The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-04
LOCAL MENTION.

neat, new flag, which they hang out as
signal for meetings.
During the month of August the DAYS
will be from an hour to an honr and half
shorter than they were in July.
The judge has developed into first-class
anonymous dirt thrower, and that even
without waiting to have dirt thrown at
him.
The Woman's temperance union will
hold meeting in the building at the cor
ner of Forest and Cherry streets, Wednes-
day evening at 8 o'clock.
Capt. Samuel H. Kelley is to remain in
camp, at Lake Bomoseen, through August.
He is receiving many visitors from Rutland,
Brandon and Middlebnry.
Regular communication of Rutland
lodge No 70, F. & A. NJ, this Wednesday
evening at 8 o'clock. Work on first degree
Muster masons cordially invited,
There will be a special meeting of WASH
ington engine company this evening at 7
o'clock for practice. Every member of
the company is requested to be present.
The Central Vermont are fast retrench-
ing their expenses, and men are being
dropped from the payroll daily. Three
were discharged at the Burlington station,
Saturday.
Rev. James ID. Butler will deliver lee
ture at the High school building in West
Rutland, this Wednesday evening, at
o'clock. Subject "What saw in three
continents"
Miss May Dana, daughter of Judah
Dana of Rutland, has been engaged as as
sstant for the coming year in the Yer
gennes high school. Henry II. Ross of Ruf-
land is principal of the academy.
Some evil disposed person or, perhaps,
tramp, stole jar containing some twen-
ty pounds of butter from the ice-house of
Mrs. Gov. Williams on Main street, on
Monday night or Tuesday morning.
The agent of Coles New York and New
Orleans exposition gave an exhibition of
transparencies, in front of the Bardwell
house, last evening. The pictures repre-
sented scenes in the tent, and were ad-
mired by great crowd.
The anonymous gentleman of influence
and respectable standing" must have
high appreciation of slang, judging by his
recent illumination in the Herald He
should have remembered he was writing
for newspaper not making an argument
IN a justice court.
The Troy Press says, Farmers have in
vented new burglar alarm. 1t consists
in setting milk pan on some slight sup
port behind the door, When the burglar
opens the door down comes the milk can,
and what racket follows 1t will fright
en- all the burglars and all the neighbors
within six miles OF the house.
Our contemporary, the Herald, has called
into its service the paid attorney and SOL
icitor of the. postmaster before the Ver-
mont delegation in congress, to write
anonymous letters for its columns. He
may be called upon in an official capacity
to administer upon its estate ere long. as
its aged columns show signs Of internal
feebleness, decay and dotage, so much 30
that it cannot drag its slow length along
without outside help.
William P. Kivlan, workman employed
in the Sutherland Falls marble quarry. has
invented an iron strap 10 take the place Of
the leather strap used for raising and lower
ing drills on the Wardwell stone channel
ing machine. The iron strap has been
used on one of the machines at Sutherland
Falls and is said to be great improvement,
the machine cutting, it is said, third more
marble with than without it. A patent
has been applied for.
George Richardson recovered, Monday,
1886 of A. II. Abrams, for injuries to a
carriage. Abrams hired the carriage, and
tipped it over on West street corner be
had the carriage repaired and returned 1t to
Richardson, who claimed a dollar day
for the carriage from the time of the acct
dent till it was returned. Abrams refused
to pay this and Richardson brought suit
before Justice II. w. Porter and recovered
this with other damages. Abrams ap
pealed.
William Dodge, express freight brake
man on the Rutland division, was seriously
injured at Burlington last night. He fell
between the cars striking his head on tht
ties and the wheels passed over his right
arm SO that it is feared amputation will bt
necessary. He was taken to his home II
Cut,ingsville, on the night express, accom-
panied by DR.. Grinnell of Burlington. III
had been in the employ of the road about
year and 81 an exemplary young man.
The Brandon manufacturing company
of which Hon. N. T. Sprague, jr., is presl
dent, have engaged space for the large'
display of scales at the coming Vernon
state fair that has yet been made in TIL
country They will exhibit varieties from
the smallest postofice scale up to th
largest railroad track scale. The railroa
scale is of large dimensions and will occu
Nv considerable space, and will be put Il
go as 10 test its merits. This exhititiol
will involve large expense on the part 9
the company in fitting up OF the ground
and buildings. They, however, intend
make the show regardless of expense.
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A Family Reunion.