The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-09
Personal.

president of the Merchants national bank
of Burlington.
Rev. L. Watson, late presiding elder of
the Burlington district, left for the Pacific
coast on Wednesday of last week.
d. F. Rugg, ESQ.,, of st. Adams, has gone
to Wyoming and Colorado for the summer
He has now four ranches there and sheep
by the thousand.
Samuel Huntington of Burlington, and
c. NJ. Spaulding Of Jericho, are spoken of
as the probable republican candidates for
senators in Chtttenden county.
Thomas s. Apologize, editor of the
Adrian, Mich, Daily Times, has been ap-
pointed by the governor the centennial ora
tor for Michigan at philadelphia.
Professor Huxley viii sail for America
in August, for q short visit. 1t is said that
he Will spend moro time in examining our
scientific treasures than in lecturing
AT a recent meeting of the California
state medical society, on the motion of DIR.
Ezra &. Carr, three ladies were admitted to
membership, and were welcomed by him
in brief address. Mis-. DR.. Stone re-
sponed for the ladies.
Rev. Pharcellus Church, d. D., of New
York, who, forty years ago, was pastor Of
the Baptist church, in Poultney, is supply
ing the pulpit of the Union Baptist church,
San francisco, made vacant by the resig-
nation of Rev. DR.. Sawtelle.
Judge James Barrett of Woodstock de-
livcred lecture on "The methods of true
scholarship at Dartmouth college, We'd
nesday the 10Th ult., in place of the usual
rhetorical exercises. 1t was an enlarge
ment of some remarks made by him previ-
ously to the senior class, and was an able
an instructive address.
George r. Meneely has retired from the
long established firm of Meneely & Co., Of
West Troy, and will give his undivided at
tention TO new business in which he has
engaged The bell foundry will be con-
Quoted by &. A. Meneely. These brothers
are well known to many citizens and BUSH
ness men in Western Vermont.
Mr.. Nathaniel p. Dean of St. Johnsbury,
who died last Friday, on his 10th birthday
had been employed by the Messrs Fair
banks in their ccsle shops tor 43 years.
But one man-Mr Francis Bngham-has
seen longer term of service. Aside from
Mr.. Bingham, there are six who have been
employed 80 years.
We are glad to see by the Montpelier
Freeman that Col II. D. Hopkins is rapid
| " improving from mis- serious illness and is
very hopeful of speedy complete recovery.
There are thousands Of people all over the
state who would rejoice to see him again
in his Old position which he has held Sc
acceptably Tor a quarter of n century.
The re-appontment of General William
Wells as collector of customs was so much
a matter of course that it has hardly ex.
cited remark. 1t may be Il good time,
however, to say that the custom house is
| in clean and honest hand that there is nc
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| this state and that Gen. Wells retention
of the collectorshp will be generally salts
factory. So says the Burlington Ere,
| Press.
| DIR. Edward S. Peck of Burlington, ha,
been in Berlin since October. He is now
working in the laboratory Of Helmhotz il
physiological optics, making microscopica
sections OF the eye under Virchow, ant
anatomical sections of the ear unde
Reichert. he daily assists in the ey'
clnique of Prof. Schwegger, who il
Graefe's successor. He is also a CORE
spondent of the Boston Medical and Sur
gical Journal, Lover the signature of "Med. !,
and of the New York Medical Record a
"Quant." He will remain abroad another
year, studying in Vienna, Paris and Lon
don.
At the recent junior exhibition of Dart
mouth college, the following named Yer
mont boys participated, and delivered ora
tons upon the themes indicated Justil
II. Smith of Norwich, the class leader, in
troductory Grafton in Latin "Magus int
Opes mop" Charles Andrew Willard. st
Johnsbury, democracy, a chance 70
every man. Forensic Disputstion-"Ar
colonies q benefit TO the parent state,
Charles Ladd Scwall, Norwich, in tn
affirmative Observation-Disclosures AM
unwrtten constitutions" Charles Edwar,
Lord, Woodstock John DeForest Haskill
Ascutneyville, "Life at high pressure"
Literary issentation-"Ought our gov
eminent to provide for the higher educa
ton ?" Robert John Service, Baret, in tn
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