Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-11
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

James Gordon Bennett, OF the New
York Herold' has gone to Paris to mar
ry. She IS a Catholic, of Irish parent
age, and has been but two years out OF
convent.
Mr, d. Lyons of Providence, r. l.,
matched his six horse team to trot ten
miles, and draw half cord of wood IN
sixty minutes, for wager of 5000.
The team won, making the distance IN
90 minutes.
The Staunton (Va) FiRdicattv says
that Mrs Peggy Hanger, who died re-
Gently in that vicinity, was one hundred
and ten years old, and had lived over Il
century In the same house.
1.-The child has since died, is the la
comic remark which Pennsylvania pa
per affixes to an account of twelve
years old girl who had already mastered
logic rhetoric. geology botany, and the
mysteries of mental and moral science.
New York. Jan. 2.-Wm. B. Towne,
president of Souhegan Bank of Milford,
\. H., which was robbed of 100000
six weeks ago by New York thieves, got
home this afternoon with all the stolen
money. The Souhegan will resume pay
ments on Monday.
One of our ignorant rich men, many
years ago, refused to contribute in aid
of the observatory at Cambridge because
the astronomers there would be discov-
ering more stars, when there was no use
for half the stars already known.-Bos-
ton Eoeuing Transcript.
After all that has been said and dila-
ted upon about the wealth of the late
James Fisk. Jr. of Prince Erie note
riety, it turns out on judicial investiga-
ton that his estate was really bankrupt
at the time Of bis murder. To-day the
shark" luxuriate on his purse, and the
worms on his person.
4 remarkable vein of gas was struck
lately in opening well on farm near
Champaign. H., at depth of seventy
one feet. Its escape produces a loud
roaring and trembling of the earth.
Confined to tube, it blazes up fifteen
feet high, having great heating qualities.
There are several gas wells in the neigh
borhood. one of which has been used
constantly for two years.
The greatest embarrassment in Mr..
Beecher's case, we apprehend, lies in his
strange letters. Can he explain them b?
He is apparently in the position of the
man who Jumped into the bramble
bush and scratched out both his eyes, r"
and the great question now is whether
with all his might and main he can
jump into the bramble bush and scratch
them in again? He is a good deal of a
man on bramble bushes, and there is a
prevailing opinion in his own church
that he can DO it.-New York San.
The silver mines at Newburyport
Mass. which promise to be rich, are al
ready in litigation. r. T. jacques
decided the land where the Chapman lode
is located to one Adams for $3.50; the
latter has bonded it to Kelly & Co. for
100000. and they are working a mine
which biologists and old miners declare
to be as rich as any IN Colorado. JAG
ques now asserts that the deed was OBJ
tanned from him by fraud, and the
Supreme Court has granted an iniunc-
ton to retain all conveyance Of the
property till hearing is had
Ex-Governor Warmoth Of New Orleans
has had a speedy trial for the killing of
Byerly at New Orleans and has been ac-
quilted Coroner De Blanc, in pursu-
ance of the result of the inquest, made
an affidavit against Warmoth, charging
him with the murder The case was
then brought before Judge Staes. Sew
eral witnesses were examined and their
testimony did not vary materially from
the account of the affair given by ex-
Governor Warmoth himself. Judge
Staes decided the charge of murder not
sustained, and discharged the prisoner.
A clergyman who has just returned
from the grasshopper- devastated portion
of Kansas informs the Chicago Times
that the restitution there is far greater
than has been represented Land agents
are endeavorlng to misrepresent the con-
dltlon OF affairs for the purpose of en-
couraging emigration. The settlers.
says the writer, are limited to a very
meagre allowance of food-scarcely
enough to sustain life for limited re-
rod. 1t Is his opinion that large
number Of people will die of starvation
unless means of subsistence is furnished
A horse 80 years old has been retired
from active service in Lebanon county.
la. lie is veteran of the rebellion.
IN which he was under fire in nine bat
ties and was twice wounded. His last
hurt was from a bullet in his leg, and
IL caused lameness, from which he has
never fully recovered. After the war he
settled down in civil life as a family
carriage horse, and was much respected
Tor trustworthiness and amiabilitv. He
now enjoys pension Of four quarts Of
oats and as much cut feed as he wants
every day, and can be as lazy as he
pleases.
a MARROW EscAPE.-An incident oc-
Cured on the New York. New Haven
ard Hartford Railroad few DAYS since.
winch shows the value of the air brake
on the railroad. AS the down express
traIn'passed Parkville, near Hartford
the engineer saw team on the track
he Immediately applied the Westinc-
house arr brakes, reversed the engine
ana stopped the train within SIX or
elgnt feet OF the team. 1t was fopnd
that IN crossing the track one Of the
horses, which were attached to heavy
farm wagon, had stumbled and fallen
ana that the driver had been unable 70
release the horse from the harness 50
that be could get up. The train hands
u out raised the horse, and sent
.ne drlyer on his way rejoicing at the
escape from on accident that would have
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