Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-07-06
Miscellaneous Items.
Texas has fifty-tive female postmistresses.

me travel to the w mite MOuntlinS the
present season promises to be very great.
imprisonment for debt has been abol-
lshed in Prussia.
Anna Smith. aged 10, owns and works a
farm of 100 acres in Mills County. Iowa.
The Paris Pays says that John G! Brec-
kinridge will yet be President of the Unit
ed States.
The metal for the new statue Of Lord
Palmerston was obtained by melting down
that of Sir Robert Peel.
The news from Japan is unfaurable.
The civil war continued and heavy fithting
was anticipated.
The New York post Office sent 40 ,553
letters to Europe in May and received
39l, 062
Asa Thurston's store at Lyme, | H.,
was burned on the 24th. Loss $4,000,
with no insurance.
The western parts of Kansas hays suf-
fered severely recently from storm and
| floods.
A letter from Florida, dated tie 23d,
states that the caterpiller has appeaied and
the cotton crop is ruined.
A daily mail of forty-five pouches and
twenty-five sacks leaves Chicago or San
| Francisco.
AT St. Adams, on Tuesday thu price of
butter ranged from 35 to 80 cats. The
shipments were 2049 tubs.
Advices from China state that there is
scarcely any limit to the number Of China
men who are willing to emiGrate to this
country.
Prince Arthur is coming to Canada in
the fall, and will be attached to the rife
brigade. He will return to england in
the spring.
In the vote of western comfy on the
county seat question, one town of 1900 in
habitants cast over $500 ballots in favor OF
itself
A man dropped dead in New York
gambling house the other e-ening, and
after a cOroner's inquest ha( been held
upon his body, the playing wa resumed
A man named Wiley has BEEN sentenced
to Imprisonment for life for the murder of
a Mr. Woodward in political fight al
Milford, Md.
The New Jersey State prison authorize,
have Just contracted the labQr of about
300 conyicts, to be employed N shoemak
ing, at 90 cents day.
On Monday last Joseph 4. Kilbreth o
st. Adams, while cutting down tree il
the woods, was fatally injured by its fal
and died in tIirty-siN hours ai1rward.
\ misery ragpicker has Just died il
= New Orleans leaving an inmtnse forum,
to granddaughter whom he had place.
in an orphan asylum.
A gang of thieves in Memphis, noticin,
the extreme care d gentleman was takin!
of his baggage in the ears, relieved him 0
it, and when at a safe distance opened it t
; find only a sermon apiece.
The Bishops and ArchOlshsp- who ar
5 to have 9eats.at the Ucumenital Counci
2 number 92Z, OF whom 500 belong to tn
1 Latin races.
T. During the revival AT Marlborough
Mass, says tie t0aqrrgutj0Hc5>t, abou
forty conversions were reported and anon
: this number are many Of the leading me
i OF the town.
> The Mormon preachers are having niue
success among the Sheffield, England, work
, ingmen, and will probably bring over
O large colony soon.
l a swarm Of bees lii on the font Of L
= connective on Vermont railroad few day
t ago, and the engineer not daring TO distur
c them they got free ride INTO Canada.
! 4 baby show, at which one hundred il
families were ou exhibition, has just close
! at Winchester Va. The people were :
: pleased with the affair that it Is propose
n to have a similar show every year.
e The Australian wool growers, it is state,
= have become alarmed at the competitio
= from South America where, ii is reporte,
10000, 900 sheep are shorn every year, an
II the exports OF wool amount to $50 900 .0(
t. pounds.
IS a young lady in New Orleans imagin,
II herself great statesman and annovs h,
q family greatly by dressing in male ga
d ments and making harangues from Il
II front balcony, whenever she can eluC
Il their watch over her
: The cathartics used and approved by tt
;, physicians comprising the various Medic
! Associations of this State, are now con
- pounded and sold under the name of ''Pa
- sons Purgative pills"
l. Julius O. Frost of Vernon, mad ne
lie house, worth $500, burned on the II
e inst. 1t was finished all but hanging ii
lie last door, and the agent was on his way
+ insure 1t. He lost a house on the san
a ground last year.
ii Julius NJ. Fox, who has had two tria
for the murder of his wife in Tunbridge,
l. now at liberty on his own recognizanC
Il, Charles Tanner has been convicted of arsC
in Chelsea, and sentenced to five years
state prison.
IS The farmers in Illinois are busy wi
lie their harvesting; the yield will be mo
Is than an average, and the quality bett
than usual. Immense quantities Of move
l. and harvesters have been sold, and maj
T, more could have been disposed of had Il
at supply been sufficient.
70 An indianapolis lawyer has received tt
o. following: 'Sir-Can | get devors,
20 how soon on grounds than can not su
90 port my wife have one child, boy am wi
- ing to take care of the boy ans. imeadit
d state what it will cost. if it cost $50
cant pay that much. Direct to box 2
Burlington, VT"
n Hone KONG. June 9, via London, Jul
a 30. A great and decisive battle has be-
~ fought between the Imperialists and t
- Mohammedau rebels. The latter were
= teated with a loss of 10000 men. T
Chinese have offered further insults to ft
~ eigners.
ne We copy the following from an e
ar change, which is important if true
H. Chronic diarrh9a of long standing, al
a dysentery, and all similar complaints COZ
" mon at this season of the wear. can
nd cured by the use internally Of "Johnsol
at Anodyne Liniment." We know where
nd we affirm.
ng Errors, to be dangerous, must have
al great deal Of truth mingled with them
~ is only from this alliance that they c
us ever obtain an extensive circulation: fro
II; pure extravaganza and genuine. unmi
OF gled falsehood, the world never has a
e, never can sustain any mischief
to
D. a man named Hartman arrived at t
ke Michigan state prison, few DAYS since.
h begin his fourth term, one of three yea
d. for horse stealing. He was first sentenc
-as when II years old, and was released abe
ne a year ago, since which time he has be
he married and stolen another horse.
IS A private soldier in California has inye
Ill ted new method for skimming mi
He fits fine gauze sieve 10 a hoop of
IL size of the pan. The milk is then pour
ut into the pan so as to little more than CT
Ike er the sieve. When the cream has ris
Ills the hoop is lifted, and the cream is th
le- com platalv ramovad