Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-01-17

as and Louisiana.
The state of things in Ireland and in
Parliament with respect to Ireland re-
mains unchanged and outrages continue.
Did you read how Josiah Pitkin of Chel-
sea, VT, was cured of terrible sore leg,
by Hoods Sarsaparilla, the blood purifiers
The reduction of the public debt of the
United States last year was $104, 240, $50,
or SIT per cent, againts a reduction of
only $16,849, COG in 1879.
The Northern Pacifcs immense land
grant, after all the sales up to this time is
still estimated at 45,000,OOO acres, or a
tract larger than all New England.
A fire ON the night of the 9th at Havana
destroyed large cigar factory, and Of
the persons who slept in the building
seven are known to have been burned to
death.
Captain John Goldman of New York Gel
ebrated the coolest day in five years by
filing his pockets ON Thursday with ear
muffs and distributing them among Broad
way stage drivers.
The explosion of boiler in the Allen
town Rolling Mill, Allentown, Pa, on
Thursday last, resulted in the death of
twelve men, while six others were fatally
| injured, four of whom have since died.
Speaker Randalls house in Washington
| &c 6riC md fha
desk in his study stands his wife's sew
| ing machine, fact significant of the gen.
tie, womanly influence which brighten
his life.
| Mrs. c. G. Galley and Mrs. E. O. Ellis,
wives of prominent men of Norwalk, o.,
were killed on railroad crossing over
which they were driving in sleigh. The
horse was killed and the cutter ground to
fragments.
Owing to water famine at Galesburg,
ILL.,, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railroad Company has had to withdraw
some of its engines, and on Monday it
paid $500 for ice to melt in order to sup
ply other engines with water.
Vice President-elect Arthur is to be
married next fall to Mrs. Marshall o.
Roberts, whose husband died less than a
year ago. Gen. Arthur's wife has been
dead about year. Mrs. Roberts is hand
some and has fortune of 81, 000,000
Mrs. Bruce, wife of the colored senator
|
looking ladies present at the White House
on New-year's day. She wore a recep
ton toilet from Worth's of violet colore(
silk and satin, trimmed with white Lace
! and diamond ornaments.
Capitalists interested in the Shenan
dOah Valley railroad and others hav,
formed a company with 100000 capita
to build hotel and open up the Lura,
| (Virginial cave. whose ramifications ar
expected to prove as wonderful and at
7 tractive as those of Kentucky's famou
f Mammoth cave.
1t is affirmed by the collectors of sta
tistics in regard to intemperance, that il
: the year 1879 there was paid out for in
: toxicating drinks by the people of Ger
many the sum on $3.50, ZOO, 900, and b.
those of France $3.50, OOO, 900, of Grea
Britain $3.50, 900, and of the Unite,
e States $4,000, O00-making grand tota
< of 50, 700, 900, 900.
New YORK, Jan. 1.-THE year open
; with a healthy tone in all the financia
7 markets. The banks and trust compa
: MES have been closely occupied this wee
in the disbursement of January coupon
l and dividends, and the numerous inves
tors and stock buyers have hardly yet de
d posted their January receipts and lai
h their plans for new campaign.
In Washington ON Wednesday nigh
General Joseph r. Hawley was presente
with an elegant silver service by men
I bers of the late Centennial commission
recognition of his services as president c
the Centennial Exhibition of 1876. Pres
ident Hayes and his Cabinet, Gen. Shel
y man and many other distinguished pei
e sons attended the presentation.
The house which Davy Crockett ono
lived in at Lawrenceburgh, Tennessee,
$ still standing. Divers persons in til
I neighborhood possess legal document
g written out by his own hand as justice
e the peace. He had a mill near the hous,
p but, it is said, went off hunting and ele,
pioneering while his wife took care of til
d grinding. Mrs. Crockett was woman
l. great strength, and could handle sacks {
N grain with ease.
IS The Straford county poor house, nes
"a Dover, New Hampshire, was destroye
Il by fire just before daylight Friday, tt
d, fire starting from a furnace. One hui
n, bred and sixty-nine persons were in tt
u building, of whom thirteen are missin;
OF and probably lost. The loss ON propert
is about $4,000. There were two fl
of escapes to the building, but the doc
e. leading to them were shut.
r The great pile shown to visitors
n Montreal as st. Peters church is to
IN pulled down. The church was proje
SIS of Ex-Bishop Bourget, was built after t
IN model of ST. Peters at Rome and contain
1o as it stands, more masonry than won
TO build the New York Post-office. Lack
an funds to complete the building is t
re cause assigned for it's demolition.
would have been the largest church
h the American continent.
ne Joseph Cook and Major Whittle spo
on in Glasgow, Scotland, to about 5000 pr
n sons, December 9TH. Hundreds were u
in able to gain admittance to the buildin
lis The crowd outside organized a meeti
oh and the gospel was preached to the
m also. About 500 young men remained