The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-27
Current notes.


Alfred Cotton of Irasburgh, has been held
in $4,000 bonds for trial, for shooting VIII
liam Jameson, Jan Goth.
Blaisdell, the st. Adams shyster, who has
been sued for libel upon Miss Annie d.
Keith, comes out in card denying the au-
thorship of the letters, and threatening
suits against the papers that have traduced
him. Have they no tar and feathers In st.
Albansy
The Washington correspondent of The
Springfield Republican telegraphs TO that
paper Poland could, doubtless, have
had the United States judgeshlp for Yer
mont, IL he had not opposed the Presiden-
tial policy in Arkansas. Mr.. Adds of st.
Adams, who is backed by Senator Ed
munds, will have IT,"
Twenty of the reform school boys were
sent home last week. THIS was done in
accordance with resolution of the trust
ees to reduce the number of inmates of the
institution, and to keep 1t, for time, with
in smaller limits. The boys were all out to
church on Sabbath last, for the first time
since the fire, and, as they were all in new
suits, they presented fine appearance.
Mr.. ID. G. Smith of Shelburn is about
to move on the farm recently purchased by
Col. Cannon of the Horse Stock Co. Col.
Cannon intends to stock the same with
grades" and "thoroughbreds, and will
have fne dairy of thirty cows, and n
good stock OF young cattle. He has now
eleven horses on the farm and quite a num-
Der of sheep
Mr.. Fox, the new warden of Blackwells
Island penitentiary, says Tweed is given a
keepers room because the largest prison
ers room il only one inch wider than Mr..
| Tweed himself Such close quarters would
| be detrimental to the great prisoners health,
| who is troubled with kidney disease. 1t
would have been a little rough 10 turn the
old man in cdgewise.
The two official organs of Lamoille
county are now struggling with the honest
people Of "Spunkey Lamoilc," and each
vieing with the other in the extent of the
premiums they can offer for subscriptions.
The citizen is down to thirty-scven and q
halt cents Tor six months, and few takers.
The Newsdsaler offers sewing machine
worth seventy dollars for few subscrih-
crs, and nobody calls for n sewing ma
chine.
Lovers of music have been RECALLED al
Hoosick Falls during the past week, by
the 14th annual convention of the Rcns
selaor County Musical association which
convened at Woods hall, Tuesday after
noon, and adjourned on Friday evening
Owing to the illness Of Prof l.. o. Emer
son the convention was conducted by j
p. Cobb of Boston. Two grand concert,
and matinecs were given on Thursday ant
Friday afternoon and evening, which were
largely attended. The convention WIS ;
gratifying musical and pecuuiary success
1t is a very common belief in Americt
that foreign railroads are much better man
aged than ours that accidents are fewer
and that greater care is taken to proven
them. In certain MINOR particulars thcr'
is certainly most ostentatious regard TO
life on the part OF railroad officials. The,
will not allow trains to cross roads at grade
people to walk on railroad tracks to wan
der about depois, or TO jump on an outgo
ing car. But when we come TO more i'm
portant measures for the prevention of nc
cidents to whole trains. the English ralroa'
managers, are crimnally negligent.
T. L. Ingham of Davenport, Ia, some
what noted as Il bruser, invited j. 5. Drake
editor of the Rock Island (Ill. Argus, t
help him drink bottle of wine i'll a saloo
at Davenport Ia, the other evening, an
while they were sitting together at tn
table, gave him blow on the head wit
the bottle, which is likely to prove fatal
He escaped, though there were several pei
sons in the saloon. The affair grew out O
revenge against Drake for denouncing Ing
ham IN the paper. Drake is native O
Malone, n. y, and was formerly studer
at Middlebury College. His partner is j
Is. DAnforlh, formerly of Barnard, VI.