Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-09-13
General NesCs Items.

$50, 049.25 during the month of August.
Goldsmith Maid trotted mile at
Hartford, Conn.,, one week ago last Sat
urday In PA 10 without break or
skip.
Ralston. the drowned president of the
Californian Bank was a defaulter. Be
tween three and four million dollars of
the banks capital were used by him.
The village of So. Deer6eld, Mass,
was visited by very destructive fire
last Sunday morning. All the middle
of the village was burned out. Loss
S75, 900.
PORTLAND, Me-, September, 5.-This
afternoon, a boat containing Richard
Shibles of Thomaston and Miss Pray
and Laura Moore of Rockland, capsized
in Georges River. Shibles and the
Pray girl were drowned and the Moore
girl rescued in dying condition.
REMOVAL OF PosTMAsTERs.-Mer Merrill
G. Forest of Berlin Falls, N. H., has
been removed for traficking in postage
stamps. Four others, whose names are
] not given, have also been removed for
/ the same cause, while about three humid
red similar offenders are booked for ex-
animation.
If the Indian Ring, the Whisky Ring,
the Canal Ring, and few more Rings,
are broken, the rich thieves put in pris-
on and made to disgorge their plumber
and the political atmosphere purified by
a revival of honesty in Office, we may
hail the year 1876 as the blrth-year of
a second independence.
BIDDEFoRD, Me-, Sep. "a sad case
of accidental death from the careless use
of firearms occurred at Lebanon, Me-.
yesterday. Henry Hayes. young man
of sixteen years, started to 60 cunning,
and while endeavoring to take the gun
from wagon it was discharged, and the
contents lodging in his side caused i'm
mediate death.
Cardinal McCloskey of N. Y. paid his
compliments to the pope the other even
ing, and was most cordially received by
the latter, who rose and embraced him,
and kept him alone with him for above
half an hour, during which he asked
him many questions about the church in
America. The cardinal subsequently
visited Monsignor Antonelli. 81
Business in New York is steadily re-
viying. and brisk trade is expected for
the current month. A number of the
uptown banks called in loans last week,
which is a certain indication of revival
of trade. As further evidence it is sta.
ted that seven or eight of the large dry
goods houses have been working until
late at night, and some of them all
night, getting goods off. Many of the
banks in the upper part of the city are
preparing for considerable. extension
OF their lines of discount.
Better and better come the crop re.
ports from misrepresentation Kansas
The first planting of corn has fully ma.
tured, and is already coming to market
1t exceeds both in quantity and quality
any crop ever before raised in the state
The border counties, which were raw
aged by grasshoppers in the spring, anC
the corn planted, late in June, will full
ly mature in about two weeks, and Thu
planting will also give an enormous
yield. If the frosts hold off for tw,
weeks, the crop of late planted corn viii
fully equal the first planting in ever
respect
Shelburne Falls, Mass, and all the re
glon around, is greatly excited over tn
dastardly murder of Riley Farnsworth
who resided about FIVE miles from tn,
village, and was set upon about half
past 6, Tuesday evening, and beaten s.
that he died at 10 o'clock, Thursday.
He was veteran soldier, and was re
turning from Greenfield, whittier he ha,
been to see about his pension. Tn
murderers sprang upon him from tn
roadside, when he was within half
mile OF his home, and beat him over tn
head and face with hickory clubs, leay
; ing him for dead. He recovered sufi
GENTLY to crawl home, but immediatel,
became unconscious and remained s
: till his death. Plumber was evidentl
the object of the ruffians.
HE GEORGIA CONSPIRACY The cas-
OF the negroes in Georgia who were re
ported to have planned al instruction
came up for trial last week. The in
. vestigation has been conducted witt
great fairness on the part of Judge ohm
son, and by the counsel on both sides
: The trial of Corday Harris, the colorec
man, accused of attempting to incite in
, surrectlon resulted in a verdict of mo
guilty. There was nothing to prov
a criminal intent in any of the acts O
: which the prisoner was accused. Tn
Grand Jury recommended the release o
: the thirty prisoners, and several NOR
have been sent to counties where the
reside The two men most implicate,
: are Morris and Merkerson, who hav
7 not yet been arrested. All excitemen
r and apprehension have subsidized
The latest war news from Cuba is O
inactivity on the part of the Spanish
and of continued and almost undispute,
raids on plantations by the rebels. Il
fact, since Captain-G Valmased
made his forced loan of $500, 900 to par
the expenses of the $4,000 troops, sool
TO be sent to Cuba from Spain, Their
has been no movement on the part O
the Spanish army in Cuba Havana j
| full of Spanish officers. and it is rumor
ed that they have congregated there 70
|; the purpose of receiving portion of tn
forced loan for back-pay. as neither off
GERS nor soldiers have been paid any
! thing for the past five months. Mean
while, Gen. Ampudia says that unIes
: 1900 well-mounted men are given t
r him for the defense of Puerto Princip
S ne will not be able to hold the plac
a Two months longer. He acknowledge
= the Inactivity of tha ,ohoI. -.