Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-03-22
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.


ing sundry other women. and being a
free lover. was resumed. this morning. in
BROOKLYN. Ii looks now rs though he
would be convicted. -B Boston Ae,rS.
In breaking out the Cape Cod Rail-
road after the heavy snow storms of last
week. SNOW drift was encountered
about seven miles from Proyincetown.
which was 1900 feet long and from ID
to 20 feet deep.
A colored barber of Trenton. n j,
tested the-civil rights bill, last night.
by going to the Trenton House billiard
room and demanding the use of a table.
lie was refused. and thcreupon obtained
warrant for the arrest of the proprietor
Does any one suppose that if every
body in Brooklyn had worn their hair
short the scardal would ever have occur
red 4? Long hair begets gush and gush
begets scandal, This seems to be the
genesis of the whole Beecher-lilton af-
fair.
The warm rain of the past two days
is beginning to tell on the mountain snow
banks and ice in the rivers. and swollen
streams are reported in all directions
Reports of most serious damage come
from the West and Southwest.
The Spanish Minister. Senior Don An
tonic Mantilo De Los Rio. in full court
dress, repaired to the Executive Mansion.
at noon, last Monday. by prearrange-
ment, ard delivered to the President
who was in company with the Secretary
of State, the autograph letter of King
Alfonso.
George Francis Train has once more
''retircd forever" from public life, and
will live at his home in New York, hav-
ing sold his property at Omaha. lie is
disguised with the American people, be-
cause they have all along thought; he
was joking in nominating himself for
president 1t is impossible for Ameri
cans to discriminate between Jokes and
serious talk, he says.
The case, then. stands thus: The re-
publicans have as many vices as they
can possibly afford to be responsible for.
and the democrats have as few virtues
as they can base claim to popular ia
vor on. One party is known to be bad.
and the other is suspected to be not good.
The chief capital stock Of either is the
actual or suspected faults of the other.
A Spiritua!ist gave a seance at sum
ner Hail. East Boston, last Saturday
night, and got officer Adams of the 9TH
Police to tie him up with rope. The
spirits struggled some time with the rope
and finally left the medium to get out
as best he could. He meekly asked the
officer to undo him, which he did, and
received a complimentary to the next ex-
hibition.
Since the passage of the new frank.
ing law. committee clerks have been kept
busy franking thousands of documents,
many of which have been slowed away
at the capitol for several years past.-
Congressman are now able to send them
through the mails free, and the result is
that the post-office in this city is clog
ged with such matter, tons of it being
received daily.
Nlr. Jeffreys. one of the Beecher-Iil-
ton jurors, tainted in his seat week before
last. We don't wonder at it, when a
witness Informed the court that Mr.. i'll
ton always kissed his lady friends. while
Mrs. TIlton kissed the gentlemen. 1t
was just after this that Mr. Jaffreys was
took. A man needs mighty strong
constitution to be on that jury-and he
needs much stronger stomach. Such
flow of of gush would nauseate we'll
brought up hOg.-Boston Express.
There is no doubt whatever that the
public owe the new changes in the pos
tai laws to Adams express company.-
That company employed active lobbyists
at Washington, and the clause was SNUG
gled through in silence and secrecy. for
the sole purpose of increasing the bust
ness of very wealthy corporation. at
the expense of every man who has occa-
sion to send newspaper or book by
post. 1t Is very disccditable trans.
action. and one which is not calculated
to increase the popularity Of the Adams
express.-Ne'o York Times
But the most popular man the repub
llcans have Is Brstow. Secretary of tie
treasury. He has admirers who would
be happy. indeed, to see him President
and some of them think that if he will
consent to run for Governor. this wear
SO confident are they of his good running
qualities. that the attention of the peo.
pie of the Union will be called strongly
to him for President Bristow IS n no.
bic man. honest. able, independent. fear
less he grows in every position YOU
put him IN. He fills them all we'll. Is
ne not too pure a man to aspire even to
the Presidency ?-LomsriHe, hq. let.
tar to Cincinnati Ga1ette..
A wealthy Bostouian. while at Paris
recently, on his wedding tour, was swim
died out of $4,000 by an freshman.
who pretended to have lately come into
large property. with the condition at
tached that he should give $1,000 10
The poor of America. and said that he
would like to send half Of it by the zen
tieman, only asking as security, to be
assured that he was worth that The
victim handed him $4,000 to count.
and promised to bring evidence Of his
account at the bankers but without
waiting for it. the lrishman fed with
the bills and has hot been heard from
Mr. Fish feels very nice over his Viz
ginius negotiation ard nc has reason
70. i Is an unusually clean out piece
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