The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-08-23
LOCAL GLOBUL.S.

Two moro dog days, They end Au-
gust %.
The show located near the town hall
draws quite crowd Of visitors.
The days have decreased in length since
June 81 nearly one and half hours.
The Boston and Saratoga express was
well loaded with passengers yesterday.
Rev. John f. Aiken of Pawlet is spend
ing few days In town with his friends.
The hotels were full last evening with
persons come to attend the races to-day.
The races to-day will draw crowd as
the competition seems probable to be quite
spirit,d.
The White Mountain and Boston ex-
press trains to Saratoga will be taken off
about September LIST.
Conductor Weatherly had 1877 passengers
on the train that arrived here over the Sara
toga road Tuesday noon.
Regular meeting of Otter Creek encamp-
ment No. z, at oddfellows hall, Globe
block, this evening at o'clock.
The horse Highland Gray, jr., owned by
o MCGOWAN of Whitehall, N. Y, ar
rived here last evening and was quartered
at the stable of NJ. Quln.
The passenger travel on the Saratoga
division OF the Delaware and Hudson canal
compsny's railroad is now larger than at
any previous lime during this season.
The new restaurant Of Mr.. Hickey, III
Qain's block, was opened yesterday and
presents an inviting appearance. He had
quite patronage during the day and even
ing.
1t Is said that the two horses, Mary Rus
sell and Nellie Grant owned by ]. l.. Rus
sell of Troy, which trotted in the races
yesterday and day before, have trottcd to.
gether on pole in 22S.
The Women's Christian temperance
union will meet at o'clock this afternoon
in the Reform club hall All members OF
the union interested in the temperance
workers are invited TO DC present.
The town was quite lively last evening
the streets were full, and the melodiout
voices of the pedders at the corner oil
Merchants row and Center street foatet
upon the air to the entertainment of sever
al hundred standing by.
Among the recent visitors to Rutland
we're S. B Chronkhite, wife and two chill
dIen of Brooklyn, N. Y, Miss NJ. L Fay
Washington Heights, N Y, daughter o
K. r. Fay formerly of Rutland) Mrs. s
L Foster and two daughters of Albany
N. Y. Mis- Foster is daughter of S.
Whitney, al whose residence they wer
guests while in town.
The funeral of Mr.. A j. Tiffany was al
tended from his late residence in Pittsfor
on Tuesday afternoon. Rev. r. T. Hall
pastor of the Congregational church, cor
Quoted the religious services. A larg
number OF his fellow townsmen were pres
ent. He was the father of Mr. Frank Til
fany of Burlington, and 4. ]. Tiffany
ESQ.,, postmaster at Bennington.
Railway matters between the Benningto
and Rutland railroad and the Central Vel
mont stand as they did on Tuesday. n
train left Bennington for Chatham durin
Wednesday. The mails along the line al
detained at Bennington. The postt fIic
department will take action to-day or t
morrow. Mr.. Jesse Burdett left on Tue
day morning TO pay the employees for II
last month. At Bennington he took ca
rage and in company with +. G Viii
drove to Chatham. N, Y, to pay the worl
men along the line Of the abandoned raj
way. There seems no moveme mt as yet tt
a compromise and the end is not.
An eclipse of the moon will occur ear
this evening. AS lunar eclipses are cause
by the earth passing between the sun an
moon, they can only occur at the time
full noon. II the moons orbit coincide
. with the plane of the ecliptic there won
be an eclipse Of the moon at every fu
, moon. But as the moons orbit is incline
to the eclipie about five degrees, {
eclipse can only occur when the moon,
the time of new or full, is at or near OF
of it's nodes. At other times the moon
! too far north or south of Il
, ecliptic to cause an eclipse of the sun or
! be itself eclipsed. The eclipse TONG
, will be partly visible here. 1t will begin
! 4 o'clock, "a minutes, SO seconds Il
) moon rises totally eclipsed at 8 o'clock,
! minutes total phase ends at Z O'clock,
miuutes, As seconds eclipse ends at
q | O'clock; B minutes. Is aecOnda