Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-12-10
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

IN Burlington. Vt.
1t is probable that both branches of
Congress will agree upon recess from
about December 20 to January 10.
The valuation of New Jersey has fall
en- off thirty-eight millions In two years.
A special to the Vienna Press reports
that the Russians now have $50 guns in
position before Erzeroum.
Victory inclines to the side of the
Turks again, and they have captured
Elena with six cannon and 5000 prison
ers.
During the last ten years the Italian
government has confscated and sold at
public auction $lo6, 100000 worth of
church property.
Fernando Wood is engaged upon a
tariff bill which is expected to be sweep
ing in its character and to make extern
sive reductions.
A shed in Somerville, Mass, has
been stocked with wood, saws, and saw
bucks. and tramps are at liberty to earn
their meals there, or to go hungry.
The lumbermen along the Kennebec
river are unusually active in sending
men and horses into the woods. Nearly
double the usual amount of lumber will
be cut this winter.
In the Black Hills country the In
dians are capturing freight trains and
4 killing ranchmen, and application has
been made to Gems. Sheridan and Terry
for military assistance.
Another terrible ocean disaster is re-
| ported from Chill in the sinking of the
Pacific steam Navigation Company s
steamer Atacoma, with all but Is of its
80 passengers and crew.
T. B. Laid, of Chateaugay, N. Y,
has in his possession many old legal
papers, diaries, etc., dating back as far
as 1866, when the colonies were under
the reign of King George.
And now the Spaniards talk of job
that promises to equal the subjugation
of Cuba-which is no less than tunnel
ing the straits of Gibraltar. The cost
is estimated at $4,000, 900.
Two more one hundred-ton guns have
just been completed for the Italian gov.
eminent, those heretofore made having
given perfect satisfaction. The new
guns will use a powder charge of 47C
pounds and hurl projectile weighing
2280 pounds.
SAN Francisco, Dec. ga Victoria
dispatch says British Columbia is ex
cited over gold quartz discoveries il
Carlboo district The ledge has beer
traced FIVE miles with width of Is II
So feet; assays from 80 feet below tn,
surface give from $40 to $50 to the ton
The elegant steamer Adirondack
having no use ON Lake Champlain, anc
being land bound, is fast going to pieces
While the Delaware and Hudson com
pany ruined themselves. by building
the New York and Canada road, the,
also destroyed a fine business on tn
lake.
George o. Ingham was arrested a
: Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 9th, for robbin
the mails. For the past six month
young Ingham has carried mail matte
between the General Post Office an
: station A, on the west side. He cor
r fesses to having taken money and jew
elry, the value of which Is not known
v Vice President Wheeler and Speake
Randall have had several conference
t within the last few days on the subjet
b of prohibiting the sale of Iqnor in th
t capitol. 1t was decided that the be.
d course to pursue was to pass resolutio
II prohibiting the sale and making a pei
atty in case of violation.
,. An iron mountain, 100000 feet hig
k and rivaling the famous iron mountai
It of Missouri, has been discovered in Co
|, fax county, New Mexico. The ore
d almost entirely pure iron, and in col
E. nection with the immense quantities
to coal found in Colfax county, this hu!
m deposit of iron ore must at no distal
day become the source of industri
which will gather and support lar.
- and thriving population.
Some people like to DO imposed upo
- They seem born forit. There are son
! of that class in Hatley who thong
- they were getting pretty good style
~ Free Masonry at two dollars per he;
~ from Yankee swindler named Polan
They paid their fees and were initiate
Now some of them are ashamed to ov
n how neatly they were fooled The G
= mate is getting pretty warm for Polan
as who will depart in search of pastur
re new and fools afresh.- Waterloo, p.
ed advertiser.
A. The Moody and Sankey revival me,
70 ings began at Providence, R. l., /:
Sunday, and at each of the three S,
~ vices the music hall was filed to ov,
~. flowing. In the evening the crowd "
les so great around the building that
hv horse-car was crowded of the track, a
he considerable personal injury and Il
Is. of clothing resulted from the crush
4. people. Three churches were fill
.r- with the overflow from the hall.
LIST A man in Stocton, CAL. was surpris
'ty the other day to learn, on question:
to- his twelve-year-old boy, of the alarmi
of prevalence of opium smoking amo
i'd school boys of tender years. The
Id seemed to speak of it as matter
to course, and mentioned the names of
Id dozen or more boys from twelve to S
ed. teen years of age who indulge in
as dangerous practice. and make no sec
no of it among themselves, possibly beca1
va they do not know the terrible evil of
re- Orders were received at Fort Linc
for the seventh cavalry to move at oil
rho to Deadwood on forced marches. ]
err troops are in no condition to move, a
ON. will be worse off when they strike
lis. Indians. The report is that Dead WI