Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-08-18
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Hon. William T. Hamilton is the
nominee of the Maryland Democracy for
Governor.
1t is reported that Germany will unite
with this country in an effort to none .
tie silver.
Secretary Schurz intends a personal
inspection of one or two troublesome In
dian agencies.
1t is said that John I. Blair, the Iowa
railroad king, is 80 years old, is report
ed worth twenty millions, and will prob
ably have decent burial
A single shipment of Chinese mer-
chandise now on its way by rail across
the continent is valued at $2,OOO,0OO,
the tea alone filling one hundred and
ffty-eight cars.
Mrs. A. G. Lewis, but nineteen years
of age, has sued two Greenpoint, Long
Island, liuqor dealers for $3.50 dam
ages for making drunkard of her hus-
band, who was formerly sober, indus
trious man.
One hundred and thirty cutters reach
ed New York from Sheffield last week
and were conveyed to Bridgeport, Conn.,,
where they have work awaiting them.
1t is expected that five hundred more
will emigrate to this country in Oc-
tober.
: The recent experiments conducted by
Herr Krupp, the German cannon maker.
at Essen, seem to indicate that England
must entirely reform her costly ordnance
system, the Krupp gun proving equal in
penetrating power to English cannon of
twice Their weight.
The q. S. steamship Richmond ar
rived at Yokohama with General Grant
and party on board on the morning of
July 8, accompanied by the Ashuelot
On the 4th Rear Admiral Patterson
transferred his flag from the Mononga-
to the Richmond. No mention is made
of the time when Gen. Grant will leave
for the United States.
A freight train overlook and ran into
another on the Erie line, near Passaic
bridge. N. j., last week. The men in
charge of the trains and number of
drovers on board escaped injury, but
some of the cattle were killed and many
badly wounded. Twenty-Five of the
freight cars we're wrecked and the total
damages amour ted to nearly $4,000.
DR.. Wright, the recent Republican
candidate for Governor of Tennessee, says
the people of that State are feeling the
impulse of better times and the debt
has not been repudiated and never will
be. The great bulk of both parties,
being dissatisfied with both tickets, did
not go to the polls at the recent election.
The next legislature will be favorable to
an honest settlement of the debt.
The Montreal Witness reports the fol.
lowing singular accident as occurring to
little boy, living in Toronto. The lad
was sitting on the doorstep when the
inner glass door blew violently to, and
the glass was shattered into pieces, and
fell all over him. Several pieces enter
ed one of his limbs and severed two ar.
teries. At first it was feared he would
bleed to death, but the doctors cut the
limb open, and succeeded in catching the
arteries and stopping the flow of blood
1t is doubtful, however, if the limb car
be saved.
!. A despatch from Cape Town says
News has been received from Sir Garnet
, Wolseley. on the Umlatoosa River. under
J date of July 81, that the prospects fol
| peace and the settlement of the country
are good. General Wolseley's interview
: with the coast chiefs was satisfactory
but the latter considered quiet to be i'm
! possible while King Cetywayo is a
3 large. The natives generally canno
9 understand the retirement of the British
| forces from Ulundi. General Wolseley
]. therefore, thinks it will be necessary tt
re- occupy that place, and has summoned
!, all the chiefs to meet him there on th,
Z 10th of August. to settle the question
relative to the future of the country.