Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-12-30
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Cyrus S. Clark's steam saw-mill at
Windsor, near Sherbrook, Canada, is
burned. Valued at $4,000.
Forty-eight children were drowned
Wednesday by the breaking of ice on a
pond at Chapelle Moche, France.
Horrible reports come from the north
ern part of Brazil, where pestilence and
famine are sweeping off The population
at the rate of six hundred per day.
LONDON, Dec. 25.-Another snow
storm has blockaded the Scotch railways
worse than ever. 1t is thawing in Lon
don.
Mice destroyed $500 in bills and val
liable notes, belonging to Clement &
Pillsbury, of Warren, N. H.. the other
night. but all except 500 of the money
can be redeemed.
A lion belonging to a menagerie at
Lowell, Mass. broke loose from his cage
last week, devoured bear. and fright
ened baboon to death. but he was Sc
cured before doing other damage.
The Blaine investigating committee is
constituted as follows: Messrs. Teller
(chairman), Cameron, of Wisconsin,
Kirkwood, Hoar, Mcmillan, Bayard,
Wallace, Bailey and Garlaud-fve re-
publicans and four Democrats.
A young man named John H. jerks
was fatally shot at Pawtucket, R. l.,
Wednesday by George H. Brown, who
attacked him in the street. A confess
sion of Browns wife of criminal inter-
course with jerks was the cause of the
murder.
A curious case has been prosecuted
at Boston by the society for the proven
tion of cruelty to children, resulting IN
the sentencing of Edith Strickland to
the woman's prison for four months for
asusalt on her baby, by abandoning it
on the steps of a residence.
The late George NJ. Marsh. of Ports
mouth, N. H., leaves the bulk of his
property. estimated at from $4,000 to
100000, to the Episcopal Bishop of the
diocese of New Hampshire. the Rector
of St. Johns church and other trustees,
for the purpose of erecting an Episcopal
church, to be called Christ church.
On Friday last was concluded the
long trial of the case against General
Sheridan. sued for the value of property
on Louisiana plantation, of which it
was claimed he had by military force
wrongfully deprived the rightful pos
SCISSOR; and the jury gave verdict in
favor of the General.
BUFFALO. N. Y, Dec. 23.-The Sc.
verest snow storm since 1871 visited
this section last night, and is still rag
ing. Full three feet of snow have fall.
en- on level, and has badly driftly
Trains on all the roads to aud from the
city are delayed, and it is uncertain as
to any trains leaving before night. Il
is very cold at various localities.
Ben. Perley Poore. in letter to the
Boston Journal, says that Vice Presiden
Wheeler is one of the most acceptable
presiding officers that has presided il
the Senate for many years. He is quiet
firm, courteous and dignl6ed, under
stands the rules of the body thoroughly
and enforces them quietly-withou
noise or buster
Mrs. George Holmes of Lebanoa. Ill.
must be thoroughly rested. for she ha
just reused herself from a 20-days
sleep. The doctors bled her and triet
to wake her in other ways at first, Blu
finally forced food into her stomach
until she awoke of her own accord. witt
the whole period of her long sleep
blank.
Mrs. Mary Green of Indianapolis
Ind. has actually died of nothing but
broken heart. Last spring her husban'
ran away with another woman, leavin
her with two children to care for. Sine
then. although neither suffering no
mourning, and having no disease whicl
the doctor could detect. she has fadet
away, until she died few days ago.
The granite palace in which the 1922
Legislature of New York is soon t
meet was to have cost 100000, but
built during the widest days of imitation
and extravaganza, it has swallowed u
Sl4,00O.0OO since it was begun at tn
close of the war, though fortunatel
without entailing any debt. Next t
the capitol at Washington it is the mos
costly structure on the continent.
The lost steamship Pomerania is t
be raised if possible, and there is
possibility that many bodies may b
recovered. The contract for the raisin
has been awarded to the same compan
which has undertaken the raising of tn
Russian man-of-war Kurfurst, whic
was lost within short distance of tn
spot where the Pomerania went dowr
in the straits of Dover.
During family quarrel at Thor
kill, Tenn, recently, man and hi
wife were killed by two of their som
A one-armed son, in his efforts to pre-
tect his mother from her brutal husban
fatally stabbed his father. A brothe
| then came upon the scene and bega
4 firing at his one armed brother. Th
: mother interfered and was shot deac
! Another brother and sister wei
S wounded in the melee.
d. Thomas Vale, president of tn
5 Merchants bank at Troy, N. Y, h;
been indicted for perjury in making u
t his accounts. He is an old man, Z
n years of age, and has always stood ver
: high in the estimation of his townsmel
He appears to have lost the banks mol
!; ey in somo railroad enterprises, an
e tried to cover up the losses by maxim
g a false showing. He was supposed
: be millionaire, but is probably banl
rupt. His indictment completely crust
e ed him and he will probably die.
C One night last week in bad Bostol
: a lady who was guest at the Tremol