Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-07-25
General Neacs Itens.s.

arrived al the IWln Mountain mouse
The New York Herald's special rail-
road train for Niagara Falls. made the
run. on Sunday, 479 miles in IL hours.
The new postal card viii be ready for
issue about the middle of August. In
design it viii be much more attractive
than the present card.
The London Standards full of wrath
and i'll humor because a few patriotic
Americans in London saw fit to celebrate
our national holiday.
OTTAWA. July l6. Advices from the
lumber limits on the Madawaka river
state that millions of feet of lumber
have been destroyed by forest 6res.
The silver mine at Old Orchard beach
in Maine, has been explored to the depth
of % feet with promising results, the
assays reporting 81, 800 to the ton
Snow-drifts from 10 to 90 feet deep
still remained. week before last, on the
sides of Mt. Katahdin in Maine, though
exposed to the direct rays of the sun
The population of the city of New
York BY the census of 1875, is probably
100000. The census taken IN the
summer season fails to give complete
enumeration of the people
Henry C. Bowen celebrated the Fourth
BY giving a picnic at Woodstock, CT, to
5000 persons. followed in the evening
by fireworks in the town. for which he
contributed $500.
The Brooklyn argus. in an article on
the estimated cost of the late trial, cal
culates the aggregate cost at Sl50.O00.
OF this amount. Beecher's expenses have
been not less than $4,000. while Til
ton is out of pocket some $4,000
A raft of timber sent down the Miss
issippl, few days ago. eOntaiked near
" two and half million feet of lumber
besides ..top-loading." composed of H.
200 bundles of lath, 1000 palings. 49,
900 shingles and 40 sticks of square
timber.
The death Of Lady Franklin. widow
of Sir John Franklin, the Arctic explor-
er of London, was announced July Is.
She was Sir Johns second wife, and was
married In 1928. Her maiden name
was Jane Griffin. She was lady who
was universally esteemed.
LIVERPOOL. July 2I.-The crop pros
poets of England and France are still
very discouraging. and the rains of yes
terday and to-day have caused still fur
Their advances in the prices of breadstufs
here. The excited and buoyant markets
in other countries have also had a
strengthening effect
Hiram A Reed, some 40 years ago,
saved the life of a young Frenchwoman
who fell overheard from a schooner Of
which he was captain and he thought
nothing of it till. the other day, a letter
came to his old tumble-down house al
Spring Lake, Mich, announcing that
$4,000 francs had been left him by the
Frenehman whose wife he saved.
A Catholic priest refused to offeiate
at the funeral Of a poor Irish woman al
Battle Greek, Mich, recently, because
the friends could not pay the assessment
But the oldest daughter stood at the
head of her mothers coffin. read the
Catholic service in broken voice before
the few sympathizlng neighbors who had
come In, and at the conclusion burst In
to tears One carriage followed to the
grave.
A young mother IN Conway. Mass
left her child in shady place while she
picked strawberries in field. When sh,
called to know if it were safe, she re
eeived no answer, and on going to i
found that it had been completely charm
ed by a brown snake, and unable Z
speak or move. Her screams frightened
the snake away. but the child quiveret
and cried for an hour, and it was sever
al days before it recovered from tn
baneful influence of the reptile.
Preston. express messenger on tn
Naugatuek road. must feed his two yea
old boy on fish to develop his brain a
such an early age. or else Bridgeport
CT, Is an uncommon place to rear chill
dren. This % months old BARN rum
pied up newspaper. the other day am
cried out impatiently, BABY want +
cad Beecher t'ial." and, after rollin,
the paper over little, threw it dow
with disgust, remarking. emphatically
"Baby tan't find Beecher t'ial ~
Postmaster General Jewell, writes
correspondent. strips off his coat am
vest. these hot days. in his Office. Tn
visitor finds this white-headed, ford
misunderstanding man perspiring in
Eell-diamonded shirt and pair of ligh
trousers Since the hot weather, it la
been discovered that Jewell is not proud
He does not wear shirts that open be
hind He is very fond Of his cigar, bu
as be has issued an order to his subor
dlnates that there shall be no smokin
during Office hours. be closely adheres t
it himself
Somewhere about the 4th OF July
AeWburyPort man was the victim Of
singular coincidence. While passin
along the street boy exploded coz
mon cracker just behind him. while z
the same instant rotten banana, throw
from neighboring fruit store, struc
him on the back Of the head. He :
once screamed, I'm shot 1. I'm shot
and. taxing handful Of the deeaye
fruit from his head. exhibited it to
horror-stricken bystaDder as a specime
OF his brains A great crowd assemble
and . doctor was called. who soon e,
planned the matter to the satisfaction
all present.
Mr.. Beecher drove his faEorite horse
Rosa and Nellie. down from Rest Hi
to the Peekskill depot, making the ts
miles IN exactly six minutes. Benin
him logged his old horse Lem, drawn
q gardeners wagon laden with berrie
70 be sold to Peekskill grocer. Lem