Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-04-09
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

The eruption Of Mount Etna ceased as
suddenly as it begun.
Secretary Folger's health has improved, |
but he will go to Bermuda for rest and a
change.
Out of fifty-four towns voting on the
license question in Massachusetts, on the
9th of March, thirty-six went for no IL
cense.
The Marquis of Lorne is to be made a
peer. Possibly he deserves the honor, if
it be an honor, for marrying the Princess
Louise.
Mrs. Eliza Weber, of Bedford, Mass,
who is eighty-four years of age, went to
the town meeting and voted for school
committee.
Arrests continue to be made in Ireland.
At Cork the postoffice is occupied by
force of police, as threats have been made
to blow up the building.
By the boiler explosion at st. Dizier,
France, on Sunday, thirty-one persons
were killed and sixty injured; many of
them it is feared, fatally.
Burglars blew open the safe in Carson
& Topping's drug store, at Rushville.
Yates county, N. Y, on Saturday morn
ing and stole over $50, 900 in notes, bonds,
and mortgages, and $4,000 in cash.
One hundred and fifty persons have
left the Island of Achill, county of Mayo,
ON the west coast of Ireland, and sailed
for America on the steamer HISTORIAN
They were driven from their homes by
famine.
1t is estimated that the Vanderbilt ball
cost double the amount which will be ex-
pended at the coronation of the Russian
car. Probably Mr.. Vanderbilt had
twice as much fun as the car will have
on coronation day.
train on the Cincinnati Southern
railroad ran off the track near Mason, o.,
| recently, and fifty-three persons were in
jured No one was directly killed. But
| it is thought that in some cases the in
| juries may prove fatal. The accident
was caused by broken rail.
Peter Cooper, the well-known philan-
thropist of New York, is dead. He died
of pneumonia. He was born in New
| York in 1871, Feb. II, when the great
city contained only 10000 inhabitants
and the United States about twice as
many people as the present New York.
The reduction in the public debt fol
March amounted to 1884, S26.27. The
total debt now is 81, 1891, 1866, 27l.62, and
the cash in the treasury is $3l6,034 $685..
46, so that the net debt on April LIST was
$1,576, 1881, 2SS.16. The reduction for the
nine months of the current fiscal year has
almost reached S112, 100000.
Elder Morgan, presiding elder Of thu
Mormon church, took from Chattanooga
Tenn, recently, a special train contain
ing $50 Mormon converts for Utah. The.
are from all parts of the south. He say;
his church is growing rapidly in Georgia
Virginia, and Middle Tennessee, ant
that he expects fully 600 converts thi
year.
The death of Postmaster-General How
LEAVES in active public life only three mel
, who, with hun, occupied seats in tn
United States senate when President Lin
coin called it together in special sessio
at the outbreak of the war. They ar
f.cS. o,,J nd 10
| lei Clark, United States district judge 70
2 New Hampshire.
} At Washington, d. c., the grand jur
; have returned indictments against Thom
;. as j. Brady for corrupt official action
connection with the two Price routes
: one against William Pitt Kellogg for III
lawfully receiving money from Price
consideration of corruptly influencing til
action of Brady in regard to his ma
n route, and one against Thomas j. Brad
S and William Pitt Kellogg for conspirac
i'm connection with these same routes.
:, At st. Petersburg the project of polio
IL has unearthed band of Nihilists at the
rendezvous, an obscure residence in TIL
Is CITY, In attempting to capture them tt
< police met with a stubborn resistanc
During the fight three officers we
-. wounded, and one Nihilist finding ca
~ ture inevitable committed suicide on tt
spot. The eight remaining conspirato
were arrested. 1t is supposed that on
a section of the party has been secure
Among the implements of destructi,
were found about IA pounds of dynal
lite.
Bowditch's Floral Catalogue is bea
" tifully illustrated book of 12S pages, ful
- describing all seeds and plants, and t
space devoted to the vegetable seed
~ crowded full of instructive reading m;
ter giving the complete methods of cul
d. walton together with descriptions of
ut the new varieties of recent introductic
X Mr.. Bowditch who issues this elabors
10 catalogue also publishes The Florist a
" Farmer, an illustrated monthly magazil
ne If you would like to see copy of eitf
nd address, w. Z. Bowditch, 645 War;
Street, Boston, Mass.
no Mr.. d. W. Kelly. North Troy Vt. says: brow
es- Iron Bitters give universal satisfaction