Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-01-26
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS,

All out SIX members OF cne Utah leg
islature, which met last week Monday,
are polygamists.
The Philadelphia mint finds it diff
cult to make pennies fast enough to sup
ply the demand.
i. @. G. Lamar, Mississippi's eloquent
senator, has had stroke of paralysis.
He is slowly recovering.
The Mississippi legislature met at
noon Thursday in joint assembly and
elected J. B. George U. S. Senator.
The Louisiana legislature on Thurs
day elected R. L. Gibson U. S. Senator
for six years. commencing March 4. 1888.
Over million bushels of grain are
now afoat in Chicago for shipment to
Buffalo in the spring, at seven cents
bushel.
A teamster has been arrested at To-
ronto. Ont, on the charge of bigamy,
at the instance of the father of his third
wife.
Post No. l Department of Vermont
Grand Army of the Republic, was reor-
ganized at st. Johnsbury last Thursday
evening.
Edison's electric light hangs fire, and
the stock of the company which went up
to $4,000 share December 80, 1870, is
now at $1,000.
James Ellis and his son, John. broke
through the ice on the St. Lawrence
river at Morristown, n. Y, Saturday
night, and were drowned.
Colorado has uncommonly big avalan-
ches this Winter, and one of them COW
cred house with so much snow that the
men inside were ten hours in digging
their way out.
The heaviest storm Of the season pre-
vailed throughout Wisconsion, Wednes-
day and Thursday. In the northern por-
ton of the State the snow is from 20 to
40 inches deep.
Barnes Hose. of Burlington, will soon
announce 20 mile race for champion
ship medal and cash prizes. open to
Vermont and all towns in New York
state bordering on Lake Champaign.
OF sixty-elght democratic journals
consulted in Pennsylvania, fifteen are
for Tilden. thirteen for Bayard, eleven
for Hancock, nine for Seymour, four for
the field, five for the nominee and eleven
for anybody.
1t is reported that the Russians have
suffered severe defeat at Tehikislar, a
Russian port on the Caspian Sea, and
were forced to beat hasty retreat to
their ships, abandoning the vast stores
collected for the projected spring cap
paign.
There is to be reunion of Wisconsin
soldiers at Milwaukee, Jun 7, to con-
tinue one week, Generals Grant, Sher-
man, Sheridan, Hancock, Gibbon and
others are invited, and will probably
attend. Over 10000 Wisconsin soldiers
will be present.
A daughter of Mayor Prince of Boston
died of poisoned blood, and an investi-
cation shows that the cause was eating
meat tainted by sewer gas, which arose
through pipe into a refrigerator The
house of Mayor Prince is on the
made lands
Mrs. John J. Astor of New York has
recently sent one hundred homeless
children to homes in the west at an ex
pense 900. During the past sever
years the same charitable lady has
sent ely hundred and eovouty Sever
children to good homes.
Some portions of Massachusetts are
as thoroughly alive in the temperance
matters as any part of the country
The town of Danvers voted last week
23l to SO, to instruct the sclectmen t,
suppress the illegal sale of liquors. anC
appropriated Sl4OOfor the purpose.
The case of McLaren VS.. the Canad;
} Central railway, for $4,000, for lum
Der destroyed at Carlton, terminated a
, Toronto, Wednesday The jury brough
, in verdict for 100000 on accoun
, of defective construction of the smoke
stack of the engine. The case will b,
appealed.
The news from Japan is very interest
ing. The great fire at Toxic on th,
10Th of December destroyed l5,00t
houses. leaving $4,000 people homeless
About 100 people killed. 1t is sail
that Japan proposes to discriminate
against American productions in levy
! ing customs dues.
t The New York Tribune has made
canvass of the presidential preference
. of the Republican members of the Stat
Legislature. In the Senate, l are 70
Grant, for Grant or Blaine, for Shel
= man and Ii nom-committal. In the AS
sembly, So are for Grant. 13 for Blaine
Is nom-committal, and the rest divides
between four other candidates.
e The boiler of the steam mill situate
on the wood-lot of J. Fl. Pike, of Fremont
/ N. H.. exploded Thursday night, blow
. ing the mill to atoms. A workman
!. named Clarence Perkins. of Newmarket
9 was instantly killed, and another. nam
! ed Joseph Quimby, of Canada, was fatal
ly injured. Two other workmen in tn
+ mill at the time escaped with Sigh
: bruises.
y Gen Wool's obelisk, quarried in Main
: and the largest stone gotten out the las
80 years, is now in place at Oakwoo
cemetery, Troy, N. Y. The monumer
!. was erected in accordance with Ger
: Wool's will and was furnished by Bal
!. terson of Hartford. 1t is 60 feet higt
y weighs 100 tons, and rests upon base
! which make theentire hight 70 IL feet
). and the weight 250 tons.
/ Jacob Haigis, of Shelburne Falls, wa
e instantly killed near West Deerfelc
e Mass, last Thursday, by the accidents
q discharge of a gun. He had been 70
hunting with a companion, and the
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