Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-11-10
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.


An Omaha girl committed suicide by
stufing her lovers letters down her
throat She couldn't swallow their con-
tents.
The Moosic powder mill at Hyde
Park, Pa, exploded Tuesday morning
and three men were killed.
Vienna despatch says that the total
number of admissions to the exhibition
from the opening to the closing day was
7,25O,6OO.
A Washington special says that judge
Kelly of Pennsylvania will be urged up
on Speaker Blaine for the craftsmanship |
of the ways and means committee.
The Providence Tool Company, which
is making 100000 rifles for the Turk
ish government, has received notice that |
the Sultan will order 100000 more of |
the same pattern.
Eight persons were killed and several
injured by an explosion of fireworks at
Lambeth, London, England, Tuesday
Twenty persons were severely injured by
an accident on the Midland Railroad
Monday evening.
The failure of the First National Bank
of Mansfield, Ohio. results In a loss of
about Sl5,U0 to the Ohie State Agri-
cultural Society. This takes nearly all
Of its surplus funds.
The firm of Hoyt, Spragues & Co.. of
New York and the A. & W. Sprague
| Manufacturing Co., of Rhode Island,
have failed. 1t is claimed they have
assets sufficient to pay dollar for dollar.
The creditors of Clafin & Co.. the
great dry goods firm of New York, have
agreed to give that firm an extension of
four months and half, and no assist
ance will be asked of the banks.
Mrs Yano, wife of the japanese Charge
d'Affaires at Washington, is at San
Francisco with her husband She is
the first japanese lady who has ever left
her native country to join her husband
in foreign lands.
A New Bedford, Mass, child of queer
taste is credited with having recently
swallowed at one meal and digested
without inconvenience the following ar
ticles: Thirty seven buttons (six of them
brass), one iron sewing machine nut,
and gold sleeve button
Nearly every acceptance falling due
at Augusta. Ga, Tuesday. was promptly
met by the merchants and cotton factors.
and it is thought that about 100000
of maturing paper was paid. Cotton is
coming i'll freely. The planters are
evincing every disposition to pay their
debts
Reports from the shore of Lake HUI
ron, in the vicinity of Bayfield, state
that thirteen bodies were found on the
beach. 1t is said that a large quantity
Of -four OF Chicago brands and lumber
was washed ashore between Bayfield, and
Goderich, and two boats were picked up.
Donaldson, the aeronaut. made an
ascent from Newark Wednesday in the
balloon Magenta. The ballon came down
on the Brooklin Central and Jamaica
Railroad on Long Island. The basket
was dashed violently against farm
house aud Donaldson received a severe
wound on the jaws. The balloon nearly
struck passenger train.
The international bridge across the
Niaeara near Buffalo, which is to be used
by several railroads. among them the
Canada Southern and the Great Western
of Canada. is nearly DONE 1t has nine
spans, is 1868 feet long, and will cost
over million dollars. 1t was opened
for travel on Monday
!, Prince Bismark has been reappointed
President of the Prusslan Ministry in
; place of Gen Won Room 1t is under
stood that his restoration to the post
carries with it the effective control of
the whole Cabinet, which he demanded
previous to his resignation some time
, ago.
5 A Boston dispatch from Sicily to The
i Daily News on Friday last. reports
that the volcano of Etna is in a state of
5 violent eruption. The outbreak is ac-
companied by fearful earthquakes. Por-
tions of the matter have fallen in. and
mines of sulphur which had been worked
for years, and were valued at G30O, 900,
have been destroyed.
! a Lowell. Mass, man has just eloped
! with his own wife. He deserted her
; for another woman seven years ago. and
she went TO California and got rich. and
, returning few days ago. found him re
: pentant and quite tender hearted toward
+, her and her money, SO they eloped in
due form. California being the objective
point:
a tragic event took place at Union
Hill, n. j., Thursday of last week.
James Columbus shot and mortally
wounded D Henry Degraff, whom he
suspected of running his wife and two
: daughters. bitter quarrel in relation
> to the affair had taken place previously
between Columbus and his wife. and
: the latter, with her daughters. had taken
e up her residence with DeGraf
t The general result of the New York
o election is in doubt. but the republicans
e are confident In New Jersey the re
y publicans claim the legislature by re-
e duced majority. Dispatches from Wis
r consin say that Washburn is defeated
d by Taylor Minnesota elects full re-
;. publican ticket. Gen. Kemper, the con
It sentative candidate in Virginia, is elect
ed over Colonel Hughes by large ma
jority Returns are received from
:, Michigan and illinois, but they are to-
y meagre to afford an indication of tt,
9 result.
q The old King John of Saxony is dead
- The fact of his dangerous illness ant
! some of the circumstances of his lif
i have already been published in our col
" ums. and there is but little now to adj
! to the record. The late monarch, VIII,
xvoc bo,.v, on :, 1onrr ~,