Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-11-25
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Gold remains nominally at 100 l-9
The New York police haven't as yet
discovered the body Of A. I. Stewart.
Miss Won Hillern, German walkist,
who has been held up as an example of
physical vigor for American girls, has
paralysis of her legs, from excessive
walking.
Samuel Bartholf, of Gutenberg, N.
j., died on Friday, of hydrophobia.
He was bitten week before by a stray
dog. The wound was cauterlzed, but
on Tuesday morning Mr.. Bartholf CON-
planned of a nervous sensation, which |
ended in commissions.
The duplex system, or double trans
mission, was successfully tried on the
Atlantic cable at London on Monday.
The great feat of sending and receiving
a message at the same time, in both
directions upon the cable. is justly con-
sidered one Of the most important of
Geographic wonders.
The British gunboat Condor recently
went to Bourgas to investigate an alleg-
ed outrage on the British Vice. Consul.
The st. Petersburg Gotos has strongly
worded article on this event, (which,
it says, constitutes a clear violation of
the neutrality of the Black Sea. The
English may cut our sea communications
at any moment. Does England wish to
measure Russia's forbearance %
The Supreme Court has decided that
the three precinct returns rejected by the
Alachua County Canvassing Board are
good and valid. and awarded a peremp-
tory, order to the Board to canvass them.
These precincts gave Bisbee majority
of 450, and their rejection by the Cam
wasting Board elected Hull DEM.
Bisbee's majority now stands about 200
in the district.
The boiler of locomotive exploded
at the Philadelphia and Reading station
on SATURDAY the 10Th with terrific effect.
Three were instantly killed, and eight
or ten were wounded, of whom one has
since died. The engineer, conductor
and boy named Calvin Lutz, were
killed outright. The engine was COM
plete wreck and the depot and telegraph
office were badly shattered.
At lion. N. Y, last week, the driver
/ of an omnibus containing five passengers
two ladies and three gentlemen ara =
boy on the box, attempted to cross q
track in front of the Chicago express
J The horses were struck and killed and
carried away with the forward wheels
, of the omnibus, but the body of the
vehicle dropped to the ground. JUS
clearing the train. All the inmates es
saped unhurt as by miracle.
The new City Hall just completed a
!; Providence, R. T.. at cost of abou
r S1,O00,O0O, was dedicated on the 14th
r The procession Of city officials and othel
dignitaries moved from the old build
, ing to the new, when, after a forma
delivery of the keys, the prayer of dedi
f cation was offered by President Robin
son, of Brown University. An oratiol
| was delivered by Mr.. Abraham Payne
, and the benediction pronounced b,
Bishop Hendrickson of the Roman Cath
Ollie Church.
a Machinery for shoemaking produce
e marvellous results. One class of ma
t chimes sewed last year 45, 100000 pair
q of shoes. another pegged 100000,
e pairs in the same time. Ten men Cal
make 600 pairs of shoes day. Ii
New England AGO bushels of shoe peg
!. are made in day, and one cents wort
! of pegs will peg four pairs of shoes
There are SIC patents on shoe pegs an
> peggers. and 1000 on shoe machinery
Machinery turned out over 100000
shoe lasts in the United States las
), year.
] The 7rsbuue's whole cipher campaig
was admirably planned and executed. 1
: the preliminaries, in the approaches
= in the heavy broadsides, and in the pun
suit of the flying foe, it has been a
: skillfully handled in journalistic sens
as it has been effective politically. Tw
capital after strokes have followed th
. main work. The first was the proc
. that Pelton was the man who went t
. Baltimore to take the eighty thousan
IS dollars to Smith Weed. The secon
: was the Marble facsimiles which taste
l the Florida dispatches upon buckles
y "Moses." There is no escape for then
A terrible explosion occurred at tt
Sullivan Coal Mine Nov 81. It wa
$ caused by the ignition of the flames of
v lamp with the gas and terrific velocit
= = was added by the fact that there wa
= eight kegs of powder below. Thel
:, . were 80 men in the mines; Ii wei
y killed outright, s or 10 were wounded
!. and many of the others are suffering {
' from sufocation that their lives han
by a thread. The excitement is {
is great that it is impossible yet to get tt
at names Of the unfortunates. Tom an
le Sam landlord, two of the proprietor
1t are known, however, to be killed.
~ great crowd of relatives. mostly womel
s are gathernd around the mine and the
e. lamentations are pitiful.
J. The attempted assassinations of I'll
g King of Italy affords accumulative ev
dence of an extensive conspiracy again
% all constituted governments. Sever
G letters from members of the Information
o. al Society were found at the abode
20 the Italian assassin, and more Intern
~ tionallsts have consequently been a
&c rested. The King had, previous to IL
u attempt on his life, received Two lette
&c intimating that it would be made.
" telegram from Berlin reports that Il
v belief is current there that plot e.
Mt lists for the assassination of all sove
N eigns. 1t is stated that the Prussis
O. Judges. when examining MODELLING
case, were led to believe in the exis
We ence of a central organization for th
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