The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-16
LOCAL MENTION.

this season.
Killington lodge No. 30, 1 o. O. F.,
meets this evening at 8 o'clock.
Yesterday being a ''falr weather sun
day, the churches were well filled.
The special train for the Bennington fire.
man muster leaves at 6.45 this morning.
The New York financial and commercial
markets will be found on the second page.
The weather cleared off pleasant on Sat
urday, but it was very doggishly inclined.
sold Billy."a horse aged thrtv-six years,
belonging to Warren Daniels, died on
Thursday.
A cool wind and beautiful moon com.
bined to make Saturday evening one of the
most enjoyable of the season.
D.W.Paul esq. OF st. Louis, who was for
merly law partner OF Edwin Edgarton
esq. in Rutland, is in town.
Rev. Edward Mills of Woburn, Mass,
formerly pastor of the Baptist church here,
preached in his old pulpit yesterday morn
ing.
The hot weather has told fearfully among
the little ones. A large humber of deaths
Is reported among them in various parts of
this county.
A car load of peaches arrived here on
Saturday morning and were peddled out
during the day. They were not of the first
quality or of large size.
The afternoon train, Mr.. Mccall con-
ductor, over the Rutland and Washington
railroad, from and after to-day will leave
at o'clock p. m. instead of g. 80.
The johnson Bridge" so called, across
Lake Bomoseen, in Castleton, has just
been successfully completed under the
direction of Isaac Gibson, of Rutland
Rev. Father Druon, formerly Of Rut-
land, now of st. Mays Church, St. AL
bans, has returned from two weeks trip
to Ohio, where he had been visiting his
relatives.
l.. w. Kennedy esq Assistant Postmaster
of the United States Senate, and Mr..
Adams of the Vermont journal, Windsor,
gave the GLOBE editorial rooms call on
Saturday.
We learn that Mr.. Stephen G. Parker,
whose death was announced last week, had
$4,000 life insurance in the Equitable Life
assurance society, issued by their general
agent, E. G. Mason, about three years ago
The water commissioners inform us that
in consequence Of repairs necessary to be
made to the pipe that it will probable be
necessary to shut off the water after twelve
o'clock at noon to-day, for the rest of the
day.
The Brandon hose company arrived here
last evening, on their way to the Benning
ton muster, and took quarters at the Bard
well house. Their hose carriage arrived
Saturday evening and was taken to the
Washington engine rooms.
Mr.. James .. Eddy, of Hartland, the in
sane manufacturer of whom mention was
made last week, is at home with his family
in a very critical state, requiring to be kept
in as quiet condition as possible. The case
is very remarkable and excites great in
terest.
The South End News Room has just re-
ceived the following new books "Sept
Witness" by Edmund Yates; "Womans
Love" by j. F. Smith sour Detachment"
by Katherine King; "The Double Wedding"
by Mrs. c. A. Warfeld. Also Harper's
Monthly for September. They can also
be procured of Spaulding & Co, corner of
of West street and Merchants Row.
Thomas Doutney, a reformed inebrate,
lectured on temperance at the town hall
yesterday afternoon to very fair audience.
Mr.. Doutney is an earnest speaker and in
terested the audience for an hour and half
with his experiences, his views on moral
suasion and prohibition both which he ad-
vocates warmly in dealing with drunkards
and liquor selling He will speak again on
Wednesday evening next.
A tramp-a tall man-called at several
residences ON East street Sunday morning,
he was offered food but he refused it be-
cause it did not suit him. He demanded
coffee, and unless he could have 1t would
leave at once. In one case gentleman
offered him money, but it was refused. He
wanted breakfast suited to his own order
or not any.
The outrages by tramps-and we fear
they are not all by tramps-have become
al hat ha 1nxr 10
Intellectual as a preventive. The scamps
too frequently escape, and when they do
not the laws delay is too great to infuse
any terror among tn EN- at the present time
In quiet way people are arming them
selves to an unprecedented extent, and in
some localities women are becoming expert
shots 1t is a deplorable state of affairs,
but sell defense is the first law of nature.
Morse Brothers had on their soda coun.
ter, Saturday, a model fly trap. 1t is a
wire cage, set on legs so that flies MAJ
crowd under it, and inside is cone with
an aperture in the apex just large enough
for fly to get through into the cage. the
flies find themselves under the wire and
rise to escape. When they reach the top
of the cone they 60 through the aperture
into the large cage and not one ever thinks
to take the same way out again. great
number we're caught in short time.
Hon. Daniel Needham of Boston, secre-
teary Of the New England agricultural So
clety. George Noyes, editor of the Massa'
oh"setts Ploughman, Boston, Mr.. Adams
associate editor of the Windsor Journal
Rev. Samuel w. Boardman, ID, OF Au
burn. N " Ii o. Il