Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-09-20
General Ne,rs Items.


Lake Superior mining region.
The late storms and gales on the West
ern lakes sent many small vessels to the
bottom and destroyed many lives.
Moulton is chatting for trial with
Beecher. Too bad that he should seek
to affiict the world again with any more
of that matter.
A cattle train was thrown from the
track on the Grand Trunk railroad near
Toronto, Ont, yesterday, and complete
" wrecked. Several employees were
killed and large numbers of cattle roast
ed alive in the debris, which took fire.
Mrs. Bloomer, the woman who is chief
" known to the world by the name she
has given to certain style of woman's
dress. still lives at Council Bluffs, Iowa,
is on the shady side of fifty, and-wears
long skirts
There is a better prospect of the spec
dy settlement of the instruction in the
Turkish provinces The European gov
ernments refuse sympathy and aid to the
insurgents, and give at least their NOR
al support to the Turkish government.
While patent extension fire ladder
was being tested in New York. on Tues
day last, three men were killed and sew
eral wounded. 1t had been run up 100
feet. and three men were on the upper
section, as it broke near the bottom and
precipitated the men to the ground.
The falling ladder injured others.
The bank of F. B. Hancock & Co., at
Granville, KY, was robbed, last week,
of S27, 000 The combination lock safe
was opened, but was uninjured in any
way. Five thousand dollars in United
States bonds, seven thousand in curren-
cy and fifteen hundred in gold were
taken.
The leading rev1valists, including
Moody. Sankey, Geo. H. Stuart, ?. z.
Bliss and several others, have been hold
ing an interview at Northfcld, Mass,
the present home of Moody, and the re-
vival work of the coming year has been
planned. It is understood that Moody
and Sankey will begin their labors in
Philadelphia. Others will start a sim
liar work in the West.
The Duke of Abercorn, lord-lieuten-
ant of Ireland, at speech at an agri-
cultural fair, the other day, repr esented
the condition of Irish industry as most
prosperous. The harvest is uniformly
abundant, labor is in high demand, en-
igrdtion falling off and crime decreasing
The investments of the Irish people il
government bonds and banks nov
amount to the handsome sum of S340,
100000.
The Quebec government has finally
decided to take up the old project o
connecting Quebec and Montreal by ;
direct railroad along the north shore o
the St. Lawrence river and push it t.
completion. 1t will require some legis
lation to complete the arrangements, ant
a vote to confirm the new contrac
which it is said, the government has en-
tered into with the present contractor
the Hon. Mr.. McGreevey, and the loca
Parliament is likely to be convened il
special session for this purpose, the las
of this month.
The fast mail train between New Yor
and st. Louis via the Pennsylvania Rail
road, called "The Limited Mall" start
S ed on Monday last. The train left Me-
| York at 40 a. M. reached Philadel
phia at 10; Harrisburgh at II 20
Altoona at 2 100 p. NJ, and Pittsburg
at 6 p. H. thirteen hours and quar-
ter, of which AZ minutes were consume
: in stops. The train was to reach Cir
; cinnati in thirteen hours and twenty-on
minutes, or twenty-six hours and thirty
six minutes from New York The fas
mail train via New York Central wa
!. to start last Thursday morning.
: The election in Maine, on Monda,
e was very closely contested. over twent
4 thousand more votes having been ca.
> than the previous year. The result
g the election of Gen. Common, the RepuI
e lican candidate for Governor, by m;
: jority of from five to seven thousan,
It The majority is not quite up to that
II past years. but secures a good govern
ment to the state. Gen. Plaisted, r
publican, is elected to Congress, to Fl
[ the vacancy occasioned by the death {
d Mr.. Hersey. The general assembly
It largely Republican.
l. A RAILROAD TRAIN IN A HAIL-sToRI
d The Davenport Qowa) Gazette says
~ "The belated Uuion Pacific train tn
arrived in Council Bluffs about half pa
III IL on Sunday morning had an expel
n encc of hail near Potter's station, son
re 200 miles west of Omaha, on Thursd;
n evening. The hail fell with such frigh
20 full force as to compel the train to sto
" The stones were of immense size, beiI
D. on an average three inches In diamete
"a Within five minutes from the time Il
at first stone struck the cars there was n
ad a whole light of glass on the south si
a of the train, the entire length of it. III
~ windows in the Pullman cars were
II French plate three-eighths of an inch
a thickness, and double. The dome
or the engine looked as if it had be
pounded with a heavy weight, and t
woodwork on the south side of the ca
was ploughed up as if some one b