Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-12-11
General Netrs Items.

While Robert Lee of New York city
was exhibiting a loaded revolver to his
children it suddenly exploded and the
bullet entered the eye of his daughter,
aged years. killing her instantly.
The governor Of Oregon. a democrat.
refuses to give the republican electors
certificates. and has given the democrat
lie electors certificates instead, though
they lacked several hundred votes Of
having a majority.
Gold went down to los SO Monday
the lowest price since the war with the
exception of about week in November.
1873. On the 9th of that month it
went down to l06.l-6. the lowest point
since June. 1862. A week later it was
above los again. and has been there
ever since until this week.
A Washington correspondent says
that Speaker Randall's closing reference
to executive usurpation was greeted
from the galleries by that peculiar,
shrill, sharp. strident cry. which during
l the war became known as the rebel
yell" The CRY was never heard in the
I House before, which shows the progress
which reform is making under the new
dispensation-
The Democrats have selected Samuel
J. Randall Of Pennsylvania for their
Speaker Mr. Randall was the leader
on the Democratic side in the salary
grab steal. Besides voting for the back
pay attachment, he voted to raise the
pay of Congressman to $1,000. He was
member Of the conference committee
and voted with Butler against Garfield
on every proposition Mr.. Randall de-
feats Mr.. Cox. who opposed the salary
steal.
SALE OF THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION
BUILDISGs The public sale Of the Elk.
hibition Buildings in Paramount Park
took place one week ago last Friday.
The amount realized was small compar
ed with the original Gust Of the build
ings The Main Exhibition Building
which cost 81 10000 was first offer
ed well. gentlemen" said Mr.
Thomas s. Ellis. the auctioneer, '.wha
Is bid for the Main Exhibition Build
ing? Have | one million There wa
| DO response. The auetioneer continued
/ Five hundred thousand" Still n
response -Four hundred thousand
Three hundred thousand p Then rathe
: impatiently We'll. what is bid for it 2
0 Mr. Richard J. Dobbins. the contracto
who erected it, bid 100000 Mr.. inc
S Morton bid s25O.OOO. at which
was knocked down to him. Mr. Eli
announced that the building had bee
4 bought for the Permanent Intern ationa
Is Exhibition Company.
t COSFLAGRA1IoS N NV ORLEANS
o Early on Friday morning FIRE brok
cut at the corner Of St Bernard an
Claiborne streets. It reached and eros
p ed Esplanade street, and three BLOCK
q we're destroyed The following is ii
d number Of houses destroyed Twent
!, on Columbus street. a on Roberts,
street, % On Where street. 9 on Mar
&c street. and 10 and St Anna church Q
re Espanade street. The dwellings
1t Aaguste and Amadee Couterie, Abrsm
4 Roeca. Clark snd Crozat- superb res
denees On Esplansde street--Ehere col
s1Hed- Most Of the buildings burBe
y we're small cottages. and hundreds
Is poor people lost all they possessed. Lei
or Durieux. member u the Fire Depar
~ ment, had his leg broken IN three place
About twenty hremen we're injure
some Of them seriously. One man b
u bis neck broken BY falling from va
By on The los il estimated at betwe
ed $780, 900 aud 100000; insuraBe
n 100000. About fifty Of the hous
= we're occupied BY one hundred famIli'
al Who lot nearly all their effect. a3d a
BY left destitute. many Of them losing III
zd . wearing apparel