Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-04-26
Miscellaneous Items.

The House Election Committee still has
eighteen contested cases to settle.
The battle of Cerro Gordo was fought
April Is, 1S47
Two English blacksmiths lately made
twenty four horse shoes in forty-nine MIN
utes.
The commerce of the Ohio river figures
up the immense sum of six hundred and
ninety four millions of dollars per annum.
A. Fleetwood of Athol was killed on
Friday, while at work in his fathers saw
mill by some logs rolling upon him. His
age was % years.
The Vermillion county treasurers' safe |
was blownopen at Newport, Ind, and rob
bed of S35 900, April 10, all of which be-
longed to the county.
The house and barn of Samuel Which
er, jr., of Warren, n. H, were destroyed
| by fire on the 10th, together with nearly
all their contents. Loss $1,000, insured
for $500.
/ The dead body of George Cushing,
well known citizen, was found in field in
the town of New Ipswich, n. H., on the
18th inst. The cause of his death is UNI
| known.
Frank H. Coombs, lad of II years, son
of Benz F. Coombs of Berkeley, a few days
ago ran the prong of rake into his foot
by stepping upon it, and taking cold in
the wound lockjaw ensued, from which he
died on Saturday.
The New York Midnight Mission for fall
en- women is highly successful. The insti-
tuition is constantly full, and the managers
are compelled to turn away an average of
ten girls each week. 1t i. proposed to Sc
cure larger building.
A young man in Belfast, Me-, has under
consideration" Does it pay to smoker"
The other day he deposited a short pipe in
the same vest pocket in which was a roll
of greenbacks amounting to $50. He didn't
have money enough left 70 buy a paper Of
tobacco.
Four Western Governors, Fairchild of
Wisconsin, Austin of Minnesota, Morrill,
of Iowa and Harvey of Kansas, are in
Washington urging Congress to make an
| appropriation for a canal for steam com
munication between Mississippi and Lake
Michigan, via the Wisconsin and Fox riv-
ers.
Two carpenters, partners, quaTeled at
Wild Cat Landing Arkansas, on Monday,
when one struck the other on the back of
the neck with Ratchet, almost severing
his head from his body, and with a second
blow on the back cut his spine nearly in
two. The wounded man drew revolver
and shot his assailant, killing him Instant
| ly.
The Memphis Avalanche believes that
if the coming season should prove favora-
BILE, the next cotton crop will hardly fall
short of :, 100000. and will possibly reach
1000, 900 bales. The south-southwest has
experienced an immense addition to its
working and producing population, from
Europe, Asia and various sections of our
country during the last year.
JEFF. Davis, in his letter denying the re-
port Of Senator Cameron's remarks to him
at the time the Southern Senators with
drew, says, Enthusiastically
Men had not then reached the degree of
qualification which caused the withdrawal
of States from the Union to be called Re
bellion;' and the only remark, so far as
know, made by any Senator, which had
the least practical bearing. was the express
sion of Mr. Hale of New Hampshire, that
he expected Us all soon to come back"
The republicans of Maryland are pre-
J pairing for a stirring campaign this sum
} mer and fall, and they express themselves
confident of being able to redeem the State
4 late canvass Of the State shows 40 900
black voters and about 30 900 white repub-
lican voters. The democrats cannot poll
over 10000 votes, which will make the
State close. with the chances in favor Of
the republicans. Union Leagues have
been in existence throughout the State
and political clubs are now forming.
There is said to be living il the neigh
borhood Of Dumfries, Prince William Co,
= Va, the widow of revolutionary soldier
Mrs. Chloe Flatford. who has reached
the unusual age of llj years. She enjoys
good health, but Is very deaf, and her eye
sight is somewhat impaired. She has lost
! all her teeth, but has a thick suit of gray
hair Her memory is good. She says she
was grown woman at the time of the sur
; render Of Lord CORVALLIS at Yorktown.
! She is in the receipt of a pension from the
United States government, and is very
comfortably cared for. The old lady both
chews and smokes tobacco.
\ long letter from John B. Sanborn. late
; Indian Commissioner, attributes the trOub-
les with the Indians to lack Of faith on the
part of the government in carrying out the
. provisions of the treaties He SAYS the
question for the government officials now
l to determine is whether il is better TO full
i'll our treaty stipulatiOns with these people,
b. give them ten dollars worth of supplies
each and an opportunity to dispose, At fair
l rates, of the products of the chase, or enter
upon a war that renders insecure ourwhOIe
frontier ieOpardizes all our vast railroad
interests on the plains, destroys much life
= and property and which will demand the
expenditure of Sj0,000,000 at least from
: the treasury. He hopes that every effort
I | will be made to preserve peace with the
= Indians. Those upon the reservations
= half civilized and stupetied by slOth and
. surfeiting-may be sighted and neglected
! with impunity, but the wild, hunting, war
= like Indians resent insult and rush to war
= whenever satisfied that they have been
dealt with treacherOusly or oppressed with
n out cause. From the best information
q that have there are at least 10000 of the
: wild, rowing Indians of the Dakota tribe
= A larger number have ceased to roam and
q are upon reservations. If peace can be
n maintained all can be brought upon reser.
vatiOns in 4 few years without expense
n and without loss of life. The country
o where they now hunt is not needed by our
4 people, and will not be for some time t
e come, and by the time it is needed the In.
Y dams will have abandoned it, for the game
d will have disappeared.
e CONCORD, n H., April 19.-The Merri-
mac river has overfowed its banks here
7 and is still rising fast this evening. The
railroads are suffering much damage. The
{ blOckaded lines, so far as reported, are the
S Concord and Claremont, the Contoocoob
e Valley, the Suncook Valley, and the Man
Il chester and North Weare, on none of which
{ have any trains ran today. The last Yer
: mont Central train through here came al
e $50 this morning. The Northern evening
train from Boston has been stopped here
e and it is not known when it will be able
y to go on again.
At noon today the Soohegan river al
: Milford was up within two feet of the DC
! tober flood, Many roads in that section
, are impossible. Putnam's Mill, near Eas
T. Wilton, are badly damaged. Nearly al
e the factories at Hooksett, Manchester anC
g Nashua are stopped by the high water
II There is great alarm at Keene on account
: of the rapid rise of the Ashuelot river Al
u noon it was reported to have reached the
IL October mark, and fears of great destruc-
n ton to property were entertained.
The high water must do damage to the
Il river lumbermen, whose drives of logs now
floating down the Pemegewasset river vii
1t be greatly scattered. At Franklin the
/ Winnepesaukee river is reported highe
than before for many years
/ 1t has showered here today, hut is agair
steadily raining this evening.
! REMARKABLE PHENOMENON.-TheS yr
). acuse n. " Journal of the 18th inst.
mentions very remarkable phenomenon
r as having occurred in the town of Marcel
.e lus last Tuesday night. 1t says:
- " A tract of land containing about three
i. l.. Il i.