The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-10
LOCAL MENTION.

Regular eneampment of Roberts Post,
No. IA, this evening at 8 o'clock
The balloon ascension is expected to
take place at one o'clock this afternoon.
A new four ton Howe scale has been put
in the new freight house on Strong Is
avenue.
Rev. J. D. Kingsbury of Bradford, Mass
will spend a portion of his vacation in
Rutland
A sign that fall is approaching is the
notes of the cricket that may he heard
every evening.
Several Rutland horses are entered at
the keene races, which take place August
10Th, 11th and 10th
Hubbard is making special arrangements
at AZ, for visitors at the circus to-day. Look
at his show windows.
We received a call yesterday from d.
N. Richardson, editor of the Davenport,
Iowa, Democrat.
DR.. j. d. Hanrahan has commenced the
erection of barn on his premises on
Washington street.
Postal cards that have printed or other
matter pasted or otherwise attached to
them are unavailable.
The exhibition takes place on the lot be-
longing to Barney Travis, on the corner of
West and Meadow streets.
G. d. Milington is acting mail agent on
the Harlem Extension railroad for Mr..
lIaght, whose family is seriously i'll.
The special train bringing the New York
and New Orleans circus is expected to ar
rive here about three o'clock this morning.
Mr. Philip V. Gleason of Center Rutland
was found dead in his bed on Sunday morn
ing. 1t is supposed he died of heart dis
ease.
Fisher will furnish delicious ice-cream
to-day to the crowd at his dining rooms,
opposite the depot, also warm meals at all
hours.
We learn that Fred w. Wilder, son of
Jonas Wilder, ESQ.,, has received the ap-
pointment Of teller in the national bank of
Woodstock.
The last brick on Putnam and Sawyer's
block, on Merchants Row, was laid on
Saturday, and the staging has been remov-
ed therefrom.
The choir of the Methodist church are
to give an old folks concert at an early day
for the purpose of raising funds for the
purchase OF an organ for the church.
A new engine, named the 81. V. Baker"
was turned out of the shops at Green Is
land, on Saturday, and will be used on the
New York and Canada division of the
Delaware and Hudson canal company 3
road.
Hon. Russell S. Taft of Burlington, Ian
sing Mills, George G. Hunt of st. Adams,
James NJ. S. ade of Middlebury. j. B. Bea-
man, Poultney, Hon. M. H. Cook, Castleton,
Hon. II. G. Root of Bennington, were in
town yesterday.
The village trustees, sheriff of the coun-
ty or sclectmen of the town should pro-
vide special policemen, or constables, to
be on duty to-day. A circus always has
more or less followers. In these days OF
tramps, the community have right to full
protection on public occasions.
The Montpelier Journal retracts the
statement it had indirectly made, that Gov
Page has not accounted to the state fol
$3.50, 900 of interest money that had ac
crued while he was state treasurer. The
books show the items of interest properly
credited in every case.
Cornelius Howley was before Justice
Porter to answer to the charge made
against him by Miss Minnie Rounds. Tit
hearing was adjourned until "Wednesday
next. j. J. r. Randall appeared for TIT
state, N. p. Smons tor the respondent.
The season of the August meteors o.
falling stars is at hand. They were many
and brilliant, Sunday night. One, at II
o'clock, in the west, was as big to the nakeC
eve as a Roman candle, on Fourth-of-Jull
night, and moved as slowly for space o
Is degrees or more in the heavens.
Miss Ida L. Howard, once teacher a
Mount Holyoke seminary and more recent
ly connected with the Western femal
seminary at Oxford, o., has been secures
as president of the new female college a
Wellesley, Mass, in which Miss Mar
Burnham holds professorships.
The Bennington Times says that con
ductor Cook of the Harlem Extension rail
road, does his level best to make his pas
sengers comfortable, who all speak i
highest terms of his politeness and after
ton. 1t is no easy matter to make frs
class passenger train out of way freight
MIR. l.. r. Pember of Dandy, was al
raigncd before Judge A. ID. Hayward,
Weybridge, on Saturday, for an assau
upon Miss Allen of the Porter scand'
case. The examination was continued III
Ill Thursday, August 49, James NJ. Slad
of Middlebury appeared for the state, Geo
e. Lawrence of Rutland for the respor
dent.
The Whitehall Times man has found III
potato bug. He says the rascal is abol
the size of a full grown water turtle (wha
ever size that might be) and has scales o
his back like an eel. He lives In the tor
of tall trees, nd..comes down twice a da
to make war on the potato vines. Ill
particular one that the Times man saw WI
cross.eyed and had barrel of potatoes O
his back.
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