Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-06-21

Four George Washingtans, six An
drew Jacksons, five Henry Clays and
two James K. Folks reside at present
in the Louisiana Penitentiary.
The lumber dealers of Burlington,
now run their mills night and day,
and are unable to supply the demands
of their customers.
The female conYicts in the State
Prison Of Iowa are compelled to per-
form the same manual labor as that
done by the other sex.
The Danes are terribly hurt be-
cause the Senate has failed to ratify
their st. Thomas treaty. The time
for its consideration expired month
since.
During the tweDty-eight years e1-
istence Of the New Hampshire Insane
Asylum, it has received 1904 patients,
of whom 1l43 have been restored to
society.
An exchange says: Trying to do
business without advertising is like
wiuking through a pair of green cog
gIes-you may know that you are do
ing it, but nobody else does"
The recent dry spell has had an IN.
favorable effect on the apple trees IN
Vermont, an unusually large proper.
ton Of the newly formed fruit having
shriveIed and fallen.
Miss Louisa Stra1ton, Of Cass coun.
ty. Indiana. challenges any man in the
state to a ploughingmatch with her
. She proposes a two,hor5e team, each
competitor to drive the horse and
hold the plough.
The GIenu's Falls N. w. Repub
lican describes a gigantic fossil tooth
which it says was recently dug up il
that town. 1t weighs eight and {
half pounds. measures eleven inche:
by six aud q half. and perhaps belong
ed to the Cardiff giant"
The next total eclipse of the SUI
will occur on the 22d day Of mex
4 December 1t will be visible at Ned
iterranean astronomical stations
The British Government Is maxim.
/ preparations to have 4 corps OF capa
I Die obscrvcrs at advantageous points
The iewclry Of the Etruscans, SOM
Of which, made over 1000 years age
was recently worn IN public by al
Italian lady, is declared by compe
tent judges to be superior in work
manahip and finish to any made a
present in Paris. This rather uE
sets our exalted notions about mod
+ ern progress.
Garibaldi is a full dedged woman
rights man." He superiutends
/ school for girls on the island of Mao
delena, which is nearest to Caprera
There was much opposition to tn
school at first, but the red-Shirted he
70 insisted, saying, Give me th
mothers of a nation to educate, an
YOU may do what you will with tn
boys"
Delegate Hooper Of Utah say
that the MormonS have crossed an
recrossed the Plains for the last twer
ty-two years through the Sioux cour
try, with their women and children
cattle and goods. In all that time
though more than 10000 person!
they had never lost a life, an anima
or a bale of goods, until the railroa
was built.
In Congregational church in Oh
cago, Ill.,, Just finished at a cost {
$4,000, novel arrangement ha
been introduced. The pulpit is pre-
vidcd with a copper speaking-,rumpe
which is connected with eleven pew
where, with rubber hose and cup a
tached, the deaf may enjoy a sermo
as well as their more fortunate brett
ren.
Anthony Froude concludes his hi
! tory Of the Reformation in Englan
by saying: The worst legacy whic
princes or statesmen could leave
people would be a finished system {
government-one in which progres
was neither desired or needed.
Three brothers, Richard w, job
B., and George 7. Robinson, all r
siding in Elmira,N. Y, but in differeT
parts of the city, were stricken wit
= paralysis of the left side about til
: same hour Of Sunday afternoon.
At Concord, n. H., Wednesday a
ternoon of last week, Henry E. Rum
a lett fell suddenly, as if shot, on tt
discharge of blast, and remained i
q q sensible for two hours, although 1
: bruise or injury could be found on h
/ person. 1t is supposed that he W;
paralyzed by the conclusion.
/ Mrs. Sarah Cook, of Wellington
v Conn, has had removed from h
e breast successfully five cancers
! Now one has turned inward, and Sc
d cred the aesophaguS from the stomac
Up to Wednesday of last week s.
d had lived "a days without taking
n morsel Of food. Her pain is releiv'
+ by injecting morphine into the weir
IS An ancient bomb she'll was pick,
u u up at low water above the mark
5 Augusta, Me-, on the west side of t
river, one day last week. From
2 appearance, it had evidently been
n the water for years. Upon break
Il it in pieces it was found to be fill
u with gunpowder and about pint
4 common musket balls. 1t is suppos
al to De a relic of the famous expedite
a. a. of Arnold, who passed up the riy
e with his troops, en- route for Queb
it through the then wilderness of Mai
ne in the fall of IT'S. nearly ninety
:, = years Of ago.
it Under suspension of the rul
5. Judge Dayis's Naturalization bill
ie Monday passed in the House by
strict party vote. The first sect