Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-12-20
General Ne,rs Items.

The (FtM HOftd pTuposes VI -"
to burn London. and thereby airing
England instantly to her knees.
The Wheeler & Wilson sewing ma
chine factory at Bridgeport Conn., was
burned last week Loss, Sl,0oo.0Oo.
If names mean anything, the recent
marriage of Mr. Grippin and Miss Clinca
gives promise Of an occasional lively
matrimonial set-to.
There are said to be 10000 Jews IN
New York City-all very industrious
and many of them wealthy. They own
one-eighth of that great city.
Intelligence received here from TOle-
do, Spain states that the authorities
had closed the Protestant church there |
and expelled the pastor and schoolmaster.
Mrs Norton, of Indian Falls, n. T..
rs wears old. was brutally outraged by
a tramp the other night. and died IN
consequence the next day. The tramp
has been arrested.
President Grants friend, Secretary
Babcock, is indicted for being engaged
in the whisky frauds He claims that
he is not guilty. and will undertake to
prove his innocence at St. Louis
A man in Chicago having been lately
indicted for having ter barrels of I'M
Stamped whisky in his possession, proved
that pet woodchuck had scratched the
stamps off, and he was dischaig ed.
Although Stokes, the SLAYER Of Fisk,
was sentenced to four years imprison-
ment in October. 1878. he will lie re-
leased next October, after serving this
year, his term having been reduced for
good behavior.
The hay crop of New Hampshire is
estimated at Sl0.OOO.0OO; the corn
crop. 1000, 900 bushels; oats, lO00,-
600; garden crops, 81 900, 1000; butter,
! 6.5UO.O00 pounds; milk sold. 3,OOO,-
600 gallons.
The women are preparing to print a
national cookery book for the centennial.
1t is to include only dishes peculiar to
this country. Recipes should be sent
to Mrs. E. D. Gillespie. 9O3 Walnut
street, Philadelphia.
The belief grows stronger every hour
that Tweed is within few bOars' travel
of New York, and that negotiations to
settle all cases against him, Genet,
Sweeney. Connolly. and other ring men,
bers, are going on.
Brigham Young. like Santa Anna, is
beforehand with posterity on the monu
ment question. lie has bought him q
beautiful little one all sculptured over
with outrageous lies, and had it set NJ
, in his own private buryipg ground il
the back yard.
Ninety Pennsylvania mechanics anG
their families have recently emigratec
to Oregon and settled on Hood river
800 more will follow in the spring
D They go there to build college, woolel
j mill, grist mill. and other educationa
0 and industrial establishments.
g The statement of the public debt 70
November 1879, shows that the tota
debt is S2,o42, 946.77l. Of this amour
: S1.69T, 25l 300 bears interest in coin
; and 81, Az, 3O4 .084 bears no interest
e The decrease of debt during the mont
y of November has been S490,078, an
o since June 80. 1875, $10,77l,593.
The tearing down of wall of Sa
; Andus Hospital in Lima, Peru. disclo'
&c cd some 5000 skeletons of people VIII
- had been thrown in there, probably dur
}. ing the lnquisition. Padre Palacent'
sr the priest who headed the riots, murder
n and other crimes in San aligtel. in Sa
vador. has been condemned to death b
ne a military tribunal.
m We CLEAN from the statistics in pre-
s. aration for the report of the census
an Kansas that the total number Of acn
y in the state under cultivation is 4,749
! 500. but of this 1929 acres are
or pararie. fenced for pasturage.
t. The total value of farm products tn
le year is S43970 Ala.
Is Of live stock, S28,610. 267.
lie There were 1893 acres of cotton CT
~ tivated, which yielded 1926 pound
III valued at S29.780.
nv There were l3,269.403 bushels
on wheat grown on 743 2o9 acres, and v;
or ued at S3.2O5, 522
y, "a There were S0.7O9.7 bushels
,er corn grown on 1882. $50 acres of Ian
led valued at Sl9.07l sos.
the There are 2U7. 1916 horses. 225.0
VI mich cows and 1925 head of otl
cattle.
Hogs number 292,65S. and sheep
-. l06.2 24, of which there have been kill
bod by dogs 1928 aid by wolves 1926
in there are not as many sheep in the st;
TO as last year.-Emporta AeseS.
eet bill was offered on Friday of we
sm- before last, in the House of Represen
milf