Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-07
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

vania coal region have resumed worl
restmaster-General Jewell Wa.
Tuesday, took the cath and formsG, 40
sumed the duties Of bis office. -
The governor of Louisiana has. ,
out an extra regiment of State m ;i,.'ea
in view of the apprehended White Is.s.A-
disturbances, sue
RoNE, Aug. Sl-Mount Etna L,.
in state Of eruption since S9,n. Jysa
and streams of lava are pouring ,SronlS'
three eraters. wa
Bush hres are again raging in C,n,.
10, Canada. A fire occurred in Tah a'''''
Ohio, recently, causing loss ofS- 'Va
600, A $4,000 FIRE occurred in NJ W.
ark, \, j. Wv
LONDON, Sept l.-AtnOOn yesterl,r
the Great Eastern had paid ont SSs
nautical miles of new cable and i 60, =
on we'll, although hard northeast o lug
had been blowing thirty six hours sac
George William Curtis truly SEQ. :
the Beecher matter: lit is the ,r1ssS y
of = great, generous, credulops ~.
caught in a net of vile cir,pus." $50
which it does not comprehend AMI ' aaS
not break" VAL
HAVANA, Aug. 26.-Adyicss f.,-
Porto Rico report a terrific ear,bon.L-
in that Island this morning. Bmsa,
We're rocked frightfully to and ~ 80 e
two minutes. and the inhabitants rpsb.i
from them in the widest confusion
A British medical authority coz,
Prince Leopold, Queen Victoria's vo,rs
est son, suffers from an inherent tb;rS
ness of blood. Her eldest son sniff.
from thickness of head.
The Pittsburg Post believes them :.
only one way in which a war of noss
can be prevented, and that is to Adm,
some means by which the carpet.basrers
and their evil eounselors shall Be drive
out of the South. The humanity Of The
age should rise up and protest against
the work of the carpet-baggers.
The Attorney-General at Washirpsn
is in daily receipt of authentic adyics
from the South confirming and empbas.
izing the political condition of the ne.
groes. aud tending to establish the theO.
ry of an organized conspiracy to intim.
date the negroes for political purposes
A special consultation with the Pies.
dent on the subject has been decided On
The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher preach.
ed his second sermon of the season 4.
the Twin Mountain House, n. H. week
ago Sunday, before large congregation
No allusion was made to the scandal
Mr. Frank Moulton publishes a ean
defending his conduct at the meeting q
Plymouth church on Friday night, and
announcing his intention to publish sooa
another statement, making further
charges against Mr.. Beecher's character
CHICAGO. Aug. 2S.-General Sheridan
has issued an order notifying parties nov
reported organizing at various points OF
the border to visit the Black Hills il
search of gold, that they will not be per.
mitted to go unless under authority 1
the Secretary of the Interior or of Con.
gress. Some, efforts are reported as BE-
ing made here to arrange an expedition
for the Black Hills country.
A young couple eloped from SomeryiIle
lately, and when they arrived at Lowell
were married. Soon after State Cop
McAdoo, was sent in pursuit, and arriv.
ing at the American House, where they
were stopping, he entered their room,
and found them snug in bed, when the
young lady said with a ringing laugh:
-"Tell ma it is too late. - Boston IL
press.
The postponement of the Mass. Repub-
lican State Convention until October
causes good deal of comment. The
Republicans generally hope that either
Mr. Talbot may at that time be prevail
ed upon to withdraw from the canvas,
or that the party may be induced to
unite upon him. Both factions being
stubborn, either event seems impossible
The fall elections will occur as fl,
lows: Vermont, Sept. l, State and Con.
gressional; California, Sept. 2, Congress
ional. October thirteen, elections for State
officers and Congressman will be held u
Iowa. Indiana, Nebraska and 0hn
Georgia elects Legislature Oct. H.
West Virginia elects Congressman Oct
p. and Louisiana, State officers and
Congressman Nov. 2. The elections to
be held Nov. are these: Iu Mas NeE
York, New Jersey, Penn. Delaware
illinois, Michigan, Kansas, Missouri,
Nevada, Alabama, South Carolina and
Tennessee election of Congressman only
IN Georgia, Rhode Island, Maryland
Virginia, Florida. Mississippi, Texas
Wisconsin and Minnesota.
1t is reported that the Black Hillsre-
gion has unlimited quantities Of gold
lead. silver, iron and gypsum, and lth
feared that parties in search Of wealth
cannot be kept out of the newly-touB.ai
FL Dorado. Now that country with all
Its treasures, undoubtedly belongs 81
this time to the Indians. but it is VeT
hard for christian white man to kno8
Of SO much gold belonging to indians
without going for it. If adventure' PEI
citrate that region in violation OF ts
Government treaties, and lose their scalP
or their lives for their pains, the lndlaD'
cannot be blamed. Every man ba'
right to defend his property, even
IS necessary to kill the robbers who a's
trying to get it.
1t must be very pleasant thing y
be Republican officer in the eounuJ
parishes of Louisiana at the present oHs
There was Democratic mass mfetlps
lately at Vienna, in the parish Of iiF
coin, at.which long series Of rcsoluii'a'
was adopted, accusing Mr. Alien Greer
Senator for that district, Of nunefoa
offences In securing appoirtments ID tBs'