The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-25
Vermont News.

The republicans of the fourth ward in
Burlington have nominated Edward Wells
for alderman.
On Sunday, May 10Th, three inches of
snow fell on Walden's heights. Ice was
seen in ,Joe's pond as late rs the 18th.
]. Dunn, of Middlebury, was fined $50
and costs, Friday, for selling liquor to one
Ashley. The case was tried before Justice
L. f. Knapp.
Secretary Bristow refuses to reverse his
decision in regard to the customs troubles
at Island Pond, rendered few weeks since,
supporting Gen. Wells construction of the
law.
Patents have recently been granted to
.. 5. Holden and ]. S. Corey, Felchvile,
on combined wash benches and wrlngers
r. ID. Whitemore, Belvidere, on invalid
bed steads.
The Charleston cadets will act as hosts,
and entertain the Ransom guards of St.
Albans, at the Bunker Hill celebration in
Boston, on the 18th of June.
The work of building the telegraph along
the line of the Burlington and Lamoille
railroad is going on rapidly, and few
weeks will see its completion for Burling-
ton to Underhil Flats.
AS the train on the Missisquoi railroad
was passing over the bridge near East
Berkshire, the other day, the timbers gave
way. Fortunately the train was running
with great speed and passed safely over.
Andrew Cowan, of Hydepark, lad only
eleven years of age, was sentenced, Thurs
day, to ten years in the reform school, for
breaking into Charles Cranes store and
stealing quantity of goods and what
money there was IN the cash drawer
The town of Essex, through the chair
man of their commissioners, DIR. L. C. But
| Ter, on Saturday delivered to E. w. Peck,
treasurer of the Burlington and Lamoille
| railroad company, their bonds in aid of the
| road, amounting to 100000.
Rt. Rev. Bishop DeGoesbriand admitted
one hundred aud thirty boys and girls to
/ their first communion, at st. Marys ca
thedral, Burlington, on Friday last. Each
one of the girls was attired in robes of pure
| white and crowned with flowers.
COL F. V. Randall has been elected cap.
tain j. o. Livingston, first lieutenant,
and Robert J. Coffey, second lieutenant of
the Governors veteran guards, the new
Montpelier military company. 1t now
! numbers rty-tive members.
Tuesday last, Norman Taylor of Wood
| stock ran six miles in "a minutes and 8 sec
| onds. The first mile was made in 5:23 ;
second in 5;37 third in 5;35; fourth in 5;54;
| fifth in 5:45 9th in 5;51. He has for his
| previous record, half mile in 2:2G mile
| In 5;04, and two miles in 1912.
| Worthington G. Smith, Estes Howe and
| Joseph H. Converse, trustees of the second
mortgage of the Vermont Central, adver.
tse the sale of that road for breach Of
mortgage, at Montpelier, June 90, subject,
| CT course, to the first mortgage and pre-
| ious engagements with the Vermont and
Canada, as we'll as "to the membranes
| Q rowing out of the administration of said
property under direction of the court oil
| chancery.
David 4. S. Rogers, the insane man who
was committed to the Burlington Jail BY
the selectmen of Underhill, about two
weeks ago, and who has been very violen
since he was incarceraled, died ON Sunda,
morning. aged 40 years. He leaves con
siderable property. He has family il
Cleveland, Ohio, brother in Eden, sis
ter (widow of the late Rev. Mr.. Maynard
in Williston, and two sisters on the oil
Rogers homestead in Underhill. Mr.. Rog
ers was put in Jail under the statute re
quiring that an insane person must be KEEP
in confinement twelve days before beinl
placed in an insane asylum.
The Queen City band of Burlington i
likely to be reorganized on permanen
basis. A stock company has been formed
putting the shares at the low figure of tw,
dollars, and each share is to be subject t,
an assessment of so cents year, If neces
sary; the company so formed to purchas
and own the property of the band, consist
} Ing of their instruments and uniforms, an,
to hold 1t permanently, 80 that single dul
season, unsteady, shall not break up thu
band and scatter the property. The ide,
: found favor with the citizens. Three OF
} four hundred shares have already been sub
scribed