The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-11
LOCAL MENTION

Gold ia
The hotels were unusually full yesterday
A row in Center street eating saloon
last evening.
The hunting of ducks is not allowed until
September 1st.
One commttal only TO the jail yesterday
for intoxication, Doing well for Rutland.
The Keene races commenced yesterday.
Much interest is manifested in the results.
And now soda water merchants are sigh
ing for the day when Forepaugh is to come
Several hay-fever victims fled to the
White Mountains yesterday to keep Beech
er company.
The tramps of the period are possessed
with the idea that charitableness consists in
giving them chalr-at-table
The Jail came in for its share of atten-
ton yesterday, being considered almost as
great curiosity as the circus.
1t is now reported that the Porter-Alen
scandal, and the complications of Mr..
Pember Herewith are to be compromised.
Deputy Sheriff II. O. Perkins, early in
the day, cleared the exhibition grounds of
all French pools and other gambling opera
tons.
The circus closed at about 1879 last
night and before twelve o'clock the canvas
was down and everything loaded upon the
cars ready for start.
The Womens temperance union will
hold meeting in the building at the cor
ner Of Forest and Cherry streets, Wednes-
day evening at s o'clock.
There were several cases of picking
pockets yesterday. Among them was a
Mr.. Way of Wallingford, who lost some
$4S, and another party $3.50.
Michael Murphy, a large Irishman
picked a quarrel with two boys in front
of Peter McManus' store, Monday morn
ing, and got well thrashcd for his pains.
Personating the wife OF United States
army officer, colonel or general, is becom-
ing regular "dodge" in feminine crime,
but it did not go down in Rutland yester-
day.
Yesterday was the sort of weather when
the idle simperers at the seashore and fash
ionable watering places dawdle away the
hours in state of ''languor kept up by in
termittent effort" to use an expression
made by Charles Lamb.
The man with the lifting machine, by
which the weakest consumptive could
prove himselfa strong man-for ten cents
was around yesterday Also the man
who sold you a gold watch chain, ring,
collar and sleeve buttons. shirt studs aud
the most wonderful puzzle of the age, all
for twenty-five cents.
The occasional sound OF an unearihly and
unnecessary whistle of locomotive, es-
pecially at the hour of two O'Clock in the
morning, is a nuisance, and the engineer on
the Harlem Extension road who INDUCES
in the sport as he leaves the depot with an
empty train should take notice and warning
Mr.. G. M. Clark, of Whitmore & Clark's
Ministries, who, 1t will be remembered, ac-
cidentally shot off one of his fingers while
giving an exhibition last spring, has recent
ly submitted to an amputation of the arm,
which became necessary from inflammation
which proceeded from the pistol wound.
He is at his home in Felchville, suffering
from physical prostration.
Yesterday morning as Ellery Albee, boy
employed on Gen. Baxter's farm, was driy-
ing light wagon through Merchants row,
his horse became frightened at the circus
band and started to run. The harness
broke, rendering the horse unmanageable-
and in front of L. G. Kingsley's hardware
store the wagon struck and ran over
twelve year old son of Patrick Foster
Young Fosters head was cut and his ankle
injured, but not seriously