Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-04-17

4 \. Stewart left no children.


Francisco on Saturday in 2.l9 S-4.
The grangers Of the United States
have over SIS, loco, 900 inves ted in their
various enterprises.
The railroads win carry passengers to
the Centennial for three-fourths fare.
We believe they could earn more money
if they called it half price.
Andreas Fuchs, who killed and cut up
Simmons. in Brooklyn, was found guilty
of murder in the first degree. on Monday,
and was sentenced to be hanged June ,.
The Congregational society at Wall
ingford. Conn, has been two years hunt.
ing for pastor, and has not found one
vet, and no wonder 1t has tried over
sixty candidates.
James Brown, superintendent of the
Avondale Coal Mines, in Indiana, was
instantly killed Saturday, April s, by |
falling down the shaft, distance of $50 |
feet The body was terribly mangled.
John A. Appleton, president of the
Haverhill. Mass, National Bank, re-
ceived through the mail Thursday about
SIS, 900 worth of checks and notes which |
were stolen from him on the 30th ult.
The money taken was not returned.
The centennial committee have invited
P. S. Gilmore to conduct the musical
exercises on the 18th of July, and he has
accepted. They have also engaged him
and his full band to give grand concerts
for 80 days following the opening day.
The wife of Hon. Benjamin F. Butler
died Saturday morning, April s. of can
Ger in the throat, at the Massachusetts
General Hospital in Boston, where size
had been taken to have an operation per-
formed. She was about ffty-fve years
old.
The magnificent white marble mansion
in which Mr. Stewart died, remained
tenantless some time after its completion,
on account of superstition on his part
that he should not live long after occu-
plying it. He was finally compelled to
take possession three years ago, on ac-
count of the breaking out of small pox
in his old home Superstitious people
will regard his death as the fulfllment
of his presentations, but in reality when
a man gets to be seventy, death cannot
be far off whether he changes his resi-
dence or not
A murder committed in the vicinity of
Newburgh, n. Y, about nineteen years
ago, and the perpetrator of which no
clue was ever found, has come to light.
1t appears that the body of young
woman named Sarah Bloom was found
alongside of fence by the roadside mu-
tilated shOckingly. Every possible means
], was adopted to ferret out the perpetra-
tor of this villainous deed, but without
success. 1t is now announced that a
letter has been received by gentleman
in Newburgh from physician in a
neighboring city, who said he had pa
tent on his deathbed who confessed that
he killed the woman in a jealous fit.
He had since suffered intolerably from
remorse.
The estimated cost of the Caughna
waga Canal is three million FIVE hundred
! thousand dollars, and it is evident that
that amount would be saved every year
in the reduction of the cost of transport
ing lumber and grain from the lake re-
E gion to New England. Another consid-
I Grafton urged in its favor is, that with.
d out it traffic is likely to be diverted down
5 the st. Lawrence, which might be bro't
through New England. The proposed
r canal would complete the water connec.
1 ton from the Western lakes to the foot
of Lake Champlain. A necessary part
of the project is the mutual free use Of
/ the waters of Canada and the United
= States by the people of both countries
: and memorial is to be sent to Congress
, in favor of an arrangement for this
purpose.
S NEW YORK, April 1O.-Alexandel
e Turney Stewart. the great millionaire
T merchant, died at LAO o'clock this af
i ternoon. About a month ago Mr. Stew
art took severe cold which resulted il
Il Inflammation of the bladder The NAL
e ady grew very painful. but his strong
, constitution enabled him to rally, anC
!, after three weeks of suffering he wa
Q pronounced out of danger and soon be
r came eonValescent and able to wall
e about the house. Last Thursday, b.
> improper exposure, he took another cold
Is which settled in the peritoneum and re
,e suited IN peritonitis. A consultation Q
physicians was held this forenoon for tn
purpose of deciding the course of medi
- cal treatment necessary to save his life
Half an hour before his death he bega
: to recover consciousness, having for man
= hours previously lain in a semi-uncor
| scious state, and when he breathed hi
- last his mind was bright as usual, thong
e he no longer suffered pain. The fri
" distinct warning of his approaching en-
a was the return OF consciousness withol
: a return Of the suffering. None of NJ
Stewards kindred reside in this countr,
re but number of intimate friends bot
70 of himself and his wife, were in atten,
I'll ance. Among them was Mr.. Church,
~ brother of Mrs. Stewart also the a
ne tending physicians, Drs. Mank an
DC White. His business representative
rs Judge Hilton and Mr.. Libbey, arriy,
TX shortly after his death. The news
~ his death spread with rapidly thrOul
At the city, and caused considerable excit
~ ment Expressions of regret were ge
eral Both his immense stores we
er- closed early in the afternoon.
S. VESTILATIOS.-Sextons need less