The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-13
LOCAL r1EKTIOH.


Gold 1925
Cocoanuts are becoming abundant.
1t has rained every day this month so
far.
The Mendelssohn June festival has been
postponed.
One of our banks has cersed paying in
terest on deposits.
lev. j. Gibson johnson breaches at
Wellesley college tomorrow.
Old fishermen prophecy an unusually
good season for fish this year.
1t might be possible and advisable to get
different base ball ground from the depot
part.
Mr.. L. NJ. Smith, Vermont manager of
the Boston Journal, gave THE GLOBE office
call yesterday.
We are indebted 10 Mc Joseph G. Chat
for, librarian for catalogue of the Lee,
Mass, public library.
Regular convention Of Vermont lodge X.
of P. this Saturday. evening at 8 o'clock,
at their Castle hall, GLOBE block.
Prof. C. II. Dunton, of Troy conference
acamedy, Poultney. will occupy the pulpit
of the Methodist church tomorrow.
Rev. Lewis A. Austin, principal of KIM
ball union academy at Meriden, N. II. ,
spent few hours in town yesterday.
Daniel l.. Harris, esq, brother of our
townsman, Joel B. Harris, has been elected
president of the Springfield, Mass, library
association.
The member Of the book club who has
the "Grevillc Memoirs" one of the bric-a-
brac series, will confer favor by return
ing it to the treasurer
The children's band, called Temperance
Workers. will meet at the Baptist vestry
this afternoon, at 3 o'clock. All, especial
ly the children, are cordially invited.
Rev. &. B. Hubert, president of Middle
bury college, will occupy the pulpit OF the
Congregational church on Sunday next, in
the absence of Rev. Mr.. johnson, the pas
tor.
To-day aud the two days following are
dedicated to the three icy saints in France,
and this week is said to be cold season
contrasting with the Indian summer 1t
has done so here this year, at all events.
At the woman's suffrage convention, in
New York, Thursday Mrs. Helen NJ. Slo-
cum, formerly of Rutland, was elected cor
responding secretary of the New York state
woman's suffrage association for the en-
suing year.
Some go boys from 6 to 10 years of age,
pupils of Il Catholic protectorY in West
chester county, New York, accompanied
by their teachers, arrived here on the Sara
toga train, and left for the north, on ex-
press, on an excursion to st. Adams.
The free reading room committee have
engaged the basement Of the Rutland ma
tional bank and are making arrangements
to open the room Immediately. DR., e. A.
Pond, the former tenant, has removed his
office to Bakers block, on Center street.
Clements and Page have nearly COM
pleted their marble mill at Center Rutland,
and will put in their wafer wheel as soon
as the high water in the creek subsidies.
They are also grading for side track at
their quarry at the double road crossing.
A New England man writes a." In the
assessment roll of my district, on line OF
road half mic in extent there are seven
residents, nine dogs and taxpayer. And
with full knowledge of the dogs, be,
lieve they are better characters than theii
masters"
The reform club have engaged the hal
In the Rutland national bank, formerly oc.
cupied by the Young Mems christian asso
citation, and with the assistance of some OF
the citizens are furnishing it. The clut
have received new members at every meet
ing and now numbers sixty. The next
meeting will be held Wednesday evening
DIR. M. G. Edmunds, fish commissioner
started for Danville and Greensboro will
lot of fish for the ponds in that vicinity
and was met by the great freshet III th'
Connecticut and unable 10 conTe,
them further than Wells River, where III
left them 10 good condition in suitabl,
waters, telegraphing The parties for whom
they were intended where they would fine
them.
G. p. Frost, reformed lawyer from
Lewiston, Maine, who has been laborinl
In the temperance cause very successful,
Mt Burlington, Montpelier and other town
in Vermont, will speak in the interests o
temperance reform at the town hall a
half-past seven o'clock, Sunday evening
The public are invited to attend. The lee
turer is said to DO fine speaker and til
audience will probably be amply repaid TO
attending.
The Rutland brass band were out for tn
flrst time serenadlng last evening, bestow
ing the compliment of the first serenade o
The GLOBE. The band consisted of eigh
pieces, last evening, although there ar
several other members who will BIO pre-