Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-06-02
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

ny Is 10 Do tne largest anu lhost lmpoS-
ing newspaper Office in the world.
Donaldson, the aeronaut, made an as
cension in a brown paper balloon at
Reading, Penn, Thursday, and landed |
safely. This is the first attempt of this /
kind ever made.
The severest thunder storm in that |
region for many years occurred in Des.
Moines, Iowa, Thursday of last week.
Nine houses were blown down or moved |
from their base by the wind, and the
Methodist church destroyed.
We knew the fool would turn up
somewhere who weuld put his postal
card in stamped envelope and mail it
IN that way. Covington, KY, is respon-
sible for him, and he thinks the cards
are great convenience.
The Boston Transcript says since the
death of Daniel Webster, 5. P. Chase
has been the most eminent living gradu-
ate Of Dartmouth College, and asks
'sWho now stand foremost among the
living sons Of that college ?"
Here's nice arrangement: A Troy
minister and one in Cortland have for
year or two excited comment by the fire.
quency Of their exchanges. The mystic
~ has recently been explained by the
marriage of the Troy minister to Cort-
land lady, and that of the Cortland one
to lady in Troy.
A shooting afray, growing out of
game of cards, occurred recently in
saloon in Ida Valley, Mo-, in the course
Of which a desperate named Geo. Childs
shot and killed two innocent bystanders,
named John Dugee and Hugh Sedt, and
was himself instantly killed by an I'M
known bystander
A bloody duel took place near Peters
burg, Va, Thursday evening of last
week, between two we'll known young
bloods, which resulted in one being ia
tally wounded. The weapons used were
double barrelled shot-guns,, and the dis
lance 10 PAGES. A love scrape was the
cause of the duel.
So long ago as 1859, when Capt. Hall
was in Cincinnati, he was dreaming of
Arctic expeditions, and wishing to test
his power of enduring cold, he camped
out on high hill, in midwinter. The
people in the vicinity thought him crazy,
and one timorous individual sent bull
let through his tent, one night, to fright.
en- him away, and the plan succeeded.
Under Mayor Hall the receipts paid
into the New York City Treasury by
the Bureau of Permits average $500
per annum. Under Mayor Havemeyel
the receipts from the same source have
amounted in two weeks to S6,472 Thi
is the kind of practical reform which tn,
taxpayers understand and appreciate
They expect to see more of it under thu
reorganized Departments of the Cit,
Government.
The storm of popular feeling agains
the salary grab does not die away |
was not one sharp peal and then a dis
persion of the cloud and serene sky
but it is prolonged murmur and rum
Bile of thunder which is full of ominou
portent to the men concerned Tn
echoes of popular indignation have nc
passed away and will not for some tim
to come. The tempest covers the fac
of the political-perhaps we should NOR
correctly say the Congressional-heay
: ens. and -LeePo surgIng with renewn
force.
The London Times thinks it hig
time for the Government to make its al
rangements for paying the fifteen and
half million of dollars of the Alabam
indemnity. So large shipment of gol
; which is to stay abroad, the Times fear.
will disturb the equilibrium unless di
creetly managed And what saving
money, of life, of souls, is the settl
ment of this dispute by arbitration
rather than by war? Every time SON
new movement brings the subject u
: the more occasion for gratitude appear
| An old widow lady named Rhoda 4
! Fowler, living in South Seabrook, Mass
: was found dead Wednesday of last weel
near the doorstep of her house, with
: few fire kindlings in her apron. H,
remains we're cared for, and having I
relatives two young men were left
e watch during the night by the body
a the deceased. They were furnishe
n with lighted candles, and some time
), the evening became frightened by VIII;
: they supposed to be the ghost of the o.
d lady. Shortly after the house was di
# covered to be on fire, and the result w
/ the destruction of the dwelling, togeth
e with the corpse of Mrs. Fowler
A mass convention of the Republica
+ of Champagne county, Ohio, recent
! expressed their sentiments on the sala
t. grab in this forcible way:
|. Resolced, That as Republicans we co
,e denim the iniquitous "back salary gral
O of the late Congress, and that we regal
re it our duty to bury, politically, eve
ID man, high or low, who gave it any al
countenance or support, and we here
pledge ourselves never to support q
4 man for public office who voted for,
i took the salary after he had vot
IN against it, that we demand of our Ser
u; tors and Representatives in Congrt
at that they use their influence and vot
10 for the repeal of the law under viii
Z this steal was perpetrated.
ir The Brooklyn papers are full eflett
RS from people urging Henry Ward Beet
er to deny the terrible stories rumol
about him. Beecher says he will de
pe nothing. that he does not read the
ne pers, and that he cares nothing for wi
nc anybody says. In most cases, the pr
on lie would not expect Mr.. Bsecher
H. rise and explain, but these stories
er fccting upon his character, have b.
d, d, floating around in New York newspal
:, circles so long that he should call for
~ investigation. The charges made agai
u the moral character of Mr.. Beecher W