The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-21
Weather Probabilities.
LOCAL MENTION.

Gold l13a.
The "Hermit's" letter will be found on
the first page.
Weybridge, vergennes and other vicinity
news on the fourth page.
The thermometer stood 26o below Zero
at six o'clock yesterday morning.
The train from the north due at 1905
last evening was fifty minutes late.
We are under obligations to Col. q. H.
Joyce for congressional documents.
There was no improvement in Judge
Dunton's condition yesterday. he still re-
mains seriously ill.
Col. Charles Ii. Joyce did not accom-
pany the congressional delegation to Phil
adelpha on Saturday.
A. w Higgins has new advertisement
this morning. He has a splendid lot of
holiday presents at reasonable prices.
A grand fox hunt occurred Friday, in
which four Rutland Nimrods took part and
which resulted in the death of four foxes.
Unsuccessful attempts have been made
during the past week to burglarize a num-
Der of houses In different parts of the vii
lage.
Charles f. Huutoon and Nathaniel Cur
rier arrived at San Francisco on the 9th,
and proceeded to Santa Barbara on the
18th.
Samuel Williams, esq.,, and family of
Castleton, are to spend the winter in Rut-
land, and have room, at the Bardwell
house.
Sash are being put into the front and
back doors of the court house hall, which
will render the resemblance between that
room and Egypt in the fog less striking
A meeting-of the board of directors of
the Vermont state agricultural society will
be held at the Van Ness house, Burlington,
this evening to locate and make arrange
ments for the next state fair.
The annual meeting for the election of
officers of Central council of the Sovereigns
of Industry, will be held at Odd Fellows
hall this Tuesday evening at 1880 o'clock.
A full attendance is requested.
Regular conclave of Killington COM
mandery Of Knights Templar at their
asylum, Masonic hall, this tuesday, even
ing at 7:3O o'clock. All sir knights In good
standing courteously invited to attend.
Our contemporary, in publishing an article
from the Rod and Gun, entitled "Can he
who shoots be Saved ?" dated at Burling-
ton, and signed Professor, says: "We
wo lid give shilling to know him." Just
date the article Rutland, instead of Bur-
lington, and read it over again, and it will
be plain to the editors comprehension, that
it is the handiwork of one of the chief ed
itorial writers in his own columns.
Charles II. Joyce, representative in con-
gress from this district, presented, Wed
nesday, petition of Mrs. Lucia Green
Brown, of Montpelier, and 1000 others,
praying for the appointment of commls-
sion to inquire and report as to the results
of the traffic in alcoholic liquors In con-
nection with crime, pauperism, add the
public health, and to recommend what ad-
ditional legislation, If any, would be bene-
fetal to suppress in the sphere of national
authority the traffic in alcoholic liquors as
beverages which was referred to the CON-
mittee on the judiciary. Also, petitions of
citizens of Clarendon and Shoreham, for
repeal of increase Of postage on packages
of merchandise which was referred to
the committee on the postoffice and post
roads. Also, the petition of William Lamb
of Poultney, for pension; which was re-
ferred to the committee on invalid pen
eiopn