The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-12
Current Notes.
Theodore Thomas's orchestra will be al
tho Acc, wool, In February


Theodore Thomas's orchestra will be al
Brattleboro the first week in February.
Rev. Lester Warren has retired from tho
pastorship of the Cniversalist society al
Barre.
The Good Templars of Burlington give
a masquerade party on wednesday even
ing, January 9th.
The grade of the Burlington and La
noble railroad will be very easy one, no,
exceeding sixty feet to the mile.
Mrs. Mcdonald of Calais, wrapped hel
little child so closely for riding, the other
night that ii was smothered to DEATH
Postmaster-G General Jewell has ordered q
reduction of the expenses of the Albany
postofflce, and similar one is expected In
Troy.
The annual meeting of the Franklin
county temperance society will be holden
at Good Templars hall, St. Adams on
Thursday, Jan. 2s.
The mail routes between st. Adams and
Richford and Richford and Newport have
been consolidated, and Mr.. Chester w.
Searles appointed mail agent.
There is larger water area in the state
in proportion to its size than any other
in the Union. There are 1915 acres coz
cred by lakes and ponds of 80 acres or
more each.
st. Johnsbury Centre has had small
pox scare during the past week growing
out of light case of varioloid. The indi-
vidual was placed in quarantine Mt once
and the panic is over.
Governor CASTOR states that of the forty
two million of passengers carried over the
railroads in Massachusetts during twelve
months but single one was killed. and
but seven were injured.
lie Clair, the horse thief who was cap
tured at Waddington recently, and taken
back to Malone, came near breaking Jail
again on the 9th. He is now hanecuffed
and kept in close confinement
In Boston, Saturday, Ogdensburg and
Lake Champlain railroad stock sold at AZ
preferred, s64 Vermont and Canada, 4233;
Connecticut and Passumpsic, preferred,
Gil Vergennes city 5s, 1894, 81.
On the 22d ult., Mrs. Jonas Stafford of
Cambridge, drew pail of water from her
well, one half hour after which the well
was dry and still continues SO. Heretofore
for 12 years it has afforded a good supply.
A school not twenty miles from White
hall is presided over by a cross-eycd teach
err. A few days ago he called out. ''That
boy that | am looking at will step out on
the floor" Immediately twenty lads
walked out in front of the astonlshed peda-
goguc.
The following is credited as taking place
in the senior recitation, ut Dartmouth col
lege, the other day Prof in Constitution
al Law-"Does the constitution require
any moral qualification for congressman 2
Student-"No, sir q, If it did we should
have pretty small congress"
The third annual convention of the
Champlain musical association will be held
at Pittsburgh, commencing Tuesday, Feb
ruary I'd, and continuing four days. Two
grand concerts will be given Prof. L. o.
Emerson will be the conductor. Mrs. H. Z.
II. Carter and Mrs. Spring soloists.
Less than nineteen per cent OF the stu
dents of Dartmouth college are ont teach
ing this winter. Those who are out are
lows: Seniors, II juniors, 90 sopho-
mores, 90 freshmen, IA. This is consid-
erably smaller than the usual number.
The editor of the North Troy Palladium
seems to have q poor opinion Of his New
port contemporary, for he says "IIs soul
is smaller than the smallest seed that ever
took loot and as black as the shining
countenance of the darkest African that
ever Travelled the jungles of his native
land"
While an undertaken was conveying the
corpse of a Mr.. Sherman, who recently
died at Catskill, across the river, Monday,
the hearse broke through the ice and the
corpse came near being lost. Heavy loads
had been carted over the ice, the wheels of
the wagons creating gully, in which he
hearse accidentally ran, when the ice gave
WY.
The wind blew almost hurricane on
Saturday evening, At Burlington, and
through the night, blowing down one or
two trees in the city, and demorallzing one
chimney of the man college building. The
bitter northwest gale and low temperature
ranging at about zero through the night,
made it one of the severest nights of the
season.
The Brattleboro postofiice shows large
increase in business during the past year !;
1898 money orders have been issued,
amounting to 1913, l67 4,4s1 have been
paid, amounting to $44, 1882 PLEADS