Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-10-18


Oct l /.
Rainy weather and poor harvest wealth /
er in Great Britain has caused an adj /
vance in the price Of breadstuff.
The cold chills are now playfully /
chasing each other down the democratic
back in Pennsylvania.
Thirty-two nations have accepted the
invitation to participate in the Phila-
delphia centennial.
The horse disease with that ugly name
which is usually worse than the disease
itself is spreading through the States
and Canada.
| A monster has been arrested In Cleve-
| land for numbering his wife, and forcing
two sons to bury her naked in the back
yard.
The Wisconsin Indians say it is going
to be mild winter, as the bears have
not started for their winter quarters.
freight train on the New York Cen
trail railroad ran off the track near ROch
ester. last Saturday, aud dashed through
the depot. killing the engineer and fire.
man.
Fred Deutchender met a fearful death
last week. by falling l07 feet from a
church spire at Elmira, Miss. His wife
was standing only few steps from where
his body fell.
The democratic party can now follow
the lead of Gov. Tilden. split. or just
..soush out" That is what Ohio means
for it and we predict it will prefer Til
den.-.SprinqtfeId Republican
| The Boston AdrertiSer says that the
streets of that city are more crowded
with buyers than has been the case for
long time, and the stores all seem full
of customers.
The English Polar expedition has
been heard from. The vessels had
reached Disco after pleasant voyage,
and will there winter.
An immense ledge of isinglass has
been found in the mountains near Snake
river, Idaho; it is 80 feet wide and one
of the most valuable discoveries of the
!, kind ever made
The reported discovery of gold in
Alaska is further confirmed by George
Holt. professional miner and prospect
or, who reports finding it in paying
quantities, and expresses the opinion
that there is vast gold field there in
fact second California.
! Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, since her ar
: rival in Springfield, Illinois. has given
many indications of restoration tC
health. She rides out frequently, is
: cheerful, and manifests much gratif.
4 cation at meeting her former friends.
. Krupp says he intends to exhibit a
i our Centennial the largest cannon evel
made. The gun and its carriage. anC
the mechanical appliances for working
them, together weigh one-hundred anG
twenty-one and one-half tons.
The Queen has actually spoken t.
e Miss Peel, the young lady rescued iron
:. the wreck of the Mistletoe. the zach
. run down by the Queens steamer. an,
- all England thinks that the said Mis-
70 Peel should feel amply repaid for he
losses and narrow escape.
: The new postal cards are very plair
i being ornamented simply with the STAMP
10 and the governmental legend. Not eve
: a border surrounds the card, and th
- upper edge looks as if it had been CT
- off with a dull jack knife. They al
ne very homely. Call 'em in again.
1d The Philadelphia Sunday Press claim
to have authentic information tina
+ Charlie Ross is alive and that he wi
- shortly be restored. Westervelt is |
N be sentenced and then pardoned Cd col
nd dition of disclosing the whereabouts
dc the abducted boy. The press is not ;
he liberty to give its authority. as it plac,
he implicit reliance in the story.
re Miss Annie Ralston, handsome an
accomplished young lady of Indepen
ar ence. No.. ran away with and Marie
,te one of the James boys few days ag
ne She was educated at independence Co
ar lege, and is quite belle wherever know
he The James boys, it will be remembers
of have followed criminal career of I'll
nm most atrocious character
ar Jacobs Prescott, of Lebanon, N H.,
No wealthy and eccentric bachelor.
years old, committed suicide week befo
last, by drowning himself in the Coz
es- necticut river. He left will bequeatl
lou lou ing portion of his property to sever
,On charitable institutions, and the balan
= to the youngest daughter of W. P. BIT
Gu ton, postmaster at West Lebanon.
~ Two young men of Boston, Mas
IL John Ryan and Michael Carney, havi
determined to settle trouble betwe
= themselves by a fight, went to Bussel
woods last Friday afternoon. with The
~ respective friends, when they engaged
'n9 a desperate fight, lasting two hours a
IL fifty five minutes, seventy. three rouI
5 un- being fought. Ryan died the next
as as: from the effects OF the fight, while G.
L hiS ney, who was but slightly injured. fl,
COR Wednesday night of last week
Waterman at the South Boston, Mas
laV- Jail requested a barber convict. nan
lon Timothy Edwards to come to the b
ting ber's shop and shave him. and led
&c way, leaving the door unlocked, wi
Will Edwards slipped into another shop,
nVl- a ladder out of the window, climl
all over the wall on it, and thus made
trai escape.
Tor A terrible death leap was made
Baltimore, Tuesday afternoon. by
ar unknown genteelly- man of 80, '
of threw himself from the top of the Wa
heir ington monument at Mount Vernon pl
ans. to the.granite base, distance of !
ears feet, and being crushed, of course, t,
Du- shapeless mass. A note in his poe
one to Miss Cobb ending with the liz