Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-03-25
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.


troops from Canada. Toronto can furnish
large body of fighting men. The au-
thorities will encourage enlistment.
1t is stated that Mr.. Moody has de-
clined request to labor in Pitts6eld,
having determined to retire to Mortified
as soon as he has finished his month at
New Haven.
At the present time about three tons
of silver are received and melted at the
Philadelphia mint each day, and this
amount of metal will make forty-fve
thousand dollars.
The 'rebel archives cost $4,000,
and have already saved the government
several times that amount. Once let
the ex-Confederate Congressman get
their hands on them and there would be
notable confagration.
The Turks have devastated eight
Christian villages in the district of Del
vino and massacred the male inhabitants.
They also killed one hundred women
and children On the seashore The Eng
lish Consul has gone to investigate.
A gentleman now resides in Boston
garnet, and finds it hard to pay for his
daily bread, who two years ago was
worth at least 100000, portion of
which was invested in prosperous sum-
mer hotel that was burned few months
since.
Returns have been received from all
the towns in New Hampshire and the
vote foots as follows Prescott. 1897;
Mexican, 81, 963 Kendall, 25l Flint,
223 scattering, SO. Prescott's plural
ity, 1914; majority, GAL. The House
will stand, Republicans 205, Democrats
l65. Majority for David E. Willard.
Railroad Commissioner, is 1912.
horse and bull died in Kentucky
last week that represented nearly $40,
900 to their owners-"W oodford Chief
one of the smartest young trotters in the
country, whom Colonel R. D. Pepper, of
Versailles, lately refused 100000 for,
and the Fourteenth Duke of Thorn
dale, formerly owned by Almon w.
Griswold, of Morristown, VT, and re-
Gently sold for $4,000.
Atlanta was visited by tremendous
tornado, on Sunday, by which much
damage was done. All the churches
were injured, that of the Episcopalians
being demolished, and eighteen Of the
persons in it were hurt. Many other
buildings were damaged, principally
dwelling-house and shops; and the city
hall was unroofed. The wind seems to
have struck the place bitterly and
squarely.
The victories won by the Turks over
the. Russians are credited to the Martini
rifles made in this country. But this
weapon is liable to get out of order, and
inventors have been endeavoring to make
weapon possessing its good qualities
without its bad ones. English officers
have been experimenting with the Soper
rife, which it is claimed can be fired
more rapidly and effectively than any
other weapon known.
The Chicago people are sanguine that
they at length see way out of the
bankruptcy that has overtaken their city.
The Inter Ocean states that the city has
$500 saloons, in which are sold, in the
aggregate, 427 900 drinks per day. Only
, tax these drinks one cent each, says the
, Inter- Ocean, and from this source alone
we shall receive million and half a
year, or ten times as much as is now re-
, ceived under the license system.
) Senator Blaine made very strong
, speech, on Monday. in support of his
t resolution of inquiry in regard to the
fishery award, which resolution was
adopted. The subject is not very we'll
E understood, and we recommend to all
, who would understand it that they read
; Mr.. Blaines speech. in which they will
8 find the whole matter set forth in order,
, with the Senator's usual lucidity OF
E statement and force of argument.
e A destructive hail and rain storm
e passed through Jefferson county. West
t Virginia, on Sunday. the 18th inst
Hail-stones, from the size of an egg uI
{ to the size of mans fist, fell thick and
! fast for fully an hour. Growing wheat
: was washed from the ground, thereby
s inficting heavy damages upon the far.
e mers. Houses were unroofed, windows
e broken, cattle, sheep and hogs killed
e The damage is estimated from $50 ,O0C
. to 100000.
k In the Ohio Penitentiary, at Colum.
: bus, O., last week, a convict started tt
g leave a shop, contrary to orders, anG
was told by Collins, one of the guard
D to return to his work. Just as Collins
D turned to take his place in his chair 6
e convict struck him on the jaw with al
i iron bar. The guard selzed the often
e der, when he was attacked by two othel
! convicts. one of whom struck him on the
o head with hammer, fracturing his skull
e and fatally injuring him.
o 1t is obvious from the Russian ad
/. vance to the Bosphorus that the Gear il
It determined to hold that narrow strai
= and prevent the entry of British wa
e vessels into the Black Sea. He doubt
less holds that they can have no bust
!, ness there except for hostile purposes
and he considers that it is much easie
to keep them out than it would be to ex
:, pei them were they once admitted. HI
f. is. therefore, logically right in holdin,
y the key to his Black Sea coast until tn
3 situation is more tranquil.
S. A fearful catastrophe recently &C
7. CURED at Parma, Italy. An artiller
r officer and six men were trying to up
4 root an old horse chestnut tree by tn
70 use of dynamite in the public prone
ID made, when owing to the officers care
to lessness, an explosion occurred, KILN
,e the officer. two soldiers. two children
D. and another person, and wounding 69
Is Among the seriously wounded were fou