Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-02-21
Miscellaneous Items.

II pUItlOH VI buo UOuy VI negro
woman was found in a bale of cotton
at Memphis, on Friday. On examin-
alton of another bale it revealed ano-
Their portion of the body. The cot
ton has been stored for the past two
years. The remains are shriveled up
like mummy.
A gentleman in Hartford, Conn,
lately cooked crow as an expert
ment; invited two of his friends to
dine with him, and they pronounced it
the best partridge they had ever eat
en-. He is elated at having discover
ed new game bird, and offers fifty
cents a piece for crows.
An UNPRoMIsING ITEM-The state
ment of the public debt, Feb. 1st,
shows an increase Of nearly nineteen
millions of dollars.
Rev. William FL. Lord of Montpel-
Ter, accompanied by younger broth
er, sails for Europe to-day. He goes
directly to Southern Italy.
ST. ALBANs. = At St. Adams, on
Monday night, Augustus Marango, a
clearinghouse keeper, fatally shot
James Austin, who, with several con-
federates, had smashed his windows
and attempted to enter his house.
1t is generally credited in official
circles that Mr.. Johnson has determ-
ined to bestow the mission to Eng
land upon Geo. B. Mcclellan, as
reward for his eminent services to
the Democratic party in the late war. .
A young man has skated across
Lake Champlain in Rutland.-Bostos
Post.
That would be a feat, indeed :
much like skating across Boston
Harbor at Lowell.-Free Press.
The Observation-Disclosures CON-
posed of the Directors of the Pas
sumpsic and Massawippi Valley Com
panies, met at Newport Tuesday and
agreed upon a basis of action in re-
gard to the construction and running
the latter line, satisfactory to both
parties. Their action will be laid
before the respective Boards of Di-
rectors for ratification, and if agreed
to, of which there is little doubt, the
construction of the Valley Road will
be proceeded with as rapidly as pos.
sible at an early day. = tStansteaa
Journal.
| FREE FIGHT.-Aman named Leslie
Myers, of Waterbury, having been
forcibly elected from a grocery while
tipsy, collected a band of his friends
, returned with the avowed intention of
cleaning it out" They pitched into
the groceryman, and a general fight
) ensued, at the close of which Myers
was nearly killed and his comrades
> severely injured by coming in contact
: with the stove, over which the bar
J, keeper sent them promiscuously.
l THE PORTLAND AND OGDENsBURG
: RAILRoAD.-A correspondent writes
E as follows concerning the interest felt
in Vermont in this enterprise;
: clyde PARK, Vt, Feb. II.
: The towns in the Lamoille Valley
are wide awake with reference to the
9 Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad.
| This town has subscribed $4,000
). to the stock, and yesterday the town
IL of Wolcott indorsed the action of
Hyde Park by subscribing $4,000,
= : while Morrisville adds $4,000 to the
:. fund, and other towns along the pro-
y posed route are moving In the same
Il direction.
The vote in the towns named has
been nearly unanimous, and we are
now confident that, at an early day
: we shall be connected by rail will
y the Atlantic and the Lake."
D. RADICAL REsToRATIoN.-Its good
n effects are permanent. 1t not only
d restores the color of the hair, but the
$. quantity and natural glossiness. This
is said by every one using Mrs. S. A
10 Aliens Improved (new style) Hail
d Restorer or Dosing, Tin on bottle.
D. Every Druggist sells it. Price One
f Dollar. Sw4
lg OF INTEREST TO EvERYBopY.-Sinct
Sc the advent of the Star Shuttle Sew
he ing Machine in the market, about on,
e, year ago, the manufacturers have SOLD
to about Fifteen Thousand, and such un
ut precedeEted testimonials of their in
lr trinsic worth has prompted them to
US enlarge the machine, and otherwise
n improve it, that now the Star Shuttle
n Sewing Machine stands without
er rival. Mr.. Wilson deserves grea
be credit for assuming the responsiblht.
es in putting Lock Stitch Shuttle Sew
en- ing Machine in the market at such
or very low price, in direct competition
or with all the first class and high prlcee
machines.