Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-02-01

A DANGEROUS CoUNTERFEIT.-A
new counterfeit was detected at the a
National Bank of Derby Line, last I
week, in the form of $40 note on the c
National Bank of Commerce, New |
York. The note is pretty well got g
up. but is Ia of an inch shorter than
the genuine. The lathe work OF the
vignettes is coarse and imperfect, I'M
der glass. The signatures are print
ed instead of written.-Stanstead
Journal.
A TYPE-SETTING MATCH.-George
A. Barker, compositor on the GIN.
cinnati Commercial, having published
a challenge to the craft wherein ne
holds himself ready to set type ag-
ainst any other man for ten consecu-
tive hours, for a purse Of $1,000, |
George Arensberg of the New York
Times has signiied his acceptance
thereof by putting up the forfeit mon
ey. 1t is said that each contestant
has set as much as 1900 ems oftype
in ten consecutive hours. As this is
equal to about 10000 pieces Of met
al, it necessitateS the lifting Of one
piece of metal each moment, the time
of justifying each line, and transfer
ring each stickful to a galley included.
Should the match take place, printers
generally will watch the result with !
much interest. The test copy is to
be message of the President, run In
to one solid paragraph, and the type
is to be nonpareil.
1t is announced by recent telegraph
ic dispatches that the execution of
that most inhuman savage, Traup-
man, took place in Paris on the NOR
ming of Jan. 18th. Before daylight,
Heidenreich, the official executioner,
tested the scaffold-which had been
erected during the night on the Place
de la Raquette-faStened the axe to
the block, and proceeded to the prison.
The Director Of the prison conducted
him in person to the cell Of Traup-
man, who appeared pale and excited,
as if having passed 8leeple8S night.
Laying his hand upon his shoulder,
Heidenreich addressed his victim,
Thou belongest to me- A percep-
tibIe shudder passed over his frame
as these terrible words were pro-
nounced, and Traupmann seemed to
have completely lost the self possess
ion which characterized him during
his trial. His hands were tied be-
hind his back, a short chain was put
to his feet, which permitted him to
make very short steps, and the chain
was connected with the hands by
rope. Notwithstanding the early
hour, the execution was witnessed by
a great crowd Of people. He persisted
in his story that he had accomplice8-
but the mob yelled at the rufian until
he had ceased to exist.
A SNAKE IN A BALL-RoOM.-The
Omaha Herald thus pictures a very
interesting" and exciting scene that &C.
Cured in a Nebraska ballroom few
evenings since: Among the persons
present was lady who had a great
horror of snakes, and imagined-no
matter what the season-if she felt
any uncommon alarm, snake in IN
pleasant proximity. After dancing a
; while, she was greatly distressed by
feeling a sensation as though a snake
had fixed himself beneath the folds of
her dress. Grasping the head of the
; monster tightly, she screamed aloud
= for assistance. A hasty consultation
among the gamest Of the ladies was
held, where it was determined that a
! young disciple of Esculapius, who was
present, should be called to their as
sistance. He was quickly on the spot
. and being man of uncommon COur
age, was not many moments within the
! circle of halffainting females before
!, he had caught the tail Of the snake
= and wound it firmly around his hand
telling Miss M-that she must lei
= 90 the moment he jerked, and to make
; the act as instantaneous as possible
he told her he would pronounce thu
words one, two, three, and that at thu
> last word she must let 90 her hold
y and he doubted not he could Withdraw
y the snake before it would have tim,
= to strike. All stood in breathles
! horror, awaiting the act of life o
= death, and the moment the words wer
= pronounced the doctor jerked out tn
> longest and most diabolical lookin
- hustle that was ever seen. The Who'll
- affair was soon explained. The fast
. ening of the machine had become loos
>. during the dancing, and it had Shifte
its position in such a way that it daus
- led about aud induced the belief tha
-, it was snake with an enormous heaC
e The doctor fell down in his track
- and couldn't be induced to undertake
- - the capture of another snake on an
- conditions.
ID EX-REBEL GENERALS IN THE SER
~, y ICE OF EGYPT.-A Washington CORE
IA pondent writes as follows to a Yves
ID ern paper:
" "The rebel Generals Sibley and L
ne ring, perhaps Beauregard, are to b
is. come Generals in the army Of the V
is ceroy of Egypt, with salaries of 5000
ne year apiece. Sibley was the inver
en- or of the celebrated tent which bea
an his name, and all of them were grad
of ates of the Military Academy al
officers of record in peace, loyal wa
fare, and rebellion. 1t seems strani
to US to read that these men are a
=. out to enter the service of an inGd
~ and lead his legions under the sha
- ows of the Pyramids-forty centuri
Va. looking down upon them, as upon 3
Nv naparte ; to 90 from the service of t
~ newest flag in the world to becor
~, 80 countrymen Of the Bedouin, and 81
' "S cesSors to Pontius Plate, Pompt
~ and Observation-Disclosures with came
"a Lieutenants under Zach. Taylor, II
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