The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-17
LOCAL MENTION,

LOCAL MENTION.
Gold ll74
Financial and Commercial" on second
page.
The south end of Merchants Row has
been improved by grayeling.
The flies have arrived in sufficient mum.
bers to warrant the exposure of fly.paper
in the stores
James Dolan has opened pawn shop in
Grove block. He advertises custom made
clothing at very low prices.
A large number of people passed through
Rutland yesterday, on their way to attend
the celebration of the battle of Bunker
Hill.
The Burlington Sentinel says that it is
understood that Colonel Whcelock G.
Veazey, of Rutland, will be appointed
register in bankruptcy in place of Hon. A.
p. Lyman, resigned.
Among the graduates of Columbian uni
versity of Washington, this year, were j.
III. Baxter, James F. Colby, John B. Cor.
liss, and George T. Lowell of Vermont
The first prize was awarded to Mr.. Colby
Hon. Edward Conant, state superintend-
ent of education, was in town yesterday,
on his way to attend the examination of
the students of the state normal school, a,
Castleton, which takes place to-day and to-
morrow.
The ladies of the Congregational church
will hold a strawberry festival tomorrow
evening at the parlors of their church.
Being the first strawberry festival of the
season, the attendance will doubtless be
large as it should be.
The trestle work over the Little Otter
creek at Ferrisburgh, on the Rutland road,
was so far completed last evening that the
night trains both ways passed over it. This
difficult work has been quickly and sub
stantially done under the direction of Mr.
L. E. Roys engineer, E. w. Homer road
master, and c. e. Campbell, master bridge
builder.
The West Rutland musical and dramatic
club presented last evening the comide,ta
"Music hath charms" and the farce
"Limerick Boy" together with musical
selections by members of the club. The
acting was crcditable, and the farce kept
the audience in roar of laughter. The
singing of Miss Mary Gilmore and the vi
olin selections by Mr.. Pajeau were also
excellent.
Yesterday, as n six-year-old girl was
walking up Centre street with her mother
she pointed to the county court house and
inquired what building it was. The mother
informed the young lass the nature of the
building, whereupon she exclaimed SIS
that where Mr.. Beecher is doing his court
ing ?" The child's mind was diverted into
another channel as soon as possible by th'
anxious parent.
1t appears that Justice Porter WASH
mistaken when he thought that Peter Nc
Donald had more than one glass of liquor
Saturday night. He was brought up to
day and disclosed on Frank Hickey of tn
Caden and Patrick Lotus. Hickey ant
Kelley were $40 and costs each on on
case for selling and one for keeping. LOT
tus was fined $40 for keeping and Cadel
$40 for selling. Peter has retired to hi
home in the country.
Among the indictments returned by tn
grand Jury Of the criminal court of Boston
is one against Abraham Jackson, charging
him with forging note for $4,000 on tn
Scotch Hill slate company and uttering tn
same. Mr.. Jackson was not arraigned
and will not probably be brought from tn
Jail until the grand jury act upon the re
naming charges against him, either at
special session this month, or at the Jul
term.
There has new game in swindling bee
brought out by the gents who visit railroa
trains to ply their vocation. A sharper i
the car has mammoth gold ring on hi
finger which he drops on the flsor. Afte
considerable trouble it is found and he II
marks that it is quite valuable. He is feal
off his finger several times He is wilin
to sell it for So or SO, rather than run an
more risks of losing it. Somebody buys
for the sum named, and finally he asce
tains that he has almost metal enough in
to start brass foundry.
The jamestown, N. Y, JOu1nal thu
speaks of former Rutland hotel man
Mr. Hotchkiss the landlord of the Gif
ord house, is spreading table now-a-day
that is seldom equalled by any of the fir
class hotels throughout the country. A
the delicacies of the season that can poss
bly, be obtained are placed before his CUES
prepared by cook who thoroughly unde
stands his business, and, to-day, Mr.. Hotel
kiss received fine lot of brook trout, tn
very name of which sets ones mouth
watering, which are TO appear upon HI
generous table.