Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-03-15
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

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The Fall river Mass School Com
mittee has adopted a resolution recoia-
nendiug that the senior class in the
Girls High School appear in Aa.erican
calico on the day Of graduation, instead
Of costly dresses as has been the custom
NEW rosTAL LAw.-Under the pro-
visions Of the new postal law, Mi third
class matter heretofore passing through
the mails at one cent for two ounces or
fraction thereof. is now one cent for one
ounce. or fraction thereof This IN
clndes transient newspapers, merchan-
disc. etc
The number OF deaths occurring in
New York city during ls74 was 3, 26.
some hundreds over the average. The
deaths in hospitals and other charitable
institutions were nearly 200 less than
the average cfThe last Ave years. the
mortality being largely among the wealth
Ter class
A dispatch from St. John, Newfound-
land. says the bodies Of over forty per-
sons who died at St John this winter
have been temporarily inferred in the
SNOW, which lies in such immense guam
titles in the cemeteries as to prevent the
opening of graves
A sad accident occurred ut Fortress
Monroe. on the ID inst, which resulted
in the death of two persons. Mrs Col.
Curry and daughter. while attempting
to cross the Mill Greek in small bout
were drowned, the boat being swamped
in heavy sea-
1t is said that the Democratic nation
al executive committee had prepared a
congratulatory address to the country in
anticipation of Democratic triumph in
New Hampshire, which was to nave been
issued the day after election 1t will
be held over for the present.
Four babies at u birth is the present
social sensation in Baltimore, NJ d =
The parents are poor, the father having
been out of work for some months. Hun
dreds Of people visit the infants daily.
An admission fec is charged, and the
little ones are already earning from $50
to 500 week each The quartette
are on view in crib, two at each end,
and they now weigh about five pounds
each. They continue to be healthy, and
are likely to live unless scarlet fever or
diphtheria become epidemic in the fam
lily. A minister recently christened
them as Sarah, Mary, Kate and Jennie
WASHINGTON, d. c.. MAR 10 AT
yesterdays cabinet session the Presi-
dent called attention to tie statement in
his last message. that if congress ad.
jourued without legislation on the sub
Ject of civil service reform. he would re-
gard such action as u disproval of the
system and abandon it, SO far as COM
petitlve examinations are concerned
Ageeeably to that notice. he yesterday
stated his intention to abandon it and
all the officers of the cabinet were re-
quested to give notice of the fact accord
ingly. Ali the sub boards of civil ser
vice reform throughout the country are
abolished 10y these orders.
At II Martha Washington tea party
given lately in Baltimore. lady wore a
dress the history of which is very in
tcrestiDg. 1t was u rich brocade silk
blue and white, which was imported by
Charles Carroll of Carrollton, and pre-
sented by him to the lady to whom he
was engaged to be married, but who
died on the day on which their uuptials
were to have been celebrated 1t was
then presented to the nearest relative.
and has been treasured ever since in the
family as an interesting relic of the past.
1t has been stored away for more than a
century. and was brought out Of It's hid.
ing place in honor Of the patriotic char
acter of the entertainment ut which Miss
Schley wore it.
The Italian bark Giovanni, from Pal
ermo for Boston. laden with birthstone.
rags, sumac and flberts. went ashore at
Cape Cod, on the 18th inst. The stew
ard and the carpenter got on u plank
and tried to reach the shore. The form.
er was saved and the latter was drown.
ed IN the surf. At Il o'clock p. NJ. her
main and mizzen masts went by the
board tearing up the deck in their fall.
at midnight her cargo began to come
ashore, and at daylight the next morn
ing two men were discovered ON blanks
between the vessel and the shore and
live more were clinging to the foreton.
which still remained standing One af
ter another released their hold and drop
ped into the sea. The entire crew of
fifteen persisted except the steward The
Life Station men made every effort to
rescue them.
A New York paper of March llth.
says We have had repeated falls Of
snow IN this vicinity during the last
week. and on Sunday one of the heaviest
storms OF the season spread over great
part OF the country. Dispatches from
Providence, h. L.. Hartford and New
Haven, Conn, speak of continuous
heavy fall of snow on Sunday. Along
the Hudson the storm was very severe,
and also on the Delaware. At Cinein.
natl the heaviest snow storm fora num-
Der of years began about three O'clock
Sunday morning and lasted until dark.
a bout eight or nine inches Of snow on
the level fell The storm extended sontb
west as far as Jackson. Miss, through
West Tennessee, Kentucky, Southern
Illinois. Indiana. Ohio, aud into West
Virginia and Pennsylvania. At Mem
PMS inc snow storm was the scverest
ever known at that place. fifteen inches
having fallen. while in many places il
drlfted to tie depth of four feet. ston.
ping the st.eet cars.
Inc y. I. O6serrer in speaking Of the
commercial matters Of that CITY saws
The past week has been an imnortan,
one N business circles. The adjourn
ment OF Congress terminates a period If
ANXIOUS uncertainty n,.,l..