Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-03-29
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

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Gold has been discovered in paying
quantities at the Notch in the White
mountains. in what Is known a the
.,l'rankcnstein cliff
Nevada 5 mushroom millionaire, Shar
on, proposes to give each Of his daugh-
tiers Sl.o00.0o0 as a bridal present -
Here's chance fer some marketable
chap. Who's for sale
Murders are of almost daily occur
renee all ever kentucky Killing q
human being is crime Of less magni-
tude, as seen through Blue Grass Cog
giles, than stealing sheep.
Old John Robinson. a circus fame. IS
a candidate for mayor of Cincinnati
Oh, what fall is there good country
men, 1t would lie come-down for one
of his truck mules.
Gen. John c. Breckenridge health is
getting as uncertain as the capture of
old Bender or the average Cuban war
bulletin. No two accounts agree. He's
steadily declining or growing better. 1t
is impossible to tell which.
A broken hacked chicken, with a false
tail and ring of turkey feathers glued
around his neck. received the first pre-
MUM at the Ohio State Agricultural
Fair, as Hungarian chicken of the
Slavi- Magyar breed" The fraud was
discovered. and the Committee are being
pcstered for eggs.
Somebody in authority says the change
in the postal law was not intended TO
affect newspapers nor go into effect at
all until july but in the confusion of
the closing hours of the session these
qualifications were not made in the bill.
What kind of way Of passing laws is
that, anyhow?
A despatch from London, March l4th,
says: REV. Messrs, Moody and Sank.
ely continued their revival services at
6 Agricultural Hall, Islington, to-day
The attendance was immense. 1t is cs-
timated that 1900 women were pres
ent at the afternoon meeting, and in the
evening 10000 men were assembled
At ScEoharie, n Y, not long since,
a mouse crept into beehive to steal
honey, but was caught in the act and
stung to death by the ir;Gte bees. Soon
the mouse began to disseminate Il bad
smell, which bees cannot tolerate be-
ing unable to remove it, they went to
work and sealed him up Dramatically in
wax, SO that not the slightest odor es-
capped.
A new parlor ornament is the "self
acting perfume fountain 1t is large
basin of some peculiar composition. from
the centorol which comes spray of
perfume about three feet high. This
falls into the basin and is worked
over again by means of curious little
pump underneath. wound up, when you
expect company. like clock. 1t is al
together unique and pretty.
The American reyiyalists, Moody and
Sanky. who at the outstart Of their pres
gent labors, encountered much opposition
from press and church in England seem
to be fast winning both over to their
side along with the multitude. At one
meeting. Dean Stanley aud so Anglican
clergymen occupied seats on the plat
form, and the proceedings were opened
by Rev. William Conway, canon of West
Minister
LONDON, MAR. 23.-Cool. the Eng
lish champion billiard player has &C.
cepted the challenge recently issued by
Dion for an international billiard match
Tor $1,000. An international wrestling
match. for $500 side and the cham
plonshlp. has been arranged between
Richard Snafe the champion of Great
Britain. and j. r. Mclaughlin of De.
troit, the United States champion. They
will wrestle five bouts-two American
style. two English. and the third to be
decided by toss.
After the recent flood IN the Tennessee
river had subsidized, the people Of Louis.
vile, Tenn, were greatly astonished to
see a large area of land along the bank
completely covered with human skele.
tons. The .'oldest inhabitant never
heard of burying place in the vicinity.
but there had been an old one. which
was buried several feet, and the Aood
took the earth away. The steamboat
men along the stream are presenting hu-
man skulls and other similar trinkets :,
their friends in great numbers now. In
Melgs county some mounds containiug
Indian bodies, hatchcts. etc., were wash.
ed open.
They are firing up in Michigan. Ex-
Senator Chandler and Senator For,
and the whole Republican Congressional
delegation have united ia an address Il
the Republicans. calling on them !,
view Of the critical state Of feelino ON
national issues. to give the party prin.
clples the benefit Of rousine endorse
ment; and the Democratic leaders have
seat the world along the line 10 fobt u
the death. The election takes Mace On
the 9th Of April. the same day as tl,at
IN Connecticut. The officers to be elect
ca are Judges of the Supreme Court a nj
Circuit Courts two Regents in the In.
Serslty. and certain County and state
officers, '''''e
be hrst intelligent accounts Of tho
tornado which swept over Georgia and
South Carolina. saturday. are iest 80,
ting along. The tornado tr;.vcled -
~ due east. yeering u little % tic no.,l,
anu is Path Was from 200 to Goa yards
~iue' me cyclone was cylindrical h
shape ana rotated With fearful veIoeitv
s a'gui nOr'h 10 south. as it passed alopS
aaJ ~ t l.1e' cloud was as black as night
anu nan a nile high The rear was n
Illuminated by bright light The tar
naao was preceded By dull. heavy roar.
ing as q heavy artillery IL tlc di.t.,,..a
- PEI us greatest fury IN about three
minutes An eye witness says tbe se,so.
We, were utterly deadencd and ,,n.t,e.l