The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-16
Vicinity Items.

The monthly missionary concerts that
have been discontinued for few months
past, were resumed last Sabbath evening at
the Congregational chapel, at which re-
ports were submitted on foreign mission
by Mr.. Ferrand Parker on home missions
by Dea. w. G. Guernsey ON the Ameri-
can missionary society, by DR.. j. N. Nor
throp.
A successful and critical operation was
performed last Monday afternoon by A. T.
Woodward, Nj. d., of Brandon. 1t was
the entire removal of an eye from the per-
son OF MIR. Ransom Perry. This painful
operation was resorted to for the purpose
of saving the other eye, which has been
improving since that time and now bids
fair to recover entirely. Doctors Currier,
sanford and Edison, of this place, were also
present.
Tuesday afternoon the funeral Of Mr..
Ceylon Kellogg was attended from the
Advent church, Elder S. G.. Mathewson
preaching the sermon. He was &C years
of age, & native of Castleton, and resided
in town from his birth to the day Of his
death. lie was a cousin of Governor Pitt
W. kellogg, of Louisiana. Forty years
ago and upwards there were several prom
inent families here named Kellogg. Now
only a remnant of them remains.
The public exercises in connection with
the meeting of the Rutland county minis
teral association were held at the Brick
| church, Tuesday evening. 1t was a most
excellent meeting, the speakers being Rev.
| J. X. Williams, of West Rutland Rev.
Aldace Walker, d. d., Wallingford; j. G..
johnson, Rutland, on the topic, Methods
of Revival Work" The subject presented
by these learned and devoted Christian
men could but be most heartily endorsed
| by every member of the congregation
present. The services were interpreted
with singing by the audience.
Quito an able array of legal talent could
he seen at the office of Bromley & Clark
Thursday afternoon and evening, it being
| the occasion of an important suit between
the heirs of the late Zalmau Whitlock of
Hubbardton and Dea NJ. Caswell, admin
istrator of the aforesaid estate, which has
been in the probate and county courts some
ten or twelve years. This trial was before
the Hon. Il. B. Burton of Manchester.
Col. w. G. Veazey and Hon. Il. q. Abel
appeared for the plaintiff. Hon. j. B.
Bromley and ]. b. Beaman, esq, for the
defendant.
There has been nothing left or seen of
Of fhe Tbs RRsa tASSi Fell fh g pora
the ashes, since three o'clock last Saturday
morning, as about that time everything
there was consumed by the fire fiend. The
building was quite large and it
afforded grand illumination to that
part of the town known as North Castleton.
1 The old building was well on the way to
destruction before it was discovered. Re-
port says it was insured tor fifteen thou.
sand dollars. Mr.. James Adams was the
first proprietor of the establishment, then
followed the firms of Adams 81 Brown,
Adams, Brown & Co., Adams Manufactur.
ing company, and the Vermont Slate and
Alum company, embracing period OF
about twenty years. Some Of the time a
hundred persons have been employed in the
mill and on the quarries. Squires, Sherry
and Gslusba, of Troy, were large stock
holders in the company.
Reverend j. Williams, of West Rut-
land, preached last Sunday morning at the
Congregational church q sensible and
searching discourse. His theme was "a
perfect christian manhood" based on the
18th verse of the 4th chapter of Ephesians.
His delineations OF what contributes to the
elements of a complete christian character
were well founded and mantuly MAN.
tanned. b. W. n.