The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-15
State Items.

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There Is to be a orner-stone laid soon
for the new Episcopal church at Sheldon.
John Baxter, of Canton, ILL.,, formerly of
Burlington, and a son-ip-law of the late
Capt Price, is dangerously i'll, and not ex-
pected to recover.
The work of completing the Portland
and Ogdensburgh railroad east, from West
Concord to the Connecticut River, is well
under way, and will be completed ready
for laying rails along the whole route by
August
An Episcopal convocation was held at
Georgia last week Wednesday and Thurs
day. Sermons were delivered by Rev..E.
II. Atwell of Burlington, Rev. Homer
White OF Enosbvrgh, Rev. A. II. Bailey,
d. d., of Sheldon, Rev. N. f. Putnam
of st. Adams, Rev. Josiah SWEET of I'm
derhill.
The regatta committee at Burlington,
have chartered the steamer Montreal for
next Friday to accommodate those who
wish to follow the yachts during the race.
Four hundred tickets only will be sold
Price SOC per ticket, to be had at evan
Ness" and american"
A man who registered himself at the
Memphremagog house in Newport, Satur-
day, as s. II. Suto of New York, paid his
bill with forged check on II. X. Thurber
g. Co. of New York, but was arrested at
| st. Johnsbury and committed to Jail, and
| is thought to be one of the Barre bank rob-
bers.
At the late editorial meeting on the sum-
NIT of Mt. Mansfield, while Atkins of the
Argus was delivering his address, violent
thunder storm visited the mountain, and
Its almost deafening roar obliged Mr.. Atkins
to suspend. Whereupon Earle of the Nor
risvillc Citizen remarked that at was moi
the first time in history that the Devil hac
to surrender when the Almighty spoke. y
Burlington Sentinel.
A widow in Vermont has recovered
900 and costs from the man who sole
the liquor to the slayer of her late husband
who operated when he was drunk. TIT
case, apparently, is an exceptional one, 70
the average husband never was, and b.
never will be, worth thousand dollars
let alone the cost of getting the money
There are some women who would com
down with thousand dollars, each, to ge
rid of their husbands, legally. -Bosto1
1rdUeller.
The grass crop all over the state and i
Canada is lighter than an average, and hay
ing has commenced about week late
, than usual. In the valley of the Whit
river and other points south it is more &C
, vanced than in this vicinity, aud the quail
ty is excellent. BY the use of improve
machinery, and in the belief that grass
better than hay the farmers of Vernon
} finish the harvest at least two weeks earlit
than ten years ago, and find 1t profitable.
The college library at Burlington ha
Just received from friend of the insttl
lion, not an alumnus, a valuable collectio
i of works for the use of the engineering d
partment. These volumes are mostly Ems
= lish publications, and contain some yer
. fine specimens of engineering engraving
n And now the professors of Greek and Lat
and the sciences are wondering if there al
" not alumni who will furnish the means
provide specimens at least of recent publ
n cations in their departments. If we we
: at liberty to give the name of the donor {
II these books, it would be seen that this
S not the first substantial proof he has give
d of his interest in the university
= Press.