The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-20

State at Large.

CENTRAL VERMONT.
Burlington has meeting Saturday even
ing to make arrangements to celebrate the
Fourth of July.
The Burlington Sentinel, democrat, says:
edward j. Phelps for governor would
not read bad, would it?'
Walter A. Weed of Shelburn, is named
as one of the probable republican candi-
dates for senator in Chittenden county and
Captain 7. d. Chapman for one of the as
sistsnt judges of the county court.
We learn that application will be made
to Judge Royce for writ of habeas cor
pus, in the case of Frank Thomas, which
will test the right of the Superintendent
of the Reform school to furlough boys and
reclaim them at will.
The steamer Ignatius Tyler arrived in
the port of Burlington Wednesday morn
ing with theft rst tow of the season. She
had five barges of lumber for Shepard,
Morse & Co., aggregating nearly 900, 900
feet.
NORTHERN VERMONT.
The Derby tannery is running again.
Bellows Falls has enrolled 400persons in
the temperance lists.
The Misssquoi river has beea higher for
longer time than has been known for
years.
George Little & Co., Of Swsnton, have
failed. Their liabilities are far in excess
of their assets
The tramp travel seems to be at Its
hight, iu northern Vermont, since the sus-
pension on the Portland and Ogdensburg
railroad and st. Adams rolling mill. Thir-
ty or forty per day is the average number
The mill yard of the Kidder saw mill at
Irasburgh was washed out by the late
freshet SO that it is thought the mill is
ruined. A hole is made all the way from
Is to 40 feet deep, two or three rods wide
and several rods long.
1t is estimated that over 100000 worth
of pearls have, first and last, been taken
from bivAlves in the streams of Northern
Vermont and while the purest quality of
gold is procured in Worcester, with plenty
of potatoes near by to feed the miners, at
| half dollar bushel, what is the use of
our young men migrating to the Black
Hills, either to starve TO DEATH unless they
can get mail contract, or 10 leave their
scalps to dangle at the belts OF Indians p
Ks.
WESTERN VERMONT.
Middlebury is wanting to celebrate indie
pcndence day.
A telegraph line between Bristol and
New Haven depot, is contemplated.
There are now IT, the asylum at Bratte-
boro some 4S7 inmates, one-half of whom
are said to be hopelessly insane.
The mill at North Pownall for the week
ending May 6, turned out 1920 cuts of
print averaging Az yards per loom.
The Middlebury reform club at its meet
| ing of Sunday evening last, was addressed
by ex.Gov. John w. Stewart, Prof VIM.
H. Parker, and Rev. Sanford Washburn.
Capt Orrin Abby, of Middlebury, forty
years ago May 10th rode to that village
in sleigh and brought seven young wolves
for which he received the bounty the state
then paid $40.
The Middebury band serenaded Gov.
Stewart on Monday evening, when Joseph
Battell appeared, made a brief speech aud
informed them the governor was in Bur
lington and very quietly placed 50 green
back in the leaders hand
| The Vergennes cornet band have elected
the following officers President, w. s.
Allen; Leader, ]. s. Fisher Secretary
and Treasurer, w. W. Webb Janitor,
Horace Parker. Prof. Win Allen, OF
Hesne, N. H., is to be tine conductor.