The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-23
News Record.

United States soldiers desert at the rate
of two regiments year.
Both Bcecher and T'ilton are getting lots
Of invitations to lecture, next winter.
The French Assembly has voted $4,000
to promote worthy representation at our
centennial exposition.
An organization for smuggling cigars
from Havana has been discovered by rev.
enue officers at Philadelphia.
The post-oflice department has recently
established 300 additional money. order
offices, making the total number now in
existence 3, 694
There is scheme on foot to employ the
signal service of the government to watch
the movements of the locusts in the west
and report the ''probs" daily.
The famous cow, the nth Duchess of
Airdrie, belonging to p. j. Alexander of
Lexington, Ky, and worth 100000 has
just died Her death has cast n gloom over
Mr. Alexander.
On Thursday of next week u sale takes
place in Boston of fifteen highly bred
young rotters, raised in the eastern coun-
try by Messrs. Wright 4 Norcross, all of
them of Fearnaught stock, out If we'll
known mares, at Mystic park.
An enterprising salesman in Boston
crockery house, hearing that two old maids
were about to open large boarding house
in Bangor, Maine, started for the place at
once, rang them out of bed at midnight,
sold them bill of goods, and had the
pleasure of laughing at two rivals in the
morning.
Jacob Schmidt was arrested in Hoboken,
Monday, as the abductor of two children
found with him. hiding in stone quarry.
The motive of the abduction is unknown.
The crime is punishable, under the law
with twenty years imprisonment.
John Miller, secretary of the contract
and finance committee of the Central Pa
cifc railroad, was arrested Saturday at
Marysville, California, and taken to San
Francisco by special train. 1t is rumored
that he is a defaulter to The amount of
100000. The cause is said to be stock
speculations.
The Rhode Island historical society made
an excursion to Mount Hope Monday, in
commemoration of tie bi-centennial of
King Philips war. A clam-bake was
served at King Philips ancient seat, and
addresses were made by Hon. Samuel G.
Arnold, Prof. Diman, Rev, DIR. II. NJ.
Dexter and others.
A Buffalo telegraph operator accidental
ly got locked in the Office at dinner, a few
days ago, and all other efforts to obtain hi
noontide meal proving unavaling he tele
| graphed to Canada, thence to Detroit, snt
from there to another Office In Buffalo
whence messenger was dispatched to lib
crate him, and he secured his meal.
The United States steamer Saranvc
which left San Francisco on the 9Th inst
for Sitka and Behring's Straits on scien
tific expedition and to make collection
for the Philadelphia centennial exposition
struck on the famous Mud channel rock il
Seymour narrows, near Vancouver's isl
and, on the 18th, and sank. No live
we're lost.
The long-suspended colleries of the lie
high and WilkesbaIre (Pa.) companies a
Sugar Notch, Msqonie, Hanover, Nanta
coke, Empire, Diamond, Plymouth, Ho
lenbeck ard others, started up Monday a
reduction of 10 per cent. from the price
formerly paid. The men of the Riversd
coal company and individual operators ais
commenced work.
A warrant was recently issued for the al
rest of a Northampton England MAJ
for failing to send his children TO schoo
and he voluntarily made his appearance i
court, but there being only one magistrat
present he was locked up in police Gel
After he had been there four days he prov
ed that the children were kept out OF tn
school by cutaneous disease.
A transcript of the stock ledger Of Ii
Union Pacific company at the end of tn
days business. June 10, gives the tot'
number of shares at 807, 450. Among Il
heaviest stockholders are Jay Gould, 100
600 shares Oliver Ames, 20, SIT Ezra
Baker, 1854 Sidney Dillon, %, SEQ S.N
Mills, 80, $50 and G. j, Osborn, 23,100
A death from hydrophobia is said to ha,
, occurred in Brooklyn, on the 10th inst.
man named Andrew Jackson died in col
vulsions, said to be the effects of bite r.
ceived some nine weeks ago from do
with which he was playing, The dog
alive and well, but from the time OF u
: biting the man has been intensely afrai'
and by many his death il attributed
sheer fright.
, The reported death from starvation