Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-01-22
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.


ng 100000 and of married women, u
5O3 900.
The new steamship Aurania, of the Gu
lard Line, which was launched on Dec.
26 last, is said to be the heaviest steamer
d any description which has yet been
launched on the Clyde. Her gross meas
urement is 1900 tons.
The cargo of the City of Brussels, re-
Gently sunk in a collision near Liverpool,
by the ship Kirby Hall, of Glasgow, con-
tanned, among other items, 1927 boxes Of
bacon, worth S2Ol, 900; 2,48S boxes of
cheese, worth $l5 900; and 100 tons of
fresh meat.
At the limestone quarry of the Glendon
Iron Company, near Easton, Pa, last
week, blast was made on hill which is
$50 feet high and almost perpendicular.
$4,000 pounds of Judson powder were
used, and it is estimated that $50, 900 tons
of rock were displaced.
The House of Representatives on We'd
nesday adopted resolution instructing
the Judiciary Committee to inquire why
telegraphic rates in this country are so
high. 1t is a very pertinent inquiry.
The rates are nearly twice the rates in
England, and it has long been appar-
ent that they are too high here by one
half. Lower rates or the postal telegraph
must come one of these days.
The Planters House, at st. Louis, Mo-,
was discovered to be on fire at four
o'clock, Sunday morning. The flames
were confined to the kitchen and the
helps department. Three employees per-
ished, but the guests escaped. Great eX-
element was caused. Fortunately the
fire-engines were quickly on the spot in
response to the promptly given alarm,
and the fire was soon put out.
The Boston Post regards the Butler
Presidential boom as unreasonable; and
observes chillingly that there is strong
probability that the next democratic
nominee for the Presidency will not be a
man who found it his pleasure and duty
to support Lincoln, Grant and Hayes,
and to oppose Mcclellan, Seymour and
Tilden, and who, when the 1884 conven-
ton assemblies, VIII have only four years
standing as democratic convert
The great flaming red posters which
announced Mr.. Moody's meetings in Par
is were surprise even to the Parisians
themselves, for they were unaware that
such liberty in the matter of religious an.
nouncements had been obtained under
the Republic. Formerly the time and
place of religious meeting, other thar
parish notices, were not allowed to bt
published, but now the most perfect lib
erty in that respect prevails all ovel
France.
Montreal is to have a Winter Carnival
1t will commence on the oath inst, an(
already hundreds of men are engaged il
building an ice-palace on Dominion
square, which is to be a grand affair. Th'
centre tower will be 120 feet in height
with tower little less in height at eacl
corner. Forty thousand feet of ice viii
be required for the structure. The int
rior, as well as the exterior, will be bril-
liantly lighted by electricity. The atten
dance of many prominent persons from
| this country is promised
Parts of Maine, New Hampshire an,
Vermont are suffering for want of water
In Manchester, N. H., 1000 operative
| are idle because the mills are shut down
The lumbermen of Maine suffer severely
the saw-mills turning out less lumber
| The rivers of Maine are lower than 70
half century, report says. The estat
lishments on the Kennebec, Androscos
gin, and Saco are likewise crippled, an
those on the Penobscot greatly 81
Farmers and householders are much il
convenienced.
Two boilers exploded in the Bethlehel
Iron Company's blast-furnace at Bethl
hem, Pa, recently, resulting in the deaf
of four men and one woman, and in til
serious injury of several other persons
The woman was the wife of one of tt
workmen, and was passing out Of tt
place, after leaving him his dinner, whe
she was killed. One boiler was throw
through the roof of the old mill, and hui
| 4 90 a.
about 100 workmen. During the wee
previous the boilers were cleaned and i
spected and pronounced safe.
The judicial statistics show that
1881 there were II ,637 known thieves al
depredators in England and Wales.
these, however, only 81, 161 are in p
sition to carry on active operations, t
: rest being in convict or local prison
These criminals are worse than drones
ties of society, preying upon honest pc
pie when out of prison, and supported
the public expense when in. Witho
reckoning the value of property stol
and not recovered during the year,
find that the cost of police and prisons
!, 1881 in England and Wales was neal
+ four millions sterling, which has to
: betrayed either by direct or indirect t.
: alton.
Considerable snow fell week before !;
a in New York and many other cities.
/ Baltimore six inches of snow fell, 81
heaviest fall for several years, - the
v patches said. At Richmond, Va, on
same days, the 9th and 10th inst,
o storm was unusually severe, and the sn
y was reported from sixteen to eighte
+ inches deep. 1t is said to be the heavi
/, snow-storm there since 1857. At Pete
re burg, Va, twenty-one inches of sn
fell, and trains from all points were
" layed. In Southern Minnesota ira
20 were stopped by snow-drifts. The b
lie zard was unexpected, and found tho
: ands OF people unprepared. 1t was
~ worst storm experienced for two yea
IL and appears to have extended three h
r; dred and fifty miles.
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~ Contagious diseases. malaria liver complaint,
a. prevented by using the gentle but powerful &c
z. Browns Iron Bitters.