Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-03-02

widely prospecting in all sorts of proba-
BILE and improbable places.
The justices of the Supreme Court in
Massachusetts, have unanimously decided
that there is nothing in the Constitution
of that State to prevent woman from
being member of School Commission.
They say: The Constitution contains
nothing relative to school commissions.
The common law of England, which was
our law upon the subject, permitted
woman to ELL any local office of an adj
ministrative character, the duties attach
ed to which were such that woman
was competent to perform them. The
duties of school commission relate ex-
clusively to the education of children
and youth in the town or city for which
it is elected, and are in no respect Of
such nature that they cannot be we'll
and efficiently performed by women.
CITY OF MEXICO, Feb. 10, via Havana,
Feb. PA terrible affair is reported
in the State Of Vera Cruz. \ quarrel
between the townsman of Quimixtlan
and Huascalca resulted in fight, IN
which seventeen persons were killed. 1t
is reporter that the Infatuated Huascal-
cans afterwards went to Quimixtlan and
began an indiscriminate massacre, kill
ing children and cutting off the breasts
of women. The neighboring town Of
Chaichicomula has sent detachment of
militia to the scene to put stop to the
atrocities. The police have arrested47
bandits. implicated in the kidnapping of
Senior Salyatierra The large ran som
demanded for the prisoner was not forth
coming, and the unfortunate man was
murdered by the chief of the gang
The subject of the appointment Of
committee by Congress for the purpose
Of obtaining accurate and complete sta
tistics in regard to the manufacture and
traffic in alcoholic liquors came up in
the Senate on Wednesday of last week.
and We are glad to see that the matter
met with such favorable treatment. But
one voice was raised against it. Sound
and sensible remarks were made OF the
subject by several senators, a report of
which We give under our Congressional |
head. We hope that the committee
will be speedily appointed and that they
will make thorough investigation. 1t
Is not question of morals or religion,
but simply in regard to facts involving
the welfare of the nation. It's as legit-
innate a subject Of inquiry as nine tenths
of the items in the census.-Bost0n Jour-
nal.
The LIQUOR INTEREST ORGANIZING
The liquor dealers and saloon-keepers
of New York city have taken the pre-
Ilmlnary steps to organize themselves
into society to be known as The pro-
tectlve union of distillers, brewers, i'm
porters, dealers and vendors of ferment-
ed liquors, beers and wine" the object |
of the union being announced as '.the |
protection Of our rights as citizens and |
taxpayers, and the guarding of our in
terests in general" In the preamble |
to the resolutions Of organization they |
say that the policy of prohibition and |
temperance by law wherever attempted |
has proved an unbearable and short-liv |
ed despctism, that fanaticism and riot |
GUS proceedings are rampant once more
against the business in which they are |
engaged, and that local authorities and |
State Legislatures are besieged and i'm
posed upon to pass ordinances and to |
enact sumptuary and prohibitory laws
IN contravention Of clearly defined legal |
and constitutional grounds, as well as
IN contradiction Of past experience.
The post-mortem examination Of the
bodies Of the Siamese Twins shows that
the main substance Of the band which
connected them was gristly prolonga-
ton Of the cartilage of the breast bone. |
The membranes Of the abdomen in each /
were found to enter the band and form
overlapping pouches at the center of it.
There were two Of these from the body
Of Chang and one from Eng. If the
band had been cut straight down through
the middle, all these would have been
severed and the abdominal cavities Of
both irretrievably laid open. This sat
lsfaetorily shows that they could not
safely be separated while alive. nor
could the other have been saved when
one had died The liyers of both were
near the band, one being On the left side.
and that of the other on the right. TO
approximate it. As in the case of the
llyer' the apices Of the hearts approach
60 each other, the heart of one of them
being normally situated in the left side
and that Of the other in the right side,
out both were perfect organs as regards
circulation.
BAY CITY, Mich, Feb 23-IntelIi-
gence has reached here today that at
nine o'clock this morning cake of ice
several miles in extent broke off from
The shore IN Saginaw Bay. On this field
Of ice there were fully thrnn h,,na-Aa