The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-09
LOCAL MENTION,

Gold 114s
The third snow storm and no sleighing
yet.
Prof. Frank Bradford reads at Walling-
ford this evening
Hon. Bradley Barlow of st. Adams was
in town yesterday.
1t will please many people to learn that
there is revival of religion in Troy.
Brandon, Castleton, Dandy, Whitehall
and Vergennes items on the first page.
The three Rutland national banks hold
their annual election of officers on Tuesday,
January 18th.
Ex-Gov. ]. Gregory Smith and wife of
st. Albans left on the II a. m. train, yes
terday, for New York.
A rumor has it that tickets are selling on
the New York and Canada railroad from
Rouses Point to New York for 81.
Mr.. A. W. Hyde and family, of Sudbury,
sailed from New York on Wednesday for
Florida, where they will spend the winter
James Murphy was fined ten dollars and
costs yesterday, for keeping liquor with in
tent to sell, the evidence being an old seiz-
ure case.
A business man in Rutland in making up
his cash account, on Wednesday evening,
was surprised that he had on hand precise
ly $099.99.
"Great God Almighty do you think
want to eat all the time ?" was what a
tramp said to woman the other day when
she offered him food instead of the money
he asked for.
The taking of testimony in the quo aoat-
ranto case was continued yesterday. The
testimony of James w. Hickok and Hon.
John B. Page was taken, in relation to the
meeting of directors on the cars and at st.
Adams.
Israel Guard was tried, yesterday, before
Justice II. w. Porter, and fined five dol
lars and costs for beating his wife, and the
same amount for being drunk. He at first
refused to tell where be got his liquor, but
changed his mind by afternoon and said he
procured it of Thomas Caden, WHO was
fined 500 and costs for selling, (second
conviction,) and it being shown that
Patrick Lotus owned the liquor he was
fined 500 and costs for keeping-s second
conviction. Both cases appealed.
Mr.. Mietzke has been notified through
the chairman of the committee of the Con
gregational church and society, that the
committee should be glad to retain the ser
vice of himself and wife for the year 1876
1t is unnecessary to speak of the high ap
probation in which. their valuable service,
are held, the best proof of this is the fac
of their re-engagement, this being Mr.
Mietzkes fourth year as organist, ant
Mrs. Metzke's third year as soprano
Miss F. B. Burt has been singing contralt'
in this church for two Sabbaths past, ant
so acceptably, that arrangements are per
fected to retain her services tor severa
months.
The mysterious founder of the readin
room must have been highly gratified If b
passed by last evening. At any time nigh
have been seen quiet, orderly collection
of men filling the seats, eagerly reading tn
papers and magazines Beside the desk O
which the newspapers are kept, there ar
three tables for magazines, weeklies, an
foreign publications. There will be sewers
German papers and French publicatio
which will give students of those language
an excellent opportunity to learn the cole
quial words and phrases not contained in tn
classics read in schools. The arrangement,
will be completed this week for all the p
riodicals mentioned in the list. Sever'
ladies visited the rooms yesterday afte
noon, and !. large number will doubles
come hereafteE