Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-07-13
Cocoanut rum is carrying off the
MarQueSaS islanders.

One thousand bushels of strawber-
rie5 were shipped from Centralia, ILL.,,
daily, during the hight OF the season.
A few days since, a young man re-
siding at Burlington, Mo-, for the sum
of one dollar, killed a poisonous snake
by biting its head off with his teeth.
In Vienna, for the six years from
1862 to 1868, there were 64,509 le-
climate and 62,O51 illegitimate
births. A startling commentary on
the morals of the Austrian capital.
Mr.. Earle, the rerivalist, worked so
hard in favor of congregational sing
ing, during the late revival in East
Boston, that the evangelical churches
have turned out their hired singers
and let the people make their own
music.
Vanderbilt and railroad party re-
Gently rode from Cleveland to Chica-
90 over the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern railroads in nine hours and
seventeen minutes, the distance being
339 miles. The best run was 57I-2
miles in So minutes.
Springfield, Robertson county, Miss.
was the scene of horrible murder a
few days ago. S. B. Benton, a prom
inent lawyer and highly respectable
citizen, was shot and killed by j. S
Simpson and his son. The murder
ers were arrested. The affair grew
out of difficulty OF several years
standing.
A North Carolina State Senator is
accu}cd Of writing the annexed letter
Sister marry Wood hav sent your
by your husband if i had known when
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MIN for me but don't you hurt your
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The ABYSSINIAN WAR.-The Abys
sinian war, it has now been ascertain
ed, caused the enormous expenditure
OF S43, 865,000, OF $10,000,000 over
the rough estimate, and 100000
over the second corrected estimate
A great part Of this sum was absolute
ly wasted, and many scandalous tran
sactiOnS have been reported.
The liquor dealers of Pittsburg arr
fighting the Sunday law savagely b,
uniting to enforce it against every
body. Proceedings are to be institu
ted against the glass houses, printing
offices, street cars, livery stables, anC
various other branches of business
and the Mayor is warned that If h,
does not enforce the law stringent,
he will be prosecuted for misdemean
or in office.
A great blast was lately made a
the lime quarries in Chtheroe, Eng
land. A tunnel twenty-eight yard
III .cugth was bored, and sixty hur
drtI weight OF powder walled into il
The mass of stone sixty feet in heigh
was thrown upward in a very nearl
vertical direction. ana at least 5000
ton. of solid limestone was displaced
ATLANTA, Ca, July 5.-Severs
days since, Captain Murphy, specis
detective, arrested two women VIII
had IN their possession a portion OF
large sum of currency, stolen from til
Treasury Department at Washington
Forged signatures were signed to til
Treasury notes, and a large amour
was passed in Augusta. These w
men implicated Fl. NJ. Turner, the +
Gently appointed negro Postmaster
Turner was arrested yesterday by tE
. U. 5. Marshal and brought to Altar
Ia. An investigation is now goin
on, but efforts are being made t
keep 1t secret. Further development
are looked for tomorrow.
People have not yet torgotte
young Ketchum, who four years az
was forger to the extent of $4,000
600, to cover some losses at the stoc
board. Last week his friends ha
him brought before judge on a WI
, Of habeas corpus, and asked for h
discharge on the ground OF some il
tormalities at the trial 1t is prob
bIe he could have been released, ha
he not by his own counsel made a
urgent request that he might be +
manded to prison. He declared h
punishment to be just, and that he la
no desire to shorten it by any qui1
bic or technicality. This singular T
quest was granted, and he is no
easing his conscience by suffering tt
full penalty of the sentence.