Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-12-15
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Michigan paper-mills are suspending
for want of rags. Michiganders are
evidently panicked into wearing old
duds.
Brigham Young is erecting a splen-
did palace at Salt Lake City for his
charming wife. She is to occupy each
of twenty front rooms.
Since Miss Tennie Clafin got to be
Colonel in command of new York mig
ger regiment, her health has become
dedicate"
Andrew Manfester, while in the
woods near Mariette, Wis, heard ''the
VOLTS long how'll for the first time,
and fell dead of pure fright.
A well dressed girl about 20 years
old one of the passengers from Brooklyn,
N. Y, on Fulton ferry boat last Sum-
day evening, leaped into the river as
the boat reached the middle The body
could not be found.
"Old Probabilities has been off from
Washington on bridal tour. He has
returned to take charge of the weather.
We anticipate pleasant winter, as his
bride may make it warm for him.
An exchange says Samuel Breck, ''a
wealthy bachelor who died, some years
ago. in Philadelphia . was "the father
of the public school system of Pennsyl-
vania. A bachelor-and father
oh, lawsy we're shocked
Ex-senator Jesee D. Bright, who de-
clined a nomination for Congress,
on the ground that it was not fit place
for a gentleman, is working 800 hands
"down in deep coal mine" to Ken
lucky.
Last winter the total cut of logs in
the State of Maine was, as is estimated,
rising 449,O00,00O, which, with the old
logs on hand, made total of nearly
600,0O0,O00, logs on hand last spring.
The Cuban patriots in this country
have placed on every NJ. c. s desk the
s'Book of Blood, containing the names
of about 5000 persons known to have
been executed for political offences in
the island since 1868. There were more
than that massacred at the taking of
Paris by the soldiers of Theirs.
The trial of Marshal Bazaine termin-
ated, Wednesday. A most impressive
silence reigned during the closing speech
of Due d'Aumale. Marshal Bazaine
answered briefly the question of the
court as to his guilt or innocence. The
court condemned him to death. The
sentence created great excitement in
Paris.
Willis Phelps, railroad builder OF
Springfield, Mass. has sued the Repub.
hcan for libel; damages 100000
The alleged libel was embraced in arti.
cles during the late canvass for the city
election, calling him a public robbel
and public corrupter, in securing an un
necessarily large appropriation from the
city in aid of his railroads, and in in.
terfering in local politics in order to Sc
cure city government in favor of new
appropriations.
Careful compilations show that Their,
will be seven and half million feet O
white pine taken out of the Ottawa lum
bering district this season against twelve
millions and half last year. Their,
will be at least 2 Ia million foot of rel
pine. Wages are reduced from five t.
seven dollars per month lower than las
year and provisions are cheaper.
1
This letter was sent to the Mayor o
Reading: Reading, Noptember TIL;
1873 Dear Sir we Concluded Mr. Miyor
the times is SO hard and work scars
we want every man that is god house t
rent to put the rent down two dollars a
every house if not we are tetarment t
burn the half of the town down their
gang of l5teen of us. Yours truly
And the Mayor still lives
A Mrs. Brannan and her young chill
appeared at the village of South Berlin
N. Y, week before last, and went to sey
eral houses trying to gain admittanct
, but failed A few days after she wa
found burrowed in coal kiln, wit
nothing but door to protect her frol
the inclemency of the weather. Th
f child was dead, and the woman live
4 but short time. Medical examinatio
!. showed that death was caused by sta
: walton.
A most cruel murder was ccmmitte
in Dorchester, one of the suburbs
Boston, few nights since. A woma
q named Bridget Flanagan, about thirt
: years of age was found in the street,
; dying condition, her head having bee
: beaten and bruised by piece of a wa.
on shaft until life was nearly extinc
Nothing is absolutely known in regal
to the murderer, only that he was see
! to run from the dying woman and lea
e into back yard. Several arrests ha,
- been made but no positive proof obtaint
. as to the real murderer.
A recent case of poisoning in Montre
7, possesses some remarkable features.
IS young man named Flaherty, seeing
: sleigh standing in the street without
d driver, went up and examined the CO.
IL tents, and found large bottle contain
r ing what he supposed to be sherry win
d The temptation which had thus presen
'e ed itself proved too great for Flaherty
m power of resistance, and he careful
< concealed the bottle in basket of chi
lie which he carried upon his arm, and e
n capped without detection. On arrivil
1. home he invited his friends to a graz
IN treat, and the contents of the bott
of were eagerly disposed of by his guest
IN among who were old men and your
Of men, women and children, to the nul
ID Der of twenty, or thereabouts. Havil
Of exhausted the liquid the guests depal
"a ed, but scarcely had they arrived
a their several abodes before they all b
At gan to be terribly sick. They foam
at the mouth, and experienced territ
r gripings in the bowels, and no amou
to of care could ease them. Physical