The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-05-26
Vermont News.

Decoration day will not be observed with
any public ceremonies, In Middlebury, this
year.
Elder Miles Grant of Boston Is to COM
mence series of meetings at Morrisville,
June LIST.
Messrs. Drew and Perry of Burlington
have sold their trotter, Charley Mack, to
Boston parties, for the nice sum of $4,000.
Col. James s. Noyss of Tunbridge, is
playing postal card series of four games
of checkers with E. III. Hyzer of West
Randolph.
Senator Edmunds is going to follow
Vice-President Wheeler's example, and
will soon leave Washington on fishing
tour in Canada.
The Delta Phi society in their annual
convocation at Williams college, on Thurs
day refused to establish chapter at Yer
mont university.
Twenty-Five persons have come from
North Adams to Bennington to work in
Woodbury. & Moor's new shoe shop, and
others are to follow.
The track of the Burlington and La
noble railroad has reached jericho; and
the rails will be laid past the Dixon house,
by or before the LIST of June.
In the az race at the Mystic park meet
ing, Boston, on Wednesday, Laura Will
liams came in second in the first heat, but
was distanced in the second.
Senator Edmunds arrived at Burlington
on Thursday morning, from Washington,
looking in excellent health. His family
are to follow IN about three weeks.
Senator Morrill, attended a meeting of
the board of trustees of the Mary Fletcher
hospital of Burlington, of which he is q
member, yesterday, and left for his home
In STAFFORD, Friday evening.
Board has ready been engaged at one Of
the hotels at Fayetteville for the De Witt
family of Ohio, who are cousins of Presi-
ayes, and in anticipation of the me-
services to Miss Mary Birchard.
Id Boynton, treasurer of Caledonia
ohu va thO dn5uIlpbtC bdNluRb
bank, trustee of the Episcopal church, and
one of the Oldest and most esteemed citi-
zens of st. Johnsbury, died on Wednes-
day.
A. G. West of Worthwhile, is to run the
mail between Morrisville and Montpelier
another four years, makug daily trip, to
worcester and tTi-weekly from there to
Morrisyille. Compensation, $79S.SS per
year.
Large numbers of brook trout are being
caught in Eden, Lamoille county. ]. F.
Kelly caught over sixty one day last week,
and s. A. Stone caught large number,
some of which weighed pound and half
apiece.
The trial Of Albert Joy, for the murder
of Charles Ii. Gilman, at Rockport, Mass,
the 1lth Of April, is to begin at Salem, the
9th of June. Mr.. Gilman has a brother at
Barre, and sister residing on the Malvern
farm in Morristown.
At meeting of the Michigan state ho-
mepathic medical society, held last week,
DR.. G. N. Brigham, so long in extensive
successful practice at Montpelier, and now
located at Grand Rapids. read paper on
Treatment of diphtheris and scaretina,"
which ELECTED much favorable comment.
The work shop of Mr.. Joseph Brulett of
Middlebury, was burned about four o'clock
Thursday morning. The cause of the fire
is unknown, but it is supposed to be the
work of an incendiary. Loss estimated
about $500; insured for $500. The build
ing was located near the county jail on
Court street.
A bet, made last fall by two Craftsbury
men concerning the result of the presiden-
tial election, was recently paid by William
Keyser wheeling Tom Patterson some two
and q half miles in wheelbarrow, only
stopping twice in the whole distance, the
reason for his sticking to it SO closely being
that he was obliged to hurrah for Hayes
every time he sat the barrow down.
Brookfeld has snake charmer in the
person of Dan" Edison, who will take a
common striped snake, place II in his hat,
then put the hat on and wear 1t thus. He
will also place the snake in his bosom. At
ter keeping the snake in that place long
enough to satisfy his audience that he is not
afraid of it, he places 1t in his mouth, and
keeps 1t there short time, when he opens
his mouth aud the diminutive serpent runs
out into the hand of its "charmer
Monday last, as William Ciowlty, an en-
gineer on the Lamoile Valley railroad, and
Ed. Reagan, of st. Adams, were going
from Sheldon to st. Adams with a horse
and buggy, they drove out of the road and
broke their buggy. Leaving their horse
unhitched by the roadside they departed,
aud about midnight the animal was cared
for by Il. p. Brainard. Shortly afterward
the window of his sleeping room was bro
ken into and, Selling rifle, he fired at the
fellow, who proved TO be Crowley. but did