The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-21
Notes By the Way.

Some of the government officers in
Washington are renting buildings for gov
eminent use, directly in violation of law.
1t IS understood that the Philadelphia
passenger railway companies, with two
exceptions, will contribute $4,000 each to
the centennial fund.
Tamaqua, Pa, was partially submerged
Wednesday night as the result of heavy
rains. The Central railroad of New Jersey
is the heaviest sufferer.
The heavy rains caused heavy freshet
a few miles west of Mooer's Junction, N.
Y, which washed away seventy feet of
track of the Central Vermont railroad.
Passengers were transferred at the break.
The passenger rates from Chicago to
New York will be raised on Monday, the
Michigan Central having withdrawn its op-
position. Whether they will be fixed at
$50 or S18 is not known.
The master Of Kansas grange writes to
the Kansas City Times scalhing review Of
the doings of the national body. He
charges that officers of the national grange
are fattening on the hard earnings of the
farmers, and calls on subordinate oranges
to correct abuses of power and effect re-
forms IN the order.
The mining fever has struck Salem,
Mass, and If the rumors current are true,
she has it the worst kind. 1t is said silver
has been discovered around Castle Hill and
T or;pr,o nd bnt oh I'M ~
will be put i'm Immediately. The whole
thing looks more like land speculation
than anything else.
1t is estimated that the forthcoming
Iowa census report will show that the state
has population of 1850, 900, gain of
over 10000 in two years. The gains are
mostly in the newer counties of the north
and northwest. Several of the older coun-
ties and those stricken by grasshoppers
have barely held their own,
The San Francisco Alta thinks ''ihere is
little room for doubt that the treasure yield
of our side of the continent will in 1875 fan
exceed that of any previous year" The
same paper says, 9th INST, that the reports
from the grape districts continue 10 be ia
vorable, and the wine yield will be con-
siderably larger than last year.
Mr.. II. NJ. r. Hunter of Virginia, who,
after his defeat in the contest for the
United States scholarship, obtained tue pc.
sition of state treasurer on a salary OF
$1,000 year, has afforded conspicuous
example of integrity by devoiing only q
pitance of his salary to personal use and
turning over the rest 10 bis creditors.
A miscreant has been arrested in Detroit
for keeping a gambling room for small
boys. He used to instruct his young pa
irons in the different games of hazard, ant
win from them their pocket money, max
ing comfortable living out of the aggre
gate of small sums thus obtained.
A man named Louis Burke, who lived a
Burkesvillc, Kentucky, a few days ago in
dulged in very blasphemous language be
cause his crops had been destroyed by higl
water. He cursed God for having hi
crops destroyed last year by heat an'
drouth and for destroying them this yea
by food, and concluded nis basphemy o
the Creator with the expression, 500
damn him !" His tongue Glove to the roo
of his mouth, and he died the next night
never uttering another word.
The foodgates of heaven we're opened
again yesterday, and in one hour-fron
10 so to $50 p. m.-we had rainfall o
2.25 inches, more than half the averag
amount foi the month. The whole amour
for the day, as reported by Rev. DR.. Cas-
well, was 2.57 inches, and the total for tn
month thus far Is SS5 inches. The aver
age rainfall for August during MIR. Cas-