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The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-03
Republican State Convention.

A Republican Union state convention is here
by called to be held in the city of Burlington,
on Wednesday, the twenty-ninth day OF March,
1916 at eleven O'Clock q. IN for the purpose or
choosing, In accordance with precedent es-
tabnshed, ten delegates Aand ten substitutes)
10 represent the state OF Vermont In the Union
Republican National convention TO be held In
the city of Cincinnati, on Wednesday, the four
teenth day o June next, for the purpose Of
nominating candidates for the offices OF presi-
dent and vlce-presldent of the United States.
All republican electors aud all other voters,
without regard 70 past political diiierences or
previous party difficulties, who are opposed to
revlvlng sectional issues, and desire to pro-
mote friendly feeling and permanent harmony
throughout the country by MAINTAINING ana
citizen, including the full and free exercise Of
the right of suffrage without intimidation and
without fraui who are In favor OF the con
tinued prosecution and punishment OF all OIL
flclal dishonesty, ana OF an economical admin
/ tration OF the government by honest, falth.
ful and capa 10 officers; who are In favor 81
making such reforms In government as expert
ence may from time to time suggest who are
opposed TO imparing the credit of the nation
by depreciatng any OF Its obligations, and In
favor OF sustaining in every way the national
faith and financial honor who hold that the
common school system Is the nursery OF Aneri-
can liberty, and should be maintained aDso-
lutely free from ssctarlan control who believe
that for the promotion OF these ends the dlrec-
ton OF the govern ent should continue 10 be
confded TO those who adhere TO the principles
of iI7G, SUI sport them as Incorporated In the
constitution and laws. and who are In favor OF
recognizing and strengthening the iundament.
al principle of national unity IN this centennial
anniversary OF the birth of the republic, are In
vited, through their delegates, TO participate
In the deliberations OF the convention.
All such electors will be represented In the
state convention by their delegates, chosen
upon the basis OF one delegate from each town,
and an additional delegate for each one nun.
bred votes, and for each fraction of one hundred
woes over fifty, cast for the republican candl'
date for governor at the last state election.
BY vote of former convention, the state
committee are constituted committee on
credentials. Delegates Will provide themselves
with proper credeutl It's, sign by the secre
tarles OF their respective primary meetings
and, Immediately upon their arrival In Bur
uugton. present them TO the state committee
at Their headquarters, the Van Ness house.
Tue several railroads In the state, except tht
Delaware and llu ison canal company, VIII eA
tend the usual courtesy OF fare one way.
GEORGE W. GRASDEY,0
.(Chairman,)
GEORGE NICHOLS
(Secretary1 Republican
CHARLES II. JOYCE,
STEPHEN THOMAS, state
FRANKLIN FAIRBANKS
WILLIAM ROUNDS Committed
JOHN e.. BARsTOw,
GEORGE N. DALE,
Carroll =. PAGE,
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The American watch company at Walt
ham, Mass, has reduced wages 10 per
cent.
William Blasus, of Philadelphia, is in a
fever oyer hisnew weather system. The
origin of the phrase, "Ilot as Blasus" is
now explained.
The underwriters are holding a secret in
quest at Newton, Mass, to find out wheth-
er Forger Winslow set the fire that burned
his fine house at Auburndale, few weeks
ago.
The Chinese considers hail storm good
omen. 1t must be they never raise cabbage
plants in China. One good omen would be
likely to riddle their faith as well as their
plants.
All the employees on the Concord, N. H.,
railroad have been compelled to sign the
temperance pledge, and two brakemen
named tom and Jerry" Jones have been
discharged.
A Jewish rabbi has been preaching in q
New Haven Methodist pulpit, and come of
the more orthodox members of that denomi-
nation think the regular incumbent has
gone THEORETICALLY rabbld.
Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, the persistent
litigant, has become deaf. She will prob
ably insist upon new hearing. Chicago
Times. We cannot see that she Gaines
anything by persistent litigation.
George G. Packer, the teller who recently
stole SCI 800 from the national bank of
Commerce at New London, has withdrawn
ais plea of not guilty of the charge OF
stealing 81 500 bond, some time ago, and
entered demurrer He has been released
from Jail on bail.
Col. Gordon, the African explorer, is re-
ported returning to Cairo, owing to lack of
forces, which have been thinned ont by
harassing struggles with rebellious tribes,
and also want of harmony between Col.
Gordon and the Egyptian administration
for the permanent control OF equatorial
Egypt. 1t 10 probable that Egypt will
temporarily abandon the development of
her equatorial possessions.
Mr.. Dearborn an officer from Boston,
who has the papers necessary TO extradite
Winslow, the forger has arrived in Lon
don He has already visited the Amer-
can Embassy, and the papers were official
" placed in the possession of the Embassy
Thursday, in ample time for presentation
to Sir Thomas Henry, the chief magistrate
at the Bow street police court, when the
prisonerlis brought up on remand.
Frederick Myers, a saloon keeper, com.
mitted brutal assault on Adam Dover,
aged 55 years, at Pittsburgh, Pa, on Tues.
day evening, by heating,a poker red hoi
and stabbing him in the right groin, the
poker penetrating toward the abdominal
region distance Of six or seven inches
The assault was entirely unprovoked
Myers was arrestd and held to await the
result Of the injuries.
The annual convention of the sigma phi
fraternity, college anti-secret society, wal
held at Providence Wednesday, closing
with supper in the evening, at which al
Grafton was delivered by Rev. George At
Gibson of Rochester, N. y, and poem by
IL. S. Babcock of Providence. j. A
ltainsford OF Rochester was elected presl
dent for the ensuing year. The next SEES
sion will be held at Rochester, with 'Thos
s. Barbour OF Hartford, Ct, as orator, enc
Ernest Brown of Rochester for poet.
The Northampton bank directors say
that while eonversing with the New Yorh
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Political.

The republican state convention in Mas
sachusetts for the choice of delegates to the
national convention is fixed for March 90.
So far as judgment can be determined
from the newspapers, the Indiana conven-
ton ended the presidential prospects of
Mr.. Morton.
Awaiting themselves of recess of the
Ohio legislature, about thriy.five members
of both parties, accompanied by Speaker
Grosvenor, are on visit to Washington.
Wednesday morning they paid their re-
spects to the president.
The Whitehall Chronicle, republican,
thinks the state convention called at too
early day, and for personal rather than
patriotic purposes. 1t warns the managers
that "the arts by which a caucus or a con-
vention can be carried will not prevail at
the polls 1t holds Senator CoDkling in
high esteem, but believes his nomination,
could it be secured, would be unwise, aud
not call to the support of the ticket in New
York the support that other names would
and which is necessary to success. The
Chronicle pronounces for Brlstow and
| Woodtord, saying the ''people want vigor
| and purity in administration and fidelity in
collecting the revenue" and in Biistow
| they would have candidate for whom the
people will be glad and proud TO vote.
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1t will be remembered that when the Rut-
land free reading room was established
funds were supplied only to sustain it fol-
four months, or until April /. Some three
months of that period have now elapsed.
and we but express the concurrent judgment
of our citizens when we say that it has
practically demonstrated its great useful
ness to the community. Its refining and
educating, as we'll as moral, influences art
seen upon every hand, and we cannot per-
nit ourself to believe that the citizens OF
Rutland will permit it to die. In another
month, the funds with which it is now sus'
tanned will be exhausted, and the
board of management, feeling that
they can confidently appeal TO their
fellow citizens to sustain the enter
prise. so happily inaugurated by a son oil
Rutland, have issued a circular appealing
for aid, not doubling that it will meet with
prompt, hearty and generous response.
The continuance of free reading room in
Rutland now depends on the prompt liber-
atty of the citizens, and we unite with the
managers in the trust that their appeal
will not be in vain.
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Vermont.

A revival is in progress in the Baptist
and Congregational churches at Town
shend.
All of Major William Morses children
nine in number-at North Troy, have had
the canker.rssb. One of them died.
Lemons, weighing nearly pound each,
right from Putnam house yard, are the
latest arrivals at Manchester from Florida.
Rumor has it that Lucius Robinson has
leased the Memphremagog house for five
years, and that w. f. Bowman and wife
will retain charge.
Mr.. C. A.. Whitman, of Londonderry,
has invented and has in successful opera
ton, valuable Improvement on the Bick-
ford knitting machine.
Rev. f. w. Olmstead, pastor of the Con-
gregational church in Townshend, former
ly of Brdport, recently received dora
ton of $40 in cash from his parshioners.
1t also suggests whether sleeping cars
should not, in all cases, be heated by hot
water brought from the engine, or from a
heating apparatus outside of the car.--bree
Press.
The wood and lumber business that has
had to lie still hitherto for want of snow is
now pressed with the utmost vigor $50
loans of birch logs were drawn in one day
to the box factory in Jonesville.
The committee of the Chittenden county
agricultural society, after long deiberaion
located the next county fair at Essex
junction. So Burlington 10 out in the
cold, as the Free Press says, SIC transit
gloria mundi.
Taking advantage of the recent snow
fall, the Brattleboro Daughters of Re
becca" are giving the sons of Isaac sleigh
rides. 1t Is to be hoped that, like Rebeccs
of old, they offer the gentleman nothing
stronger than water to drink.
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A Painful Disclosure.

A special Washington dispatch to the
New York Times says there is report OF
painful disclosure before the committee
on expenditures in the war department,
which is verified in its main features. A
man by the name of Marsh, from New
York, testified that he bad paid $40, 200 to
Mrs. Belknap, wife of Secretary Belknap,
for the privileges of a post trader for the
army and has paid her $4,000 year since
the first payment. Secretary Belknap waf
before the committee Wednesday, and the
testimony was communicated to him. lie
did not deny the testimony, nor did he
admit Its truth. The result of the expo
sure must be followed by the immediate
resignation of the secretary, and more seri'
Gus consequences would seem unavoidable,
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THE RUTLAND DAILY GLOBE FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH 8 1876

The recent fires at st. JJhnabury helped
to decide the water question. The village
trustees have decided to pump water from
the Passumpsic. river to use in case of fire,
and work on the enterprise has already
commenced
The burning of the sleeping car on the
Rutland and Bennington railroad recently,
and the loss of two valuable lives in con-
sequence, suggests the inquiry whether
railroad companies should not be com
PEELED TO carry fire extinguieheis upon their
passenger trains. Troy Times.
The Vergennes machine company have
closed large contract with the authori-
ties of the village Of st. Johnsbury for tho
erection of their water works. The con-
tract is large one as it includes two Elan
ders pumps, upwards of six miles of pipe,
and seventy bydrants.
Mrs. J. NJ Haven of Rutland, has gone
10 Washington to present TO congress
petition, signed by over five thousand per-
sons in this state, for commission to in
| vestgaie tho liquor traffic in this country.
| One-half the signers are voters in this
state, and the other half are ladies over
seventeen years Of age.
i. w. Stoughton, esq, has an income
of 100000 year from his profession,
and Hon. WIN. Evarts $4,000, which
would indicate that those gentlemen have
n "soft thing" practicing law in New York
| city. Vermont has reason TO be proud OF
beiug the native state of one, and the resi-
dence of both these men.
Considerable complaint exists among the
farmers living near the Vershire copper
mines, in regard to the injurious effects OF
the sulphur smoke upon vegetation and
timber. MIR. Bugbee, about half mAe
away, Claimed damage of the company on
This account, and they have bought his
farm, paying therefor 81 500.
Among the articles on exhibition at the
centennial party Monday evenng,at Wood
stock, was deed, now in possession of Tho
Jennings family of Quecbee, which con
veyed 100 acres of land to the town O.
Grantham, N. H., from the crown of Eng
land to Evorasta Jennings, lie having beer
the first male child horn in that town. TIT
deed was dated 1873, and is consequently
103 years Old.
The Chicago Times says of the victims o
the recent terrible accident - allingford
Death could not have smYtten down anothe
man in Chicago whose loss would hav
been mourned with more or deeper feelin
than Charles II. Bissel. He was liked b
all who knew him, and known by nesrl
all the business men Of the city. The OK
prcesons of sorrow at bis tragic demise ar
widespread. On the board of trade, wher
he had acquired thorough Acquaintance
aud many hundreds Of friends, there wa
one grand interchange Of expressions of re
gret. Willie Bissel was born in the Matte
son house, in (hcago, while his father wa
one Of tho proprietors OF that hotel, an
was looked upon rs a youth Of unuSuf
promise.
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Face to Face

Col, Bachelor, who was engaged by the
engineers department to illustrate six
phases of the battle of Gettysburg on the
government maps representing that battle
field, and to locate the position of the
troops thereon, has completed his work,
and was on the floor of the house, Wednes-
day, verifying it, bringing the parties who
served together on opposite sides, and who
are now serving together in congress, to
look over his work. Among those now IN
the house, who opposed each other in that
memorable battle, are Gen. II. S. Will
liams of Michigan, and Gen. Terry of Vir-
GINA, Gen. Forney of Alabama, then COM
mander of the 10th Alabama, and Col, Ma
ginnis then of the LIST Minnesota, and now
The delcgate from Montana.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-03

A decision of considerable practical i'm
portance has just been made, under the
bankrupt law, in New York. The court
holds that the clause which, in voluntary
bankruptcy, sets aside all attachments
against the tankrupl's property within
four months, does not apply in cases when,
after proceedings are commenced, the ma
jority of the creditors agree upon a com
position with the bankrupt. The reason
for the difference is, that, in the former
case, the bankrupt might easily cover up
his property with collusive attachments,
while, 10 the latter case, the creditors agree
TO the composition with their eyes open,
and knowing, or in situation to know,
the situation of the bankrupt's property.
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TOWN EXPENSES.

On Tuesday next, the annual town meet
ings will be held throughout the state. In
one sense, they are the most important and
Interesting gatherings of the year, for here
alone the people practically regulate their
own affairs Id their own way without the
Intervention of representatives. The people
here elect their own officers, vote their
own taxes, and determine their own
policy. Whether their affairs shall be
economically or extravagantly managed
depends, in large measure, upon them
selves-thc tax payers and voters. In
view of the present depressed condition Of
market, these meetings, this year, will be
unusually important, and that OF Rutland
especially SO. Every where, and in every
thing. we see the people demanding re-
tIenchment, reform and economy, and
never was there needed more retrenchment
and economy than right here in Rutland.
Cannot ~ expenses be largely reduced
Cannot our affairs be more economically
managed Cannot some course be pursu-
ed. without unduly burthening the people,
by which reduction can be made in our
Indebtedness and its final payment, at an
early day, be assured Can we never
hope for a material reduction in our taxes ?
These are questions that we hear asked
upon every side, and no one seems able to
afford an answer. With view Of aiding
in determining this matter, and as showing
that the expenses can be reduced, the debt
paid at an early day, and the burthens of
taxation lightened We propose to institute
comparison between the expenses of 1867,
1875 and 1876, not only OF Rutland but of
Clarendon and Caslleton.
In 1867, the expenses of the town OF
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-03

The distance from Niagara to Syracuse,
1853 miles was accomplished in 100 min
utes running time, the engineer being Jim
Wood and the locomotive No 10. From
Syracuse to Albany, Rube Allen drove the
locomotive William H. Vanderbilt
The train drawn by No. 20, engineer
Nat. Sawyer, left Albany at 240, and was
due in New York at G:10. 1t reached Had
son at 1926, being two minutes ahead of
time. The time table gave the train forty
minutes to run from Albany to Hudson,
and the distance was run in thirty-eIght.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-03
The Public Debt.

The public debt statement for February
is satisfactory showing. The true con-
diton of the coin balance cannot, however,
be deduced from this document, because
the syndicate have yet TO take and pay for
between ten snd twenty millions of five
per cent bonds, which will furnish the
funds to pay off the greater part of the
overdue bonds, which include upwards Of
eeYenteen million dollnrs in fye-tMeniies.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-03

We have received communication with
a request TO publish the same "wthout
signature" because the writer does not
wish to ''incur the displeasure of so power
full" n ~ as the one against whom the
com = licsuon is directed. Just so. That
is way certain correspondents have. They
desire to attack party, but are afraid to
take the responsibility and are unwilling to
incur his displcasure" or animosity; but
are willing to assail anyone If they cab
shelter themselves under the wing of al
editor and have him 'incur the displeasure,
and odum and take the responsibility.
Not any in ours, thank you
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detectives, they have been frequently az
sured that Boss Tweed is concealed in that
city. In the matter of those bonds they
remarked that, having corresponded with
numerous banks who have experienced
similar troubles, they are most likely to
turn up all right in time If the state
would only offer 100000 to catch those
rascals, anG show some enthusiasm about
it, success would perch upon her banners,
but the state Is very backward.
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James Gordon Benefits Fast Ride
A Mile q Minute.

James Gordon Bennett of the New York
Herald, accompanied by Miss Ida May, her
mother and sister, G. B. Meeker, passenger
agent of the Central, and seven invited
friends, arrived in Albany at 2;27 Wednes-
day afternoon, homeward bound, by special
train from Niagara Falls, which they left
at $50 Wednesday morning. The train
consisted of a locomotive, one baggage and
one drawing room car.
The remarkable time made was as fol-
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-03

Iowa is peculiarly unfortunate with the
timber she furnishes for cabinet making.
Harlan was made secretary of the interior
and received ten thousand dollar fee
from railroad company. Andnow comes
William w. Beknap, Grants secretary of
war, who, it is alleged, las Teen selling
offices, his wife receiving therefor six
thousand dollars annually.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-03

District z, Greensboro, has had three
teachers thus far this winter, and hopes to
have more before spring
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The city. of Chicago has handled more
goods than ever before, the past year,
though their value will not come up so
large, owing TO the reduction in prices
The following table covers the staples Of
the farm distributed from Chicago, not al
of which were marketed by her merchants
macy of them having merely passed
through
The New York herald., 1876-12-17
Toys for Christm ns.

Now comes the delightful season when
toy shop windows are like glimpses of fairy
land; when the queens Of dolldom take part
in imaginary minuets with their suitors, the
Princes Prettymen when Noah and his
train-the dog as big as the elephant, and
Shem, Ham and Japhet out Of oil proportion
to the other beasts-issue from the Ark in
grotesque procession; when drums and
bugles suggest visions of horror to parents
and Of delight to boys, and Santa Claus,
with his inexhaustible basket, brings all his
latest inventions for the children. 1t is the
merry Christmas season, which has de-
scended from immemorial tines when
youth rules the world, and when the wise
men bow down before the little ones, as
many centuries ago they knelt at the side of
the Babe in the manger.
The improvements made in the toy shops
are great. Science has become the help
mate of pleasure, and SO we have walking
babies, Jumping jacks and crying babies
MS if the latter were not OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
uutomatons OF all kinds. The days
of Tackleton, the toy merchant in
"The Cricket on the HEARTH" are over.
He was, as Dickens describes him, - do
mestio Ogre, who had been Living on chill
The New York herald., 1876-12-17

ward from the far Northwest During the
past few days we have noted that the
weather conditions on the Pacific coast have
been indicating the movement of disturb
ance through the region west Of the noun
tains. This depression has now reached the
head waters of the Missouri kiver. Judg-
ing from the velocities and directions of the
wind at points in the Missouri Valley We
pass eastward, perhaps equal in severity to
that of yesterday. The weather in New
York to-day will be very cold and clear or
partly cloudy.