Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-03-31
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS,

Women are hereafter to be permitted
TO become notaries public in Ohio.
The daughter of Gov. Hubbard of
Connecticut has eloped with her fathers
coachman.
Two trains collided on the New York
elevated railway recently, and several
persons were injured.
The Swiss State Council, by vote of
81 to 10. has resolved to restore capital
punishment in Switzerland.
Charlestown, N. II. pays Charles Hunt
$1,000 for injuries received in conse-
quence of defective highway.
Monticello, the residence of Thomas
Jefferson, was sold recently to Jefferson
M. Levy, the principal heir, for &c.,
500.
Nathan P. Pratt, the defaulting treas
urer of the Reading Savings Bank, and
his son, Nathan D. Pratt, have been
sent to Jail.
Police Sergeant Harvey was attacked
by roughs at the Oldtown Variety Thea
tire in Baltimore, one night recently.
He shot one Of them, Edward Weldon,
dead. The coroner's jury justified the
shooting.
The Artisans Bank in Pittsburgh was
robbed recently by three men, one of
whom engaged the attention of the presi-
dent and another of the cashier, while
the third got away with $1,000 in cur
rency and $4,000 or $4,000 in bonds.
A brave little Altoona (Pa.) miss, left
to tend her fathers store, was assaulted
by lecherous old scamp, but she pluck
lily felled her assailant with an iron
weight, and then locked him in while
she ran home to bring her father.
There is no concealment of the fact
that cases of yellow fever have occurred
sporadically all winter in the Mississ-
ippi Valley, and the experience of former
years points inevitably to the recurrence
of the outbreak as soon as the warm
weather sets in.
LONDON, March "a. The Times re-
ports shocks of earthquake in Northern
Persia Saturday and Sunday. Miraeh
was much damaged, and the adjacent
villages of Tork and Mannan were totally
destroyed. Of 100 inhabitants, few
escaped death.
1t is an interesting fact that every
foot of our eastern sea-board from the
northern coast of Maine to Florida, is
now lighted. There are few miles of
uninhabited coast in Florida not yet il
Illuminated, but along the whole coast
north of Florida there is not spot
which does not come within the lighted
circle of which some light house is the
center.
ST. LOUIS, March "a A Globe-Dena
ocrat special from Wichita says that gold
: was discovered thirty miles southeast Of
that place, and great excitement exist;
among farmers and other. A New York
company is said to have bought mile
square of land, and is trying to secure
more. Four companies are already or
ganized. Ore from one shaft some tim,
/ ago is said to have assayed over $4,000
, to the ton. One farmer there demanded
: $4,000 for his farm.
Monticello, the former home of Thoma
) Jefferson. was sold at public auction OIL
the Goth, with 2l8 acres. about two
I thirds of the original estate, under deere
of court to effect distribution of tn
J. property of the late Commodore UriaI
D P. Levy. The purchaser was Jeferso
| NJ. Levy of New York city, one of tn
: heirs. and the price paid was $4,000
The purchaser had already acquired b
purhase from the other heirs six seventh
of the property. He proposes to put
r in repair for summer residence. Th
2 estate has been in the Levy family for
long period.
0 The mystery connected with the fine
IS ing of the body of young lady in trun
n at Lynn some weeks ago is in a fair wa
d to be solved. After three weeks of efol
to find some trace of the unfortunat
girls friends, the remains have bee
D. fully identified as those Miss Jenni
'..1 Clark, of Lynn, who disappeared my
IL teriously some time since. Officers al
s. now endeavoring to get track of the pc
e petrators of this fiendish crime, and it
le earnestly hoped that they may be SUI
cessful, and the guilty parties made
), suffer what they deserve-the extrem
st penalty of the law.
- ToULoN, March 81 The French foa
- ing battery Arrogante foundered o
: Hyeres in a gale on Wednesday. Fort,
seven men were drowned out of ere
of 122. The storm arose during frin
" practice, and the Arrogante sprung
Vi leak. The ship Souverain, which W;
10 near by, was unable to render any ASST
~ lance. An effort was made to beach ii
T. Arrogante. but she sank about kilom
as tire from the Isles of Hyeres. The A
rogante's armor was five inches thick
Id the water line. She carried nine siX-tt
as guns, and was of 1888 tons burde
er Her engines were of 500 horse power.
u New YORK, March %. The Iribu
- states that a member of the Cabinet, wi
4 does not hesitate to say that he full
understands the Presidents feelings al
- purposes, and the position of the Cabin
= upon the repeal of the election laws, sa
- in the most emphatic terms that there
% not sign of desire to compromise on Il
u part of any Cabinet officer, and that
- for the President, nothing moved him
- that direction. He says further tn
:" the Administration will unhesitatiug
accept the challenge of the Democra
9s' and stay here to resist the passage
Q, every law undermining those which qua
az the ballot box until the term of Admi
8; ;strat;on ends in 1881. It is safe
IT, conclude that every such law, if passe
NE whether as separate measure or as
DO rider on communication hi lis will he vetoe