Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-11-16


guarded by rebel guerrillas, and total
ly ignorant that the war was ended.
They were starved and emaciated,
having been cruelty abused, and most
of them were nearly idiotic, from the
protracted confinement and darkness.
not having seen light since leavingI
Andersonville.
After all that was said of the rava-
ges of the cattle plague in England
and it carried off 1Sl,O00-there re-
mained on the first of March in Eng
land Scotland and Ireland, 2,286.3O8
cows, more than 100000 other cat
tie, more than 25,O0O,OO0 sheep, and
3,80O,39S swine. The plague has
nearly ceased its ravages.
A DOUBLE MURDER.-T'oIedo, Ohio,
NoU. A horrible double murder
was committed at Coldwaler, Mich,
last night. Mrs. Ebenezer Leach and
George 0. Brown, a young lawyer,
were shot dead while walking togeth-
er in the street, The murderer is the
husband Of Mrs. Leach, and has been
arrested. Jealousy is the supposed
cause.
A LARGE YIELD.-Mr. David Cur
rier of Pcacham, has raised this sea-
son on SO II square rods of land, CTS |
bushels of sweet turnips, and 1T5
heads Of cabbage. The land was bro
ken up last year, and fertilized with
about twenty loads of manure, and a
bushel of salt sowed on broadcast to
kill the worms. This is the biggest
yield of turnips we have heard of, but
if any of our subscribers can do bet
ter, they shall have our columns in
which to make their statement. Don't
all speak at once.-Caledonian.
MARRIAGES SINCE THE WAR.-It ap
pears by official statistics that the
number of marriages in Ohio for the
year ending July l, 1866, is full twen-
ty per cent. above that in any one
year, before or during the war. The
Boston Journal says to this statement,
"probably there has been a similar in-
crease in other states, and if so the
waste of life by the war will be made
up"
There has been 100000 worth
of property destroyed in the oil re-
: gions within year, by fire.
: SAVED HER RUM.-Many years ago
e an Indian woman attempted to cross
f the Connecticut river in canoe, just
t above Bellows Falls, but carelessly
h let herself fall within the power of the
j current. Perceiving her danger, she
j. took a bottle of rum which she had
: with her, and drank the whole of it +;
then lay down in her canoe to meet
her destiny. She miraculously went
} through safe. and was taken out of
; the canoe quite intoxicated. Being
/ asked how she could be so daringly
i imprudent as to drink such quanti-
: Il ty OF rum with the prospect of instant
/ death before her, the squaw, as we'll as
her condition would let her, replied
"Yes, it was too much rum to drink
- at once to be sure; but | was unwil
~ ling to lose drop of it; so | drank
~ it, and you see | have saved it ALL"
G The Champlain Journal, a neatly
III printed and well conducted paper
IS has just commenced the second yeal
d. Of its prosperity by an enlargement of
d. its pages.
The Gath anniversary of the Con
rs gregational church in Cabot occurred
Oct. %. The anniversary sermon
: was preached in the afternoon by tht
=, pastor, Rev, s. F. Drew, from I'd Sam
" %, SO: "Thy gentleness hath made
me great" The records show tina
oI in these years there nave been added
as to the church 407 members. Thi
o. number is accounted for as follows
: Died 152, dismissed by letter SO, ex
communicated 27, living and in reg
ne ular standing 130.
O.,
W. MURDER.-Hiram and Josep
IN Brown were shot in a liquor store a
es Portland, Me-, on Monday, Nov. 5, b
~ a man supposed to be George Han
who has been arrested. The Brown
were peaceable men and it was COW
re ardly assault. Hiram Brown is nc
ch expected to live.
ch
The Mexican Minister at Washing
ton has received from Vera Cruz tt
ch- important information that Maximl
,ur ian has resigned in favor of Gen. b;
eft zaine, and will soon leave for Europ
he The French soldiers will be returne
nd to France. This will, of course en-
his the French Protectorate in Mexico.
"You mean to bring up that ere OF
asst to be pretty sharp at bargain" sai
ex- fellow to a woman who was rockir
- and singing with all her might to Ii
ira tie responsibility. "Why 2" "Cau
80 you keep bawling by losO, baby, by 10
baby, in his ears all the time.'
on, A young man from Pownall was a
md rested last Monday evening on susI
ten cion of having stolen horse and bu
al gy, which he offered to sell for 50
After the arrest he acknowledge
that the property belonged to JOSEF
hat Perkins, of No. Pownal.
Of
B. At a dinner given to Mr.. Peabod
will in Baltimore, the guests represents
ler- $72,OOO,0O0. 1t was rich banqut
~ A little boy being asked, "What
the chief end of man ?" replied, at
900 end what's got the head on"
A stable belonging to Hon. FL.
oe D,ahforJ xryb.ob oopfo in,