Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-09-11
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

The governors of the six New England
States are total abstinence men.
George Greene of St. Louis shot and
killed his two children Sunday, a boy and
girl aged respectively four and two years,
and then shot himself. Greene had re-
Gently been divorced from his wife.
Senator Ben Harrison of Indiana spoke
to an immense gathering of republicans
at Augusta, Me-, Tuesday night. Mr..
Blaine spoke at Rockland. The republi-
cans are confident of success this week
with full vote.
Abundant harvests abroad may inter-
fere with our export trade somewhat, but
''it's an ill wind that blows nowhere"
With more produce than we want the
cost of living in America will have to
come down.
Hanlan has issued challenge to Ross,
Courtney and Lee, to row them three
mile race for $25OO q side and the cham
| pionship of the world, ON any course be-
| tween Washington and Boston, within
two months from signing articles, two
weeks intervening between the races.
On Thursday of last week an incendia-
| ry fire at Old Orchard destroyed the
Brunswick house, Pleasant house, Cen
trail hall and bowling alleys. The guests
narrowly escaped in their night clothes,
saving nothing. The total loss is esti-
mated at $25, 900, with SIS, 900 insurance.
| The largest mortgage ever executed in
| the state of Pennsylvania was filed in the
recorders office, at Philadelphia, last
week. 1t is for $160, 700, 900, and is made
| by the Philadelphia and Reading railroad
| company and Philadelphia and Reading
coal and iron company to the Pennsylva-
mia company.
Deacon Samuel Waldo, of Perry Vii
lage, Wyoming county, N. Y, who has
attained the age of eighty-six years, has
lately married neighbor in the person
of Miss Harriet Hammond, aged seventy
| years. The bride, who is the deacon's
sixth wife, was an early teacher of Presi
dent Arthur.
Political excitement in Virginia runs sc
high that even Sunday school picnics are
turned into political rallies; and the Rich
mond Wing, with great glee, tells about
one colored school picnic, where speech
es were made at first in the straight re
publican interest, but when resolutions
in favor of the Readjusters were soon af
itself into "a rousing readjuster rally"
Guiteau's skeleton is now at the Nation
al Army Medical museum in Washington
but will not be exhibited to the public
The final disposition Of the bones of thu
| assassin has not yet been determined
upon and cannot be until Judge Hagne
decides as to the validity of Guiteau'
will, in which he beqneathed his body t.
DIR. Hicks. The experts who were en-
gagged in the microscopical examination
of Guiteau's brain have completed thei
work. 1t is understood that they alread
disagree in their conclusion respectin.
his sanity, and that there will probabl
be two reports rendered.
: WHAT ALEXANDER MIGHT HAVE DoNR."-T LAT
| Gar of Russia eminent great man. his acto
in liberating thirty six million serfs from slavery qua
flied him to be. Yet with all his greatness Alexande
left it to Dr. Swayne liberate the world from tn
annoyance and pain of of SKIN diseases by pr
ducing swayhes Ointment. Think of the tens hui
dreds. thousands it has cured. and then remember
is economical effective. reliable. and pure and if 20
] will only try it you will have cure.