Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-06-16
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

formed.
f. They have discovered another i'm
fmense jaw bone up in Baker county. Or
egon. It is supposed to have belonged
to an antediluvian poker player.
A louisville woman bought feather I
bed the other day, and found shot bag
In it containing four hundred and seven
| ty dollars in bank notes.
A wholesale clipping party from Ellets-
vile, Ind, consisting of two married
/ men. two young girls, six horses, two
wagons, and some other property. was
captured in St. Louis last week.
Men often commit suicide when they
cannot live any longer with their wives;
but the situation Of William Dawes of
Lockport, Ind, was so uncomfortable that
he did more-he eloped with his step
mother.
A lady in Reading. Pa, who put out
several pieces of lace on the grass, was
mystifed by their strange disappear
ance. They finally were discovered in
tree, to which robin had carried them
to weave into its nest.
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1t is stated that an enthusiastic rebel
from Alexandria, Va, will soon start
for Bunker Hill, whence he will seek to
journey through the Northern States
with an unfurled Confederate flag.
A Memphis jury, having convicted a
man Of murder, now finds that the sup
posed murdered man is living. The
question is whether the verdict shall be
rescinded, or the man allowed to MUIR
der his victim.
A weak-minded inmate Of the North
ampton county, Penn, almshouse has
fallen heir to several hundred thousands
Of dollars, by the death of wealthy
uncle. He does not comprehend his
changed condition, however, and declines
to be removed from the room which he
has occupied for over twenty-five years.
The wrestling match for $4,000 and
the championship of America, between
John McMahon of Rutland, and Homer
Lane of New York, Which took place
Friday evening at Troy, was won by
McMahon, Lane winning the first round
and BIcMahon the next two.
Easy going Philadelphians, with their
ample leisure, have plenty of time to
, .'cook up all sorts of little plans for the
, centennial The latest is to plant 100
oaks in the park during the year 1871,
to be called memorial grove. 2
A rural contemporary, in narrating
the incidents attending the capsizing of
! a boat, remarks Thanks to the zeal
+ and activity displayed by the boatman
nobody was lost Indeed, one woman
more was saved than had been in the
boat
n A disastrous rice famine prevails in
n the island of Java, and the poorer class
!, es are dying in great numbers from
4 starvation. Some cases have occurred
in which women have offered their chill
dren for sale to Europeans, so that, if
!, they died their little ones might be pre-
= served from starvation.
= Mr.. Henry Lee, New York mer-
! chant, put three pistols in his pocket,
h the other night, and went over to see his
. neighbor Springstein, whom he accused
f of having held Mrs. Lee in his lap
: Springstein first took away his arma-
, ment, for Lee was old and feeble, then
denied the accusation, and finally had
him arrested. Both are rich, but Lee is
II unhappy because he has a young wife.
n Boys will never learn the danger Of
J sliding down balustrades any more thar
u girls will that of using kerosene to light
y their fires with. The latest victim wa.
I !, Charles Carroll, Hartford boy twelve
II years old, who fell a distance of thirty
= feet while attempting to slide down {
~ stairrail. and was Instantly killed.
Over 36,000,000 postal cards hav,
lie been ordered, and only about l2,000,-
a 600 delivered It is said that the con
m tractors have now obtained sufficien
D. number of presses, and have otherwis,
r. so increased their facilities as to be abb
e, to again turn out 100000 cards of thu
he best quality per day. and that in a shor
st time they will be able to produce 900,
We 900 per diem.
~ A design for new silver ''trade dol
| ~ lar has been agreed upon, and coinag
y made. 1t will have the usual stars
" eagle, e pluribus, etc., but instead of tn
same old goddess of liberty, bearing full
high advanced, her nightcap on a stick
this is practical looking young woman
ar sitting on a bale of cotton. New Yor
ne has spoken for the first million
OF A wag in the Ohio Constitutions
a Convention, has introduced an amend
p ment prohibiting ofice-holders or legis
D. lators from receiving free passes on rail
ne roads, free tickets from any theatre c
We other place of amusement, free boardin
se- from any hotel or restaurant keeper. pre-
ng sents of clothing from any merchar
'o!I tailor, a free seat in any church, a FIRE
'o pass or ticket to any social ball or part!
IS or a ''treat'' from any person.
A prominent business man of this cit
OF wants to know who Matilda" is. ST
me sent him postal card, Saturday, sa,
III ing that she was out of money, and, III
hes less SIS was forthcoming immediatel
la0 she should go round and see his wifi
Ior Another man is cross because someboo
req in Boston sent him an invitation to a,
'eo dress a Sunday School and also to pa
10 S12,72 for drinks, all on the same care
70 It's getting to be unpleasant to look
' a post-office clerk squarely in the face
IN Springfield Republican.
-; One of the most atrocious crimes COZ
saa mitted since the war was perpetrated
90 Sunday, the lst inst, near Suffolk,
90 Nansemond county, Va Two venerab
~ ~ and much loved ladies, Mrs. Jones al
e ssa Mrs. Dozier, the wife and sister of N
loi- Dempsey Jones, a leading citizen of th