The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-07
LOCAL MENTION.
Gold 1923

Rev. Father Boylsn has been called to
Brooklyn, N. Y, to attend the funeral OF
relative.
THE WEEKLY GLOBE is issued this morn
ing, and is probably the finest weekly
paper ever sent out of a Vermont news
paper office.
Hon. Hlland Hall, LII D., of Benning-
ton, has been elected one of the vice-presi-
dents of the New England historic geano-
logical society.
Judge Dunton remained quito comforta-
bic during the day but last evening was
not quite so well. Hopes of his recovery
are entertained.
Yesterday was observed as a holiday at
st. Peters Catholic church. Mass in the
morning and evening, Rev. Father O'Reilly
of St. Bridget's church, West Rutland,
OBLIGATED.
The many friends of Rev. b. D. Ames
of Mechancville, n. Y, will regret to
learn of his death, which occurred on
Wednesday. He was formerly pastor of
the Methodist churches at Dorset, Brandon
and Charlotte.
Thirty years ago or more a clock in
neighboring town bore the following APP
propriate inscription on it 8;
'rm old and worn as my face appears,
For I've walked on time for a hundred years;
Many have fallen since began,
Many VIII fall ere my race I'VE ran
q a IA hnfn and fna
In my long, long march OF u hundred years :"
A. NJ Holbrook, editor and proprietor
of the New Orleans Ptcayune, died at Bla-
den Springs, Alabama, Wednesday, aged
sixty eight years. He was born in Yer
mont, went to New Orleans in 1896, and
since 1889 has Deen connected with the
Picayune.
The board of civil authority have con-
cluded a session of several days to hear ap-
plications for abatement of taxes. There
were filed 379 of these applications, the
greatest number being for abatement of the
poll tax, some for the dog tax and few
being for alleged errors in assessment The
majority of cases were granted. The grand
list is thereby reduced by the sum of
S1,154.54.
Skiff and Gaylord's "world famous"
Ministries broke into the monotony of Rut-
land life by entertaining a fair audience at
the town hall last evening. Those who
attended were well pleased, and manifested
their delight by frequent encores. The
left-end man was particularly successful in
bringing down. the boy portion of the
house whenever he chose to make an ex-
ira effort. Some of the music was excel
lentand the repertory of jokes largely fresh
and original, although it is undeniably true
that an old story, well told is generally
better than new ones are. This is the -
1--WE have lost count of the number Minis.
trel troupe that has taken in Rutland on
their provincial tour. Whose comes nextI
Charles Wetherly's train, coming north
at 7 o'clock last evening, came upon man
who, when first seen, was lying across the
track on short curve near Salem, and at
80 short a distance ahead of the engine
that it was impossible to stop the cars be-
fore he was reached. The train, therefore,
passed over him, mangling the body to
pieces. The remains were gathered up as
well as possible, the heart, liver and other
portions of the vicera having been torn
out and scattered, placed on boards
taken from wayside fence and
conveyed by the train to Salem, where a
coroner's inquest will be held on them to-
morrow. The name of the unfortunate
man Is unknown, and it was thought by
some that he might be track walker or
tender of bridge, near there. If the lat
ter, he leaves large family. He was ev-
identity laboring man, and broken bottle
in one of his pockets betrayed evidence of
spirits or some preparation containing it.