Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-02-07
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

The decrease of the public debt during
January was 1882, 167.71-an excellent
beginning for the new year. 1asa9 'fa
According to the recent census, Swift
erland has apopulation of 2,S90,O00, or
10000 more than in 1872 when the last
previous census was taken.
Church debt-raiser Kimball has visited
one hundred and sixty churches and rails
ed directly and indirectly some 81 ,000,-
900 from church members.
1t is reported that steps will be taken
in the spring to extend the Montreal,
Portland and Boston railroad from Ere
lighsburgh, P. O., to Richford to connect
with the Southeastern road, thus afford
ing an outlet to Boston for the former.
1t is now found that the last Legisla-
ture abolished the law providing for the
salary and expenses for the superintend-
ent of education, and Superintendent
Dart, now that he has finally accepted
the office, finds himself in rather an EN-.
DarraSSlng poSltlon. .a .t
The population of Kansas according to
the census is: Males $50, 725, females
1884, native $50, POI, foreign los, 7o5,
white 952, 056 colored 40, 91O-total $685..
955. Indians in tribal relations under
the care of the government, are not in
Guided in the above.
The clearinghouse at Plymouth has
just received $4,000 eggs of the red trout
| presented by the German government to
Prof. Baird and by him to the state OF
| New Hampshire. They will be placed il
Lake Winnipiseogee when Matched. The
| fish are fine eating. 194t
| Hon. Johnson N. Camden, the new Sen
! ator from West Virginia, is one of the
most prominent men in the State, and il
| supposed to be its wealthiest citizen. h
is about so years of age. He owns ;
bank, oil refinery, half dozen steamboat.
| trading on the Ohio and Kanawha rivers
The Democratic vicksburg Herald de
nounces the action of the Democrat,
Senators in refusing to place Genera
Grant on the retired list as ''silly blund
err, and says that the fact that he is tn
greatest General in the United States an,
has twice been President should hav,
been enough to make the Senate unani
nous in placing him in honorable retire
| ment. sr4 51 VG i4s3@
| A horrible accident occurred on Tues
day night of last week, in Altoona, NeS
York, few miles east of Malone, b
which four children were burned to death
At dusk the mother left her house to G
to a neighbours to borrow some kerosene
On her return she found her own home i
flames.z The fire had cut off access to tn
room. where the little ones had been left
and all four persisted in the flames.
The Rev. VIM. Bedell, pastor of
Methodist Episcopal church in Troy
preached last Sunday morning from th
text; az have fought a good fight.
have finished my course. Ihave kept tn
faith In the evening while entertain
ing the church to preach at the secon
service, he fell on the steps in cons,
quence of sudden attack of epileps.
his right side being completely paralyze
and his ministerial usefulness ended.
A prospectus has been issued in Par
of the Central American submarine tel
graph company, the object of which is
connect all of Central America with tt
United States and Europe by cable-wi1
tributary land lines-to be laid from B
LIE to Cuba, Spain having grantee co
cession therefor. England will guara
tee!for term of 20 years the payment
q S., 900 annually as the proceeds of go
eminent dispatches to and from Britt:
: Honduras. The capital of the compal
: is to be 100000.
: Altoona, Pa, the workshop and cent
: of equipment on the Pennsylvania roa
has 40 acres of car and machine shop
: where 100 locomotives are built and 2
c repaired every year, and make 40
t freight cars and 100 passenger cars, co:
: ing from 1926 to $500 each. The IA
s road company has also here chemis
a laboratory and testing establishment,
y which interesting and critical experimer
: have been successfully carried out, a
1T in connection with this is school for
y education of young men for railroad q
y ties. re
1T Tickle in appetite. irresolute in mind and subiec
melancholy. try Malt gitters