The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-23
LOCAL MEETI0H.
Hc,d 1867.
A column of state news.

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Saturday indicated the uncertain glorie
OF an April day.
Snall currency is rapidly disappearing
and silver is just as surely coming TO The
front.
There is new map of the Black Hill
territory. The points where the scalping il
done arc not located.
The Saratoga hotels will open for the
season, June 10Th, instead Of June 1st, n
in former years.
The music pupils of Mr.. G. A. Mietzkt
will hold a reception at Baxter music hall
Wednesday evening, May 2.
The recent rains have freshened ant
started the grass and our parks and lawns
begin to show the beautiful green.
We give in another column full ac-
count of the great explosion at Mineville,
from the pen of a special reporter.
Killington Lodge No. go 1. o. o. f.
meets this, Monday evening, at Odd Eel
lows hall, Globe block, at 8 o'clock.
No services besides the Sabbath school,
were held at the Methodist church yester-
day, because of the absence Of the pastor
at conference.
We publish this morning an account of a
second interview with parties at Vergennes,
relative to Aurela Brooks and the murder
of Mrs. Freeze.
Rev. j. W. Eaton has been elected treas
urer OF the Troy conference educational
society, Snd Rev. w. L. Cady, of Poult-
ney, vice president.
Pine hill apparently proved more at
tracive than the churches yesterday, and
parties were seen returning all day laden
with arbutus and hepaticas.
The lot of the late II. r. Dyer, corner
of Main and Green streets, was cold at auc-
ton Saturday, to Charles Olmstead, for
$570. j. w. Remington was auctoneer.
Mansfield & Stimson have recently cast
two large rubbing beds, one of which is to
be put into Flint & Johnson's mill and the
other into the Ripley mills at Center Rut-
land.
The venerable and esteemed Rev. A. C.
Thomas, d. d. of Brandon, occupied the
pulpit of the Baptist church on Sunday,
preaching excellent and substantial Gospel
sermons.
1t is a gratifying indication of progress
that arrests have been made for disturbing
public gatherings at the town hall. A suf-
tering public have already borne this nui-
sance too long.
The Providence Gazette says the recent
investigations show that Phair had been in
Providence at some time, but that he was
there the particular day he states, is not
perfectly established.
John Scanlon and William Reardon were
brought before Justice Warren, Saturday,
charged with breach of the peace, in trying
to gain entrance to the theatre Friday even
ing without paying, and each fined SO 0C
and sore costs.
Rev. DIR. Seaver drew two very large
congregations at the Congregational church
yesterday. He preached from Psalms
lxxiii, t26 on making name for ones
self" The sermon in the evening was a
continuation of that in the morning.
The voters of ward four will hold eau.
Gus at the West street school-house, this
Monday evening at 1880 o'clock, for the
purpose of nominating candidate fol
trustee of said ward to be voted for at the
annual meeting on Wednesday next.
An illustration of the hard times oc
CURED Saturday. j. II. Remington sole
the personal property of French lumber
man at "Hewitts Mill" at auction. Among
the stock were eight horses the highest bid
on any of which was $3.50, while one sold
for $11.
Village politics are getting somewhat
stirred up in view of the village meeting on
Wednesday. Ward caucuses are being
called. AS yet, however, there has beer
little canvassing except in the second
fourth and fifth wards, relative to the trus
tees of the wards.
Would it not be well for the city fathers
to order the lamps lit on dark rainy nights
especially when there is public entertain
ment, and not leave some two or three hun
bred people to walk home through the muC
in the dark2 What are street lights for
and why do we pay taxes to have the streets
lightedH
Mr.. Hough of Orwell leaves for Boston
to-day with three horses TO be trained a
Beacon park for the season; Hiland Grey
owned in Poultney, Wild Lilly, owned b!
MIR. Carver of Benson and five year oil
mare owned in that section. They are saiC
to be as fine a trio as Vermont ever sen
out for training.
The children of the sewing school con
nected with the Rutland missionary societ.
were given fete at the mission house Of
Main street, Saturday afternoon. Spec'
mems of the work of the Children durin
the past winter were exhibited, and refresh
ments were provided by the ladies. Abou
sixty children were present. The ayersg
attendance for the past winter has bee
forty-fve. The exercises closed the schoo
for the season.
A bill has passed the New York legisla
ture TO punish improper assembling o
the street. 1t provides that three person
who shall remain for quarter of an hou
in front of any public house or church, an
shall engage in any profane, obscene
loud talk, or in making inyidious or oh
scene remarks, or in obslructing the high
way, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
Another section should have been added
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