Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-06-14
GemesuI Nesrs ItemS.


L, r.. Tuesday night Of last week.
A. I. Stewart Is said e have bought /.
fer les than 500 600 the Glenham
woolen mills at MatteawaO. y l.. /
which est million dollars more than I
that price
The Can&diauS expect to spend So
$4,000 during the 6>eal year ending in
June. 1876. in the construction Of their
Pacific railway. and S4,250,OO0 on their
canals
The city % New York has civil ser
vice Of about thirteen thousand persons.
or one man drawing pay to every three
PAVING taxes Ii takes Sl3.000O 600 70
run the city annually.
Ben Buffers new granite mansion. IN
Washington. at the southeast corner Of
the Capitol grounds. will be ready for
him in November naxt- Ii Is said 70 be
the best residence in the city,
A man in digging load Of sand from
sand bank in Seneca Falls was buried
to his shoulders by an avalanche Of the
treaeher0us earth. When discovered BY
his friends be had been planted about
three hours. and was beginning to grow
discouraged.
A despatch from Boston states that
Wendell Phillips recently said that he
liked the Presidents letter. but never
theless considers Grant the only man
TT for the next President. and no friend
Of negro would think of any one for
second choice except Ben Butler.
\ boy in BowdOinham. Maine,
school was prieked with pen having
ink upon it by another boy. a few days
agO. from the effects of which he now
lies in critical condition. the pain Of
the wound being so severe that he IS
kept constantly under the influence of
ether
The new Atlantic telegraphie cable
laid last year from the west coast Of
Ireland TO Rye Beach. y H.. has been
completed BY putting in the connecting
link Of some two hundred miles and is
now in good working order. This is
the best cable vet laid and there is
much rejoicing at the successful termin-
alton Of the great enterprise.
The Cotton Crop of this year in the
Southern States is generally favorable,
Notwithstanding the exceptionally in
clement season. Louisiana reports an
I increase in acreage Of four per cent,
Mississippi Of three per cent and Ar
kansas the same. Texas shows still
more satisfactory returns and Alabama
Is also encouraging.
The excitement regarding the coal
discoveries in the Rife River region.
forty miles north Of Saginaw, Mich,
continues 4 new coal vein. ten feet
thick has been found four miles east Of
the place of the first discovery. The
deposit extends over a large tract Of
country. and is practically inexhausti.
be The quality of the coal is said Il
be superior TO English camel.
I Money Is abundant in New York and
call loans have been made as low as
per cent. but most Of the business ha
been done at 10 , per cent The sup
ply Of money has became 50 large at the
financial centres that great difficulty i
experienced IN using It To advantage
Commercial paper Is IN demand at 1 t
6 per cent. and there have been a few
transactions at 3 IL per cent
On the Sd inst package containing
over SIT 900 addressed TO the Park Bank
New York, was stolen from the Treasu
" Office at Washington The package
! which was to have been sent BY express
was missing when the clerk closed u
the days business between 4 and
O'Clock. after the regular Office hours
1t was at first supposed to have bee
mislaid, but diligent search failed I
recover it 1t Is supposed that som
one connected with the Office must hav
: taken It
: The condition Of affairs between Ii
British Government and Burlaah Is cri
; IcaL \ peaeeable settlement Of the di
4 fcUlty Is said to be impossible A n
: cent letter from Rangoou says: ..Frol
!, Mandalay every letter brings tidings
/ defiant preparations. All the iro
/ works Of the King are in ceaseless actir
r Ity turning out arms; steamers gettiu
I ready for service, shipping guns al
t stores tro0ps-or hordes Of armed "a
e Die, If you prefer it-elosing in upc
. the frontier trade at q standstiIl, an
d the Burman officials are more insoIel
4 than ever"
. 4 man was recently accused in Par
Of having stolen pair Of trowsers fro
dealer IN the Temple. There We
several witnesses, but the evidence vi
rather meagre, and 50 the accused ";
j acquitted He was told that be mig
,. 20 without stain On his character
= but there he stood rnotiopIess
l. length he leaned over the side of Il
: dock. and whispered, The fact Is. s.
r do not like to move till the witness
" have left the court" why is that
II because sir. / an now wearing Z
Il trousers | stole
Is The commission to visit the Siol
to Indians and try to make some arraug
Hent about the Black Hills country I
n not been announced, but It is known
1r include Rev s. d. Human. the Euise
d pal missionary. who Is Lone HorT
l. choice. and John ). Collins. post-trad
ID at Fort Laramie, whom BED Cloud a
J. gested- They are to tty TO get the /
q dlans 20 relIDquish what territory
:, still Ieft them IN. Nebraska, and esue
y ally, 70 negotiate for 50 much Of I
u Black bills region a. may prove to 90
ID tain gold Prof Marsh has receives
70 quAsl-invitstion from Secretary Dela
to prepare written statement Of |
n charges against the Indian departmer
= aud II Is thought that be will do 20. a
H. that either = subcommittee Of the In,
rk an commission Or special cornraissi