Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-12-06
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Three men were injured, one fatally,
Nov 81, at &C White street, New York,
by the explosion Of gas.
The vote of Arkansas Hancock cleo
tors, so, 4SI; Garfield electors, Al ,661;
Weaver electors, 4161. aS N
The two republican candidates for Con-
gress in Florida will contest the seats of
their democratic competitors. A
Steamer Oder brought $1,000, 462 in
foreign specie, British and French coin,
and the Cimbria $4,000 in French coin.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is made of roots,
herbs, and barks. 1t gives tone to the
stomach and makes the weak strong. Sold
by Druggists.
1t is rumored that the seat of Senator
Fair of Nevada, if he is elected, will be
contested on the ground of bribery in the
election of the legislature.
1t is said that Jay Gould has been sell
ling short in stocks, and that he is badly
embarrassed by the recent advance. His
losses foot up in the millions.
w. H English subscribed 100000 and
paid 1927, 900, Landers promised $4,000
and paid $4,000; this is the story Indiana
congressman bring to Washington.
The official vote from all the States
shows that Gen. Garfield received 4, 1885,
Ais votes for President and Gen. Hancock
| obtained 4,436,314. Garfelds plurality,
3,1O1.
The United States Supreme Court de-
clares that the celluloid plate for artificial
teeth is not an infringement on the patent
of the Goodyear Dental Vulcanite Com
pany.
Brockway, the counterfeiter of $780,
600 worth of government bond, has Sc
cured immunity from prosecution by
delivering up the plates to the treasury
officials.
The President and Mrs. Hayes will not
upon their retirement from the White
House go to Europe, but to their Fremont
home, which has lately been altered and
renovated. ea 6
The number of national banks is now
1905, the greatest in any one year since
the establishment of the system. Miss
issippi is the only state where they are
not in operation.
There is now about 49,, 900, 900 in gold
bullion standing to the credit of the Uni
ted States treasurer, out of which it has
been decided to coin monthly 100000 0(
of the denominations of five and ter
dollars. 4aftfs a
Hon. Simeon Warner, a pensioner O
the war of 1912, died at Whitefield, N. III.
on Tuesday, aged SO years. Years age
he was prominent as a democrat, having
held offices from representative up tt
Governors Council. E
On Nov. 30th the. ice in the Volga sud
denby broke up at Mimi Novgorod il
consequence of the warm weather. Fiv,
steamers and thirty barges have been de
stroyed, and large quantities of grain
, naptha and fish have been lost. TIL
damage is immense.
A woman at Elmira, New York, has re
covered seven hundred dollars from
! liquor firm, the complaint being an injur
to means of support in consequence Q
/ liquor sold to her husband 1t was tn
| | largest verdict for civil damages eve
| II, tbat iudioiaI district
} At Toronto, Dec. 2, the Meteorlogic;
4 Department reports that snow has falle
: heavily or lightly throughout Canada, e,
7 cept over the Gulf of st. Lawrence. Th
+ weather is considerably colder in til
e West and Northwest. Temperature {
Fort Garry last night Is degrees belo'
: zero. La
e A singular death occurred at Eastpor
+ Me-, Nov. %. /. A sailor named Laughter
s on schooner Annie Frye, on going for
Y drink of water, found the small cas-
e pump frozen. He poured boiling watt
d into it and attempting to suck drir
e from the cask inhaled the steam and die
Z, in few minutes.
The death of Congressman Farr, of Ne
} Hampshire, has created a vacancy in Il
= present House and in the next Congress
s 1t is probable that an election will
ID ordered at an early day. The MAORI
rs for the deceased one month ago was nil
of hundred, aud the republicans are con
N dent of their ability to elect his successo
1t has been decided that the BIRTHS
IL government, when Parliament meets, W
le introduce coecion act at the same tin
u with new land bill. The act will pr
~ vide for immediate disarming of the pc
% pie, but whether this can be accompliS
ed without bloodshed in the prese
81 temper of Irishmen, is a question whi
nobody cares to answer just now.
Kemember Me.
u Dr. Kennedy. of Rondout. N. Y. would have
I'd remember that you will avoid mistakes by bearing
lie mind the name of his medicine "Favorite Re
at | edy," and the price One. Dollar. For the cure