The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-15
Vermont News.


II. A. Earle, of Hardwick. harnesses,
has failed.
begins February Gath.
The mother Of Hon. John M. Dyer, OF
Salisbury, died on Tuesday last.
A dramatic club, composed of local anna
teurs, has been organized in Montpelier.
The estate of William Partch, of New
Haven, will bring fifty cents on the dollar.
John 4. Beach of Factory Point, carriage
property.
The ,rotttng for the balance OF tho Bur
lington races is postponed until good day
and good ice.
St. Johnsbury merchants state that they
can purchase groceries and dry goods at as
good rates in Portland as in Boston.
About 81, 900 of the stock of the North
field water company has been taken, and
the company will be organized at once.
The annual meeting of the Champlain
mutual fire insurance company takes place
at Burlington, March IA. at II o'clock a. III.
A daughter OF Arthur Cavanaugh of Un-
derhill was fatally burned, last week, her
clothes being caught in a fire she had start
ed out-of-doors.
Lunenburgh has voted not to issue bonds
for $50, 900 worth of stock in the Portland
aud Ogdensburg railroad, which had been
previously contracted for.
The stockholders Of tine Montpelier and
Wells River railroad met at Montpelier,
Thursday afternoon, agreeably to the ad-
| journment of January 18th, but adjourned
without day, transacting no business.
Mike Cochran, who lives in one of the
Mortified school districts, didn't like the
idea of having his son sent home from
school instead OF being punished, so he Wis.,
tied the school house and chastsed the
master.
On the 9th inst, Barna Colbrook section
boss between Dummerston and Putney on
the Vermont Valley railroad, slipped on
the ice in front of the meat market in Put
neY, and broke one leg in two places, below
the knee.
There istalk of the possibility that Judge
Poland, who was defeated as candidate for
congress in the second district by Mr..
Denson, last year, may be put up, next
time, by the republicans of the third, one
of his residences being at st. Adams.
A special dispatch from Portland, Me-,
says that the Portland and Ogdensburg
railroad company have notified the city OF
Portland of their inability 10 pay the in
terest on 81 $50, 600 of bonds issued by the
city in aid OF the road, which will be due
March list.
f. Perry Packer, of Coventry, who re-
Gently left towa under financial cloud, i.
supposed to have made $4,000 by his fail
uro. His wife and Mr.. Sweet, brother
in-aw, have been sued for the recovery OF
property supposed to have been placed il
their hands.
Cambridge has six dry goods stores, ont
drug store, two steam mill, two hotels, on,
hardware store, one harness shop-and ,
good one-lots Of doctors, some black
smiths, junk store, two ministers, severa
hypocrites and one old nuisance. --Burlino
ton Clipper.
Stories of the great gale of February %
are still coming in. In Jay, several barn
were unroofed, and havoc made with ever,
movable thing. In Westfeld, it took job,
Ramsdells stage team, horses, driver ant
sleigh, raised them about two feet from tb
ground and sent them down an embank
ment. wrong side up,
The fourth lecture of the course at Enos
burgh Falls was acceptably delivered b,
Hon. Henry Clark, of Rutland. 1t wa
one of the best efforts of Mr.. Clark, an,
was listened to by large and appreciatv
audience. The next lecture will be give
by Professor d. Dorchester, of Montpe
ler, February 10. Subjects Catholicism
and democracy"
Detectives have been on the lookout 70
some time, to find out the cause of the dis
appearance of wood from the sheds of tn
Central Vermont railroad at Essex juno
ton, which has finally resulted in the in
specting OF several parties whose name
are for the present withheld but 1t Is In
timated that the race of thieves is not en-
tirely confined to persons of short stature