The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-16
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The conservative caucus of the Virginia
legislature reached the 39th ballot for can
didate for United States senator, yesterday,
without choice.
The latest idea at Philadelphia is to have
the government open the doors of the great
exhibition, absolutely free of admission
fee. This is with the intent to Guido all
creation, we suppose. VA ~ tfi5 tH
The Toronto legislature has rejected by
a large majority the Currie manhood suf-
frage bill, which entitled all male British
subjects, 81 years of age, to vote for men,
bers of the legislative assembly Of Ontario.
The Montreal druggists are very natural
ly good deal stirred up over new bill
now before the legislature allowing nuns
to manufacture drugs, remedies for mala-
dies, etc. The nuns, you see, pay no taxes,
and can therefore beat all competition.
Minnesota is to have state inebriate
asylum, and the liquor sellers will have to
foot the bill, the supreme court having re-
Gently sustained the constitutlonality of
the law imposing a tax for this purpose.
A fund of $40, 900 Is already on hand, and
$50, 900 more will probably have been con-
tnbuted by the liquor sellers by the LIST Of
July.
Sharks are said to have done consider
able damage to the fisheries in the lower
st. Lawrence, this season. So numerous
have they been that 81 were taken in q
single system of nets at the mouth of the
Saguenay, last week, into which they had
followed school of porpoises and become
entangled.
An underground distilery for the manu-.
facture of ''crooked' whisky was discov-
cred on the Arkansas river, about five miles
above Pueblo, Col, by revenue officials
and broken up, but the two principal own.
ers, G. q. Pinckney and John i. Hall es-
capped. William NJ. Bussard, upon whose
land the distillery was located, has been
admitted to bail in $4,000.
The annual assembly of the Methodist
ministerial association OF western Massa-
chusetts opened Tuesday, at the Memorial
church in Wilbrahsm, with an address OF
welcome by Rev. T. w. Bishop. the pas
tor Rev. II. 9. Farrar of North Adams
secretary of the Berkshire association, re-
sponded, Rev. j. E. Bowen being absent
A social hour closed the evenings exer.
clses. t. .2o
There was large fire in Avon, Tuesday
night, originating in the Pattee house
which with the barns attached was burned
also cottage, house, barber shop, ant
another dwelling and subsequently thu
freight and passenger depot of the Erie
railway. The total loss foots up between
$50, 900 and $40, 1000. The destruction is (
severe blow to Avon, following, as 1t does
q similar loss some time since.
Accepting the decision Of Chief Justic'
Appleton that votes for candidates simply
giving their initials cannot be counted, tn
governor and council have declared Leonart
Fisher, republican, elected commissioner
| Ignatius Sargent, aleo republican, treasurer
OF Washington county, and Richard II
Moody, democrat, treasurer Of Waldo
county. Several senators and representa-
tives are also given seats for which they
did not really receive majority of tn,
votes as the voters meant 10 have their bal
lots count, though technical errors on thu
part of their opponents make 1t appear so
but the legislature will undoubtedly ant
properly unseat them. it5i gai ls,
Col. Richard Henry Lee, the grandsoI
of Richard Henry Lee of revolutionary
fame, who has been selected to read th'
Declaration of Independence ct the open
ing of the centennial, Is successful lawye
Of Wildwood, Clarke county, Va. Hefs I
nephew of Charles Lee, who was attorney
general OF the United States during par,