Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-04-19
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

The recent advance in prices Of iron |
being largely speculative. it has fallen !
Sl0per ton or more.
Edison is going to California to try
his new gold extracting process, in which
''millions" are supposed to Turk.
Russia is about to dispatch five large
ships of war to Chinese waters for the
protection of Russian interests.
1t is estimated that 100000 Canadi-
an emigrants will. during the ensuing
summer, seek new homes in the western
and northwestern states.
Two attempts were made Thursday
morning to burn the freight depot at
Meredith, New Hampshire, but the fires
were discovered before much damage
was done.
At Merriam, Province of Ontario,
young woman recently died from burn
inflicted by her crazy mother, who threw
coal oil upon her while asleep and then
set fire to it.
The mayor of Baltimore has vetoed
the resolution adopted by the city coun-
Gil for the erection of a confederate me-
mortal monument in one of the public
squares of that city.
Colonel Carroll D, Wright. census su-
pervisor of Massachusetts and noted
statistician, estimates the population of
that state at 100000, and the city of
Boston 38l, O45.
Two Boston men put $1,000 apiece
into a patent medicine business, and
found after the fight of the third part
ner with the money, that the stock con-
sisted of neatly papered and labeled
blocks of wood,
A man calling himself George N. Jones
of Boston, was picked up on the street
in New York recently. His leg was
broken and he claimed to have been rob-
bed. He was taken to the hospital where
he shot himself through the heart.
The governor and council of New
Hampshire have contracted to pay. in
accordance with an act of the legislature,
bounty of one per cent pound on beet
sugar made in that state the coming
year, the premium being limited to 700,-
900 pounds.
The hundredth anniversary of the
birth of William Ellery Claiming was
celebrated at ST. Johns hall in London
last Wednesday night. where 1000 were
present. A letter from Minister j..
Russell Lowell was read, and an address
delivered by DR.. Collier.
The New York court of appeals has
rendered DESTROYS to the cases of Chastine
Cox, convicted for the murder of Mrs.
Hull, and Pietro Balbo, convicted of the
murder of his WIFE In both cases judg-
ment was affirmed, and both will prob
ably be hanged the same day.
General Imboden, who represents a
large company of northern capitalists, has
purchased $4,000 acres of land in Scott
county, Virginia, at fifty-five cents per
acre. This land is believed to be rich in
iron ores, and furnaces will be built at
once as we'll as narrow guage railroad
to connect with some other line of trans
portation.
Last week two engines attached to a
freight train on the Denver & South Park
railroad. on a very steep grade became
detached from the cars, which became
unmanageable and ran into the engines,
throwing them down steep embankment
with cars piled on top. One engineer
was killed; the other engineers leg wa;
broken.
The New York land and ocean tele
. graph company has been organized t.
lay another cable across the Atlantic
London bankers have agreed to take
: half of the 100000 of capital stocl
and an English company has agreed t.
5 lay the cable aud keep it working fo
e one year for 100000. The capacity o
: the cable will be 20 words per minute
c and the rate Is cents per word, or les
: than one quarter the present charge.
The reports on the condition of tn
winter wheat crop in Canada are not yer,
n encouraging. In several sections tn
}, crop, according to the Canadian journ
e ais, has been winter killed owing to tn
), want of snow. AS whole crop is an
e even and exceeding unequal in appear
e ance. On this side the border line tn
crop in nearly all the states and terrific
t, ries is in superb condition.
}, tits reported that wall street syndi
u cate controlling capital of $50, 100000
u has bought 1000 cases of opium, al
y y there is in England and America, Q
u half the stock in the world The annu
" al consumption of opium in the worl
is from 5000 to 5000 cases; the CON
n ing crop from Turkey is estimated at 3
of 900 cases. 1t is expected that opiuI
e. will be sold this year at from $40 to 81
n per pound. The price recently wa
D. about $3.50.
" Canada's timber supply is being hea,
&c lily drawn upon. the present seasons yiel
being estimated at 1904, 100000 fee
TX Some of the finest forest in New Bruins
e. wick, Quebec and Ontario are being raj
IS idly cut away, and New Brunswick shil
a. ments for January were four times {
ne great as a year ago. Poor lots of lun
d. Der which brought only IS a thousan
1t feet In December sold for SIS in Jan,
airy and the demand exceeded the suppl
&c Voting in England is carried on som
81 what differently from what it is in tn
=. country. Voting takes place inside
Nv house. Small closets are prepares
- into which the voter retires and mari
against the name of the candidate
Nc proposes to support. He folds his ba
lot, carries it to the receiving office
&C. who accepts the ballot if the person
IL, duly registered. AS the names of 9
lr- the candidates are on one ticket the
OF is no ballot stufing, and no chance
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