The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-24
Che 9utland Daily 6lobe
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY "a, 1876.
Vicinity Items.

The number of births, marriages and
deaths for the year of 1875 are as follows {:
Number Of marriages 49,; age of young
est bride II, Oldest bride 80, average age
of brides, 30; age Of Youngest groom 90,
oldest groom 60, average aye of groom 49,
Number of births 80; males IL, females
20; proportion / to every SO Of the inhab-
itants.
Number Of deaths 10; males 4, females
II, over 20 years of age 8, under year 4.
Average age 45 years months and days.
Proportion TO every 78 of the inhabitants.
Measles, canker-rash and diptheria are
raging among the children and young peo-
| pie, and the latter has proved fatal IN a
number of cases. Lung diseases are some
what prevalent among the grown people.
The sleighing is very thin and few in
sist on using wagons.
MIDDLEBURY.
Rev. c. +. Hewes, of Syracuse N. Y,
gave temperance lecture in the Congre-
galonal church on Sunday evening.
A new hardware store is to be opened in
McI.eod's new store.
A. p. Topper, and E. Il. Smith and f.
A. Sturtevant have each removed their Of
fees to the new block.
The ladies Of the "Chip and Hungry
Club" invited the gentleman to their leap
year entertainment on Tuesday evening,
! Feb. %.
Thursday Feb. "a 10 to be observed by
the colleges and Congregational church az
a day Of prayer for colleges.
A series of meetings by the state execu-
tive committee of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association is to begin Tuesday Feb.
29th and continue through the week.
The Mother Goose reception lately given
by the Ladies Temperance Association was
complete success and netted somewhat
over 800.
Darius Cobb of Boston gave a lecture
in the graded school course on Friday eve
ming Feb. Is Subject: THE Sacred Ele-
ment in Art" The lecture was a rich treat
to all who attended. This 10 the only
course of lectures in Middlebury this win
ter and the lecturers, who are mostly from
the state, speak on topics of interest to the
people and especially to the graded school
under whose auspices the course has been
| inaugurated. The next lecture it 10 ex-
pected, will be delivered by Pres. Hubert.
Pres. Hubert did not attend the advisory
counsel of Plymouth church. Duties III
the college did not allow him to be present
PITTsFoRD.
Our citizens were taken by surprise las
Saturday morning in seeing a card in the
columns OF the GLOBE from Z. A. Hitch.
cock saying that he did not wish to be q
candidate for constable and collector an,
longer. Mr. II has been very popular
officer and has always had the conf lence
and respect of the entire town. He cay
he has served us twenty. five years and The
voters would give 1t to him twenty Ave
years longer if he would accept of it.
Mrs. John Dlmmick an aged lady in tn,
west part of this town fell and broke on,
of her hips one day last week. DR.. A. Nj
Canaby was called.
There has been several cabinet organ
sold in town within the last few days b,
Mr.. Casey of Rutland.
Mrs. Orln Smith who has been very sicl
for the last few weeks, we understand il
getting better.
Prof. Phelps will closs the present tern
of school there W i'll be an exhibition at tn,
close which will be "Wednesday evening a
the Town Hall.
There will be Centennial Ball at tn
Town Hall Thursday evening.
Denison & Bros are shipping potatoe
to the Boston Market. They pay twenty
Ave cts. freight T.
sTOoKBRIDaR.
The recent fire in this town that consum
the dwelling house and ell of d. w. John
son, which was insured in the Farmer,
Mutual company for $500, also consume
| almost the entire personal property o