Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-04-24
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

The steamer Alaska, which arrived at
New York last Sunday from Liverpool,
made the quickest time on record, six
days and twenty hours.
The hotel and all the better residences
at the famous Rugby colony in Tennessee
are deserted and only dozen persons
remain in the place.
Some 720, 1913, 900 gallons ofspirits were
produced in this country during the year
ending June 80, 1881, and 6S7, 900 gallons
were lost by casualties.
Smallpox prevails in Lawrence, Mas
sachusetts. The cases are traceable to
the wake of young child which was at
tended by two hundred persons.
The manufacture of olive oil is among
the rising industries of Australia, its
cultivation on a large scale being advoca-
ted by the South Australian Register
An explosion occurred in the Black
Horse collery last week. Seven persons
have been rescued. They were badly
burned. Thirty-five persons persisted.
The freight shipments over trunk-line
railroads from west to east in 1880
amounted to 10, 4S8, 246 tons, while in the
| contrary direction it was but 1871. 4SO
! tons.
A pasture in Texas is described as
containing 10000 acres, and requiring
! to inclose it sixteen miles of fence, which
| is all built of rock four and a half feet
thick
The present sugar crop of Hawaii is
estimated at 100,O00,000 pounds, the
great increase in the staple having been,
however, at the expense of the Manila
product.
The families of two men lynched for
cattle stealing at Pueblo, Colorado. have
sued the county for $50, 600, on the ground
that the men were not properly protected
by the officers.
Montreal was lately visited by the most
severe storm of rain and hail ever known
there. Thousands of dollars worth OF
glass was destroyed and there was much
injury to man and beast.
From circular just issued by the Ma
tional Bell Telephone company it appears
that there are now in this country 47s
telephone exchanges, with "a, 143 circuits
1871 miles Of wire, 1868 operators and
1887 subscribers.
ba fire nj A.
fiscal year the issue of postage stamps
stamped envelopes, etc., amounted tc
1897, III, an increase of $4,000 OF
eighteen per cent, from the figures of TIL,
corresponding period last year.
Capt, Howgate, who has been in Jail il
Washington for several months awaiting
trial for stealing a large amount of til,
Governments money, escaped from Gus
tody on Thursday afternoon, while visit
ing his family at his house in that city
and at last accounts he had not been re
captured
There are six million miles of fencin.
in the United States, the total cost O
which has been more than two THOUSAND
millions. The census reports show tina
during the census year there were expend
ed S7S, $50, 900 alone. OF this amount tn
largest contribution was from Illinois
the second from Pennsylvania.
The wife of Senator Malone has won i
Washington the distinction of wearin
handsomer jewels than does any othe
, lady in Official society. Her diamonds use
long ago to be matter of comment: an
and when she returned from Europe late
ly her husband presented her with an ad
dition to her jewel-case valued at $40, OOC
One of the curious facts connected wit
: the killing of Jesse James is that ex-Goy
Burbank of Dakota, now post Office il
spector at Chicago, received notice o
Saturday that there were found anon
James effects a 5000 diamond pin and
watch and chain taken from him in til
stage robbery, near Hot Springs, Ark
eight years ago.
A little Moses was rescued from tn
Chattahoochee river in Georgia the othe
day. The ferryman at Meals Ferry dis
covered a box floating down the rivel
and putting out in skiff overhauled il
He was surprised to find that it containe
a charming little babe, which raised it
e head and smiled at its rescuer. Som
: people who live in the place have adop
: ed the little waif
In the United States Circuit at Charles
: ton, S. c. before Judges Bond and Bryan
n the Grand Jury returned true bi
: against, Henry c. Dickerson and Others
of Barnwell county, charged with col
r spiracy to intimidate United States wi
n nesses. The trial of three Managers
II Election at the Maysville Precinct
d Sumter county, charged with stuffiing I'll
If ballot-box and interfering with the Uni
ted States Supervisor, then began. Wi
= nesses for the prosecution were examine,
The defence will present evidence to-mo
row.
N EX-Judge Hilton and his partner, NJ
# Libbey, who comprise the present firm
n A. 7. Stewart & Co., of this city, annou
4r their intention to discontinue their dl
,e goods and manufacturing business, al
# offer their stock of merchandise and the
mill properties for sale. The head of Il
. firm told a reporter that his reason for I
;, firing was that he was tired of the bus
- ness, it's demands upon him being exec
>, sive. Some considers" say that the bu
= mess has very considerbly diminish
:, since Mr.. A. T. Stewards death.
is Captain Williams and crew, Of t
~ whaling bark Trinity of New London, {
as rived last week, having been taken
IN Heard's Island in the South Indian Ocea
n by L. S. steamer, after a soiourn of I
III teen months there. They went to t
gb island to kill sea-elephants for their @
or and their vessel, after being beache
he was driven out to sea preventing til,
or escape. The narrative of their Soiou
YIN on the island vies with the story of Re
oe inson Crusoe, and the circumstances
to their rescue are even more wonderf
,r- Captain Williams wife, in Mantle, CO
necticut, never despairing of her husbaI
had petitioned the Secretary of the Ma
to send a vessel to Heard's Island
: search of him. At the time of the arr
60 al of tho Marion tha thirtv- thraa roapoI,.