Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-11-10
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.


The public debt was reduced over ten
million in October.
The late Senator Chandler is supposed
to have left an estate worth about three
millions of dollars.
Between sixty and eighty houses were
burned at Mound City, Illinois. on Sum-
day afternoon, involving property loss
of about $4,000.
About fourteen Republicans to six
Democrats will be the size of the next
Ohio delegation to Congress. remarks
the CINCINNATI Gazette.
A tremendous explosion of fire damp
occurred in the Delaware and Hudson
mines at Mill Creek. Penn, on Sunday,
and five men were killed.
The postal-card agency at HolYoke
sent away over 100000 cards during
October, which was the largest months
business ever done by 100000.
Senator Morrill, of this state was en-
tertained Wednesday night by the Queen
City club at Cincinnati, Ohio, among
the guests being Stanley Matthews and
Alonzo Taft.
General Grant has a strong idea of
spending the coming winter at the South,
according to Washington correspond
ent, making his headquarters in Flori-
da and possibly visiting Cuba and Mex
leo.
A large box shipped on railroad at
Cleveland was found to contain live
man, a flask of whiskey, some sandwich
es and kit of burglars tools. 1t is
supposed that he intended to rob the ex-
press car.
1t is stated that in about two weeks
from now the American Telegraph Com
pany will have 5000 miles of wire in OPP
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principal cities of the country, and ex-
tending from Boston to Omaha.
Nowhere in the world is there so
much gold coin as in the United States
treasury, $4,000, but the Bank
of France has more silver. The treasu.
rvs pile of silver is worth 100000
and 1900 tons. The gold weighs 800
tons.
The public lands are being taken up
by actual settlers. By the returns at the
! land office it appears that no less than
S.650.000 acres were taken up for set
Element for the year ending June 3Oth
1879, against 100000 for that ending
June 30th 1878, and 3,490,O00 for the
preceding year.
We are pleased to note that Captain
Eden j. Hartshorn of Emmetsburg,
Iowa, has been returned to the Senate
of that state by the largest majority
given in any district in the state, where
contest was made. He is good spec
linen of Vermonter. and the people of
his district houor themselves In honoring
him.
Edison's new telephone is one of the
most wonderful of his inventions. 1t is
SO wonderful that he confesses he don't
understand it himself. By it speaker
or singer will be audible to an audi
dience in another city-every tone being
distinguishable. From all accounts it is
great improvement on the original tel
cphones,
Ex-senator Cameron Of Pennsylvania,
has it badly. He thinks no power on
earth can prevent the nomination of
Of Grant in $780,. 81 never saw any.
thing like it. he said recently to a
reporter of the Philadelphia Record,
"except with Jackson. There was a
hurrah started with him, just like this
Grant boom, and it went all over the
country"
WASHINGTON, Nov. l. The debt
statement to-day shows decrease of the
debt during October of S1O,352, 9O6 I;
cash in Treasury, 1929, S44.9l1; gold
certificates. Sl4.59l, 900: silver certi6-
Gates. $6,l35.o5 certificates of depos-
it outstanding, S22. 405.O 900; refunding,
So, S99,400; legal tenders outstanding,
S346, 69l, 0l6. fractional currency out
standing, $15,71O, 949.91.
Gov. Blackburn of Kentucky, of vel
low-fever-infected- old clothes memory, is
the champion pardoner. Although hard
ly warm In his seat as governor, he has
already pardoned 50 penitentiary con-
victs pardoned before conviction, 2
pardoned for carrying concealed weapons,
40; pardoned for selling liquor to min
ors. 80; gamblers pardoned, so; amount
of fines against gamblers, RENTED, S52,-
$50.
Details of the naval engagement be-
tween the Peruvian iron clad HuascaI
and the CHILEAN gunboa.s. on the Sth
ultimo, disclose that the struggle was a
| desperate one, and that the loss of life
was severe. Peruvian Admiran Grau
was killed early in the fight, and only
four of his officers are known to have
survived the battle. The Huascar was
towed to Antofagasta after the conflict,
and if found practicable will be repaired
and used in the CHILEAN service.
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