Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-11-27
General Ne.rs Hems.

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mill in Statewide, l., there are four
pairs Of twins,
Ii is said that wire netting spread
on the roof Of building is better
protection against lightning than up
right rods,
The wine crop Of France this year Is
unusually large, being q third larger
than the vines promised at the outset OF
the season,
DIR. 5. j. James has grown black tea
at his place five mile from Townsville.
Ca. which compares favorably with the
best imported from China.
A Philadelphia woman recently lost
pair Of earrings, valued at $4,000
which were once the property Of the ex-
Empress Eugene,
A thousand babies in, this country /
have waited nameless for fortnight
/ for ! 900. 900 voters 70 decide whether /
they shall be called Hayes or nlden,
The Tk,Rdsr Bog SsatiRsl, Lake
/ Superior. announces the drowning of a |
Young man named o'Niel from breaking |
through the ice. on the 10th of October
last.
The population of Peru is decreasing,
being less than three millions. The
decrease is attributed TO earthquakes.
diseases. civil war and brandy. espeoi-
ally the latter.
The slave trade still fourishes among
the NaSsulmans of Salonica, and one
hundred negresses lately transported
there from the African coast were sold
at an average OF about one hundred and
fifty dollars each.
Spades are tramps again In Paris.
The shovel and the piekaxe are seen
everywhere clearing away rubbish to
charm the eyes of visitors to the great
exhibition Of 1879. which the French
hope will eclipse all its predecessors.
Loss OF LIFE-The floor of theatre
in Sacramento. California, gave way on
the evening of the 18th. whereby one
, thousand persons were precipitated into
livery stable. Six persons were kill
ed outright and more than one hundred
seriously injured.
We are pleased to hear that the mon
umental bust TO be set over the grave
, of Horace Greeley. the project for which
appropriately originated with the print
ers. has been cast. and will be Inaugural
ted next month Mr.. Greeley's grave
> deserves such Distinguishing mark
5 Captain Bedford PIN, NJ. P, told his
2 constituents in England the other day
{ that one sailor only in each of England S
twenty-five thousand vessels was an Eng
i lishman, and that the foreign crews in
! the next war would navigate the ships
: TO their own ports.
: Notwithstanding large meat importa-
t tons from the United States. the Lon
b don butchers keep up their prices so
high that the Globe advises cooperation
N and that families should jointly market
! through a delegate. who would receive a
: small commission.
.e An English sect of moralists, calling
lie themselves the ..Christodelphians,' .
W have offered one hundred pounds to any
one who will prove from Scripture that
- man is possessed of an immortal soul
Il The Rev. Walter Bristeombe, a Wesley
,e an minister, has accepted the challenge.
Of The fellows of the College of Physi.
~ clans, of Dublin, have admitted Mis-:
IN Edith Peeheney to examination for q
diploma. and thus thrown open the por-
as tails of the medical profession to al
u corners of both sexes The Queen
te University is expected to soon follow
ee suit
s. Mr. Moulton has abandoned his sui
Id against Henry Ward Beecher, for NAL
Mt ieious prosecution. and pays the cost
. An order to remove the case for trial t.
IL district county. he says, will make i
he too expensive and too injurious to hi
T. business interests. Thus ends. proba
al bly,. all the Beecher-M oulton litigation.
ut The English in India are complain
an ing bitterly that at a time when til
ID. public works are stopped for want Q
nd money, and the government fears th
loss Of tenth Of its revenue from tn
he decline in silver, two and half millio
en- dollars are to be spent in the ceremonial
of at Delhi in honor of Queen Victoria
~ assuming the title of Empress.
vs. There is said to be paper churc
Tas actually existing near Berlin, which ca
Ith contain nearly one thousand persons
to 1t Is circular within, octagonal withou
en-. The relisfs outside and statues within
ere the roof. ceiling, the Corinthian capitals
ny are all papier mache, rendered waite
proof by saturating in vitriol, lime-watt
St. whey, and white of eggs.
Of All the states which have so far nan
ut ed a Thanksgiving Day have selecte
US the Both instant. and that will doub
hey less be the day throughout the countr-
the A brief season of sociality after IL
yes trials Of politics will do us good. and th
Of clergymen will be furnished frst-ra
ing theme for their Thanksgiving discours,
a IN the present anomalous condition
vas the country.
The figures Of the Massachuset
no state census justify the theory that Il
re- foreign-bOrn population of that state
Su- more prolific than the native. The a
TO erage number of children of the natl
his mothers is three and ffty-two one hun
go; redths. while of the foreign born it
be four and ninety-one one-hundredths. ri
was rule Is propably general. in New En-
was land at least. if not in the country.
ow- -,
80 Minnesota. like all the Western stat.
. is exhausting her beat-growing capa'
sslf ty. the average yield Of the state ru
bsd ming below eight bushels to the acr
w.s The patent process Of grinding spri
Joy inTY hne pastry n l,'e naS' no