Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-11-04
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Gold is now 100 3 8.


following balances in the Treasury:
President Hayes has issued his pro-
clamation appointing Thursday, the
2Sth inst, as Thanksgiving Day.
Nine inches Of snow fell in the north
western part of the Province of Ontario
Sunday night, and six inches fell at St.
Paul, MINI.
A man named Hill shot his own son
and wounded son of Mr.. Schumacher
near Wheeling, w. Va, Sunday, by
firing into the bushes where he heard
what he supposed to be wild turkeys.
Tbs voting population of New York
city is 232,l58, more than half of
which is made up of naturalized citi-
zens. In only four of the wards do the
native American voters outnumber the
naturalized voters.
The New York Commercial AdvertiSer
says that Senator Conkling reports that
in every district of that State which he
has visited he has found the most graft
flying prospects of Republican success
next week.
A cable special says that Bayard Tay-
lor has undergone a dangerous surgical
operation for dropsy, resulting in the
extraction of IA litres of water. He is
improving, though he has been serious.
ly i'll.
There has been great increase in
the shipments of leather from New York
to Europe recently. Since the 1st of
last January the exports have amounted
to $4,000 sides. The value of the
annual shipments from this port is now
over 100000.
A large axe and shovel manufactur-
ing company at Pittsburgh. Pa. has got
an order from Brazil, for 270O dozen
axes. which are to be furnished and
shipped within this month of October.
This is the first order of the kind ever
received at Pittsburgh.
The Russian press is extremely hos
tile to England. The Vedomosti say
that the great struggle with. England,
which has been preparing for centuries,
will occur in Afghanistan. The Ruski
MIR declares that the hour has come
when England will be held responsible
for past delinquencies.
The accident to the Rev. w. H. H.
hurry is not as serious as at first re-
ported. He had his hand over the muz-
zle CT a rife and by a premature dis
charge lost the middle fingers of the right
hand at the second joint and the little
finger at the first joint. He was three
miles at sea when the accident happen
| ed.
Jefferson Davis has been singularly
afflicted in the death of his sons. Joseph
H. Davis fell form the piazza of the
executive mansion in Richmond during
the war and was killed William Davis
died of diphtheria at Memphis in 1873,
and Jefferson, the only surviving son,
has, as already announced. just died in
Memphis of the yellow fever.
The New York Tribune says that the
Republicans of that State ''are approach.
ing election day with the highest antic.
ipations of success and with the strong
est faith. in particular, that the next
Assembly will be of the same political
complexion as the Senate, and that Mr.
Conkling's successor will be Republi
can champion of hard money and pub.
lie honesty
"In the midst of life we are in death. 2
On Thursday afternoon General James
S. Whitney and Mr.. James P. Thorn.
dyke attended meeting of the bond
holders of the Boston Water Power
Company. They separated about
o'clock. Mr.. Thondyke fell dead a
400 in the afternoon, and General
Whitney died at $50 p. m. of the
same day.
Two Cunard steamships, the Scythis
and the Parthia, which left Liverpool
together on the 9TH, came into New
York on Wednesday night. This doub
ling of the service was demanded By
the great movement of American travel
ers homeward, the two ships bringing
the very large total of three hundred
and sixty-seven cabin passengers.
The removal of the Howe scale work.
from Brandon to Rutland has given &
new impetus to the growth of the latter
place, where the company have withir
year erected nine large building fol
their business. The new works occupy
about ten acres of ground just south o
the village. and they are conveniently
situated between the tracks of two rail
roads. At present over three hundred
men are employed, and they will proba
bly, be increased to FIVE hundred befor
long.
A shocking accident happened t.
William Smith, Jr., at Corning's Mills
in Troy, N. Y, last week. He wa
passing red hot iron rod through tn
guiding machine, when it caught ant
he stumbled forward, one end of tn
rod striking him in the stomach AM
burning deeply into his flesh. The EN-
then coiled, and Smith stumbling Sc
sond time, the hot point entered hi
mouth and ran through his cheek, the
winding about his head. HIS agon.
was intense while being disentangle'
from the burning coil.
| WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-The Dali,
Post of to-day threatens President Haye
and Attorney General Devens with i'm
parchment for the instructions sen
, South to the Federal officers to protec
, the Republicans from violence unde
the Federal election law. The pape
calls upon the Democrats in the Sout
, to resist the U. S. Supervisors of Elec
tions if they attempt to interfere on cleo
ton day. and says that the Democrat
Congress will sustain them in .usin
force to repel the Supervisors, and wi
reimburse them for whatever expense
incurred in opposing the federal officer.