Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-03-22
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

The streets OF N. I. are llveller this
spring than they have been for many
day, and all the hotels are full.
The walking match at San Francisco
between O'Leary and Weston, ended
Saturday night, the result being a vic
tory for the former by score of 5l4 to
4S5 miles.
The Congregational Church of Wind
sor, Conn, which is looked upon as the
mother Church in that State, will cele-
brate this month the two hundred and
fftieth year of its existence.
The ice bridge railway across the
river at Montreal is still doing good
service in connection with the South
eastern railway. The crossing continues
to be made by horses instead of by loco
motives.
There are 100000 members on the
rolls of the African Methodist Episcopal
Church, that Church having been orga-
nized in 1916. 1t has one college, a
publishing department six bishops and
many schools.
Drew & Conger are packing ice by
steam-power at Malletts Bay, at the rate
of two tons a minute. Their apparatus
is decided novelty hereabout, and such
rapid packing was never before known
10 this vicinity.
A man in Lewiston. ILL.,, last week
after being sentenced to the penitentiary
for seven and half years, seized {
large inkstand and hurled it at the heaC
of the Judge. The missile missed thu
mark but inflicted severe bruises on hi
shoulder.
Between $4,000 and 100000 o
gold bullion was stolen from the office o
the Union express company at Sydney
Nebraska, last week. Most of the treas
ure, however. was subsequently recover
ed, the robbers placing it under a pill
of coal, where it was found by the detec
tives.
The Nashua Telegraph's town meetin
day canvass, so far as reported, show
that, out of 1888 Republicans in g.
towns in New Hampshire, 1890 ez
pressed a preference for Mr.. Blaine, SO;
for Grant. 524 for Edmunds, 100 70
Sherman and l25 for Hayes. Mr.. Blain
had clear majority of ll3.
The Moody meetings in St. Loui
continue with greater power than ever
At the recent Christian convention he'll
in St Louis, Mr.. Moody's talk on pray
er-meetlngs was considered the grea
feature of the occasion. DR.. Goodel
gave an admirable talk on parlor Bib
readings, and DR.. Boyd on cottage pray
er-meetings.
William H. Vanderbilt of New Yorl
has all along been investigating hi
hard-earned savings in United State
bonds until he had 100000 in reg
istered in his name the same way. Th
investment is in $4,000 bonds, an
Mr.. Vanderbilt could carry them all i
his coat pocket without inconvenience,
Upon these bonds Vanderbilt will dra'
over 100000 interest every ninet
days.
Reno, New. claims to possess th
strongest man in the world, in the pc
son of Angelo Cardela, an Italian of 8
years. His spinal column seems to /
double, and his bones and joints are Yer
large. He has repeatedly lifted wit
the third finger of his right hand me
weighing from 100 to 200 pounds. b
placing his finger under the hollow {
one of their feet and thus carrying thel
around room. He can strike with b
fist blow with a power of 500 pounds
as measured on a register. and when
couple of big Irishmen attacked him til
other day, he seized one in each han
and knocked them together until the
were insensible or half dead. Such
man ought to find lucrative positio
on the San Francisco police force in tt
present posture of affairs.