The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-23
LOCAL MENTION.

company at Z o'clock this evening.
Regular monthly meeting'oi Il. II. Bax-
ter hose company this evening, at 1880
o'clock.
Regular monthly meeting of Nickwack-
cit engine company this evening at 1880
O'Clock.
Hon. N. T. Sprague of Brandon returned
yesterday from an extended trip through
the west.
Mrs. Caldwell spoke yesterday afternoon
and evening at the Methodist church to
good houses.
Singing matches promise to be the rage.
Boston has had one and other places may
follow suit.
Regular monthly meeting of the L. G.
Kingsley hose company this evening at
1880 o'clock.
Regular meeting of the j. W. Cramton
hose company at 7.3O o'clock this Friday
evening. A full attendance requested.
Vicinity items from Clarendon, Fair
Haven, Mechanicsville, p ittsford and Tin
mouth will be found on the outside.
We learn that a new meat market is to
be opened at AZ Merchants row, in the
rooms owned by Frederick Cha1fee, esq.
The weather yesterday was strongly
suggestive of new sugar, and if many more
such days follow it will be seen in market.
Yesterday being washington's birthday,
and a legal holiday in New York, there
are no market or stock reports this morn
ing.
Lawson Dawley is stopping at the Bard
well for a few days, and is ready to serve
any who may desire his services as auc-
tioneer.
Two prominent Rutland democrats left
for Washington last night to see if they
cannot keep the electoral commission
straight.
The auction OF ], B. Meeker's stock last
evening by j. w. Cramton, assignee,
was crowded, and the goods went ''like
hot cakes"
The sleighing is good on the back roads
and few sleighs may be seen from the back
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the village.
New fans are OF pale pink silk, with
black chalk etching. The mountings are
smoke pearl, with incrustations of coral
pink pearl.
Gray is said to be the reigning color for
spring in woolens and silks. Silk under
skirts and worsted overdresses will still be
worn together.
B. II. Burt has just received a large
stock of all wool serges, prints, cashmeres,
alpacas, etc. Read his advertisement in
another column.
Rev. Walter Mitchell gave a lecture to a
class for confirmation at Trinity chapel
last evening. Tonight he holds service at
West Rutland.
The Salem hotel at Salem, N. Y, was
partially destroyed by fire on Wednesday
night. The Interior of the building was
completely ruined.
Flags were flying from the public build
ings, many of the stores and private resi-
dences of Burlington, on Thursday, in
honor OF Washlngton's birthday.
Edward Liston has resigned his position
az night watchman to take charge of the
new market, AZ Merchants row. His
place on the force is filled by Eugene Alex
ander.
1t is stated that under the present laws
OF Vermont, there is no way by which a
man unable to pay a fine for drunkenness
can escape imprisonment for life except
through the pardon of the executive.
Yesterday was Washington's birthday.
No recognition wa given it in Rutland
and probably not one person in len
thought of it more than once in the day.
When will decoration day come to that2
We regret to learn that Rev. DR.. Will.
lam II. Lord of Montpelier is again serious
ly Ill. DR.. Goldsmith was summoned by
telegraph yesterday to visit him, and left
on the Boston mail train for Montpelier.
A. II. Danforth's free horse training yes.
terday afternoon drew a crowded house,
there being a good number of ladies pres
ent. In the evening the house was wei
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Samuel +. Burnham of Rutland, Cor
nelius II. Forbes, and G. W. Carr Of Bran
don, have been appointed aides-de-camp OF
the staff of Col. Theodore s.. Peck, depart
ment commander of the grand army Of thI
republic.
The blue glass mania will probably begir
IN raoa in FINLAND now. HipOina has |
for sale, the regular French article, ant
all who care to try its curative propertie
can do so. Spsulding has Gen. Pleasan
toms book about it, which all glass enthu
siasts will wish to read.
George Richardson and Theodore South
ard went fishing at Castleton pond yester
day, and Richardson caught a monste
plckerel, weighing twenty pounds. No
caught one weighing eight pounds, a rathe
unusual size. Both were brought to Rul
land alive.
We regret to learn that an infant daugt
ter OF Rev. James Gibson Johnson, age
Elk months, died quite suddenly on Thurs
day morning, We learn that Mrs. John
son and i've other children are quite III
The esteemed pastor of the Congregation
church has the deepest sympathy Of hi
church and the entire community in thI
hour of his deep affection.
Pomona Grange
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