Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-01-28
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Il dollars. n
San Francisco had two thousand mar
iages and two hundred and forty-three Il
divorces last year. f.
The famous Emma mine is being TX .
ID up for working next season, and IS
said to look promising
Fifteen years were consumed and if
teen hundred dollars expended in decid-
ing the ownership of yoke of oxen in
Oregon.
A boat with nine boys swept over
dam on Shines creek, near Huntington,
Va, last Thursday, and four boys were
drowned
The Governor of Utah says in his In
augural message that it is the duty of
Congress to provide legislation to eradi-
cate polygamy.
In Brunswick county, N. c., the other
night, shanty in which four men were
sleeping fell in and took fire. All were
crushed and burned fatally.
The postmaster general has ordered
the preparation of new styles of one,
two and three cent stamps, with view
to hinder the fraudulent use of them.
The Ashtabula accident cost the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
Company $493, $40, and all the claims
on account of the accident have been
settled.
Gen. Sherman states that five CON-
panies of cavalry at Fort Ellis last year,
notwithstanding their absence on field |
$4,000 worth of vegetables.
A supposed Ashtabula victim, man
named Weber, of Rochester, N. T.,
has recently turned up in Wisconsin,
spelling his wife's suit for five thousand
dollars against the Lake Shore railroad
company.
Ex-Governor Washburn, of Wiscon-
sin, has added to his reputation for be-
nevolence by giving his house and
grounds IN Madison, worth 100000, to
the state for the establishment of an
industrial reformatory school for girls
Queen Victoria says in her life of
Prince Albert, that he did not accumu-
late a large fortune, which he passed
, over to her, as is generally supposed.
He died leaving no fortune at all, and
barely money enough to pay his bills.
The annual income of the Church of
England is S36,00O,OOO. The church
has Is, 600 religious edifces. including
80 cathedrals, 10000 globe houses, 81
! Episcopal palaces and 100000 acres
of land, much of it ia good condition fol
: tillage.
: Horsefesh is now becoming so com
e mon an article of food in Paris that ;
n thousand beasts are consumed every
month. They are not killed until they
r become useless for work through age O
1 lameness. The meat is but half tn
II price Of beef.
k Eight millions of dollars have beef
l. expended upon the new State House a
Is Albany, and the lowest estimate for 1t
f. completion is now five millions. Ful
thermore, it is confessedly "monstros
ii ty," having neither, in its plans, eli
Mt gance, convenience nor grandeur.
is At Aurora, ILL.,, milkman left
n, milk-can turned bottom upwards on
he table near his house, in such way tia
tx it reflected the rays of the sun on a VIII
ne dow, causing sufficient heat to set fire
blind, and but for the timely disco
- is..s.,=rra-.1d ha,
ty been consumed.
by The street car drivers of Montreal al
'es compelled to advertise their dishonest
Ill by carrying cash boxes slung arour
of their necks The passenger places Il
DIS money on the lid of the box, the CO.
ductor presses spring, and the none
se falls in. If the conductor touches Il
lrt money he is discharged.
tn While he was counting over the Il
af- collection money the other Sunday Il
he deacon of Washington church four
es an old and faded piece of paper, whic
IN being unfolded, proved to be his ov
nearly outlawed note for thirty dolla
i'm and interest, which the holder, unable
by collect, had turned into the treasury.
M Tue schooner Little Kate, on Janual
as 9Th, with a crew of thirteen South Bo
nd ton men, left Boston to fish. Durir
rs the storm of Thursday night the boa
ut homeward bound, went ashore and b
came total loss. All the crew were pro
he ably lost. Seven widows and twenty-ol
y, fatherless children are left by the disa
tn ter.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Compar
On are making strong effort to suppre
re the tramp nuisance on the line of the
a road. They have provided four prise
Is cars, which have been placed at diffrel
points on the road, and recommend tn
Vn the local associations give such aid
y, may be in their power to the officers
ed the company.
err The invention of glass printing typ
hu bids fair to be an important one. B
ed sides being more durable than the typ
n n now in use, it has been found that the
ny can be cast in more delicate shape
so that the difference between IL
ms thin and the thick strokes can
;er more clearly defined. Finally, it
ID. found that the new types can be cast
30 exactly the same molds as the old, ar
of that there need be no expense INQUIRE
ot in altering the machinery and impl
ar ments used in type manufacture
no PORTLAND, Me-, Jan. 81. At the a.
journed meeting of the Portland ar
10. Ogdensburg Railroad Company to-day
III, committee reported plan to reduce tt
til second mortgage to-S8Oo,oOo and ISIS,
is preferred stock for the balance and f
is the unsecured debt The road is e
nd pected to pay the interest at once on Il
pm second mortgage thus reduced, and pr
Ter ferred stock will draw a dividend
nd soon as earned, meanwhile the preferrt