The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-01
LOCAL MENTION.


In this mornings issue.
The train due here at 4:40 yesterday
morning was nearly two hours late.
The bill is signed, the commission ap-
pointed. Now let the nation draw a long
breath.
Regular communication Center lodge,
No. "a, F. & A. NJ, at seven o'clock sharp
this evening.
The woman's temperance union will
meet In the Baptist vestry this afternoon
at 3 o'clock.
The Flyers Sisters will have the largest
house of the season this evening excepting
Buffalo Bill and his scalpers.
Silhouette is the rage in valentines, this
year, and is as serviceable as brilliant col
ors in producing inartistic effects.
The meeting of Charity lodge, No. 3, D.
of r., is postponed from February ID 10
February OH, at seven o'clock p. m.
Nitrate of silver and nitric acid, in
water, are said to test the genuineness of
silver coin. If it turns black it is bad.
Snow. snow, beautiful snow
Covered with sleet in the streets below.
Set your foot on it-away you go!
Then you don't swear-Oh dear moi
Remember the concert this evening. The
programme is an exceedingly fine one, and
all should 60 early, as the exercises will
beJIn at eipht o'clock promtt
An honest blacksmith, when urged TO
start libel suit, answered: 81 can ham
mer out batter reputation on my anvil
than all the lawyers in Christendom can
give me-"
The Rutland dramatic club have post
poned their entertainment at Brandon till
next week Tue sday, Whilmore and ClArk's
Ministries having engaged the hall for this
week Friday.
Not less than thirty-four young people in
every town now spend their evenings bitir g
penholders, gaz ng at the wall, and try ng
to think of rhymes for 'my valentino. -
N. Y. Graphic.
Ex-Mayor P. A. Ballou of Burling'o on,
who recently died az Deadwood City,
Black hills, will be buried in Troy, Friday.
with mascnic honors. His brother, Ell
ward Balou, reside. in that city.
Yesterday was the last day of grace in
getting the four per cent. discount from
taxes, and Constable Willis was kept busy
all day writing receipts, as he had been the
day previous, the receipts of the two Gays
being IN the vicinity of four thousand dol
lars.
We trust that those having the Flyers
concert in charge will see to it that each
person has the s, at he has purchased. In
several recent enter ainmtnts persons have
purchased reserved seats only 10 find them
occupied by Others who refused TO leave
aud whom the management made no effort
to remove
Mrs. Montgomery, a Turkish missionary,
who delivered au address at the meeting of
the woman's board of missions, at st.
Johnsbury, recently, is in town visiting L.
W. Redington. She is soon to return to
Turkey, the Congrega tional church here
furnishing her outfit.
The old favorites, Whitmore and Clark's
Ministries, are making their annual tour,
aud will appear at the town hall next Satur
day evening. This troupe has always
drawn full house here, and the names OF
George Clark aud "Hank" White will
"draw" when everything else fails. Fol
full particulars read advertisement in an
other column.
A fire was discovered in Mansfield &
Stimsons foundry At 5;45 Wednesday morn.
ing by one of the night wa chmen. The
alarm was given and the FIRE companies re-
sponded with great promptn9ss, pntting
out the fire before much damage was done.
No. 2 fastened their hose TO hydrant and
had the arst stream on, followed by the ].
w. Cramton hose. The damage is slight
Attention is called 10 an advertisement II
another column headed ga rare business
chance" The business and stock in tad,
Of the late ii. r. Dyer, Nos. G and Cen
ter street, ~ for sale. The business is al
excellent one, and any one looking for al
opening of this kind can not do better thai
examine this stock
The meeting at the reform club hall las
evening was we'll attended, and it is verl
likely that the hall will soon be too small
for them. After the bdsinesS part was owe
Rev. J. X. Richardson delivered a yer,
interesting address on the subject Of TEN
perance, after which the literary entertain
ment took place. The meeting was a yer,
satisfactory one to all concerned.
Tho Troy Times says of Col. A.
Morrison, mail agent well known here:
Col. A. ]. Morrison, who seems to be al
adept In amosi averything, uniting inven
tive faculties of high order with tasi
and executive skill in art, exhibits in w
ii. Young's window on First street yer,
creditable painting representing maIiu
scere. The treatment is delicate, and tn
effect dreamy and quite artistic. We con
TESS our surprise at the colOnels skill il
this direction.
The ladies' Of the Methodist church hay,
postponed their Socisble this week till Fri
day evening. A supper with Ice cream
will be served, ald during the evening
variety of music will BIO given ana recita
tions by Miss Emma Wyman's class @
small Sabbath school scholars Admssio
including supper fifteen cents. The ladie
have been very successful in providing Ell
joysble entertainments of this kind hereto
fore and we have no doubt thia will Droy
as satisfactory as their previous efforts
Charles Cushman was brought befoI
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