The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-03
News by Mail and Telegraph.

The Plymouth church committee. trying
Henry G. Bowen, declined to hear Andrew
Bradshaw, witness offered by Bowen,
and the latter has declined to appear before
the committee any further.
John t. Shawhan, San Francisco stock
Spectator, has built stable at a cost of
about 100000, chiefly TO crafty his wife,
who is fond of horses II contains apsrlor
handsomely furnished for her use and the
carriage and harness rooms, stalls, and
other apartments are finished in fine woods.
i. ID. Whitcomb refused to answer
question put to him by the common council
of Boston, and that body put him in jail.
He petitioned for his release on writ of
habeas corpus, and the bench has declared
the action of the council illegal 1t is said
he proposes to sue the city for damages.
Mrs. Ii. L. st. Ormond, wife of Theo-
dore Tilton's advance agent, committed
suicide by taking laudanum at Troy,
Thursday night, in consequence of her i'm
proper relations during her husbands alb
sence with merchant In the city. She il
said to have been an intimate friend and
companion of Mrs. Titon. whom she per-
sonally resembled. While dying she OBJ
| jected to hayng her face washed with
alcohol, because 4" il was waxy, and she
wanted to be pretty corpse.
The suspension of Allen & Mckay of
Chicago is rumored. This is one of the
oldest carpet houses in the city. and has
always been backed by Potter Palmer.
Their total liabilities are estimated at $780,
900. 1t is also reported that Potter Palmer
has withdrawn from the wholesale cloth
| business in which he embarked last fall
finding the venture Improbable, and need
ing his capital and credit in bis hotel and
real estate business.
AT a town meeting held at New Rochelle
a resolution was offered in favor of appro.
priating $1,000 for the erection of mon
ument 10 the memory of the soldiers and
sailors Of the town who lost their lives r
the late war. a democrat present Offered
rs an amendment that the name of Gen
| Robert L. Lee be inscribed upon the mOnu
ment. This called forth expressions of in
dignation, and number o. men made an
attack upon the mover. Only bis piteou,
appeal, !" ! am wrong ! am wrong,
didn't mean it" saved him from rough
usage.
The committee of the centennial boart
of finance, after careful examination o.
the grounds, have decided upon 10 place,
of entrance and exit TO the exhibition, Sc
Letting these by reason of their proximity
to main roads and 10 the points nearest t
which the railroad lines, the passenger
cars, and the steamboats, will set dowr
their passengers. The entrances will near
ly all have four gates-one for visitors pro
per to the exhibition, that ia, those whS
pay to 90 in another for persons bearing
complimentary tickets n third for exhibit
ore, representatives of the press, and en-
ployes-in fact, for all not belonging to Thu
two classes just named-and another fo
wagons. AT these points OF entrance, Sc
called, will also be placed the exits, baseC
upon careful calculation Of the traffic
over each of the roads surrounding the ex
hibition grounds. and, leading 10 the en-
trance points selected, have been place,
from one tothirty-,hree gates Or turnsties
OF these altogether there will bo 1906. Th
exits in their vicinity will be AZ. The de
signs of oil the entrances will be very nea
and tasteful.
Letters have been sent from Philadel
phia to young girls in the inland town
anu villages, signed ny nayes, Arlington
& Bro, agents for the executive com
mittee," stating that they wish to engag
"comely and respectable young ladies" l.
take care Of flower and news stands, &C
as cashiers in refreshment departments
sell pictures, books, etc. Wages from s,
to Sl5 per week are offered, besides -
chance to see the grand exhibition ever,
day" The girls are advised not to consul
their parents, as they might object to ever
so advantageous scheme but are request
ed to come to Philadelphia at once, whe
their work will be assigned to them, an
wages paid in advance for four weeks
The letters are autographed and have bee
sent out in great numbers. The object o
the scheme is apparent to any woman G
ordinary sense and experience but unfoI
tunately giddy girls in the country, anxiou
for adventure and glimpse of the world
have not enough of sense or experience t
keep them from being entrappad, by thi
shallow device, into ruin. Our country ex
changes therefore would do well to war
their readers against "IIayes, Arlington
Bro" promptly, as the would-be clerks an
saleswomen are requested 10 repair /
Philadelphia by April 10.