Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-07-19
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

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Seventy-six children and 10 adults died
from heat in "a hours, ending at noon
Sunday, July IL.
The passengers who were drowned in
the Seawanhaka had only 100 feet to swim
to land in calm water
Great damage to standing crops was
sustained in the western counties of On
tario by the recent storms.
A Virginia woman recently gave birth
to four children, two boys and two girls,
all of whom are doing WELL
1t is understood that Hon. Frank Jones
is not inclined to accept the Democratic
nomination for Governor of New Hamp-
shire.
Gen. Hancock's personal, official and
military record is good. The record of
the party which put him in nomination is
bad.-Gen. Grant
A Massachusetts minister, last Sunday |
closed his sermon, preached to the chill
dren, with: ''Boys, love your country
and your God and the girls, too"
Babylon is excited and searching the
country over for Andrew Sammis' son |
and daughter, 9 and II years old, kidnap- |
ped two days ago by George Walton alias |
Pinkeye Downs.
The Times special from Wytheville, |
Va, says that Mrs. Sarah Collins, dis |
solute white widow, died on the 9th, and |
in a barrel in her house were discovered |
the remains of five children, murdered by
her.
When millions of colored people were
in bondage the Democratic cry was "Let
us alone" Now that the millions are
free and the country generally prosper
Gus, the Democrats shout: ssGive us
change"
Hon. Marshall Jewell, chairman, ac-
| companied by Hon. Stephen w. Dorsey,
secretary of the Republican National
| Committee, left New York last week for
Mention, O., to consult with Gen. Garfield
on the approaching political campaign.
Pittsburg contains 80 per cent. of the
entire glass industry of the country. Of
the fiint-glass manufacture it has 40 per
cent. of the capacity located here; of the
window-glass capacity 80 per cent, and
of the green glass and bottles II per cent.
1t is announced that Senator Conkling
will open the campaign in Vermont in
the course of a fortnight. Representa-
tives Horn of Michigan, Frye of Maine
and Senator Kellogg Of Louisiana are
announced, among other well-known
speakers.
Capt. Payne, who invaded the Indian
territory last spring and was expelled by
United States troops, has made another
attempt to locate a colony on forbidden
territory. His 800 colonists arrived safe
" at their destination, and the captain
proposes to test the legality of his course
in the courts.
The Republicans in the counties of
Indiana along the Kentucky border have
evidence to the effect that the Democrats
|
Kentucky Democrats to vote in Indiana
in October. 1t was for this purpose
that the constitutional amendments were
set aside.
An explosion occurred in the London
and South Wales colliery companys new
black vein pit at Risca, six miles from
Newport, Monmouth county, Eng, last
week, buried the whole 120 men the COM
pany's books show to have descended
into the mine for the night shift, only one
of whom escaped alive.
The British ship Titania struck an ice
berg last Tuesday night forty, miles of
ST. Johns, n. f. Mr.. Rees, her owner,
| is reported to have had on board a lot OF
: money, which he placed in one of the
boats. He left the boat to return to the
sinking ship for other articles, and the
captain and the crew rowed away, leav-
ing him to go down with the ship.
A great advantage now enjoyed by
tourists in Europe is that they can tele-
graph to friends across the ocean at a
J comparatively small expense. The An
glo-American Company, it is said, will
now transmit messages as cheaply as
twelve and a half cents per word, and
other companies have also made reduc-
lions in the tariff, but not to this extent.
1t is claimed that the policy of the gov
: eminent of Canada has caused hard times
5 and much distress among the people,
compelling more than 10000 to emigrate
q to the United States during the past
month. The law makers of the Domin-
ion will probably learn in the course OF
! time that to cut off the people from COM
mercial relations from adjacent States
is blow to the welfare of Canada.
Comptroller of the Currency Knox at
Washington declares that the national
bank system is now perfectly safe. Sew
eral banks had broken down through bad
management, he said, but the bureau in
: general had gone on smoothly. ''The
great battle for the establishment of the
banks,'' said Mr.. Knox, sis won. Now
that the Democrats have nominated {
y national bank man for Vice President
|. this settles the whole matter and the
IL friends of the banks can rest in peace"
Here is something for the members O.
IS the Grand Army of the Republic-a little
l. play upon words in relation to the repub
:, lican nominee, as it first appeared in {
Madison, Wis, paper:
r The brave and loyal soldiers Of the
If G.. A. r. the IN FIELD
~ or at home
viii stick to the Republican nominee.