The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-29
LOCAL MENTION.

Gold l16I.
Fare on the railroads, half price to Bran
don to-day and tomorrow.
II. W. Nye is removing his insurance
office to the National bank block.
Hon. Joseph Poland of the Montpelier
Journal was IN town yesterday, and gave
THE GLOBE sanctum call.
The eclipse occurs at about $3.50 thismorn-
ing, so that if THE GLOBE gets around IN
time you are welcome to this notice.
The Rutland County national bank will
be closed this afternoon on the occasion of
the funeral OF its late president, VIM. Y.
Ripley, esq.
The Otter Creek Valley fair opens to-
day at Wallingford for two days. The en-
tries are quite large for the time, and a
large crowd is expected.
The funeral obsequies of the late Will
liam Y. Ripley, will be solemnized to-day
at two o'clock, at the late residence of de-
ceased, in Center Rutland
Hon. George w. Grandey and wife of
Vergennes, Hon. Joseph Poland and wife
of Montpelier, and Hon. Barnes Frisbie of
Poultney, we're at the Bardwell yesterday.
DR.. Wilder, electric physician, of New
York, is at the Bardwell house, where he
may be consulted without charge for few
days. See advertisement in another
column.
Mr.. Brown of the Sandwich Islands who
has been passing some weeks with DR.. E.
A. Pond, left yesterday for the school of
technology in Boston OF which he is a
member.
The Ethans, Barnes, Boxers, and How
ards, hose companies of Burlington, are en-
tered for the Brandon tourney tomorrow.
Can't Rutland send up one company, to
bring back that 500?
1t will be seen from the account of the
burning of the hotel at Marshall, Michi-
gan, published elsewhere, that our fellow
citizen Thomas d. Marley, had mario W
escape from death.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Haven, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. II. Goulding, Mrs. Luther Daniels, and
several other residents of Rutland leave
this week for Chicago, to attend the meet
ing of the American board
There is to be grand rifle match at Bur-
lington to be holden on the Goth prox.,
open to the state. Some 5000 in prize
money has been offered by the Burlington
rifle club, and the affair promises to be .
grand thing.
Our sanctum was illuminated yesterday
by a very pleasant call from our cold-water
friend, the Rev. w. w. Atwater, of the
Vermont Witness, of Burlington. He is
looking hale and hearty, and still goes his
bottom penny on temperance, which APP
pears to agree with him.
In the match game of base ball at Ticon-
deroga yesterday between the Stars of tt
conderoga and the Independents of Hyde
vile, Matte Kent, second baseman of the
Independents, had his leg broken. Not
withstanding this, however, the Iudepend-
ents came off yictors by score of 20 to
IL, winning silver ball costing $75.
John Battese who will be remembered
as the youth who departed from the
clutches Of the law, owing to the negli-
gence of the chief of police last week, was
arrested by officer Howe of West Rutland
and tried by the municipal court yesterday,
being fined five dollars and costs for intoxi-
cation.
The water commissioners, in attempting
to fill up the ditch on Church street, ind
themselves in a worse condition than the
man who casts bread ON the waters for,
although they cast dirt in large quantities,
the water quickly swallows it up, leaving
them without any hope of fndingit, even
after many days. '~a
THE GLOBE is under obligations to Fred
A. Field, of the " Popular periodical
agency" for copy of the Tribune of yes
terday morning, furnished shortly after
noon, being one of the only package of
New York newspapers-excepting two
copies Of the 2Imes-arriving on the "Jast
mail train"
1t has just been discovered that the n.y.
drants, erected one and two years ago, are
too small for tue hose in use by the fire de-
partmert. Valuable hydrants and wonders
for safety these The water commissioners,
however, are having the difficulty remedied
and we may hope that they will soon be
good for the use for which they were in
tended.
Among the players at the checker tour
nament in the Village hall yesterday, were
Mr.. Boyce of Rupert and Mr.. Morgan of
Norwich, Conn. Bailey played more games
than any other opponent Of Wyllie's and
had better success, making draws Of three
games, one in the afternoon and two in the
evening There was. a small attendance
which will probably Be increased to-day.
John II. Lester, of New York, is in
Rutland for the purpose of testing new
milk can, the cover of which Is of his own
invention. The idea is to 80 transport
milk that 1t may be kept any number of
days without being "churned" OF soured,
and this it is endeavored to accomplish by
putting the milk into the can under such
a pressure that the air may be expelled
from the can and the can be so filled and
sealed that the milk may not be disturbed
while IN tranatu. The experiment will
be tried by sending to New York, this
morning, can Of milk which will be re-
turned here Thursday and TO New York
again Friday without being opened. The
can will be opened Saturday and the result
of the experiment will DO watched for
it'll interest.