The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-06
News Items.

A cock fight at New Haven the other
night, between New Haven and Milford
birds, is said to have been well attended by
members of the city governYent.
hev. Robert Everett of Steuben, N. V,
a prominent clergyman, temperance advo--
ma formerly leading abolitionist of
9entral New York state, died at his home
last Thursday at the age of eighty-four.
The annual dinner of Williams College
alumni OF New York and its vicinity took
place Monday evening. About eighty guests
were present, and William Cullen Bryant
presided The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year President,
Hon. Erastus c. Benedict; ice-president,
Rev. Dr. Stoddard secretary, w. Myer-
dyce. Toasts were responded to by Rev.
Drs. Adams and Hempshall, Hons. +. w.
B. Canning, Z. c. Benedict and others.
The secretary of the treasury issued q
call for the redemption Of five millions of
coupon bonds of the issue of 1862, upon
which interest will cease June /, 1876. The
bonds are embraced within the numbers
following Fifty-dolar bonds from No
1851 to 10000 one hundred-dollar bonds
from No. 90, 101 to 27,500 five hundred
dollar bonds from No. II, 101 to 1900 /;
one thousand-dolar bonds from No. 49,
FOL to 30, 600.
The broom manufacturers OF eastern
New York are jolly lot of fellows. They
get together every little while in that snug
village of Schenectady, and vote to give the
prices an elevation. The broom manufac-
tories are mostly situated along the Mo
hawk valley, and the steady advance in
broom corn has caused an increase in the
price of brooms. They are now selling al
25c. per dozen in advance Of last weeks
figures and Sl.55 higher than last falls
prices Broom corn Is selling for $40 pei
ton, having advanced $40 per ton during
the last month. The manufacturers along
the Mohawk calculate on making 1,50t
brooms per day, but on account of the re
cent advance in the price of broom corr
most of the manufacturers have shut down
An interesting lecture has been delivered
in New York by Professor Young of Dart
mouth college, just returned from Pekin
where he assisted in observing the transi
of Venus. Professor Young's high reputa
ton and great success as student OF tn
suns surface with the spectroscope had LEI
to the hope that his special observation
during the transit would have been of grca
value. Pekin was selected instead of 70
kohama, and during several weeks of ad
mirable weather the hopes OF the part.
were raised to the highest pitch, but rail
and clouds came with the transit Itself, an
though they did not spoil Professor Wat
sons observations, they intertered materl
ally with spectroscopic work.
A supposed vagrant named Christian
Grill, died in Long Island City last week
leaving $4,000 in gold coin. He has bee
an invalid for some time and has lived wit
an old shoemaker, whose wife cared TO
Grill. Grllls relatives did not seem to car
for him, but as soon as they heard that h
had left $4,000, they tlocked around tn
coffin and gave him "a decent burial Thil
teen of them appeared to break the will, o
the ground that undue influence had bee
used to obtain Grill's property The shoe
maker said he knew nothing about it
Grill never paid him any money for HI
board, or anything for taking care of him
he supposed Grill intended to give him tn
, money for what he had done for him.