The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-14
Personal

VI VAuA'
Harvey X. Fowler, esq, CT Manchester,
has been appointed United States COM
missioner.
Rev. o. X. Crosby of Syracuse, N. Y,
has accepted call TO the pastorate of the
Universaist church in Woodstock.
Rev. II. w. Beecher will lecture in
Montpelier some time this month or next,
the eXac! date to be determined hereafter.
Gyles Merrill and wife celebrated their
golden wedding on Monday nght,at Wind
ham Depot, N. II. Valuable gifts were
received.
William M. Evarts was once writer on
a New York weekly, though it does not
appear that he accumulated great wealth
in that occupation.
Clement II. Cone of Manchester left on
Tuesday for trip in Europe, during which
he will visit some of the principal countries
and cities of the old world.
Hon. +. II. Bennett of Taunton, Mass.
son of Hon. Milo L. Bennett, formerly
judge of the supreme court of Vermont, was
prominently mentioned for the vacancy on
the supreme bench, in place OF Judge
Devens.
DR.. e. n. S. Morgan of Bennington has
been elected president, DR.. w. S. Phillips,
vice presldent DR.. II. w. Bennett, treas
urer, and DR.. l.. w. Newton, secretary of
the Bennington county and Hootac medi.
cal society.
Mr.. jerome Hopkins, son of the late
Bishop Hopkins of Vermont, the indefatig-
able conductor of the Orphton free choral
school of New York, celebrated Easter
tide by grand orchestral festival at Trim
ity chapel, West Twenty-flfth street, in
which three choirs, full orchestra, organ
and solo voices were engaged. Mr.. Hop
kins's new sacred opera, "Samuel," will be
given at the Academy of Music on May g.,
the performers being exclusively amateurs.
Over 200 persons are to take part.
Judge dim OF Washington doesn't like TO
see men shackled in his court. A prisoner
convicted of selling liquor without IL
cense was handcuffed TO the seat in the
prisoners dock. This fact was called to
the attention of The judge, who ordered
the irons to he removed, remsrking that
while desperate character had escaped a
few weeks since, 1t was no reason that this
prisoner should be ironed. lie said there
were enough bailifF5 about the room 10
watch the prisoners, aud if they could not
be safely kept otherwise, he would have
bailiifs ironed TO the prisoners.
If, as is stated, Rev. and Hon. j. B.
Grinnel, of Grinnell, Iowa, q Vcrmonter
by birth, is the original recipient
of Mr.. Greeleys famous advice to
eco west, young man, it must
be admitted tina: the venerable edl-
tor knew what he " as talking about. Grin
nell took the advice about twenty five
years ego, and aincc then has grown rich,
founded and given his name to town, built
railroad and exchanged the pulpit for a
seat in congress. He recently celebrated
his silver wedding, at which great collec-
ton of local and state celebrities were pres
ent
The title of Dir. Baxter p. Smiths new
work on Dartmouth college is "The origin
of Dartmouth college, its progress during
a century, and its various relations to his
tory" Mr.. Smith, graduate of the, class
of 1854 and resident of Norwich, VT, is
probably better fitted than any other living
man to write history of the college. He
assisted in the preparation of Chapman's
sketches of the Dartmouth alumni, aud for
long time he's been gathering material for
his work. Mr.. Smith hopes that the book
will be ready for subscribers before Com
menCcment. The work is TO be issued
from the press of Messrs. III. o. Houghton
& Co., though it is published in the right
OF Mr.. Smith. The history of the college
is so romantic that the work will undou6t-
edly be read with interest by many who
are not specially Interested in Dartmouth.