The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-11
LOCAL MENTOR.

Did you hear the centennial guns?
A. w. Higgins leaves for Philadelphia
to-day.
G. NJ. Bliss, town superintendent of
schools in Bennington, visited the Rutland
schools yesterday
j. NJ. Foss, master mechanic of the Cen-
trail Vermont railroad, was in town on
Wednesday, looking over the machine
shops here.
The last of the days for Maying have
come. Parties visiting Pine hill yesterday
found very handsome arbutus, but they
will soon be gone.
Fisher opened the ice cream season at
his saloon yesterday. His former catering
to the public in this direction will ensure
him large patronage.
An important change of time on the
several railways is to take place on the
18th, provided an agreement can be effect
ed between the several railroad interests
Governor Peck participated in the CEN
tennial ceremonies at Philadelphia yestcr-
day, and has headquarters at the Interna-
tional hotel. Ex-Governor John Gregory
Smith was also present at the Inauguration.
Mr.. Ferguson, mail route agent on the
Rutland railroad has been transferred to
run between Essex Junction and st. Ar
mand, Canada, and Mr.. Godfrey of New
Hampshire has been appointed over the
Rutland railroad from Boston to Burling-
ton.
J. N. Edmins!er and wife, of Windsor
Chauncey Smith ard son and w. G. lIib-
bard, of Boston b. B. Snalley, of Bur
lngton o. w. Slate, OF New York and
Austin's 10th regiment band, six pieces, of
Albany, are among the guests at the Bard
well house.
The raids lately hayo been go successful
as to encourage the conplainants TO con-
tinue them. Warrants were yesterday
placed in the hands Of Officers Crawford
and Stearns for the saloons of Cornelius
Howley and \. II. Fuller. At the first
place they were quite successful, obtaining
three five gallon kegs, two containing
whisky and one rum. At Fuller's, although
diligent search was made, no contraband
goods were found.
Mr.. N. p. Kingsley has met with unex-
pected success in disposing OF Gen. Bax-
ter's Iowa lands He has sold SOL acres
since January, in Plymouth, Beuna Vista,
Cherokee and Pocohantas counties. 1t has
been mainly purchased by western parties,
who make large cash payments, which in
dicates that the pressure Of the times does
not affect the west as it does the east Mr..
Kingsley leaves for the west next week, to
be absent some four weeks.
The opening soiree at Baxter music hall
was a pleasant affair aud much enjoyed by
the participants, although the attendance
was not large, owing in a great measure,
doubtless, TO the unfavorable weather
Arrangements for the reception were COM
plete, and the music was simply superb.
No dancing party in Rutland, for long
time, has had such bewitching strains to
follow as those Of Austin's Tenth regiment
band, last evening.
1t is fact, demonstrated again and
again, of late years, by scientific experts
and medical men, that the large proportion
of typhoid and other low malarial and
intermittent fevers in cities and large vii
lagos are the result of open sewers and
cesspools 1t has been shown by actual
experiment that the concentrating and
violent poison of a cesspool permeates the
earth as far as hundred feet in every d.
rection after few years use, and yet fam
lilies using cesspools or having open drains
withis fifty feet of their houses wonder
what is the cause of their constant poor
health. There is dangerous and un-
slightly, uncovered ditch on Center street,
opposite the high school building, which
should receive the immediate attention of
the village authorities, for it ia a constant
exposure of the health of the children in
attendance upon the school, as well as an
unsightly and abominable nuisance to the
passer by Some measures should be taken
to stop this nuisance. We bope it may re-
ceive early attention.