The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-30
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 90. 1876.
Weather Probabilities.
LOCAL MENTION.

Gold llIt.
The Phenix hose company of Brattle
boro arrived in town last evening on their
way to the Brandon tournament to-day.
The checker matches we're continued at
the village hall yesterday. Bailey, futile,
Buttles and Mussey played against Wyllie,
Bailey drawing four games and the others
none.
Spauldlng & Co. announce in another
column that they will receive the New
York dailies ct noon hereafter, and their
customers will get them promptly on their
arrival
The Keene races, which were to have
taken place yesterday, were deferred until
to-day on account of the heavy rain, and
the races advertised for to-day were post
poned until Friday.
Pittsburgh is to have hose tourna-
ment in connection with the Clinton
county fair, on the 9Th of October, the
running taking place at Cumberland park
There are to be three prizes, 800, $75 and
$50.
At sunset last night the Jewish new year
commenced. According TO the Hebrew
chronology it was the opening of the year
1856 from the creation of the world. New
Years day is with the Jews solemn holi-
day, observed as preparation for the Day
of Atonement which comes ten DAYS later
The celebration continues two days.
The electro magnetic chest protectors
and insoles, which are being introduced
into this community by DR.. Wilder of New
York, are worthy the investigation of the
public, and we can safely recommend them
to our readers as being an article of merit.
The doctor is stopping at the Bardwell
house for few days only.
John Shannon of Sutherland Falls mar
rowly escaped death last night. He took
a room at the Berwick house and blew out
his gas on retiring. The smell of the gas
penetrated to the hall and, about midnight,
the servants found him nearly suffocated.
DR.. Hanrahan was summoned and the
young man will probably recover, though
had he remained few minutes longer he
must have lost his life.
Thehundreds of Rutlanders, who crawled
out of their beds early Yesterday morning
to see the eclipse, had the rare pleasure of
seeing greater eclipse than was adver-
tised. The morning was peculiarly favor
able for observations, not even smoked
glass being required, and the eclipse was so
total that even the hour of the rising of the
grand lumlnary could not be accurately de-
termined, while the totally was so perfect
that the suns rays were not visible at all
during the day. Viue eclipse.
The funeral OF the late William Y. Rip
ley was attended at his late residence at
Center. Rutland, Wednesday afternoon.
Prayer was offered by Rev. j. Gibson
johnson, pastor OF the Congregational
church, and Rev. j. w. Eaton, of the
Methodist church, spoke briefly. The
music was rendered by the choir Of the
Methodist church. The funeral was at
tended by the directors and officers of the
Rutland county national bank, of which
Mr.. Ripley was president, in body, and
large number of the officers and directors
of the other banking institutions in town.
The casket was borne by William Kimball,
John Cleveland, Charles X insman, Edward
Strong, Don A. Wilkinson, and John Gil
lelan, employees of Mr.. Ripley, most Of
whom have been in his service over twenty
years.
One II. ID. Timblin, n tramp, a hummer
and printer "threw in q case" Tuesday
but not in this ofiice-and was tired from
the extraordinary labor involved. He
went out to take the fresh air and get
''little rest" and became so constitution
ally tired" that Officer Stearns distributed"
him and he was "thrown into" Millington's
lease" Yesterday morning, he was called
upon to respond to another case and re-
questcd to explain where he procured that
peculiar kind Of type that 80 quickly
knocked him into "pi" and he told and was
then requested to deposit five dollars and
costs for not properly distributing" him.
self while taking the fresh air. His ''rags"
-Pershing's money kind-were exhausted
and he, preferring liberty to Jail, started
on another tramp" Guiding the vigilance
of the officers, until he reached West Rut-
land where he was again "locked In a
form" by Stearns, returned to this village
and again thrown into Millington's "case.'
The authorities are now seeking some be-
nevolent individual who will take the bum
mer and allow him to work out his fine
and costs-don't all speak at once.
The "tast mail train" is an institution Of
which Rutland is proud and of which she
boasts. Its vast advantages we just COM
mence TO realize and we trust our fellow
citizens will duly appreciate them and not
fail to look with contempt upon all out
side barbarians who are overlooked in this
new, wonderful and 'bounteous bestowal of
Uncle Sans favors. That we do not AFRO
gate--yes arrogate is the word-to Rutland
an undue amount of glory and pride, let us
recapituIate the inestimablc blessings
heaped on our unworthy, but oh so fortu-
nate, town. The train commenced to be
''fast" Monday, but nary New York
newspaper until the old hour Tuesday, a
solitary Times, and the rest of the papers
as OF yore Wednesday -ycsterday-the
New York Herald at noon, the Tribune at
Ave O'Clock, and the other papers at neither
time to-day, probably, no mail at all. Oh
country villages and back woods towns
like Burlington, St. Adams, Montpelier
and Bennington weep that you are not OF
the favored few--and you, oh postmaster
~....a..l In haauan,a uame aTQP the fast