The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-20
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At centennial tea party IN Springfield
on the evening of the 10th inst, powder
horn. owned by Elijah Russell of New
Bedford, was exhibited. 1t had the date
1771 inscribed upon it.
On Wednesday Heniy Hollinshied and
Anna, his wife, were sentenced by the cir
cult court of Gasconade county to be
hanged on December II for the murder OF
Christian Alband, their son-in-law in June
last.
The abstract of the reports of the fifty
three national banks in Boston, giving their
condition at the close of business Oct. 1st,
shows an aggregate business of $l70,251, =
900 loans and discounts, $104 ,S74, $40 !;
individual deposits, 1858, 742,175.
Judge Van Worst decided, Thursday,
that the Ocean national bank was not liza
BILE for the $40, 900 of United States bonds
stolen at the time of the burglary in 1867,
because 1t was no part of the banks bust
ness to receive such deposits.
There has been no assessment in Treas
urer News office upon the clerks to make
good the losses by theft. He has paid the
amount stolen $4,000 into the treasury
himself, and all efforts are being made to
discover the thief.
Mr.. M. G. Weld of Connecticut has
brought home, from a summer visit to the
isle of Jersey, very choice lot of 10 Jer-
sey COWS and helfers, selected with
special reference to their butter qualities,
for Moses Y. Tilden of New Lebanon, N
Y.
The state of Connecticut shows an in
crease of $99,820 in receipts for school pur
poses over last year, an increase of $40,
357 paid for teachers wages, an aggregate
of $226.705 expended for new schoo
| houses, and greater registration by nearly
| 1000 In her public schools, though othel
schools show considerable decrease.
A canary bird, belonging to Mrs. iona
than J. Hill of Northwood, recently es
capped from its cage and flew out of doors
Attempts were Immediately made to re
capture it, but it flew out Of sight and wa
| finally given up as lost. About three day
after the house cat brought the bird in and
laid it at the feet OF Its mistress, safe ant
sound. ffntf
Middletown on Wednesday celebrated
the opening of the Russell library, tn
building, grounds and contents of which
are presented by Mrs. Russell, widow of tn
late Samuel Russell, who was prosperou
China tea merchant. The gift, whicl
amounts to 800, 600, is made by the gen
erous widow to commemorate her hus
bands name. The old Epscopalian churc
and grounds on Court street were bough
by the widow for $15 900. and 1876, 900 ha
been expended in alterations, improve
ments and identifying $4,000 has alread
been spent IN books, and 100000 more ap
propriated as an endowment.
Our health record for the week TIL
pope is sick again; the vice president
better; Jay Gould might be better MOI
rissey is also better; Sherman Is likewis
an abettor; David A. is as Wells could b
expected Cough has cough Vanderbilt
has Golfer Guibord has coffin g.
Train has overcome the impeachment In hi
speech Sergeant Bates Is able to
around; Medill ia i'll Ia Illinois Stanle
still seeks the 'sores of the Nile;" Bett
Turner is OUT Tweed is not able to b
out the man to be hanged IN Memphis O
Friday Wuss.-[New York Graphic.
Nearly a thousand people paid seventy
five cents to hear Mr.. Beecher lecture o
education and government at Norwich, n
Y, on Thursday evening. He advocate
public schools with the bible excluded, an
more thorough separation of church an