Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-05-05
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

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Two thousand persons have been ar
rested at St. Petersburg within few
days.
The secret society of revolutionists in
Russia is said to number nineteen thou
sand members.
One hundred million feet of lumber
was burned at Anoka, Mimi, Monday
night of last week.
Evangelist Moody has been presented
with son at Baltimore. He had boy
and girl already.
The Governor of Kansas has asked
Congress for tents and rations for the
destitute colored immigrants.
A large hill caved in at Yeas. Spain,
recently, demolishing five houses and
killing thirty persons.
The st. Lawrence river is open river
craft arriving up, at Montreal, and the
ferry across to st. Lamberts is running.
A dispatch from Lord Lorne, the Gov
ernor General of Canada, in which he
defends the new protective tariff, says it
was made to protect the Canadians from
their cousins across the border.
Heavy rains in Texas have caused
serious foods. Railways have been
washed and traffic interrupted. At
Houston great deal of damage was
caused by the destruction of bridges,
warehouses, etc.
William Welch of Holyoke was in
stantly killed recently by train on the
Connecticut River railroad, while walk
ing on the track near dangerous curve.
He was nifty years old. and leaves a
widow and five children.
1t is now claimed by the ex-rebels
that the killing of negro soldiers at Fort
Pillow was not massacre. We shall
next be told that the Libby prison is a
myth and the Andersonville prison pen
was delightful summer resort.
The Treasury department has discov-
cred evidence showing practice of silk
undervaluations by prominent New York
importers, with the connivanee of reve-
nue. officials, to the extent of 100000
yearly for number of years.
The London walking match, in which
so much interest was felt all over this
country. resulted as follows: Brown SAG,
Hazel 1872, Corkey 473, Weston 45O.
The winners time was more than eight
hours ahead of any previous record.
A scamp named John Carl Cheney,
who has been lecturing on temperance
throughout New Hampshire, Vermont
and Massachusetts, has finally come to
grief. He may have abstained from the
use of intoxicating liquors, but he was
very Incorporate in another direction,
having three wives living.
A circular from the Secretary of the
Treasury warns the agents of the gov
eminent not to sell over $1OO worth of
the $40 certificates to any one person,
as they are intended for the people to
invest their savings in, and not for
speculation. The conversion of refund
ing certificates into bonds is postponed
until after the lst of June.
In August, 1865, the yearly interest
on the public debt was Sl5O.977, 697.-
81. When Secretary McCulloch CON-
pleted his term of service the annual in
terest was Sl2S,459. 598.14. In July
next the amount will be reduced to
$50, 3O5,395 yearly. An annual saving
of S65, 972,3l2 is an achievement that
the Republican party can take the credit
of.
The Albany Journal says of General
Dix's activity when governor :-"While
governor at seventy-fve he out-worked
any of his subordinates. He personally
examined every matter with care, and
shis work was as prompt and conscien.
tious as it was thorough. When on one
occasion, reviewing with young sena.
tor batch of measures, the wearied
senator near midnight proposed adjourn.
ment. the venerable executive, still fresh
insisted upon closing up the task, and
worked on for hours later"
Geo. NJ. butcher and woman calling
herself Mrs. Judge Watson of Californis
have been lecturing on temperance il
Fairfield Conn.,, telling touching storie;
of their reclamation from dissipation anG
sin, and getting we'll paid for their mas
querading; but at Danbury, Dutchel
was confronted by his wife from vii
mington, Del, who begged him to aban
don the Watson woman and go home
and take care of his six children. Thii
has rather spoiled the effect of the tenn
perance couples labors.
Laconia was thrown into high stat,
of excitement Friday morning, by til,
robbery of the the National Bank of tina
town. During Wednesday night. bur
glars forced their way into the bank
and by the use of their tools and powder
broke open the vault. from which they
took $4,000 in notes and over $4,000
in cash. The noise of the explosion
about a. m. awoke several people il
the neighborhood, who gave the alarm
but the robbers had escaped with theil
booty, leaving behind, however, a large
amount of valuables.