Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-08-01
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

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In Catholic Italy there are to-day 1873
tors and evangelists.
A monument to the memory of the Con-
federate dead was unveiled at Culpepper,
Va, week before last.
There is less politics to the square mile
in the country than there has been at any
period for several years.
Justice Strong,' Senator John Sherman
and Bierstadt, the artist, are on their way |
to the Yellowstone country.
Senator George of Mississippi is con-
sidered the ablest lawyer in that state. |
He has a sledge-hammer way of doing
things.
The New York hoop-skirt factories are
busy again with orders from all parts of
the country. The hoops are coming be-
You'd a doubt.
Kentucky whiskey warehouses are said
to be heavily overstocked, and an agita-
ton for the reduction Of the tax next win
ter is promised.
The managers of the Temperance par
ty in Ohio claim that they can poll $4,000
votes for their ticket and over 10000
against Governor Foster.
Arrangements are being made for the
immediate building of the Franconia and
Littleton Railroad, and for the starting
of the iron works at Franconia.
Mr.. Beecher preached his last sermon
for the season Sunday morning, and will
go to the White Mountains before the at
tack of his annual enemy, hay fever, be-
gins.
1t is said that III. A Tenney, who was
recently arrested for stealing at Yer
| gennes and Chester, is a native of Yer
mont, where he inherited 1000 and
| spent it in riotous living.
Mrs. Garfield is carefully guarded
| against over-exertion. Her food receives
the best preparation, and she is not allow
ed to sit up too late, always being sent to
| bed by the doctors at IL p. m.
In the cutting of rates between Boston
and the West the Albany road reduced
the fare to So for a first class passage to
Chicago. The Central road has followed
suit. At such prices the carrying of pas
sengers can not be very lucrative.
| coIo,, CI,oco o,5 Ii. 1,o-,
issued a call for a greenback state con-
vention to be holden in Maine in Septem.
Der. The reorganization of the Green.
back party is to be the chief work of the
convention. But how are these men tc
reorganize party that does not exist?
George 1. Seney of New York continue:
his magnificent bounty to educational in
situations. He gives Wesleyan Universe
ty 100000 more, the interest of which i:
to be given in prizes to the students. Hi:
offer of 100000 when other friends of thu
institution match that sum is still open.
The run of salmon in Fraser river, Brit
ish Columbia, surpasses all precedent O.
calculation. Steamers and row-boats ar
laden to the guards, and the fish are ar
irving at the canneries faster than the.
can be packed. One boat has jus
brought 5000 large salmon to New West
minister. The pack will be enormous
, eight canneries representing 100000 cap
| ital are in full blast.
Roscoe Conkling repeated to reporte
of tue Washington Critic what he had al
= ready said in New York,-'1 am don
with politics, now and forever Thi
fight is over, and shall hereafter devot
my time and purpose of life to my lay
practice" The ex-senator has heard,
5 seems, that he may be drought forward
e as a candidate in the next presidents
4 campaign, but is not ''solicitous" of tn
e honor. Mr.. Conkling is not as pretty a
he was, but apparently he knows more.
: The New York Times Washington spt
: cial estimates the membership of the mex
(. House as follows: Republicans, 147; Den
;. ocrats 1879; Greenbackers, 8; ReadjusteT
I. 2; Total 293. Deducting six vacancie
e leaves the membership 2S7, of which IA
: is clear majority. In this calculation tn
vacancies include Lapham's district
v New York and O'Connor's district
j., South Carolina. The other vacancies al
q in Fryes district in Maine, and Morton's
k Miller's and Woods district in New Yorl
l. General Longstreet, led to the remar
/ by perusal of the book of the EXPIRES
It dent of the Confederacy, just published
says: ''The effort of Mr.. Davis life seem
T. to have been to defame Confederate gel
l. erals whose energy and applicatio
): moulded the Southern citizens into so
f. diers upon whose valiant deeds the Coz
l. federate cause rose and passed like M
). teor across the horizon, but its collaps
D. was inevitable from the confusing ell
|. ments in its head, and its fall natural
t. gravitation."
The anniversary of the battle of Bel
v nington, which was fought in the town
D. Hoosick, Renssler county, will be eel
Y. brated with appropriate ceremonies Aui
IS ust 16, at White Creek, which is a fe
n. miles distant from the battle field. Ge
I'd Sherman will be a guest of the Hon. Wa
i'd ter A. Wood at Hoosic Falls at that tim
le and it is expected he will consent to spes
of at the celebration. John James will
president of the day and Maj. J. Gro
l. marshal. Four or five sunday-schoo
= will participate. Glass-ball shooting b
DC tween the Cambridge and Benningtt
~ gun clubs will be one of the incidents
. the day.
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