquet to-day, and the remain
der will he retained here to guard the jail
The Irish and anti-school party denounct
the decided action taken by the govern
ment
Cornelius Robinson, colored burglar
2 was shot dead by Rush Burgess while IL
the latter house In Richmond, Va, OF
Saturday.
Wintermute, who shot General McCook
was discharged by the court at Yankton
Dakota, Saturday, but is held by the sher
if to await the action of the grand jury
: There is little prospect that he will be pun
ished.
About 800 Kickapoos and 1000 Lipan
4 and Mescaleros are in Mexico. To tn,
i presence of the latter the Mexicans object
G The Kickapoos, however, they regard will
kindly eye and object to their removal
: Chino and his band of about 100 strong ar
@ at Durango The Others are off hunting
/. Mr.. Andrew s. Doe, of Manchester, N
+, H., a well-to-do widower, about 90 year
y of age, committed suicide Sunday after
! noon under peculiarly shocking circum
a stances. He took a heavily-loaded gul
G aud, pointing il at his face, fired it with hi
foot, and his head was almost completed
; blown from his body. Religious excite
\ ment Is supposed to have been the cause o
# the suicide He leaves no children