Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-06-07

VIM. NJ. Evarts has been paid by the
government S57 ,544 lawyer fees during
past six years.
Chicago is to have new hotel covering
an acre and half Of ground, and to cost
million dollars.
New Orleans wants something done to
prevent mad dogs from lunching off small
children in the streets.
An Alameda, Cal, man is trying to
make 300 eggs into spring chickens by the
aid of kerosene stove.
Never make up your mind in hurry.
Sam Patch was great fool when he jump
ed to a conclusion.
To attempt to reason girl out of love
is as absurd as it would be to attempt to
extinguish Vesuvius with tumbler Of wa
ter.
A jury in "the San Ra. ael, Cal, Justices
Court" recently brought in averdict that
they had agreed to disagree" and paid $40
for their little joke.
The immigrants at New York last week
| numbered / ,493-more than in any week
| of the present year. Germany sent 4,6SS,
and Ireland 3,Ol1.
Queen Victoria completed her 51st year
on Tuesday last, May "a. She will COM
plete the 33d year of her reign on the both
| of June.
Missouri hogs are so fat that in order to
| find out where their heads are it is neces-
sary to make them squeal and then judge
by the sound.
A destructive fire is raging at Saguenay,
P. Q. Over 500 families, numbering 1900
persons, are rendered homeless. Six adults
and two children have persisted in the
| flames.
Francis Hope, an old man, hung himself
| in a barn at Liberty Corner, N J., Thurs
day. A boy named Conkling atterward
went into the barn, stripped and hanged
himself from the same beam.
An OmnivOrous alligator was lately Kill
| led on the COmbahee river On cutting
| him up there was found in his stomach a
large lightwOod knot, a whole bottle the
neck and bottom of another, and bunch
of hair about half foot in diameter.
Considerable excitement was caused at
| West Point on Tuesday by the arrival of
the colored appointee for the Mississippi
cadetship, Michael Howard. He is a pure
| African. He could find no quarters at the
/ Point, and was obliged to seek board of a
colored family living at Highland Falls.
John Crown, brakeman on a western
| freight train, for the novelty Of the sensa-
ton, took 4 seat on the cow-catcher of the
engine. He rode for some distance in safe
! ty, when suddenly the Cow-catcher caught
in the end Of a board nailed lengthwise OF
the track, rent off a large splinter which
entered Crowns left thigh, and passing
! through, struck the end of the boiler, thus
impaling alive the unfortunate fellow.
CAUTIoN.-In our changeable climate,
coughs, colds and diseases of the throat,
lungs and chest will always prevail. Cruel
consumption will claim its victims. These
diseases, if attended to in time, can be ar
rested and cured. The remcdyis DR.. Wis
tar's Balsam Of Wild Cherry.
Johnson's Anodyne Liniment will give
more relief in case Of chronic rheumatism,
no matter how severe, than any other arti-
Gle known to medical men.
1t is often remarked by strangers visit
ing our state, that we show larger pro
! portion of good horses than anyother state
| in the Union. This, we tell them, is ow-
| ing to two principal reasons in the first
| place, we breed from the very best stock
| and in the second place, our people use
Sheridans Cavalry Condition Powders.
which in our Judgment are Of incalculable
advantage.
EUREKA EUREKA ,EUEEKA.-What?
| Natures sovereign remedy for healing the
sick. DR.. Pierces Alt. Ext. or Golden
| Medical Discovery combines in harmony
more Of natures most valuable medical
properties than was ever before combined
in one medicine. For the cure of all coughs,
whether acute or lingering. it has proven
| its superiority over everything else. For
torpid liver or "biliousness" and for
constipation of the bowels, it Is a never
failing remedy. As a blood purifier for the
| cure Of pimples, blOtches. eruptions and
| all humOr> it Is uuequalled. Sold Icy drug
| gists.
A mine Of emery has been discov-
cred at White Cloud, Kansas.
An old soaker replied to a temper
ancc lecturer by the following poser
L" If water rOts the sOleS Of your boots,
what effect must it have on the coat
Of your stomach p