Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-11-01
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
William Gauthreau of Toronto, Ont,
worth $4,000, 900 has just died.

worth Sc, 900, 900 has just died.
William H. Vanderbilt, heretofore a
democrat, has declared for Garfield.
The Red Shirt brigade in South Caro-
ina is busily engaged in breaking up
republican meetings.
Mr.. Parnen addressed 10000 people at
Galway, Ireland, Sunday, bitterly de-
nouncing the English government.
Abraham Lincoln's widow, who has |
been in Europe for her health for some |
time past, has arrived home and will |
probably live with her son Robert here |
| after.
The Canadian government is notified
that buffalo are plenty in the neighbor-
hood of Sitting Bulls bands, and they
have no difficulty in securing a supply of
food.
Ella Salinde Of Delphos, o., eight years
old, left in charge of two younger chill
dren Tuesday, fell into the fire while at
tempting to put on fuel and was burned
to a crisp.
Gen. Garabaldi suffered greatly during
his journey from Genoa to San Damiano
d'Asti. He is so feeble that the utmost
care and repose are required to restore
him to ordinary health.
Ezra J. Clement, the young scoundrel
who robbed and nearly murdered Isaac
Clement, his grandfather, at Pocasset,
Mass, on Wednesday morning, has been
arrested. He confesses his crime.
Gen. Hancock's position on the tariff
question reminds the Boston Journal of
young man who, under examination for
the position of schoolmaster, when asked
if the world was round or fat, said that
he was prepared to teach either way to
suit the parents"
Speaker Randall gave to Mr. Garfield,
at the opening Of the present Congress,
the apportionment of republicans on all
the committees of the House, most i'm
portant trust for the Speaker to put in
: any mans's hands, and criminally wrong
to entrust to one unless he were above
all dishonor.
Mr. Justice Clifford, of the United
Staes Supreme Court, is about the same
in health as he has been for the last two
: weeks. He is able to be dressed and to
e ride out in his carriage, but takes COM
S paratively little interest in what is going
: on ubout him, and exhibits but little
. mental activity.
y The person who was arrested so mys-
teriously at Chicago by government de
= tectives on Thursday proves to be SON.
. in-law of Brad Foster, the notorious
a counterfeiter, and the $2l0,O worth Of
: bonds found in his possession had beer
o stolen from private parties and theil
! numbers changed so that they could the
more readily be sold in open market.
:. The wellsinformed Washington CORE
spondent of the Boston Herald telegraphs
: that paper that from the best attainahlt
- information, it is believed that the repub
licans will carry New York by 10000
Re majority, Connecticut by 5000 majorit,
1t and New Jersey by 10000 majority. HI
Il continues republican defeat is deemed
impossible in any Northern State. l
: there was any doubt about it, the demo
20 cratic managers have settled it agains
he themselves by their recent extraordinar.
lie proclamations and performances.
~ The Ansonia clock companys factor
e at the corner of Seventh avenue ant
N Twelfth street, Brooklyn, n. Y, wa
In burned Wednesday by an explosion Q
~ leaking gas, throwing 1000 hands out O
work; loss on building and stock $3.50,
600, insurance $250,O0O. The factor
IS: contained some of the finest improve
res machinery in the country and had bee
~ in operation only about year. Th
al main building covered so lots. Phelps
MT Dodge & Co. of New York are reporte
ew. to be heavily interested in the company
on. A number of private houses, occupie
~. NY chiefly by employees of the factoroy, wei
hat badly damaged. Fifteen fire engine
worked unsuccessfully on the flames.