Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-08-21

the past year forty-hve millions.
Sojourner Truth is not dead but is
soiourning in Michigan.
Silver ornaments are very fashionable
this summer.
Ground has been broken in Paris for
the exhibition of 1878.
Last week. one New Bedford vessel
caught 10000 fish in three days off
Long Island, and another 100000 in
six days.
Mrs. Carr of Quebec, hanged herself
with her false hair. The coroner's YER
dict was that the Carr was demolished
by misplaced switch. T"
A decline in -four, quite breakdown
in wheat, and dizziness in Indian corn,
with rye quiet. and oats without impor-
tant feature, is the market report this
| week.
The national debt of England is about
So, $780, 100000; of France about 81,
00,0O0,000; of the United States
| (Which. however. is gradually being
paid off, about 50, 24O,0O0,000. These
are the heaviest national debts.
The Worcester Spy draws attention
to the fact that during the session of
Congress just past some 1000 bills were
introduced by Southern members for the
payment of clans for property destroyed
or damage done, amounting in the ag-
gregate to over 100000, 1000 1t re-
CARDS this as significant of future inten-
tions.
ST. ALBANs, Vt, August l5.-Twelve
hundred and sixty-two tubs of butter
were shipped from here to-day, the price
ranging from twenty to twenty-five
cents fine lots were little above that
price. Fourteen cars came from the
ogdensburg and Lake Champlain road,
in all twenty ears of butter.
LONDON. August ia Paris des-
patch reports that Mr.. Friquet and sons,
aeronauts, assembled on Sunday in bal
loon from the environs of Paris. The
balloon was torn by contact with trees
and fell to the ground. One of the
young men was instantly killed and the
father fatally injured.
James B. Hickok, alias Wild Bill,
known in Kansas and the territories as
a scout of some prominence in early
days, was killed in a saloon at Deadwood,
Black hills region. some days ago. by
one Bill Sutherland, who alleges that
Bill killed his brother at Fort Hayes,
Kan, some years since.
We are not having a monopoly Of
hot weather in this country. There have
been several reports of similar experie nee
from European capitals. Perhaps the
: most vivid of these is from Madrid
That is usually hot city in Summer
it is now said to be hotter than at any
time since the beginning of the century
Such heated term may well be called
fearful
A new Roman Catholic cathedral, IL
process of erection in Montreal, is an i'll
starred building, six men having los
D their lives already by accidents there
The last accident was on Friday whel
three men named Raymond, Lessard an,
: Roderique were precipitated a distanc
: of 80 feet to the ground by the breaking
of a scaffold Two were instantly killet
a and the other lived but short time.
r VIENNA, August ia despatc
from Belgrade reports terrible battl
. between the Montenegrins and Turk
near Kutcht, which commenced Monda
!, morning and lasted the whole day
Twenty thousand troops were engage
!. in battle. The Turks were routed wit
:, : great loss of life. They also lost thei
arms and battle flags. The Montent
: grins pursued the retreating army I
! Podgoritza.
5 On the same day of the appearance {
: Tilden's letter of acceptance, it was ais
10 announced that the Hon. Dewitt G. Lii
tlejohn of 0swego, one of the delegate
. to the st. Louis convention, will NJ
- support Tilden for president but wi
20 favor Hayes and Wheeler. Mr. Littl
N john is man of large Influence in
l. state having formerly been member
!. Congress and Speaker of the New Yor
i assembly.
r.. Gen. Cook has started for the Indial
es with force of about 1000 men, lnclu,
is ing 200 friendly Indians. Every ms
III carries $50 rounds of ammunition, al
s fifteen days rations will be taken
he the pack train. A battle may be look,
for within ten days. 1t may take pla
b near where the Rosebud fight occurre
- The command is in excellent conditio
= The only fear is that the enemy ma
e not be found.
,er The distributive trade in some depar
Dr. ments begins to improve, through Il
nd volume of business is below the avera
est at this period in prosperous time
,ly There is more confident feeling
M commercial circles, however, based up
st the low prices prevailing. the cauti
Sc. that has SO long controlled business {
he fairs, and the prospective large croI
But Notwithstanding all drawbacks,
49, eau hardly be doubted that the turni
IL point of the depression has been reach
- and that business men have better bai
az of calculation than for long period,
'lA Globe.
be- On the Central New Jersey Railro
ere ON Saturday morning loaded oil ira
in broke in two one mile west of Resell
un- The detached cars stopped. and s.
zen ond oil train ran into them, in the fl
led The locomotive was disabled, and t
re- caboose and three oil cars were thro
un- off the track. +. The fire in the locomoti
to ignited the caboose and four of the
ave cars. The caboese and wooden ia
tee were consumed in short time. The
ria. IN three other cars burned so ferc,
nti- that trains could not pass on either ira