The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-25
Vermont News.

An old gentleman, 80 years of age, was
baptized at Windsor recently.
Thomas Corners dwelling house on Pine
street, Brattleboro, was burned on the 18th
inst.
Nettie Priest OF Coventry has been sent
to Irasburgh Jail for two months for threat.
ening to kill her mother.
The city of Burlington has expended
during the past year S3,69S on streets, 49,
60 on sewers, and So 200 on parks.
Lots of fun is anticipated at the coming
Brattleboro March meeting. the excitement
over the Gave bank" :oad running high
The Burlington shirt company ha' been
organized, with George F. Pope as pres
deut, and will begin work in the factory
soon.
A number of the citizens of Bradford
have been summoned to Plymouth, N. H..
to give testimony in the Sawyer murder
trial.
Considerable sport was made, at Brattle-
boro, on Monday, at the expense of one of
the popular landlords, who had hung out
his flag at half-mast 10 honor of Washing
tons birthday.
There is very strong feeling among the
active business men in some of the princi-
pal towns in the state that the mail facili-
ties are not what they should be and desire
changes and Improvements made.
The Estey guard clee club of Brattleboro
give concert at the town hall, this even
ing, the Unitarans pound party" this
evening, and the Episcopalans follow, on
Monday evening, with show of Mrs. jar
ley's WAX t,g res.
The uncommonly good coasting has Of
fered both the young and middle aged huge
sport for few days past, at Brattleboro;
the crust being of sufficient strength TO
bear horse, but six inches of new snow,
on Monday night, spoiled their fun, and
increased the whole amount TO over a foot
The Central Vermont council Of Patron1
of Husbandry hold their annual meeting
for the election OF officers on Tuesday the
22d of February, at ten o'clock at village
hall, Montpelier, and for any other bust
ness that may come before the meeting.
Hon. E. p. Cotton, master of state grange,
has promised to be present and other mem.
bers of executive committee of state grange
are expected.
ncols hpipn tho cnrrpenpDHp q
of the Manchester journal are having a
free fight in the columns of that paper.
The South Londonderry correspondent
WAITS the one from Londonderry punched
up, and also feels like blowing up "sky
high" some Of the other correspondents,
especially the individual from Landgrove
| The Londonderry man counters upon
| South Derry. and talks about sense and
nonsense while the Chester steel pen. dri
yer rushes in and gives it as his opinion
that his Londonderry brother is ''trif1e
insane or troubled with the immortal ego,
ALL Of which is very interesting.
On Sunday week, as Mr.. Reddy, clerk
IN one of the railroad offices at st. Adams,
was returning across the ice from Rousei
Point to Alburgh, in company with another
man, their horse stopped before what APP
peared to be narrow crack, but which
proved wider than they anticipated. After
a moments urging, the horse jumped
across. but the sleigh runners struck on The
opposite edge, and the sleigh tipped ovel
on Mr.. Reddy's side and let him into tht
water. But he hung on to the sleigh with
one hand, and the horse being sharp shod
managed to pull him out on to solid ice.
DR.. Grinnell, who was health officer al
Burlington during the prevalence of small
pox, last winter, now reports that the cit,
was, for time, at the mercy of Migrants
who contracted the disease TO secure sup
port, and that persons forcibly entered tn,
pest-house with the avowed purpose o
spreading the disease among class VIII
we're out of the reach OF the cOntagion. Ii,
charges this to the inetticency OF the polio
and their refusal to make arrests Up I,
April 20, 1875, there were 90 cases, 80 o
which were varioloid, and % deaths, bein,
death for about every two cases of small
pox proper. 1t will to remembered tina
the reports OF the disease, at the tims. wer
stoutly denied by the authorities ant
others.
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