The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-08
Che 3atlana daily Globr,
THURSDAY, APRIL s, 1875.
Current Notes.

Spellzoolic is what they call it in
Boston.
Concord, Mass, has voted an appropri-
alton of $4,000 to dcfray the expenses of
the Centennial.
Bismarck was born sixty-one years ago
Saturday, and his life has already gone into
history as shaping and moulding power
in the world.
Judge Drummond of the L. s. district
court at Chicago has decided that the tax.
alton of the capital stock of any corpora
ton having nonresident stockholders is
unconstitutional.
Three millions and half of dry goods
imported at New York during the past
week, and as much more marketed in the
same time, don't look much like " blue
ruin"
1t costssthe Rome and Watertown rail
road over 100000 to shovel snow during
the winter, and the amount to be paid fol
the spring crop remains to be ascertained.
The general assembly of Virginia has
passed a bill appropriating $4,000 to pay
the expenses incident to the reception OF
the Foley statue of Stonewall jackson
presented by his English admirers and fol-
erecting it in a suitable manner upon the
capitol square at Richmond.
At spelling match in Manchester, N
H., the first person who went to the rear
was presented with an illuminated primer
and his particular attention was probably
called to the following picturesque and
graphic lines
In Adams fall,
We slnned ALL"
A cruel April FOOLS hoax was perpetrated
on nearly ali the Hartford clergymen, by
sending invitations to them to come to the
United States Hotel to unite a couple il
marriage. About twenty-four of then
came around, to the great delight of the
crowd who had assembled to see their dis
comfiture.
The mghtincss of red tape in England i.
wonderful, and it binds both Church and
State. Recently at Dudley a dead body
was allowed to lie in hospital ten days
because the rules forbade its removal until
after dark. too late for burial, according
to the clergy.
1t is said on good authority that the ma
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tives on the high volcanic islands of Micro
nesia are excellent singers, but those living
OH the low coral islands are almost entirely
destitute of musical talent. No satisfac
tory cause or explanation of this difference
is offered.
AT the Newark Methodist conference
Jersey City, Bishop Bowman, in his adj
dress of advice to the candidates, eau
toned them TO be discreet in their inter
course with women, and told them if they
attended to their duties properly they woul,
have TO time to play croquet.
The tardy monument to Poe is at last sc
cured through the efforts of the Publ
School teachers association of Baltimore
If every school boy who has eyer declaim
ed "The Raven" would contribute onl
one cent, more than the $500 needed t
be raised would be in hand.
The lawyers in the scandal case are TAX
Henry NJ. Clevelaud's testimony in his sicl
room, and, though nothing Authoritative
can be known about it till it is read in tn
courtroom; it is currently reported tina
he has sworn that Mr.. Beecher was witt
him in the Office of the Christian Union oil
the morning of Monday, June Q, 1S13-th
time when Mrs. Moulton declared he wa
confessing to her.
The charm attaching to spelling contest.
continues strong one in Boston Satur
day evening the third battle in Mr.. vii
lams series took place in Music Hall
which was crowded in every part. The
competitors were 30 students from the va
rious classes at Harvard against like mum
Der of misses from the girls high school
The Harvards were ovcrmatched and the
first prize. two volumes of Worcester, was
taken by Miss Mary c. Campbell of the
West Roxbury high school; Miss NJ. Ella
Pitcher took the second prize, Webster Tn.
abridged; Miss Belle Bonnar took the third
prize, volume entitled Birds of New
England" and Mr.. G. b. Witherby of IIar
ward, '7G, the fourth prize, a volume OF
poems.
A letter from Bucharest in the Allge-
meme Zeitung gives terrible picture OF
the snow storm which lately visited Rou-
mania. Number of corpses have been
found in the highways, and others have
bern devoured by wolves. which advanced
as far as the suburbs of Bucharest. The
roofs of the large market and of many
private houses gave way under the unprec-
edented weight, and communications being
altogether stopped, fuel and provisions
rose to eXhorbtant prices. Loyal and
commercial proceedings have been at q
stand still, while the Government had
placed 1000 soldiers and 0,000f at the dis
posal of the municipality TO clear the
streets, and it was feared that when the
thaw set in it would inundate the low
lying portions of the town.