The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-28
LOCAL MENTION.

LOCAL MENTION.
Gold 1921.
Col. Geo. A. Merrill is excavating for o
new barn.
A. W. Higgins has on exhibition in his
store stuffed musk deer, quite a curiosity
The merchants say that the holiday trade
has been little better this year than last
The regular weekly meeting of the Men
delssohn society will take place on Wednes-
day evening.
A children's festival will be held at the
town hall this evening by the Sunday
school of Trinity church.
Judge Dunton was not quite as well
yesterday, although the symptoms for his
recovery were favorable.
Mrs. Julia G. r. Dorr has begun new
tory, "Eaglescliff," in the January num-
Der of Arthurs Home Magazine.
The water in the reservoir Of the water
works is getting unusually low. The slight
rain yesterday morning will help some.
Now is an excellent time to buy goods.
Christmas is past and there is still large
amount of holiday goods in the stores.
TRAINED severely yesterday morning and
by evening the mercury stood less than
900 above zero with a brisk north wind.
p. Redield Kendall, ESQ.,, of Rutland,
and wife are passing the holidays with
Hon. Amos Perry, of Providence, Rhode
Island, late United States consul at Tunis.
William N. Sherman, editor and pub
Usher of the Greenwich, Rhode Island,
Pendulum, is in town, spending the holt
days with his son in-law, DR.. John A.
Mead.
Our contemporary, with three bachelor
editors, is continually harping on the COM
ing leap year when the girls may do the
question popping. Wherefore? Are they
bashful
1t seems that the man who put young
man out of the Congregational chapel Sun
day evening was not the janitor, and had
no authority whatever, except that he is an
officer of the law.
Mrs. Marie Durand Hitchcock, widow Of
Mr.. Irwin Hitchcock formerly of Pitts
ford, is singing in opera in Florence with
much success. A Florence correspondent
writes that her rendering of the queen in
"the Huguenots' is greatly admired.
At the celebration of Forefather's day by
the New England society of Washington,
Senator Morrill, spoke, and among the
guests were Col. G. H. Joyce, wife and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. G. X. W. Strong,
and Miss l.. M. Strong of Rutland.
The centennial executive committee met
at the Bsrdwell House last evening. The
committee were all present, John N. Bax-
ter, Jacob Estey, VIM. r. Sanford, Law
renee Brainard, and Dudley P. Hall. After
free conference and discussion of the
subject, the committee adjourned to meet
again at ten o'clock this morning.
We notice a very neat "pocket" calen-
car around town that purports to be issued
by an establishment claiming to be the
largest job printing concern in the state,
but somehow or other they had to call in
the assistance of q prominent western
Massachusetts printing house in order to
have ga happy new year."
No one need be ignorant of the true state
OF the weather any longer for A. W. Hig-
gins has placed on sign post opposite the
entrance to his store a spirit thermometer,
some four feet in length, and proportion
ally large otherwise, upon which the de-
grees can be Tread by him that runs" and
is something that will be of practical bene-
fit to the public.
A union prayer meeting was held last
evening in the Methodist church, Rev. j.
w. Eaton conducted the meeting, which
was unusually interesting. Quite num-
Der took part both in prayer and remarks.
Mr.. Farrar who resides on Perkins avenue
gave very interesting account of his con-
version, and said that although a member
of the church for sixteen years come next
Sabbath he had never been converted until
last Saturday night, and exhorted others to
seek the Lord as their only hope. The
next meeting will be held in the vestry of
the Congregational church on Monday
evening, Jan. Sd.