Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-11-27
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

A pleasant home With all the modern
improvements and in good repair is offer
ed for sale by ex-Gov. Leland Stanford of
California, who is going to reside at New
York. He will sell the place for S2,000,
600, prompt cash.
Rev. Joseph Cook of Boston arrived in
Chicago Saturday afternoon after trip
around the world, and by request of the
Young Mems Christian Association, de-
livered a lecture at Farewell Hall, his
subject being: 'The Signs of the Times"
The hall was crowded to its utmost ca
pacity.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe expects to
pass the coming winter on her plantation
| at Mandarin, Florida. Her orange grove,
which was set out when she established
herself there not long after the war, num-
bers something over one hundred trees,
and from seventy-fve of them she now
reaps an income of 81, 900 year.
1t appears that Ex-senator Conkling
was an assistant democrat in the late
New York campaign. He refused to sup
port the republican candidate for con-
gress in the Fifth New York district, and
gave all his influence in favor of Perry
Belmont. His course was manifestly de-
| termined by his hatred of Mr.. Blaine
Here is method of church debt-lifting
| that is rather ahead of Kimballs: The
Roman Catholic bishop of Montreal has
| issued a mandate that the Pensioners of
| the three canonical parishes in that city
shall Immediately proceed to pay off the
debt of 100000 due on the Cathedral of
Notre Dame, married men to subscribe
So, and unmarried men 81 per annum un-
| til the amount is discharged.
| Thomas Loeman, IA years of age, a
cash boy in Jordan, Marsh & Cos estab-
| lishment in Boston, with his brother and
sister, have by the death of their uncle,
Michael Loeman, a broker in Melbourne,
Australia, fallen heirs to his entire for
tune, amounting to $2,500,000. The
children, who have no parents, will 60 to
ST. John, N. B., where they will receive
an education at the hands of their trus-
tees.
The figures of the New York election
at last give the total vote of the several
candidates The vote for Cleveland was
536, 1884; for Folger, 342 1903; these with
the prohibition vote carry the total up to
906, 597. Cleveland's majority is 1913, 991
Folgers vote is 213,241 less than Gar
fields; Clevelands 1888 more than Han
cocks. 1t looks as if nearly hundred
thousand republicans voted direct fol-
Cleveland
Gen. James D. Fessenden, son of the
late William Pitt Fessenden, fell dead OF
the street in Portland, Me-, recently, a
the age of about fifty years. Gen. Fes
, sender was associated with his father il
the practice of law, but at the breaking
, out of the war of the rebellion raised /,
, company, with which he joined Colone
Berdan's sharpshooters. He was subse
quently promoted to the command of thu
: regiment, and finally to the grade of brig
? adler general, for conspicuous gallantr,
; and meritorious conduct. At the dealt
. of his distinguished father he assumes
the position of the head of the law firI
founded by his grandfather, Genera
/ Samuel Fessenden, of anti-slavery mem
DRY.
The Executive Committee has receive,
800 dead-head applications from ladie
for the Garfield fair. 1t will probably b
decided that all must pay. The Financ
. Committee is of the opinion that the fai
will be success. Some are enthusiast
enough to believe that 100000 stranger
will come. The money is to be used fo
a monument at Washington which sha
eclipse all others. Two hundred thouS
and dollars CD have already been sui
scribed by officers of the Army of th
Cumberland. The officers of the senat
e have declined to allow the senate chan
It Der to be used for the opening ceremony
This is the result of the action of the SCI
I. ate last year condemning such a practice