Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-08-23
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

GGN hhAL NhW d lIhMO,
Adelaide Nelson, the actress, died sud-
denly in Paris on Sunday.
Gin Sling is the name of Chinese stu
dent who has entered the freshman class
at Yale college.
Gen. Woodford commences his cam
paign work in Maine this week, and will
speak at Bangor tonight.
The President has altered his pro-
gramme and probably will not leave for
the Pacific coast until week after next.
The New York democratic state con-
vention for the nomination of state Off
GERS will be held at Albany, september s.
The Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain
Railroad house at Ogdensburg was burned
Sunday morning, with five locomotives;
loss 100000.
Apples are plenty and cheap. New
England is full of them, and they will be
so cheap that there will be no market for
western apples.
A mechanic of Paris, aged &c years,
condemned to four years Imprisonment
at Cusano, Italy, has starved himself to
death in thirty days.
The Universalist Church on Pleasant
Street, Marblehead, was completely de-
stroyed by fire Thursday morning. Loss
$50. 900: insurance. sc. 200.
The town of Eureka, Nevada, has again
been destroyed by fire, the property loss
aggregating $1,OOO,OOO. Many families
are left in a destitute condition.
1t is said that the Mexican village of
Las Placitas, located about 20 miles from
Santa Fe, is built upon rock which yields
in the neighborhood Of $4,000 of gold to
] the ton.
The people connected with the Great
London Circus have forwarded 5000 to
the family of Oliver Tebo, at Champlain,
who was killed on the o. & L. C. railroad
near Chateaugay, the other day.
The official statement of imports and
exports of specie shows that last year the
net imports of gold amounted to $77, 1885,
331, larger gain than ever before in the
history of the country The United States
exported much more silver than gold.
The emigration returns from Liverpool
for July show an increase of 5000 persons
compared with July 1879. Thirteen thou
sand of the emigrants came to America
All of the cabins of steamers now leaving
Liverpool for New York, and for some
weeks to come. are fully engaged.
/ Red Hill, Col, little station on the
South Park railroad, was destroyed las
week by the explosion of l 1000 pounds O.
powder in the railroad depot, every build
ing in the place being blown to atoms
Y. E. Colyer, the agent, was fatally hurt
Charles Hilton his assistant, killed, ant
two other men badly injured.
A woman living near Pittsburg discov
cred man stealing grapes from her yarC
on Monday. She shouted and he raj
pursued by dog and a number of men
He sprang into the Ohio river but hi
heavy clothing kept him down. He Ell
deavored to return to shore but his heart
less pursuers stoned him until he sank.
Miss Lille Waters, aged Is years, wa
walking with gentleman near Mount Joy
Pa, Sunday, when a spark from the LAT
ter's cigar set fire to her dress. She be
came alarmed and started to run, when
gentleman who was driving towards he
jumped out of his carriage and wrappe
a blanket around her, but she was S
badly burned that she died shortly after.
The gathering of the Knights Templa
at Chicago Tuesday was probably the Ian
gest, and the grand procession the mos
, imposing, ever seen in this country.
is estimated that there were 10000 81
, knights in line, and it required abou
three hours for the Communicates
pass given poiut. There was a gran
ball in the Exposition building in tn
evening, which was largely attended.
A family of eight persons narrowly es
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drinking water from an old well. Th
well is situated in hollow where a
barn and other obnoxious matter woul
go, and had not been cleaned for gref
number of years. The water has bee
used for some time, but at present is yer
low. An examination of the water b
the physician called to the relief of I'll
:, afflicted ones revealed much animal ma
ter and kind of sediment resemblin
salts in it.
What might have been a serious fiji
occurred at Bethlehem, N. FL. on the nigl
of Wednesday, Aug. IS. The hous
; owned by Mr.. Croft's and occupied by M
Coburn was discovered on fire about tw
a. m. No effort was made to stay IL
! flames, and the buildings with their col
teuts were allowed to quietly burn to Il
ground. Had there been any wind, 9th,
property of more value would probab
+ have been destroyed. Mr.. Coburn los,
r everything. 1t is supposed the fire orig
g mated from the chimney.