Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-11-06
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Methodist church now in session at Gin /
cinnati.
An eagle tried to carry off a child NAM
ed Wall, at Belleville, Ont, some days |
since, but was beaten off. The child was
seriously hurt.
P. W. Smith & Co. of Tombstone, Ariz.,
who were considered the most substan-
tial merchants, in southern Arizona, have
failed, with liabilities of over $112 900.
A lot of confederate bonds, amounting
to $4,000, was sold at auction in
Charleston, S. c., recently for $3.50 per
$1,000. The bidding was quite spirited.
United States senator Isham G. Harris
is dangerously ill at Nashville, Tenn, and
his physician says he will not be able to
take any further part in the political cam
paign.
John Gross, negro bootblack of
Brooklyn, has come into possession Of
real estate, on the corner of Navy street
and Myrtle avenue, Brooklyn, worth over
$4,000.
passenger and freight train on the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad collided near Rome, Ga. A fire.
man was killed and the engineer had his
leg broken.
George Williams and Charles Brown
recently shot each other in quarrel
about money matters at Shepherd Sta
ton, Tex, both falling dead at the same
moment
It is expected that the peanut market
will be replenished this season by 2,000,-
900 bushels from Virginia 100000 bush
els from Tennessee and 125, 900 bushels
from North Carolina.
Two thousand five hundred white Ia
borers on the Northern Pacific Railroad
have struck work because their board
rate was advanced fifty cents per week.
The Chinese, 5000 in number did not
strike.
+ The news from Indiana is encouraging
to republicans. The temperance move
ment is helping the cause there, as the
republicans favor leaving the question to
be decided by popular vote, as was done
in Iowa.
The Argentine Republic is making rap
id progress in material welfare. The ma
tional revenue has doubled within a few
wears, and is now 1927, 900, 900. No coun-
try except the United States is building
so many railways.
The dollar subscriptions to the Garfield
monument fund of Cincinnati now aggre-
gate about $40, OO0-enough for the pur-
pose. The statue is to be of bronze, full
length, of heroic size, and mounted on a
granite pedestal.
The tug Witzel blew up on Saturday
morning, twelve miles north of Racine,
Wis, while racing with another tug for a
tow. The vessel was completely demol-
ished. The captain, who was also the
owner, and two engineers were killed.
A freight train bound south on the
| Champlain Division on the Delaware and
Hudson canal railroad left the track on q
! short trestle near Putnam, N. Y, Satur-
day night. Eighteen cars were burned
The fireman, and brakeman were killed
The six-days' go-as you-please walking
match closed in Madison Sbuare garden
New York, Saturday night with Patrick
j. Fitzgerald winner. This was the
score Fitzgerald SIT miles laps; Nor
emac, SCI miles laps; Herty, al miles
lap, and Huges 525 miles.
Gabrielle Greeley, the youngest daugh
ter of the late Horace Greeley, has re
Gently given building site to the Episco
pal church at Chappaqua, fact which
indicates her religious preferences. He
father was Universalist, and her siste
a Roman Catholic.
Following the example of a bicycle ri
der, rider of the tricycle. has just made
the journey in Great Britain from JOIN
O. Greats, Scotland, to Lands End, il
Cornwall. His time was Is days, q
hours, and 30 minutes, the distance beins
995 miles. His machine weighed 81
pounds, and he carried an additional
weight in baggage of ten pounds.
The New York association for improv
ing the condition of the poor extended aiC
during the year ending Sept. 80, last, t.
1O,57S families, comprising 1880 per
sons. The amounts directly expended
for relief aggregated $2l, 10. In ad
dition to this the society has extended
relief to 597 families through application
from nine other societies, the amount be
ing $4,651.
, Thursday was Jubilee day at Memphis
Tenn, and 10000 people lined the side
, walks viewing the procession of the man
, ufacturing and business interests o
f Memphis. The parade included all tn
local military companies and the fire de
partment. At noon Judge ]. w. Clap
delivered an address in Court square upo
''The South-Memphis and her growth
At night display of fireworks was civ
en- on the bluffs. Fifteen thousand pee
pie from adjacent points were in tn
city.
On Friday afternoon an explosion OF
Cured at the Pine Ridge colliery, nea
Mill Creek, about three miles from Wi
kes, Pa. Two young men named Cove
), Burt and Peter Lamb entered an abandon
ed working" with unprotected light:
;, and, gas having accumulated, viole1
: explosion followed. Over one hundre
!, men and boys were laboring in the ne
workings at the time, but all escaped e,
cept Burt and Lamb. who were burne
" to death. The mine was reported to
. on fire.
The White Star steamer Celtic, whiC
- arrived from Liverpool Sunday, hi
= among her passengers an eleven-year-o
girl named Rose Ann Mclaughlin, who
!, parents live at Bunamuck, Roscommmt
: county, Ireland. Roses destination
; White Pine county, Nevada, where re
ative lives She arrived with only 81.
i in money and ticket to her destinatio
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