The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-23
LOCAL MENTION.


LOCAL MENTION.
The ruins of the Bates house continue
TO be the center of attraction.
The Bates house was burned one week
ago to-day, and smoke still rises from the
ruins.
Shrove Tuesday falls on the 2i of March
this year, something that has not happened
since 1724, and will not occur again until
1914.
Gen. George w. Grandey Of Vergennes,
United States bank examiner, is now
making his annual inspection of the banks
of the state.
Mr.. W. A. Burnham, who has resided in
Rutland Tor nearly year, left yesterday to
pursue the study Of medicine in Rush med
ical college, Chicago.
L. w. Barber, the third assistant post
master-general, will in all probability lie
appointed successor to General Cowen,
assistant secretary of the treasury.
Edward Merrill and George Ar. Merrill,
Sons of Mr.. George A. Merrill, and VIM.
d. Owen, son of w. II. B. Owen, left
yesterday for Colorado and the west
Special commu ncation of Rutlard lodge
No. 70 f. and A. NJ, this Wednesday
evening at balf-past seven o'clock, for
work. Master masons in good standing
invited.
Yesterday was Washington's birthday,
and not fl,g-except at the Rutland mil
itary nstitute-was displayed in Rutland.
And this is centennial year This is pa
triotism
About o'clock this morning, two small
on Hopkins street, were burned. The fire
department was OUT. but was unable to
render any assistance.
A postmaster spent week in a vain
effort to balance his accounts, and then his
wife, discovering what he was about, in
formed him that she had been in the habit
of drawing her spin money" from the
office funds. Tableau!
The Rutland county temperance society
hold their annual meeting at the ''parlors"
of the Baptist church, at one o'clock this
afternoon, for the purpose of electing off,
GERS for the year ensuing, and nominating
q candidate for county commissioner.
There will be a sociable at the Method st
church this evening. The young people
have charge Of the entertainment, and a
very enjoyable evening is looked forward
to. Ice cream during the evening. Sup
per from six to eight. Admission Is cents.
Rev. R. T. Hall of Pittsford, preached a
sermon on amusements, recently, in which
he said that the Roman gladiatorial con-
tests, drunkenness, and "what are known as
the round dances" are all inherently bad.
Talk about the straight-laced notions of
our ancestors after that q.
The ladies of Trinity church give their
fourth sociable tonight at their rooms in
the Baxter national bank building. The
sociabes of this society have been among
the very best of the Rutland entertain
ments this winter and have been attended
irrespective of church distinctions.
1t is stated that the "Minuet de la Cour'
was to be danced last evening at the Aca-
deny, New York city, at a Martha Wash
ington centennial party, for the first time
in that city since the days of Washington.
The dance was invented in the province of
Ptou, France, and first danced in Paris in
1868, in the time of Louis XIV. 1t il
something entirely new to this generation,
and will it is to be hoped, be introduced
in Rutland at the ladies' grand promenade
concert of the 2Sth inst.
Tuesday is much favored by holidays in
the present year. -Four of the legal holt
days fall on that day of the week namely,
Washlngton's birthday, decoration day, the
fourth of July, and, of course, election
day. 1t is somewhat rare occurrence for
four holidays to have the same week day
In e year it happened last in 1872, when
Thursday was the favored day, thanksgiv-
ing day being one of the four it will not
again happen during this century. But
holidays falling on Sunday are celebrated
on Monday, and the year 1899 will practi-
cally be thus distinguished, since one of iti
holidays falls on Sunday and three on Mon
day. As the question is sometimes asked
what day of the week noted occurrences in
1776 happened on, it may be well to beal
In mind the simple rule of counting back
five week days from the week day in 1876
of the day of the month in question +; thus
July 4, 1876, falls on Tuesday five days
back from Tuesday gives Thursday there
fore, July A, 1776, fell on Thursday.
The Promenade Concert.