Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-11-15
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
G. H. Adams, assistant city marshall of
Galveston, Texas, was shot and mortally
wounded by one Peter Moore, Saturday,
Nov. 6.
A severe gale prevailed in Upper Cana
da on Sunday, Nov. Z, doing considerable
damage on land, but more on the water.
Serious disasters on Lake Ontario are
feared.
A drunken fellow living at Batesville,
Ohio, murdered his wife and child and
visiting lady and her child Sunday morn
ing, Nov. 7, and then made an attempt at
his own life.
An old tramp died in wayside wagon
house near Schenectady, N. Y, few
days ago, and ON his person was found
bonds and money of the value of more
than twenty thousand dollars.
Merrill Mott, farmer in London coun-
ty, Va, killed his sister-in-law Saturday,
Nov. 6, with large knife and then blew
his head almost off with a shotgun. Do
nestle trouble was the cause.
Mrs. Hayes has already invited Mrs.
Garfield to visit her this winter in Wash
ington, in order that she may become in
itiated into the domestic and social re-
sponsibilities of the White House.
A cyclone passed over Keatchie, La,
Ga small town., Nov. 10, literally demol-
ishing the town. Prof. Reynolds, of the
Baptist church, was instantly killed. A
large number of persons were injured.
The steamer Rhode Island, of the Prov
idence Line from New York, went ashore
Saturday morning, about four O'Clock,
near Beaver Tail, Narragansett Bay, Nov.
6, and has proved total wreck. No lives
were lost.
England's imports from the United
| States for October were over twenty mil
| lions of dollars less than for October of
1879, and her exports to this country
were about five millions greater than for
| October of last year.
Master Willie Sprague, fifteen years
old, son of the ex-governor of Rhode Is
land, on Saturday, Nov. 6, deliberately
fired a pistol at the head of Robert
| Thompson, trustee for Mrs. Sprague and
the custodian appointed for Canonchet.
| Fortunately the boy missed his mark.
Miss Fanny Knapp, teacher in one OF
the public schools of Sutton, Mass, was
fatally burned Monday, one of her pupils
throwing a lighted match under her dress,
The flames spread so rapidly that she was
injured beyond recovery before they could
be extinguished, and she died in a few
hours.
1t has transpired that it having come
to the ears of some republicans in New
York that General Garfield was distressed
for money to meet the demands for hos
pitality, for telegraphing and for travel
ing, purse of some four thousand dollar:
was quietly made up for him, and he was
presented with it without knowing the
source from whence it came.
A frightful balloon accident occurred
near Paris the other day. August Navar
re, an aeoronoutic gymnast, assembled Oh
trapese attached to a balloon. Whel
about 1000 yards in the air he was seel
to release his hold and fall. When h
struck the earth he sank into it two feet
and rebounding four yards again fell
mass of crushed and mangled remains.
ATCHIsoN, Kan, Nov. 1.-THE Cham
piOn has official returns from all the coun
ties of the State except II on the remot
frontier. The State foots up Garfield
1886; Hancock, 6,917; Weaver, Is,
$50; Garfield's plurality, 5S,607. Thi
will be increased to about 60 900. TIL
total vote of the State will be about 200,
900, and increase of $4,000 since 1878
The greenback vote is about 5000 les
than two years ago.
In an interview with Gen. Hancock, a
Governors Island, by an Associated Pres
reporter, Nov. IL, the General denied tina
the letter purporting to have been writ
} ten by him to an army officer at Washing
J ton, touching the New York vote, wa
written by him, and said he was one @
the few persons who could not discus
the presidential election at present with
out indelicacy. He also said if there wa
a letter in existence from him purportin
to be of that tenor, let it be produced.
A newspaper man who saw Mrs. Gal
+. field in the cars on her way to Cleveland
] the other day, describes her as about tn
5 average height of women, spare in flesh
6 with dark hair combed plainly, with jus
one wave on the temples. Her eyes ar
dark and brilliant, and she has KIND
l motherly look. She was dressed in blac
S silk with heavy plated skirt, and wore
t chip bonnet trimmed with wine-colore
O ribbon. Those who know her speak mos
eulogistically about her, and ascribe niue
of Garfeld's success in life to her Unfit
ence over him.
Burglars broke into Adams & Leonard
clearinghouse at Dallas, Texas, Tuesda