Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-11-03
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

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lied, last Sunday night, of $4,000.
Names hay-crop this year ties Geor-
gia's cotton at value. Each is estima-
ted at S4s,O0O,O0O.
Benefits bogus Livingstone finder,
Stanley, has gone back to Africa. to do
the Ashantee war for the London Times.
The Frisby house at Bradford, n. H.,
owned and occupied by S. Tuttlehale,
was burned Wednesday of last week.
Fully insured.
Miss Agnes Lee, youngest daughter
Of the South's immortal hero, has ..gone
over the river" to join her father She
died in Lexington, Virginia. on the
10th.
Austria and Turkey are knocking
chips off each others shoulders, making
faces and calling ugly names, prepara-
tory to a neighborly little throat cutting
tussle
$4,000, in twenty-dollar gold pieces
was delivered to the superintendent of
the Philadelphia mint. Wednesday.
Total weight Of this X-lO-sive mint ju-
lep, ton and a half.
Lately. a Dallas (1exas) man put an
apple between his teeth By some slip
of the lip or laxity of grip. it got into
his mouth. whence it had to be cut out
piece by piece. That fellow had better
hold his Jaw hereafter.
Said Mrs. Jenkins on her return from
church .'When | see the shawls of
those Johnsons and then think of what
| have to wear. if it was not for the con-
ISOLATION of religi n, don't know what
| would do
The jury in the case of Engineer Puff
fenborger of the freight train on the
Chicago and Alton railroad, which caus-
ed the disaster at Lemont August, have
acquitted him of the charge of man.
slaughter.
Philadelphia received S55.55, 900 in
bullion from the United States assay
and sub-treasury officers, for coinage.
last week, and about $4,000 in silver
bars from the West. The mint sent to
New York 50, l3S,633 in coin.
The London Times reports on good
authority that General Wolsey, COM
mander of the A shantee expedition. took
out instructions to first offer the Asian
tees peace on condition that they lay
down their arms and withdraw from the
territory under British protection.
A Green member of the Iowa Legis-
lature excited much Indignation among
the experienced ones, by rising to his
feet and asking in tones of deep inter-
est. MIR. Speaker, will our allowance
for stationery this session include hard
ware, groceries and wearing apparel, as
| am informed it has in times past?"
Prince Bismark has been reappointed
President of the Prussian Ministry in
place of General Won Room. 1t is un-
derstood that his restoration to the post
carries with it effective control of the
whole Cabinet, which he demanded
previous to his resignation some time
ago.
The body of Walter Bradley, farm
er of Milford, Pa, who had been miss
ing since September 18th, was found &
few days since, within a rod of his house
hidden by some bushes The top o
his head was smashed in, and his mon
ey, his bank book, and other articles
were found in his pocket. There is NJ
clue to the murder
A genuine case of yellow fever wa
discovered in the city of New York las
week. the victim being Patrick Henry
who arrived from Memphis, Tenn. re
Gently. He was Immediately removes
to Blackwell's Island. and search instl
tuted for three men who were known t
have occupied room with him on tn
night of his arrival.
1t is said that the birth place of tn
following noted men can be seen from
tie top of Kearsarge. New Hampshire
Ezekiel and Daniel Webster, William
Pitt Fes>enden, John A. Dix, Farmer
the electrician; Vice President Wilson
Lewis Cass, U. S. Senator Chandler
Levi Woodbury., Horace Greeley. Gen
Butler, franklin Pierce, Chief Justic
Chase, of Maine.
A fire in Canastota. New York Octc
Der Goth. which was quelled the mex
morning after burning over six acres Q
territory, destroyed three hotels. thirty
two dwellings. and between forty an
fifty places of business and Offices. Tn
total loss is estimated by the insuranc
agents at 100000. Total insurance
$4,000. The fire was undoubtedly in
cendiary.
, A private letter gives the followin
picture Of the desolation caused in Mem
: phis by the yellow fever? -Four hund
red children have been made orphan
and many more will be before the pest
lence is over God pity them. In tn
, infected districts l have found then
! sitting sad desolate upon the street:
and. on inquiry. learned that both pa
rents had gone to the grave, and the
5 had wandered from the place of death.
Several young children, belonging
+ a family residing about two miles frol
! York. Pa, were in the habit of carryin
! bread to play ground. near the hous
! This excited the curiosity of the oil
folks. who visited the chlldren's play
ground. and there found large blac
snake with litter of six or eight youn
| ones feeding on the bread, the childre
standing around. On the approach {
the older persons the snakes disappear
| ed.
| General Sherman has been to CaE
May with his three daughters. In r.
| ply to proposition for card reception
v he said That's all right; but L
5 have to telegraph for my clothes.
: thought Cape May was wild kind Of
!. place, and didn't bring a good suit
r Sunday. after church, he was to be sec
}. barefooted, like Caesar when he bante
al ftae.;,c 70 c,y;n, tho Iihar falkiu