The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-16
AOUAL MENTION.

AVNhh IN WIN
G,rd 1861
The snow fall during last week was five
inches.
The extreme cold weather is freezing up
the gas posts.
Kid gloves embroidered with flowers On
the back are the latest.
Another advance in the price of coal
takes place in Troy to-day, to $3.50 per
ton.
Hermit's letter on the outside. He Dis
ousses Vanderbilt, Bennett, and other mat
tiers of interest.
The state board of agriculture held a
meeting at Milton on Monday which will
be continued to-day.
Charles Crozier will be taken to Cbs--
lotte this morning by Constable Ira L.
Wicker, to await trial.
T. c. Hubbard has gone into bankruptcy.
The auction sale of his stock was continued
by the sheriff yesterday.
Tramps now appear at the station houses
In Troy, n. Y, engage "rooms" in adj
vance, and return again at night.
All freight trains on the Delaware and
Hudson canal company's roads were sus-
pended yesterday on account of the storm.
Conductor Boutell's train from Bellows
Falls, last evening, arrived on time the
Montreal express from the north was an
hour late.
The annual clam chowder of Killington
and Washington engine companies come5
off at the tow hall tomorrow night. A
grand time is expected.
The train over the Saratoga, which left
here at S.15 p M, on Saturday, was
showed in between Mechanicsyillo ard
Troy, occasioning a delay Of several hours.
Regular c~onclave of Killington commau-
derry Of Knights Templars at their asylum,
Masonic hall this, Friday, evening at 7.3)
o'clock. Sir Knights in good standing are
cautiously invited to attend.
Apr0pos of the Bezarre club masquerade
this evening, we reprint a poem of Saxe's
The masquerade" We hope none Of
the masqueraders tonight will fare as badly
as did the hero of those bright verses.
The industrial branch of the Rutland
missionary association will meet this after
noon. Contributions OF children's cloth
ing, especially partly worn shoes, arc sol
icited to be sent to the mission house.
The costumes for the opeTetta of L" Red
riding hood, " at the town hall Friday and
Saturday evenings, are from Z mmermann's
of Troy, who furnished those for I" Q leen
Esther" Reserved seats may be secured
at Meeker's.
An awful calamity threatens New Eug-
land, in the shape of an oyster famine.
They are already scarce and rising in price,
it is reported, and even in the sunny south
they have to be captured through seven in
ches of ice. This should be the height of
the oyster season.
Four feet of snow is reported TO have fall
len in the woods back of Rutland and the
rOauS are 50 UlOChcu up lLhb tloNSl rs d.
most impossible. The roads run through
the lots to avoid drifts, and frequently over
buried fences. On Saturday a team was
nearly nine hours going from Rutland to
Shrewsbury.
The Bizarre club masquerade takes place
at the Bardwell house h.li this evening.
The grand march will occur at half-past
eight. The hall will be open for spectators
at eight. The hall has been hands omely
decorated for the occasion. A free carriage
list may be found to-day at the Bardwel
house; dancing and spectators tickets there
and at MorSe's.
The snow storms yesterday delayed the
trains considerably. The morning trair
from the north ran into a snow bank a lit
tie this side of Burlington, sent back 70.
an engine to draw them out, and sent t
Rutland for a sno plough to cut through
the drift. The train reached Rutland Il
four in the afternoon. The New Yorl
train was sent on from here on time ant
the passengers from the north had to wal
till ten. The train from the east was abou'
an hour late, the afternoon train up The
Harlem about two hours, and the evening
Saratoga and Salem trains about an hou.
each.