Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-06-01
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

voted to adjourn finally on the "a OF
next month.
1t is calculated that the retrenchments
effected by Congress during its present
session will reach S30.000.000.
The blossoms of the cherry and plum
trees promise an abundance for the bugs
and birds How many we poor humans
will get remains to be seen.
A Boston journal speaks of Arkansas
as "a little State" 1t is only seven
times the size of Massachusetts,, Boston
and Bunker Hill thrown in.
Gov. Moses of South Carolina has be-
come a bankrupt. His liabilities are
1927, 100; assets, $4,000. Smart gov
ernor, that.
A swarm of industrious grasshoppers
devoured thirteen acre field of wheat,
growing finely, in Humboldt county,
Iowa, in two days. eating the green
blades bare to the ground.
Mrs. Davidson a young woman of
Halifax. n S. while temporarily insane
last Saturday, nearly severed her head
from her body.
A disastrous confagration occurred
in Central City, Col, Thursday of last
week. 100 houses, principally business
places, being consumed. The loss is
estimated at not less than 100000.
The latest revised list of the terrible
Mill river disaster sums up as follows
Total number certainly lost IA. dis
tributed as follows between the four
villages Williamsburg go, SINNERS
vile 4, Haydenville SO, Leeds 5S.
The managers of the Philadelphia
Centennial have at last wisely abandon
ed the idea of securing Congressional
aid during this session at least, and call
upon the people generally for support.
This is we'll and good, though a forced
decision.
The election for United States Sena-
tor will take place in the Rhode Island
Legislature next Tuesday. The contest
is said to be considered close one be-
tween ex-Congressman Dixon and Gen
eral Burnside.
The reason why Versailles is the hot
bed of intrigue the Nation ascribes to
the absence of settled limits to political
changes and combinations, and of a
strong and all powerful public opinion
furnishing to political combatants court
of last resort.
Hon. David B. Mellish, representa-
tive from New York, who was removed
to the government asylum for the insane,
for treatment, about two weeks ago, died
on Saturday. He has required constant
care since his confinement, being at times
very violent.
Every person who drinks Mystic wa
ter swallows mixture of vault fifth,
blubber and glue DRAWINGS in about
equal quantities, Notwithstanding E. H.
Derby declared its purity as late as Fri
day while slipping champagne on the
borders of Mystic Lake. Mystic water
is not even fit to dilute rot-gut whiskey
int operates like ipeacac. Boston
Express
There seems to be excellent founda-
ton for the story, and it is generally
credited in Washington that the report
er of one of the New York morning pa
pers succeeded in witnessing the we'd
ding at the White House by Disgusting
himself as colored waiter and assisting
the caterer at the breakfast table.
D. A. Blood, of orfordville, N. H..
was recently endeavoring to drive a re-
fractory sheep with pitchfork held by
the tines, when he stepped upon roll
ing stone and fell forward upon the fork,
one tine entering his body near the pit
of the stomach so far as to require con
siderable strength for its removal. The
dizziness of the fork, and slanting direc-
ton it took. apparently saved Mr.. Blood
from very serious if not fatal wound
Rev. Mr.. Edmunds, the MilIerite
preacher in Kneeland street. Boston. pre-
diets a tidal wave about the LIST of Au-
gust that will sweep over and DESTROY
every village and city on the New Eng
land coast. This is to be only fore
cast of general earthquake destruction
OF the world. Edmunds has played out
on all his other insane notions to make
converts and is trying to get up scare
on this.
The. lower house of the Arkansas leg.
lslature, by u vote of At to 9 adopted
resolutions declaring that Senators Dor
sey and Clayton obtained their seats by
bribery and corruption, and that in case
they do not resign within 10 DAYS the
United States Senates will be requested
to investigate their elections and expel
them.
We see it stated that the importation
of opium, which has increased greatly
within the past few years, now reaches
100000 pounds annually. This is a
subject OF great Importance to the peo-
pie OF this country at the present time.
but 1t has been almost wholly ignored
IN the discussions upon the merits of
temperance legislation.
Cuban planters who have been driven
from the island by the existing troubles
are emigrating to southern Texas, where
the country between the Sabine river
and the Rio Grande has been found to
be well suited for the culture of the su-
gar cane. 1t is probable that in time
Texas may become large producer Of
sugar, as there is an extensive tract OF
country adapted to the growth of the
cane. Inc present annual productions
is from $4,000 $4,000 hogshead.
At the Social Science convention al
New York, the secretary, F. B. Sanborn
read paper on pauperism. which claim.
ed that the effects of an ::rredeemablt
paper currency. by stimulating specula.
ton, were to rob labor of its earnings
and that soup kitchens tended to creat
pauperism, by leading the lower classe,
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