Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-07-14
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

The Shah of Persia left England for
France on Friday afternoon, July 4th.
The cholera has broken out in Jersey
City and much alarm is felt among the
citizens.
It-has been proved, that, after kind
ling his fire, miser stuck cork in the
bellows to save the little wind there was
then left in them.
A clergyman said the other day that
modern young ladies were not the daugh-
tiers ofShem and Ham, but the daughters
of Hem and Sham.
A Hearts Content despatch says the
laying of the cable of 1873 was success
fully completed, Saturday morning July
5 shortly after midnight. M
There were numerous cases of sunstroke
at New York on the 4th, including sew
eral of the militia during the morning
parade.
On Sunday the 9th yacht was cap
sized near Staten Island. Louis Jardine,
in endeavoring to save his wife, was
drowned with her. Four others saved
themselves. s..~
A fearful explosion of giant powder
and nitro-glycerine took place at Gates
vile, Penn, on the evening of the Sd.
Three men are thought to have been
killed. g
A Minnesota man who was fined ten
dollars for cutting off a quarter Of an
inch of another mans pigs tail, is de-
handing to know what value the other
man puts on the whole pig.
Germany, Austria and Italy have
agreed in Convention to abolish the prac-
tice of examining the luggage of travel
ers at frontier stations, which will be
good news to tourists.
A boy s years of age, named George
Curtin, of South, Acton, Mass, enticed
a boy 8 years old, named Lane, into the
woods, and dubbed him so severely that
he died in "a hours. The young MUIR
derer was arrested in East Cambridge.
There were many hurricanes and tor
nadoes in Ohio and Indiana, last week.
Much damage was DONE A great deal
of damage was done to buildings in Jer-
sey City, N. j., by tornado, Thursday
night. The overfowing of the Scioto
river, last week, destroyed nearly 1000
acres of broom corn at Circleville, 0.
The parents of Cincinnati young
lady, whose intentions were suspected,
removed all her wordrobe from her room,
and left her only a robe demuit but
in the dull waste and middle of the night,
her Romeo arrived, carried her off just
as she was, and an obliging clergyman
did the business for them.
The Troy Times says that on Friday
afternoon last, as Mr.. Alexander Cloakie
was at work in field with others, neal
that city, he was struck by lightning
and instantly killed. The sun was shin.
ing brightly at the time, and not drop
of rain fell where he was.
Herbert Groves, an engineer on the
Long Island railroad, took notion te
turn lunatic the other day, and crafty
run his engine out of steam. When the
train stopped, he put for the woods
and the astonished passengers found the
fireman drawing the fire with all haste
to prevent the imminent explosion.
Timothy Smith, prominent citizen
of Charlottesville, Ind, commenced t.
shoot himself with a revolver the otho,
morning, but after putting four bullets
into his head he found that his ammu
milton was exhausted so he washed up,
and went to have the balls extracted
When he RECEIVERS, he will try it again
with full magazine.
King Oscar. of Sweden, is the las
sovereign to fall victim to the interview
er. Oscar says he would like to com,
over and see us frst-ratc, but business
is too pressing; however, he means Il
send his boy, the Crown Prince. as soor
as his studies are far enough advanced
His royal highness thinks very highl,
of Grant. and wishes he would run owe
to Sweden and make him call.
A young fellow who was recently com
mitted to Jail in Portland, Maine. TO
an assault, sent pathetic appeal to tn
Judge. in which he said /: III have onl,
ben married to months & l hante hat
My Honey Moon yet. this is the frs
time I ever was in Jail or crested. I
you will consider my case & let me O
on fine l will go to Ny Darling Wife.
The stern DEGREES of justice were carrie,
out nevertheless.
STABBING AFFRAY.-Geo. P. Peabod
of Shelburne, N. H., young man O.
years old, was seriously and it is though
| fatally stabbed at Gorham, July 4, b,
Charles Elwell. Both parties had beef
drinking. and some alteration arisin
between them fight ensued, in whic
Elwell drew a. knife and stabbed Pea
body in the back, the blade entcrin
below the left shoulder blade and extend
ing several inches below the heart.
Complete anarchy prevails in the TURK
ish province of Bosnia, caused by tn
persecution of Christians by Mohamme
dams. In one district of the PROVING
270 Christians have been murdered will
in the past six weeks, and the perpetrs
tors of the crimes remain unpunishet
no efforts even having been made to 81
cure their arrest. Foreign represents
tives to Turkey demand an investigator
into the outrages, and call upon the a,
/ thorities to afford protection to the pc
) secuted people. The murders have grea
ly alarmed the Christians in the proyinc
, and many of them are emigrating.
A fearful accident. caused by son
!, inhuman fend taking rail from tt
main track of the Iowa division of ii
Illinois Central Railway, occurred {
Wednesday night. A locomotive an
Q six cars of an eastern bound freight trai
E were thrown off the track a short di
E lance west of Farley station The engil
t turned over on its side, and the ca
, we're piled on top in a fearful wrecl
| The engineer who was killed was four