The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08

ARRIVED.
New YORK, Feb. Z.
The steamship City of Montreal from
Liverpool and steamship Cuba from Ha-
vana.
A fire Saturday morning at 40 Marion
street burned out the book-bindery of
Smith g. Co.; loss $4,000 +. W. Weth-
erbe & Co, heaters, loss $1,000. The
building was damaged $4,000. Smith It
Co., the owners of the building, are fully
insured.
James Glare was arrested Friday night
for killing his wife with poker.
SERIOUS STORM DAMAGES.
The damage to property on Long leland
by Wednesdays storm is very heavy. The
dam of the Francis grist mill burst during
the night and swept the mill and outbuild-
iDgs away, but fortunately no lives were
lost Loss over $4,000 The damage to
the railroads has not yet been fully re-
paired.
COURTROOM SICKNESS.
The cause of the sickness Ct Mr.. Ford
of Boston, which led him to accidentally
take an overdose of laudanum, was the
poisonous atmosphere of the court room in
which the Beecher trial is held.
SHIPPING NEWS.
A London special TO the Herald has the
following The barque Vonderheydt aud
the barque Olive Mount (Br.), from Nor
folk for Liverpool, reported as missing, ar
rived at Liverpool yesterday. The barque
FELTON,, Bent, from Liverpool, for Havana,
which put into Waterford, January 18th,
leaking, having been ashore, has repaired,
and resumed her voyage.
THE WEATHER.
The weather was not so cold Saturday
morning, but cloudy, with the wind from
the southwest
FAULTY FOG HORN.
Capt. Springer of the steamer City of
Fitchburg reports that he was within one
half to threc-quarters OF mile of Little
Gull island light for nearly an hour the
night of the Sd inst, blew his whistle
many times, but could not get any answer
from the fog horn. There was thick fog
at the time. He also says the same thing
happened few days since, during thick
snow storm.
DELMoNIoo's BANQUET ROOM
in Fourteenth street was, Friday evening,
splendidly decorated with flags and flow
| ers on the walls were portraits of the
duke of Bridgewater, Chancellor Living
ston and Professor Morse. The event was
the first annual dinner of the New York
cheap transportation association. The
movement has the cordial support of all
the business interests of New York. On
the success of its main design no city in
the Union has so large stake as this. The
one thing vital to future prosperity is re-
duction in the cost Of bringing things to
this city, and reduction in cost of get
ting them through the city. The demon
stration illustrated very well the profound
sense among our business men of the
necessity for some improvement on the
present conditions of transportation. Let
tiers were read from President Grant, Vice
President Wilson, Governor Tiden and
others.
PARTIAL SUCCESS OF TON SCOTS SCHEME.
According to Washington dispatches to
the Times, Tom SCOTS little scheme is
getting on bravely. The respectable men
in Washington have been flattering them
selves all along that it could not amount to
anything, but Scott has said that it was
going through. 1t has at any rate made
first stage in the journey. Friday the sub
committee of the committee on Pacific rail
roads reported in its favor.
| IMPORTANT TELEGRAPH REDUCTION.
General Eckert, president of the At
lantic & Pacific telegraph company, an
nounces some startling reductions in the
cost of telegraphing between New York
and Washington, Albany, Boston and in
termediate points. The tariffs which have
heretofore been forty cents are reduced to
twenty-five cents for ten words by this
line. Mr.. Eckert says the greatly in
creased facilities afforded by the use OF
improved modes Of transmission owned
exclusively by the Atlantic & Pacific tele-
graph company render this reduction prac'
ticable, and reductions elsewhere will soor
be made.
If the prices which the Western Union
has heretofore been charging have beer
fair, the new rates are ruinous reductions
If the superior modes of transmission, Of
which the Atlantic & Pacific claims the
monopoly, warrant the reduction, thu
Western Union has certainly made an enor
nous mistake in failing to secure these pa
tents when it could. 1t is quite surprise
to find this new telegraph company max
ing these new and popular reductions. l
they make their offer good and are no
promptly met by the Western Union, the!
will be sure to get the benefit of it and sc
cure a large share of the business.