Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-04-26
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

The Central Pacific Railway is block
AIDED by the heaviest snow-storm ever
known in that section.
The exodus to the United States con-
tinues from Novia Scotia. During a
few weeks 500 passengers have been
taken by steamer to Boston from Var
mouth.
Gen. Grant reached his home at
Galena, H.. on Monday. Quite num-
Der of leading citizens met him at the
depot, but there were no public demon
stration.
On train on which there were four
car loads of French emigrants, which
recently passed through Concord. there
were Sc little Frenchmen not old enough
to pay any fare.
There was an earthquake shock in
San Francisco on. Wednesday. the heav-
lest felt there for years. The motion
being vertical one, there was no dam
age as far as yet reported.
Hiram H. Hunter, of Pontiac. Mich.
had two sons starved to death at Ander-
sonville, and now the Government has
given the old gentleman $500 and a pen
sion of SIS per month. A well-deserved
portion.
The House of Representatives, on
Monday. passed vote of IA to Sc
the bill for worlds fair at New York
in 1888. The bill creates corporation
with SlO.O0O.O0O capital to make all
the arrangements.
A dispatch from Constantinople to
The Standard says: Several Army and
Navy contractors recently went to the
Palace. demanding an interview with
the Sultan for the purpose of procuring
settlement of their accounts. The sum
due the contractors is more than mill
ion pounds. The resolution of the con.
tractors has created great sensation. "
The rush to Colorado is something
that recalls the early days of the gold
fever in California. The arrivals in
Denver at the present time average 500
a day. and there seems no prospect of a
diminution. Of course, many of these
people are upon their way to the min.
ing regions, but enough stop to make
the growth of the city almost unprece'
dented.
The giant powder works in the dist
riot of Berkeley, across the bay from San
Francisco. Cal, exploded Saturday, kill
ing IL white men and IL or l5 China.
men. The explosion occurred in the
picking room, where 6 900 lbs. were
stored, and all the workmen there were
blown to atoms, The six houses inside
the works destroyed, and the six outside,
including the workmen's boarding house
were badly damaged.
Forest fires in the vicinity of Peters.
burg, Va. have become uncomfortable
Many stables, barns, cabins, and crops
with much standing and cut timber and
wood, have been swept away, causing q
great loss. In George county the fires
are very destructive. invading orchards
and killing hundreds of fruit trees. Elk.
tensive fires are raging in Dismal Swamp
burning timber and lumber. Several
} houses in Appomatox county have been
burned.
A terribly disastrous tornado or hur.
ricane swept through a portion of Mis-.
souri, on Sunday evening. All but a
dozen buildings in the town of Marsh.
field were wholly or partially demolished
and to add to the calamity the debris
took fire. 1t is reported that rs per.
sons persisted. and 200 were more OF
less injured. Other towns and cities were
struck by the tempest. and many build.
ings wrecked. From Iowa, Illinois. and
Indiana there comes reports of similar
visitation, causing imense destruction Of
property. The telegraph wires are blown
down in every direction, so that only
meagre reports arc obtained.
Colonel Hatch reports to General
Sheridan from Mescalero Agency, 10th
inst, that upon the beginning the dis
t armament of the Indians to-day. sixty
! FIVE warriors. some of them chiefs, made
! a desperate effort to escape on foot. 81
far ten are reported killed and thirty
have escaped. Troops and scouts are
on hot trail. They may be able to force
more of these Indians in. The Other
Indians now under guard are disarmed
and dismounted-they are mostly wo
men and children These Indians have
nearly all been with Victoria. and were
| probably under the impression wher
, made prisoners that they were to be dis