The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-15
News Record.

The brooklyn argus calls MI Sar'olis
'the national son.in-law."
"Rum and Rags" is the soul-stirrlng slo-
gan of the Ohio democracy this year.
The Beecher-Tilton trial verbatim report
makes three volumes of 1850 pages, con-
tanning over 100000 words.
Keokuk has been tossing pennies to a
hand-organ man who owns $4,000 farm
in Wisconsin and feels bad about it.
Business on the Cbamplaln canal is not
as good as it has been in ordinary years !;
still it compares quite fayorably with that
of last year.
The Woman's Journal learns "from a
reliable source" that Mrs Elizabeth X.
Titon has taken steps to obtain divorce
from Theodore Tilton.
1t is whispered abroad in New York that
the pious old Daniel Drew has aggin been
brought to the verge of ruin, by the burst
ing of the gold clique.
Somebody estimates that in the United
States the aggregate amount of time spent
by passengers in the cars in one year reach
as high as 1000, 100000 hours.
A western exchange notes this nice dis
| tinction "While Massachusetts, was cele-
| I--sr..5 A,unnOt -s.--Ss-.-.-
were nominating Hunker Bill"
| Liquor sellers are importing Connecticut
| devices into Boston. One of them has
been found with wooden ham and plaster
of Paris eggs behind his bar.
Hoosac Tunnel was opened for passen-
ger travel Thursday, when one train each
way was run through the mountain. The
number of passengers on both trains was
fifty-ive.
Several clergymen in Manchester, Eng
land, have formed "Whist Club" and
people are inclined to say to them "Wist
we not that ye ought to be in better bust
| ness ?"
The population of New York city, now
that the census takers have nearly or quite
| completed their work, is shown to b.
| /, ZOO, 900, though the more. sanguine Man
hattanese claim 200, 900.
Mrs. Betsey Tyler of Dalton, Mass, wa
eighty years of age on the Fourth, ant
twice fired the cannon in the Monday morn
ing's salute She did the same thing July
4, 1865, at the age of seventy.
Cyrus Field on Saturday, promised t.
give the Williams College Navy $4,000
to be used in excavating the Hoosick Riv
er at certain points, to give them two
mile course extending nearly to Adams.
The laying of the rails from the Fabyal
House to the Crawford House, at tn
White Mountains, was completed Wednes
day, and Thursday passenger train pass
ed over the road to the Crawford, carrying
a large excursion party.
The Troy and Albany papers disbeliev
the finding of Filkins' skeleton in Dame
mora prison. The police authorities ais
discredit the story. They think he is alv
somewhere, and the recent disappearance
of Mrs. Filkins from Albany leads them L
think she has rejoined him.
New York's five judges of the supreme
court receive salaries of $17, 500 each, six
teen attaches with salaries from $3.50 t
$500. OF the common pleas judges ther
are six at $4,000 each, and thirty-seve
attaches at from $1,000 to $4,000. In a
forty-two judges, with no salary less tina
$4,000.
The friends of Yale college are rejoice
over the results of the summer examine
, tions. There were $50 applicants for ad
mission to the freshman class, 179 seekln
to enter the academic department, and 8
candidates for the Sheffield scientific schoo
There were besides number of applicant
for admission to the higher classes.
/ now seems probable that the fall and fine
examinations for this year will increas
, these numbers 80 as to make the next fresh
man class number 300 or more
The last estimate of the Colombian earth
quake is $4,000 lives and $lO,OOO,O 900, tn
destruction of the city of Clcuta alone be
ing reckoned at 81 100000. All the bette
and more substantially built houses wer
: of course most destructive in their fall. q
that the wealthy class were the especit
. victims of the disaster, affording temptin
booty to tine criminal classes. freed fror
all restraint. The Chicago Tribune foot
up the destruction of human lite by fan
ines, earthquakes, floods and other disaster
: as amounting to 96,5OO already within til
g present year.
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