Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-06-05
General Nescs Items.

birthday on Wednesday, May a.
Kentucky farmers curse the day that
grasshoppers learned to chew tobacco.
Men will wrangle for religion, write
for it, die for it; anything but live for 1T.
The New York doctors say that they
never knew people to be taking so little
medicine as now.
1t has been figured out that the aver
age American is worth three hundred
and fifty thousand dollars.
Mr.. Reed, of the British Commission,
pronounces the Centennial the best exhl-
bition ever given in the world.
The Cosuier-.Joanat says that the
recording angel puts down business lie !
just the same as any other.
Whittier's Barbara Fritchie's house
has been torn down, and the site is COW
cred by an unpoetical tin shop.
The amount of silver paid out by the
Treasurery Department up to May 9th
was S6,700,000.
1t is quite natural that San Francisco
should be building the largest lunatic
asylum in the United States.
Hon. j. A. Crawford of Kingston, Ca,
was recently stung on the head by
bee and died in two minutes.
The citizens of Philadelphia protest
strongly against the opening of the Cen
tennial on Sunday.
Five fishing vessels and forty-seven
lives have been been lost In the Glou-
cestcr fisheries this year.
Hundreds of logs pass down the Con-
necticut daily. 1t is understood that
| 30,0OO,O0O are to be run this season.
The Congregational church at Ringe,
N. H., has had but two pastoral changes
in one hundred and two years.
Nearly 10000 piano fortes and organs
are made and sold in the United States
annually. Of these over 10000 are
organs.
The fast mail train jumped the track
near Albany, N. Y, Friday, and the
fireman was killed, and the engineer
fatally injured.
An Ohio scientist predicts that between
May 28th and June 9th heavy frost
will Kill ali the fruit and vegetables
north of latitude forty degrees.
Several runaway bridal parties arrived
recently at Kentucky hotel in one day.
Several enraged papas were about two
, hours behind hand in every instance.
The Chicagoes and Bostons, crack base
ball clubs, played game of ball at
Boston. May 80. before $4,000 specta-
tors. The Bostons were defeated to /.
: An Indian who was assisting in get
ting the big drive of logs down the
4 Connecticut river, was drowned at West
I Stewartstown, N. H., few days since.
A large brick structure, used as a rag
: e storehouse at 3O6 Master street, Phila.
delphia, fell Thursday afternoon, bury.
ing number of workmen, three of whom
y were killed.
|. At Hot Springs, Ark, John c. Hale
: prominent citizen, and son-in-law o
Ex-Governor Brownlow, was fatally sho
. by William P. Walsh, the postmaster
. In quarrel about some land.
:. LONDON, May 30.-A despatch iron
: Madrid says a Protestant school in tn
n Province of Pontevedra has been close'
% BY order of the Minister of Justice a
= the request of the Papal authorities.
1t now appears probable that Winston
. will be surrendered by the British gov
St eminent, and will have the opportunit,
y to revisit his beloved native land, wher
L so many are anxious to see him.
/ A great fire broke out in Quebec las
i Tuesday afternoon. and ragged uncontrol
lably for several hours. At 10 p. m.
, was partially under control. Loss rough
4 ly estimated at 1000 houses, and abou
u S1,0O0,000.
10 CoNsTANTINoPLE, May 30.-An ofi(
h ial proclamation has been issued, declal
10 ing Sultan Aziz dethroned in accordanc
., wit the popular will. Murad Efend
the heir presumptive and nephew {
Aziz, has been declared Sultan.
a. VIENNA, May 30.-The Montenegl
he War Minister has informed the Austria
Oh Government that an offensive and defer
". sive alliance has been concluded betwee
le- Servia, Greece, Roumania and Monten
he gro against Turkey.
1t is reported that Brigham You1
I'D with his wives and Norman subjec
in contemplates a hegira into Mexico. F
he pretends that there is danger that Il
,ut subterranean outlet of Salt Lake wi
he close up and the city and plains abo
at it will soon be buried under the Sc
zen There is probably more danger the ia
lty of Sodom will overtake it, unless Bri
ham does leave the valley
by, At the great auction sales of d
in goods, made in New York some da
of since, $4,000 packages were sold
ed, prices satisfactory to the manufacture
Mr.. This great sale amounted to 100000
d a and was attended by merchants fire.
Iat- Maine to California. 1t is now consi
md cred that these goods have reached b.
tom prices, and better feeling is pl
duced in commercial circles.
ear A number of gentlemen lately fir,
all. the East were congregated on a str,
ute corner in San Francisco the other d:
nds when they saw two-horse dray load
ave down with what they took to be lie
ont bars, stalled ON Montgomery sire
,en- Great was their surprise when inform
that the lead bars were silver bric
-. from the Bonaza mines, being taken
~ Flood & 0'Brien's bank, and that owe
~ hundred thousand dollars value was
~ trusted to the custody of one man, a