Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-08-09
General NesCs Items.

An immense meeting in favor OF am-
nesty for the Fenian convicts, was held
in Hyde Park, London, on Sunday last.
1t was estimated that 100000 persons
we're gathered around the various speak
er's stands.
There has been a continuation Of
foods in England, involving considera-
bic loss of property at Leicester, Not
tingham, Coventry, Birmingham, and
other places.
Nothing has been heard of the bal
| loonists Donaldson and Grimwood.-
They disappeared more than three weeks
ago, and the chances that they will be
found, dead or alive, are very slim.
LONDON, August Moody and San
key. the great American revivalists, sail
ed to-day. for the United States. A
large crowd of their friends and the Gu
riOus generally gathered to see them off.
MONTREAL, Aug. THE sudden rise
in grain has caused increased confidence
in business. Boats that have been lay
ing up have began to move, and in
few weeks it is expected the carrying |
trade will greatly improve
The big drive of logs, cut in Essex
and Coos counties has reached its desti- |
nation in Mount Tom, and Holyoke, |
Mass. About IL 100000 feet of tim
Der was run this time. This, with the
large amount on hand in the river will
make larger amount than can be sold
during the hard times of this dull year.
The Liverpool Post doesn't mind the
victory won by the American rife team,
but objects to the Yankees carrying off
so much bullion from Ireland, (which
that country can i'll afford to lose" 1t
estimates the American winnings in
bets at $4,000.
Our government is about to take steps
to make Venzuela pay the demand we
have against that republic-but it may
postpone action, as the non-paying ma
ton has been so severely shaken down
by earthquakes as not to be in case to
be shaken up by creditor neighbor.
The Mayor of Fitchburg has issued
proclamation commanding the arrest of
tramps as Migrants, and enioining citi-
zens to withhold contributions of relief
from all persons not personally known
{ to them, until their necessities can be
| verified by the overseers of the poor, or
t the police.
Gen Spinner's father was German
priest, his mother German nun but
somehow love slipped into the cloister
and abbey and triumphed over monas-
tic vows. Although the civil laws of
5 their country sanctioned their marriage,
their church did not, so they emigrated
to America, settled in Herkimer county,
, n. T., where the General was born.
The attorneys for Theodore Tilton in
the case of Tilton VS.. Beecher, on Mon
5 day last, served notice upon Mr.. Beech
A er's attorneys ''that the issue of fact in
the above action will be brought on
for trial and an inquest taken therein
at the next term of the City Court of
!, Brooklyn, appointed to be held at the
County Courthouse, IN the City of
: Brooklyn, in said County of Kings, on
: the first Monday of September next, at
: 10 o'clock in the forenoon of that day,
or as soon thereafter as counsel can be
heard unless sooner tried"
Saturday afternoon Mike McOueeu-
. ey, while coming up out of the mines at
e Potts PIT, Port Henry, on a loaded car,
caught his hand between the rope and a
shlVe. Another man in the car rang
: the bell to stop it. 1t came 70 a sud-
den stop, and moved backwards. which
loosened the mans hand, but the Jerk
was hard enough to throw him out Of
the Car, his lead coming in contact with
, the wheel, and the rebound of the cal
caused 1t to pass over the mans head,
!. cutting 1t off just above the ears. kill.
: ing him instantly.
The discovery of a coal mine in Ne.
Vada Is considered only second in impor.
- lance to the bonanza, as the wood sup.
- ply, hitherto used for mining purposes,
. Is rapidly being exhausted. The a.
mount of coal now in sight at this mine
is said to be over three hundred thous
! and tons, and, making due allowance
Tor speculative exaggeration, there car
be little doubt that this mineral proper
~ ty, which is within twenty miles of Vir
= glnia City, will be of vast Importance t.
'e the material interests of Nevada.
j. More than six hundred children. nm
Is der the age of five years, died in New
- York city last week. Their little collins
Al placed side by side, and occupying tn,
space of two feet each, would make ;
:, row quarter of mile long. This grea
"A mortality is rightly attributed, in /;
= measure. to bad ventilation, bad sewer
~ ~ age. bad food. and bad treatment gener
- ally. The annual slaughter of the lit
% tie ones IN any of our great cities, is S,
y great that even Herod or a Pharaol
= might cry ''shame! shame i''
as The Atchinson, Kansas, Champfto,
says: Throughout fve-sixths of tn
| state the harVests were never larger o
a better. The rains have been time ly an,
- abundant. The surplus of grain. 70
~ export. will be enormous. Even in tn
: countries devastated by the locusts thi
"a spring. nature is exerting herself to re
~ pair the damages. The corn is CROWNS
y with wonderful rapidity, and should th
: = season continue favorable, the crop will
" be very large. Chinch bugs are work
ing in some fields. but their depreda
% tons are not at all general. Individu
IN ais Will suffer severe losses in the Dor
I'D der counties, but the crop prospects 70
De the state at large have never been bet
ed ter, and could hardly be better
ns TRAMPs.-The Scientific America
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