Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-23
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.


The cotton crop will reach nearly T. |
900, 900 bales. A big crop.
Some farmers in upper Aroostook, Me-,
have 10000 bushels of potatoes. The |
crop is excellent for the market and for
starch.
There is to be another six days walk
ing match in New York city this week, in
which RoWell, the Englishman, and 9th
ers who have before competed with him,
are to once more test their powers of en-
durance.
A demented Frenchman ran amuck in
Fourteenth street, New York, one after
noon recently, and, with a pair Of steel
compasses, managed to wound severely
eleven women, four of them very serious
ly. One of the victims has since died.
Gen. Hazen reports that during the late
cyclonic storm, shipping valued at $13,-
100000 was detained in safe harbors by
the cautionary signals of the signal SER
vice. If these vessels had gone to sea
there is no telling what the loss might
have been.
By the fall of platform at the dedica-
ton of the soldiers and sailors monu-
ment at Beverly, Mass, on Friday,
large number of spectators were thrown
to the ground in heap. Those more Sc
riously injured are: James Woodbury., of
Beverly, and DR.. w. w. Eaton, of Dan
vers.
The New Orleans Times Democrat esti-
mates that the flood Of 1882 cost the
southwest over 500, 900, 900, of which
100000 fell to Louisiana's share. To
| replace this will require nearly 100000
| bales of cotton. The amount is greater
| than the net profit of one entire cotton
crop of the Mississippi valley.
Burglars broke into Zierleyn's jewelry
store, opposite the Morton House, Grand
open the safe, and carried off the con-
tents, including 800 watches owned by
Mr.. Zierland and his customers, 5000
in cash, diamonds and jewelry, securing
in all from $4,000 to $4,000 worth of
booty.
Burglars blew open the safe in the gro
Gerry store of Mr.. Kimball, at Salem,
Mass, one night recently, stealing $3.50.
They escaped, but were traced to Roches-
ter, n. H., and arrested Saturday night
at the hotel of Charles Downs, in Leban-
on, Me. They had $43 in money and
some pawn tickets from pawn shop in
some western city. The pawn tickets
were made out to Howard and Rayburn,
the same name they registered under Sa-
lem.
On August 81, 1865, the government
debt was at its highest point. We then
owed, less cash in the treasury, 50, 49,
900, 900. On the first of October, 1882
the debt of every description reached only
81 ,644, 120, 223; showing that we have re-
duced our obligations during the seven
teen years over one thousand million Of
dollars But at the rate of decrease now
in progress, we shall be able to pay of
the whole remainder of the debt in about
nine years.
The ''season" on Mt. Washington, N
H., closed most Unexpectedly last Wed
nesday. The thermometer sank suddenly
to twelve degrees below freezing point
and no preparations having been made
oha fhe tbar tIa
ter pipes froze up and burst, and thu
guests at the Tip Top house, numbering
over hundred, were obliged to pack VI
and leave, the house being rendered I'm
tenable. Mrs. Dodge, the manager of tn
hotel, left last Thursday.
A most daring robbery occurred at AT
tleboro, Mass, last Friday morning, a
the ticket office of the Boston and Provi
dence railroad station. The station
agent was temporarily called away, an
on his return found the ticket office ha
! been opened with a jimmy, and about $50
| had been taken; but large quantity G
gold was left. Quite number of peopl
were standing outside the station, leanin
n against the windows at the ticket office
!, but the thieves escaped undetected.
The Chicago express-train, at the Gre1
esee street crossing, Syracuse, N. I
: a few days since, struck carriage col
tanning John d. Milonee, his wife, Mr.
Il I'll. B. Comstock, and Mrs. Munro Blu
Il CESS, the two latter being visitors fro
: Marathon, N. Y. The three ladies wei
, killed and Mr.. MiIonee was seriously il
:. jured, but will probably recover. I'll
- carriage was demolished, portions of
being strewn along the track for di
= lance of nine hundred feet. One hor:
% was killed.
IS Accounts from the Vuelta Abajo sho
u that the recent cyclone in Cuba cause
N much loss of life and great destruction
s. property. The tobacco seedlings we
u destroyed. At Hereadura 300 huts al
houses, including the greater number
ID the tobacco-drying establishments, we
a demolished. Two thousand palm-tre
~ were blown down. Seven hundred al
to sixty houses were destroyed at Consol
at cion del Sur. The bodies of thirty-s
s. persons drowned by the overlooking
90 rivers have been recovered, and mai
IT. more are missing.