The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-21
LOCAL MENTION,

LuVhL MENTltr,
Gold l13.
Probabilities for next month-Bristow
clubs.
Good day labor can DO obtained in Rut-
land at seventy-hyc cents day.
Gypsy camps are beginning to make
their appearance in the suburbs
The Bardwell house entertained thirty
five commercial travellers, Wednesday
night.
The patriots of our various village wards
will of course keep next Wednesday in
mind.
The spring has taken o backward turn
for day or two, with heavy clouds and a
cold sky.
N. j. Francisco has issued q series of
cards with fne photographs of the centen-
NAL buildings.
A new telegraph chart was yesterday
hung in the telegraph Office for the convc-
nience of customers.
flcient work on the streets, repairing bad
places caused by the frost.
We are indebted to Oliver II. Noyes for
a copy of the annual report of the fish
commissioners of New Hampshire.
The funeral of the mother of Congress
man Joyce was attended from Christ
church, Montpelier, on Wednesday after
noon.
w. Fl. II. Bingham of Stowe, A. l..
Miner of Manchester, and Il. c. Abel Of
West Haven were at the Bardwell house,
yesterday.
Vicinity items from Grafton, Mechanics
vile, Middletown Springs, Mt. Holly,
Pawlet, and Perkinsville, will be found on
the first page.
The listers arc busily engaged appraising
property they will probably finish that
branch of their dutie, this week, and begin
their office work next.
Arrangements have been made so that
those having telegraphic correspondence
by cable can, on application to l.. G. Bag
ley, manager of the Rutland office, arrange
to send cable messages at a considerable re-
duction in price.
THE WEEKLY GLopn, issued this morn
ing, contains Fss. day and Easter Services;
Hermit's letter on A. T. Stewart Col.
Joyce's speech on appropriations Rut-
lands fires Centennial matters and a
large amount of general and local matter.
George W. billiard has just returned
from New York with q large line of dry
goods, and he is Offering some very great
bargains. We think that young ladies as
we'll as old, will find something that they
would purchase, would they but drop in
on George.
Mansfield and Stimson have purchased
the old Franklin house lot on Main street,
of Ira c. Foster of Vergennes, for So, 00O
and the county court house lot adjoining
of Nahum ]. Green, for 81 200 We Learn
that MIR. Stimson is to erect residence OIL
the lots.
No New York papers were received yes
terdsy because of delay TO the fast mai
train occasioned by the burning of the de
pot at Duchess Junction, on the Hudson
river railroad, the intense heat warping tn
rails to such an exten. that it was necesss
~ to relay about 200 feet Of track
Tho Troy papers say dangerous cornter
feits are in circulation on the bank of Bur
lington, VT, in that vicinity. They ar
S5 bills, and are similar to the counterfeit
on the bank OF New Bedford. They ar
probably printed from what ia called
slip plate. There is said to be number o
them afoat. The item fails to say whethe
the bills are on the Merchants national o
the Howard national bank,
A. w. Higgins has. issued for presenta
ton to his customers complete table O
tue French or metric system of measures
with their equivalents in English measures
This merical table is used by scientifi
men altogether, and is 20 much more cor
yenient than the cumbrous English system
that it must soon come into general use
Mr.. Higgins deserves commentator &c
presenting 80 convenient table of til
system.