Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-04-05
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS,

New York dealers have doubled the
price of ice.
Dover has little fellow, IA years
of age, who tips the scales at 2O6 lbs.
There has been skirmish between
Chinese and Cossacks on the Kuldia
frontier
Four of the widows of Brigham
Young have married since their hus-
band died.
The British Liberals claim gain
of fifteen members as the result of the
elections held yesterday.
O'Leary has tramped 100000 worth.
He has made more with his feet than
most men do with their heads.
A trout has been taken from Clear
Water Pond in Industry, Me-, that
weighed fourteen pounds ten ounces.
The Boston & Maine railroad has so
far this season transported $4,000 tons
of ice from Alton Bay on Lake Winnipe-
saukee to Boston.
According to the relative number of
building permits issued, there will be
twice the building in Boston this year
that there was last.
Illinois farm products ammouted to
S200,000.0 900 last year, which is double
the product of all the gold and silver
mines in United States.
A new national bankrupt law, said
to have been drawn by Judge Lowell
of Massachusetts, has been proposed in
the House of Representatives.
Local option has won quite a victory
in Connecticut. Seventy-six towns,
about one-half of the State, have vo-
ted against licensing the sale of liquor.
John Nevil's last meal was four
mince pies, eaten in four and half
minutes, for wager, at Connellsville,
Pennsylvania. He died the next day,
During thunderstorm at FoxhuEgh,
Penn, on Saturday night, the lightning
struck lO,0O0-barrel oil-tank, belong
ing to the Fox Farm pipe line. The
tank was almost full and was total
loss.
The sleigh IN which Mr.. Robert Nor
ris accompanied. his guests, General and
Mrs. Washington, General and Mrs.
Lee and others, on pleasant winter rides,
is now owned and still used by Mr.. Fox
Of Foxburg, Pa.
On the eve of the departure of Grant
from Mexico, several Mexican journals
published editorials praising him the
vanquisher of the rebellion, liberator of
slaves, and the next President Of the
United States,
Canadian lumbermen are in high
spirits at the good prospects for next
season. Large contracts have been
made by almost every mill owner. and
mills will have to work the entire TWEEN
ty-four hours daily.
The Eastern Railroad earned in Feb
ruary, 1880, Sl75. 345. O6; in Febru-
airy, 1879, $153,47O.6s; increase, $2l,-
974,3S. The company has contracted
with the Portland Locomotive Works for
rolling stock amounting to over $4,000.
Maior-General Hancock has farm
of 480 acres of fine land near Windsor,
Mo-, which he looks upon as his home
stead, where he means to pass the latter
years of his life. Before going into the
army he was citizen of Missouri, and
married in that State.
A bill has passed the New York
Senate prohibiting woman's walking
matches. An amendment prohibiting
mems walking matches was voted down
Whether it is fair play or not. the pro.
hibition of woman's matches ought tt
be the law in every State.
The business of the Boston, Concord
and Montreal railroad has of late attain
ed such proportions as to require the
services of an assistant superintendent
and rumor says the position has beer
offered to. Superintendent Stowell, O
Wells River road
A new horse car motor was tested j.
Boston last week. 1t is operated |
steam. can ascend grades of 34a fe
to the mile and go rourd curves Of {
feet radius. Two Pen, driver and Co
ductor, are reqo'..fed, but horses are e
tlreiy done away with. The only o
JecuOa - far discovered is that hors
are y lghtened by seeing the cars mo-
w.Ghout apparent prOpelliBg power.
The great strike of the piano-w AXE
in New York ended last week by Il
unconditional surrender Of the man
facturers. Various causes are assign,
q by the latter for their defeat, such
: lack of that entire unanimitY and ha
mony in their ranks which were ind
pensable to success. But a s,lficie
reason is fOand in the fact that the ma
ufacturers do not appear at any time
f have been very sure that the essenti
y demands Of the workmen were un reaso
able. Unless they were morally certa
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