The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-18
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CJIV lUOs.
The mass OF snow accumulated on tAt
depot roof was yesterday removed.
A. S. Marshall is making silver badges
for the J. w. CfAmton hjse company.
The roads are generally pl,hed out so
thai the trains were no! much b,hl1d time
yesterday.
The Women's Temperance union will
met in the Methodist chapel this afternoon
at three o'clock.
d. L. Boyde1, deputy of Vermont state
grange, will lecture at Sudbury, Monday
evening, January 90, on the patrons of
%husbandry.
Prof. Proctor says the sun 10 liable to
fl ash up any day and destroy us. Let hcr
flash. We might as well die 90 as freeze
to death.
The sparrows are not nearly go numerous
In Rutland this winter as last, which is for
tuua'e as they do much toward exterm,n-
ating native birds
The roof of a shed connected with the
chair factory was crushed in Tuesday by a
weight of snow. No one was hurt and The
damage was slight.
Gen. George W. Grandey of Yergenncs,
John A. Butler, esq, and Mi. w. II. Ii.
Holton Of Jamaica, were registerc Al the
BArdwell house last evening.
Tne snow fall at Lake George during
December was two fee: and a half. There
has been an additional fall OF sixteen
inches this month, AMI the snow in the
woods is deeper than has been known in
forty years.
Mr.. James Q. Damn was reelected
a director Of the Vermont life insurance
company n. Burlington, on Tuesday, for
the term of three years. Mr.. Damn has
proved himself one Of the most active ard
useful members Of the board in his past
service. Hon. Russell S. Taft has been
elected vice-president Of the company in
place of Judge w. /. Gilbett,
A journal on the teuder OF the engine Of
the express tram which lett here at five
eve o'clock, broke near Humphreys cove.
The train was unable to pr Jceed, and an
engine was sent from Rutland to draw the
cars back. They arrived about h4lt-Tast
eight, when the train was sent on. The
train from the north, due at at GAO, was
also delayed a couple Of hours BY the &C
cident.
The Rochester Express speaking of those
little pests the sparrows, and the plan to
exterminato them by imporlin the Eng
lish sparrow hawk to this C luntry, says:
in many paris Of Germany the sp .rrlws
multiply 30 fast that they bee lm5 q seri, us
nuisance in the injury to fruit AID grlucs,
so that rewards are fl Tired for heir des-
truction. o. the cnDiin mt 'sparrow-p {"
Is a common and favor.te dish.
The country roads leading south from
Rutland are badly driited, and several mar
row escapes were narrated by farmers
from falmouth and Dandy in their Efforts
to reach Rutland to attend the meeting of
the county agricultural society yesterday.
These dark nights make it dangerous to
drive in the evening.
A well attended meeting Of the Reform
club was held a. their hail last evening.
Henry +. Field, esq made very interest
ing address on Temperance, and thnse who
listened to his portrayal, by annecdot9 and
story, of the evils of intemperance, were
deeply interested, and were thoroughly per-
sladed from his gtaohic define atoms o. a
%drunkard's life, that the only safety vas IN
total abstinence from the Intoxicating fowl.
A great many spurious coins are in act
ual circulation, tho ingenuity of counter
feiters who formerly studied to produce
INIT atoms of paper currency having ev-
iden!ly been turned to the manufacture of
metal tokens. A great many good coins
have been mistaken for bad ones owing to
the imperfect work done at some of the
minis in haste to supply the demand male
when tho paper currency was withdra wn.
Many coins ara found with the edges be.
tween the nj I'D lin and the outer ring on
the face beVeltd off us If by machiucry,
Tnis appearance is doubtless caused III
many instances by "A careful pairing Of tie
coin for the small amount of silver obtained,
but the quality OF the silver i, not of suiii,
cient fiaeness to make such a practice a
very lucrative one.