Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-08-18
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

to offer his hand, if there is nothing in
it.
When money is what the Wall street
people call a drug in the Market"
wouldn't we all like to be druggists
Rather
A bill has been passed by the Mexican
Parliament for the disestablishment of
the Catholic Church, the Punishment of
the Jesuits, and the absolute freedom of
public worship.
Ben. Butler has given to church in
Gloucester lot for building And
now the brethren want some of those
New Orleans spoons to melt for CON-
munion service. Some people are never
satisfied.
James Hatch and wife, of New Haven,
Conn.,. were arrested last week on charge
of hiring young girls as mattresses and
then forcing them into life of prosti-
tuition In default of $1,000 bonds,
they were committed to jail.
Friday morning of last week the
coach factory of Abbott. Downing & Co.,
of Concord, N. H., was destroyed by an
inceudiary fire. One man was seriously
injured Loss $4,000.
Let us hear no more snake stories.
In Dickson county, Tenn, the last and
largest has been killed. He measured
ten feet in length, was as large around
as mans body, and had forty-two rat
ties.
A man named Barrett, at Hartford,
Conn fell from a fourth story window,
last Friday night, while intoxicated.
He was saved from death by his clothes
catching on the pickets of fence in
which condition he hung until sobered
down enough to call assistance.
Thursday of last week the body of an
unknown man was found on the Schen-
ectady turnpike, at ALBANY, N. Y,
with his throat cut and seven pistol
wounds in his head. No clue has yet
been found as to the mans name, or
who his murderers were.
Henry Schofeld's barn at Stamford,
Conn.,, was burned few days since, to-
gether with valuable horse. The fire
was set by his adopted daughter, twelve
years old, who had "never been to fire,
and wanted to see how one looked"
Henry Patch, of Leominster, Mass.
was run over by the cars, Wednesday
night of last week, while intoxicated,
and killed. His body was horribly
mangled, and was scattered along the
sides of the track for several rods.
During a heavy thunder storm at
Newtonville, Mass, few days since,
an infant, only five years old, jumped
spasmodically, gave unmistakable signs
of fright at each report of the thunder,
and finally, just after terrific clap its
limbs twitched convulsively, and it died
instantly.
Cable reports last week brought the
news of the dangerous illness of Hon.
John L. Motley, United States minister
to Vienna. The first reports were that
paralysis had deprived him of the use
of one side of his body, and Mr.. Motley
has since had the pleasure of reading
numerous heightened obituaries of him.
self. The sickness turns out to be an
attack of neuralgia.
While visiting at the Crawford House,
at Carroll N H. Richard T. Briggs, Of
Boston, met with a severe accident
He was looking over large rock when
his foot slipped and he fell to the ground
below, distance of 10 feet. His head
was cut from the left eye to the crown
laying bare his skull and letting hi:
scalp fall down over his eye.
Thursday of last week Mrs. Almirs
Maynard, of Columbus, Conn.,, attempted
suicide at Providence, R. l., by shooting
after having vainly tried morphine and
laudanum. The ball entered just below
the center of the forehead and the sur
geons are unable to extract it. Mrs
Maynard still lives, though in precar
ious condition. She left her husband
: at New London, Conn.,, in company with
two young men who have since beer
arrested.
The jacksonville, ILL.,, Sentinel defines
its position on one of the live issues az
follows: 1--WE are opposed to any NOR,
free exchanges. Let every paper pay
postage on its exchanges, but let ever
Congressman the hottest kind of yell
every time he steps an inch to tn,
right or left of his duty"
A little girl was bit by rattlesnake
near jefferson. Oregon, short time ago
J Her father ran to neighbours and pro
cured a bottle of whisky, which happen
) ed to be in the house, and gave the con
tents to his child and saved its life
/ By the time the whisky arrived tn
child leg was black to its body, ant
she complained of bad taste in he
mouth. The whisky had no perceptibl
: effect upon the child until she had dram
nearly the entire amount, about on
quart.
Speaking of the manner in which tn
escaped rhinoceros of O'Brien's mena
!. gerie was Gagged at Ithaca, N. Y, tn
Y Democrat says: ga cable chain wa
e attached to each of his legs, and on
S around his neck. and these were couple
: to locomotives on each of our railways
n The engines were then started. Pullin
: in five different directions. his behemot
& ship had nothing left to fight with br
e his tail, and that was lashed to churc
r spire by wire rope. Being rendere
harmless by these guys, a new WACO
# was built around him, and thus he wa
}. secured
There was balloon ascension at Phi
- adelphia, last week, of the sensation;
: kind, where the balloonist makes fot
of himself by performing break-nec
j acts on trapeze beneath the car. Thi
: feat. however, passed off without acc