Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-04-12

/ the Northern Transportation Compa- |
ny of Ohio. This suit was brought
to recover for loss of life and proper
ty, on the propeller Wisconsin, in
MAY 1867, near Cape Vincent, when
his son, ARENAS White, Jr., was
drowned.
The health Of the unfortunate Prin-
cess Charlotte, widow of Archduke
Macmillan, Emperor Of Mexico, has
gradually become worse. She is
strictly watched at the palace of Ter
vucren, where her sister.in.law, the
Queen Of the Belgians, frequently
visits her. To the mental alienation
so long existing there is now added
intense fever, which confines the pa
ticnt to her bed.
( Among the antiquities lately dis.
covered at Rome is a portable iron
kitchen, which shuts and opens; when
closed, there is one place for Goals
and a saucepan; when open, the kit
chen is in the form of a star, radia-
ting from this centre furnace, and at
The eud of each ray is little furnace,
with places for cooking utensils.
Veterinary Surgeons all over the
country are recommending Sheridan'8
Cavalry Condition Powders for the
following trouble in horses Loss Of
appetite, roughucss Of the hair, stop
page Of bowels or water, thick water,
coughs and colds, swelling of the
glands, worms, horse all, thick wind
and heaves.
Austria possesses u costly STAFF
1863 superior field officers III active
service and 379 On halfpay. Among
the former are three mar,haIS, seven
teen generals Of artillery or cavalry.
hlty-iye Of Infantry. and niucty-four
major-gcueraIs. The retired list con-
si,ls'ol thirty generals of the first
named category, one hundred and
forty eight of The second and two hun
dred and one Of the third.
The disbursements from the Treas
ury Department during the month Of
March were as follows: Civil, mis-
CT aneous and foreign intercourse,
$40IS,S3I O6; War Department, ST.
I5I,43I, OF Navy Department, ST.
S76,O30 Sc; Interior Department,
$6,5O9,87S, o.. To a. sl6,556,171-
OIL. The above does not include pay
ments on account Of the interest and
principal Of the public debt.
General PIeasantou, an old Indian
fighter, used to tell how a child S
) jumping jack, displayed at a frontier
. fort, was the means of averting a
threatened Indian war and securing a
r favorable treaty. The noble red
t. men" were completely conquered by
the marvellous toy, and would regard
, it for hours at a time, lost in wouder
and admiration.
While Mr.. Chamberiin. of Oxford.
= vile, n. H., was chopping wood, a
r son, II years old, unnoticed came Sc
near that the axe struck him in the
face, cutting open the cheek. The
weapon then struck the leg, cutting a
deep cash in the upper part, and
splitting open the knee, probably
manning him for life, if it does not re
y suit il death.
t Hydropathy is quite as efectuaI a;
a remedial agent as the cowhide.-
, Mrs. Rachel Smell Of Oberlin, Ohio
. suspecting i'll Of her husband when il
, company with another woman, duckeC
:, them both. Nor did she merely
throw cold water upon his wandering
sentiments, she poured pailfuI o
! boiling water over the pair A weeI
= ago neither Of them had yet recovered
: from the treatment, but 1t is believed
that the ultimate cure will be com
pletc.
The FoRT EDWARD HEIREss i
:. now appears that the author Of thu
" story that a young woman at For
" Edward had become hcircss to $40
100000 by the death of an Englis
n gentleman who had formerly bestow
D. ed his affection upon her, was a MAJ
named Gray, engaged in the DR.
d goods business in WiIiamsburgh, n
D. T., and who, by figuring as brotne
of the young woman, cOutrived to oil
d tain various sums of money from thos
l. to whom he related his fiction.
~ John Taylor, a turtle weighin
- IFS pounds. rode a fifty mile race o
al she 20ih uit. at Carson City course i
Nevada. He rode eighteen ditferen
Of horses, changing rapidly as each an
he mai manifested fatigue, winning tn
he race in one hour fIty-eight minute
as and thirty-scven seconds, having on
IN minute and twenty-three seconds t
spare. He is advertised to run
er race Of two hundred miles in tie
as hours on Jerome Park, New Yorl
er next month.
ne The Speaker of the Texas Hous
Of Representatives is Ira H. Evans,
Vermont boy, formerly OF Berlin, wi
81. went South as a member Of Compan
at- b., of the 10th Vermont Regimen
is became Assistant Inspector Gener
a Of brigade Of the 18th Army Corp,
Ily then Provost Marshall General f
ID. the Suh-District of the Rio Crane
Dt. aud the City Of Brownsville; then
.rs Collector OF Internal Revenue, al
he lastly a member of the Legislature
ic- A man who has been employed
a bank at Le,ida, Spain, recent
es. stole key to the :strong ROOM" al
in visited it with the intention ofrobber
a. when the door closed, the lock sprun
he and he was imprisoned. Nothil
,or was known Of the matter till SOL
time after, when occasion was had
ire visit the room. and his corpse W
,vo discovered.
Ugh A tragedy involving three dealt
caused by rum, occurred at Manch,
tie ter, Ohio, on the 18th ult. While
m G. Rhinehart, a school teacher, a
at L. j. Connell, a carpenter, were wa
tie ing On the highway, they were II
10y drunken man named James Ill
the who drew pistol aud shot Conn
cx. dead. Rhiuehart drew d pistol a
A shot Huff through the body, but