The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-06-23
LOCAL GLOBULFs.


The days have begun to shorten. Thurs
day was longest of the year.
Rev. s. W. Field occupies the pulpit of
the Baptist church tomorrow.
The rifle club have their regular fort
nightly practice at their range to-day.
The Bates house silver and table ware,
purchased through A. y. Marshall, arrived
yesterday.
A lady fell on the walk in front of Morse
brothers drug store yesterday and injured
her considerably.
Gould s. Pollard are still on the "war
path" with straw hats and "sich." Don't
fail to call on them.
Regular convention of Vermont lodge
No. of Knights of Pythias at Odd Eel
lows hall this evening at 8 o'clock.
Pat Meldon and Perley A. Griswold of
Rutland are among the speakers to contest
for the Parkerian prizes at Middlebury this
year.
j. A. Gould has new advertisement in
thi, mornings issue which will furnish in =
teresting reading to those looking for bar
gans in dry goods.
kilograms relating to the relief of the
sufferers by the st. John fire may be sent
without charge by applying at the office of
the Western Union company.
Hon. James Barrett of Woodstock, &C.
companied by his son, James Z. Barrett,
| was in town yesterday. He went to Man
chester to look in upon the Bennington
county court now in session.
The women arrested by the chief of po-
lice on Thursday night, Miss Joslin and
Mrs. Mullet, were tried on charge of va
grancy before Justice Geo. w. Warren, and
sentenced each of them to 80 days in the
county Jail.
Frank Stillson, the popular news agent on
the Harlem extension road, took short
vacation yesterday, and "posted" of In
search of the finny tribe. His luck was of
the best, as he counted over three hundred
speckled ones when he reported.
Mr.. Dana gave reception at his house
last evening to the scholars of the high
school and the teachers of the graded
schools. The house was handsomely dec
GRATED with flowers, refreshments were
served, and very pleasant time was en-
ioyed.
A very peculiar atmospheric phenomena
was visible after the shower yesterday af-
ternoon, being long band of light next
the eastern horizon, having all the colors
of the rainbow, but being straight instead
OF arched and not as clearly defined as
rainbow.
MIR. Willett of Rutland, and Mr.. Charles
Sullivan of Bellows Falls, played a matched
game of four ball billiards, 500 points, up
at Towns hotel billiard room on Friday,
Mr.. Sullivan winning the game. The fol-
lowing is the score : Mr.. Sullivan 500;
Mr.. Willett POI; winners average SO.
The steamer Montreal has been chartered
by Rev. j. ]. Mcdonnell. for an excursion
on July fourth from Whitehall to West
port, N. Y. Arrangements have been made
for special train which will leave Rut-
land at $3.50 a. m, aud return at 1880 D.
M, at cheap rate of fare for the round
trip.
While unloading coal from car at the
depot Friday, the workmen got into row
and John .Halpine, John Carroll and Pat
Crow attacked and badly beat William
Elmer, breaking some of his ribs. War
rants were issued for their arrest and Crow
was taken. The others have not been
found yet.
We submit that 1t Is cruel for learned
college freshmen to destroy at one fell
sweep the reputation of poet whom the
world has revered for century. Yet that
is just what they have done with Burns at
Middlebury, an article In the last Under
graduate deciding that bis claim to genius
is a myth.
James Ii. Holmes, formerly connected
with THE GLOBE and afterwards with the
Boston Herald and other journals. was on
Friday admitted to the bar in Bennington
county, to practice in the courts of the
state, on the presentation of certificate of
bis being member of the bar at Leavsn-
worth, Kansas, where he practlced law for
three years.
Mrs. Gaylord Smith of England will de-
liver free temperance lecture at the town
hall on Sabbath evening at 7.8O o'clock,
under the auspices OF the Reform club.
She Is talented and highly accomplished
lady and is member of the Episcopal
church, and has lectured for 10 years and
travelled extensively. The public are In
vited. No meeting Of Reform club win be
held at their rooms on Sunday evening.