Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-05-15
Miscellaneous Items.
1t is said that the gamblers in New
York win S1O,000,000 annually.

A case Of genuine leprosy exists in
the Montreal hospital.
Six hundred tons of grapes were re-
ceived in New York last year.
The New York city banks with
capital Of $S4,000,0O0, have a surplus
Of $28,0OO,0OO.
Several white women recently mar
ried negroes in Guilford Co., n. G.
Brown, the Canaan child murderer,
has been sentenced to be hanged on
the Both of May.
Daniel Drew-the New York mil
ionaire-in early life labored in One
ida Co., n. Y, for fifty cents a day.
1t cost the city of Boston $3,121-
u for advertising last year, and about
$4,000 for incidentaIs.
A new newspaper has already made
It's appearance in Alaska. 1t is print
ed in Russian and English.
A vitriol thrower in California was
recently sentenced to Is years impris-
Onment.
An lllinoisan within two years mar
ried four wives and buried two of
them.
The Continental Hotel of Philadel-
phia employs 300 servants.
The end of the universe is positive
ly announced to take place on Oct. 2,
l868-Providence permitting.
A man in New Orleans has just
married a woman from whom he was
divorced 20 years ago.
10000 Norwegians, Danes and
Swedes are to arrive this Spring, des.
tination in the west.
Miss Nellie DeMare, a young lady
Of New York, proposes to walk from
New York to Philadelphia in thirty
six hours.
Weston, the pedestrian, says that
he has engaged to walk 100 miles in
"A consecutive hours once week for
20 weeks, before next winter.
The average age OF the men who
married in New York city last year,
was 3l.3 years; the average age of
the women was 1916 years.
There have so far been twenty
seven deaths from the effects of the
Erie railroad disaster at Port Jervis.
There are now thirteen injured per-
sons at the Port Jervis hotels, all of
whom are expected TO recover. The
company has already settled quite a
number Of claims for injuries receiv-
ed, the amounts paid ranging from
$50 to $4,000.
Philadelphia sent million gallons
Of coal oil to Europe last week.
The urgeons who recently ampu-
tated sound, instead Of a diseased,
finger OF man at Clinton have been
sued for $4,000 damage.
The official vote of South Carolina
is made public. There were 1873, 597
registered vUtcrs, VI whom oo,o-Ao
voted. For the Constitution, 70, 1853 ;
against, 2I288; not voting, 35,557.
Thomas Chittenden, grandson Of
Thomas Chittenden, who was the first
Governor of Vermont, died at Berlin,
Wis, few days ago, aged II. He
was a graduate Of the University Of
Vermont, and was a soldier in the
war of 1912.
Farmers and stable men will find
it for their advantage to administer
occasionally Sheridan's Cavalry Con
dition powders during the spring and
summer months. By so doing, they
can prevent distemper in every form,
and will cause the horses coat to as.
sumo a smooth and glossy appear,
ace.
Making stones is a business in St
Louis There is a concern there
which makes out of common sand {
mantel equal to one Of white marble
and sells it for about $40. The sane
is III a few hours converted into rocE
precisely similar to the strata anC
hedges beneath the earth that have
required ages OF aqueous action t,
form them. The process is strictl
scientific and chemical. The mater
ais are common brown or white sane
soda flint, chlorine and CALCIUM.