Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-02-23
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

, Paris, and few days ago found the an
imal in New York. How the dog cross
cd the Atlantic is q mystery.
A new horse disease is said to be af-
fecting the stage and street-car lines in
New York, but it rarely proves fatal and
yields readily to medical treatment.
The news from South America is that
the yellow fever continues undated in
Rio, and the cholera is raging in Buenos
Ayres, and that thousands have fed from
these cities.
The Hon. Henry B. Harrison of New
Haven has been nominated for governor
of Connecticut by the republican State
convention, and the Hon. John T. Wait
for lieutenant governor.
A natural curiosity is to be seer at
Charleston, S. c. 1t is Il milk-white deer
a year old, which has been killed in
herd of six. on Devices Island. 1t is to
be placed in.the museum at Charleston
College.
Secretary Fish emphatically denies
the statement of the Paris Patrie that
sharp words have passed between the
German government and our own, affirm
ing, on the contrary, that the relations
| between the two nations are of the most
friendly character.
Important correspondence has passed
between Generals Sherman and Sheridan
in regard to the Indian difficulties. The
latter writes confirming the recent out
RACES. and General Sherman in reply
authorizes him to begin active opera
lions against the Indians.
As Tweed was sitting with his fellow
convicts at dinner. recently, some of the
ceiling of the room suddenly fell The
Blackwells- Island Doctor looked up and |
Jokingly observed, That must be some
OF Garvey's plastering - whereat Gar
veys whilom ring partner smiled audi
bly,
Mr.. Bergh is great public benefac
tor. His defence Of the brute creation
against the cruelties of more brutal men
entities him to the gratitude of man and
beast. Last week he caused the arrest of
thirty men engaged IN the cheerful bus
mess of cock fighting, and they were fin
ed twenty dollars apiece and the costs.
Jack sharkey picked up wallet con-
tanning S69 in Detroit. Mich, Monday
night of last week, took it home, and his
father went seven blocks to restore it to
the owner. The bills were counted to see
if the boy had stolen any of the money,
and then the man slipped the wallet in
to his pocket and cordially remarked
This is a,pretty cool evening, Mr. Shar-
key"
A brewer in New Jersey having been
converted, has conscientious scruples
against carrying on the business and Of
fers it for sale to somebody else, who, of
course, must take the responsibility of
carrying it on This reminds us of the
young woman who said, 81 found that
the jewels | wore were dragging me down
TO perdition, and | gave them to my sis
The bark Kate Williams, which o,r;r
cd &c at Boston, Mass, from Fayal, last
friday, was struck by whale 60 feet
long one morning, at sea, receiving = !
blow which, if it had been a little lower l
would have sent the vessel to the hot.
tom. The monster left several pieces Of
Its hide on the quarter deck. After the
collision it made dive under the shin
and shortly came up little astern. = :
A colored citizen of Natchez was boast a
ing to grocer of the cheapness of ten !
pounds of sugar he had purchased at
rival store. "Let me weigh the pack
age SAID the grocer and it was found
TWO pounds short. The colored gentle
man looked perplexed for moment, and
then said : "Guess he didn't cheat dis
child much while he was gettin the su-
gar stole two pair oh shoes
A Kentucky legislator was recently
missing for three days. The fourth day
found him back in his scat. To the in,
4ulrles of friends, he replied that he had q
been sick. Being asked what the matte r
was "Well," said he, ''some folks call e
It. nervous chllls others pronounce it
KIND OF affection of the heart but. to be
candid, call it plain case of old-fasb-
oned drunk -'''A- I
There is something that touches the
1eart IN the last moments of a dog that
iled IN Lanslngburg, New York, the 9th.
II day, at the age of "a years. The old
,elloV had hardly stirred from his rna n,
or some E. days; he rose stifiy, crawled an
With difficulty up stairs, visited everv :
DOM ID the house, seemed to bid last {
areweil to all familiar objects came
'ack to his masters feet, and died with
ut struggle ~"
Reports from the Indian Terr;torv ~
ounce general uprising of the Indians pie pic
'ho are raidlng in every direction, burn. all
" ana stealing property, and in MANY. p
aseS' numbering the citizens. Intcll;. Z
ehee is received of the massacre If
lieutenant Robinson and Corporal Col
ian, TWO army officers, and the greatest
excitement prevails among the white CIT
'r securing military protection. "
ne rctort of little boy to an attor u
ey IN justice court, not lone aoo oua
'ea some amusement. The lad, being
2 The stand as witness, was question:
concerning certain dime novel al
seo 70 nave been stolen. What was
Ietured ON the cover ?" asked the attor
~ Two Indians" was the reply O
!" nat were the Indians doing 2' - on,
an ask en- answered the bow The we
''orney suddenly discovered that he had fric
, further use for the young witness. the
lne smelt fishers on Great Bay, New ron
ampshire, each have hole in the ice age
hicn the usher cuts at the beginning Of and
{ season and from which the vonne