Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-08-04
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

murdcrous attack on keeper and was
shot dead.
Mr.. Edison says he has expended
$4,000 in his experiments with the
electric light,
1t is rumored in Washington that
Secretary Evarts has an eye on the Eng
lish mission.
1t is estimated that the descendants
of Robert Fletcher, extending through
eleven generations, number over 10000.
Congressman Young believes that not
less than fifty thousand deaths resulted
from yellow fever in the South, last
year.
A little girl at Springfield Massachu-
sets, was SO frightened by dog which
had been set upon her, that she went
into commissions and died.
1t is estimated that there are between
four and five thousand fugutives from
justice in Texas, of whom eight hundred
and fifty -one are murderers.
1t is estimated that Europe will have
to pay out fully $6OO,0O0,0OO to for
eign countries this year for food, and it
is believed that no less than one half of
this vast sum will come to the United
States.
Hanlan, the successful conqueror of
the English coampion oarsmen, condemns
the use of alcohol and tobacco, and says
that the best physical condition can be
secured only through entire abstinence
: from their use.
HHUIuus Is0ou Un0 uUIaurUrug OaouIcr
of the First National Bank of Galveston,
Texas, was arrested on Friday at Gran
by, P. O., by detective. Reed was
$4,000 short in his accounts, and took
to flight January last.
The New York Nation believes that
) ''a very large proportion Of the more So
ber-minded Democrats themselves have
been thanking their stars during the
past three months that there is Repub-
lican President.
Bids for four per cent. city bonds to
i the amount of ST ,647,O 900 were opened
: by the Comptroller of the city of Brook.
a Ign, n Y, last week The bids ranged
! from par to l0O.56. The whole amount
advertised was 81, 100000.
A gravel train on the Northwestern
U Railroad, while backing into Waukegan
e ILL.,, on Saturday, struck cow on the
: track, and was thrown off and wrecked
Four men were killed instantly, ant
another was fatally injured.
DR.. Alonzo G. Hull, the husband o
Chastine Cox's victim, has been granted
letters of administration on the persone
,e estate of his wife, Jane L. De Fores
Hull. The personality, it is stated
,o does not exceed in value $4,000.
The proprietors of the Philadelphi
10 rolling mills have voluntarily increases
n, the wages of their workmen ten per CEN
during the past week. This is creditabl
~ to the employers, and another gratifyin
\, evidence of the revival of business.
John Kranz of East Farmingtol
de Polk county, Wis, drove into the lax
r. with his wagon containing six childre
bv to water his horses The horses BEGAN
frightened and ran into deep water, whel
:. Kranz and five children were drowne
No One boy escaped by swimming. II
oh eldest child was a girl of II years.
Prescott G.. Pillsbury. cashier of Il
ma Lawrence (Mass.) National Bank, spe
ITO ulated in mining stocks, lost, and use
ice the money of the band to the extent
s64,oo0; he confessed his folly, and ii
mo amount has been made good, so that tt
.t bank will loose nothing. Pillsbury w
IL arrested Wednesday.
$. The increase in earnings of railroa
for the last year is Sl7,50O.000 ov
las the previous year. The total of div
VI dends paid amounted to S53.6O0,OO
e'. being S4,90O,O00 less than for the pr
LAT vious year. During the year 300 mil
of new lines were opened, making
at total mileage in operation in the Unit
Ice States of 81 ,S4I.
OK OK The southern people are slowly wa
wy ing up to the conclusion that bulldozi1
does not pay. A gang has been terrt
IS, izing Union county, Arkansas, for t.
on years, ''night-riding,' horse-whippi
IND and bull doing generally, but 800
by the best men in the county have band
themselves together to put an end to
18th reign of terror.
isit Two men attemnted tn cross the fra
the of the Manhattan Beach railroad. at e.
led New York, L, l., on Sunday afternoc
in front of an approaching train, viii
NC. was going at its usual rate of speed, a
yer, before the engineer could reverse his {
uck CINE and stop the train they were unC
day the wheels. Death was instantanec
bly, in both cases.
am Geo. P. Rowell & Co., in the Ame
can Newspaper Directory for July, sh
e that the whole number of newspapers
age the United States has increased sill
we're January of the current year, from 81
Iuor to 9.l53. New papers abound in
nee Territories Suspensions have been fl
lsed er than in any corresponding period
rum several years. ai .sH
A passenger train which left Chics
hlie junction on the Baltimore and o
the Railroad. on Saturday night last, jun
larry ed the track at Havana. nine miles sol
eton of Monroeville, Ohio. ditching the eng
an baggage. mail and express cars. {
lape three coaches. The engineer and fren
OF were instantly killed. and tramp ,
was stealing ride between the eng
g is and baggage car was slightly injul
day, None of the passengers were hurt.
10, A colored man, who was recer
neh' awarded $500 for areas of pension, !
llesS sented at the Treasury a warrant
)ale, 49, nonan was conntea ant 70 him n TT
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