Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-07-30
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

GhN EkAL MI . lIhMS.
Forty-eight of the fifty-two counties of
Georgia have been carried by the advo-
Gates of local prohibition.
SUEz, July "a. Cholera has broken
out among the soldiers of the British
Forty-second Regiment, which recently
arrived here from Cairo. Two members
of the regiment have died from the dis
ease.
The Ohio liquor dealers association
has called meeting at Toledo, August 8,
to organize for an aggressive political
campaign next fall. Invitations have
been extended to all local associations to
send delegates.
ALEXANDRIA, July "a. A European has
died here from cholera. Five hundred
deaths from cholera are reporeed to have
occurred at Cairo yesterday. There was
also one death from the disease at Ismaila
and one at Suez yesterday.
Estimates have been made at the treas
ury department which, although not
quite perfected, seem to indicate the p os
sibility of a call for 31a per cent. bonds
to considerable amount - about
S25, ZOO, O0O-before the close of the pres
ent month.
General Sheridan's Washington house,
just presented to him by number of his
friends, was built five years ago for
Judge A. O. Adds. 1t stands in a fine
position on corner, and is of brick, two
stories high surmounted by mansard
roof and attic. The interior wood work
is of ash.
A Maine newspaper states that at the
little town of Sebec, at the outlet of Sebec
Lake, Piscataquis county, in the interior,
is a tooth-pick factory which is doing
large business, using over a thousand
cords of poplar and birch wood annually,
and turning out a two-horse load of tooth
picks daily.
LONDON, July %. A dispatch to Reu-
ter's Telegraph Company says that during
the twenty-four hours ending at s o'clock
this morning there were 473 deaths fro m
cholera at Cairo, 90 at Witch, 16 at Tan
tab, 8 at Shirbin, Is at Mansurah III at
Chibin, 43 at Mehallet, 50 at Ghizeh and
at Chobar.
SYRACUSE, n. Y, July %. A terrible
accident occurred at the blast furnace in
Geddes this afternoon. Eight men lost
their lives. They entered the furnace to
construct new lining, when the old
lining fell upon them, killing them in
stantly. A hundred tons of brick and
mortar fell upon them. The victims were
married and had families.
Last Monday at Chapman plantation,
twelve miles from the village of Presque
Isle, Me-, John Swanback and John Han
son quarrelled about a fence, each got
his gun, and both fired at about the same
time. Swanback shot Hanson in the
breast and Hanson shot Swanback in the
arm. Hanson died in ten minutes. Off
Ger Barto has gone to arrest Swanback.
CAPE MAY, n. j., July 23.-The Presi-
dent is here to-day, and the famous old
summer resort has put on gala appear
ance not equalled during the last ten
years of Its history. OF course the center
of attraction is at the Stockton. where
the President is sojourning. The Presi-
dent left Fortress Monroe last night ac-
companied by his daughter Nellie, on the
United States steamer Dispatch.
Postmaster General Gresham is making
arrangements as rapidly as possible tc
bring civil suits against the star route
mail contractors, and he hopes to be
much more successful in these prosecu
tions than the department of justice was
in its criminal prosecutions against the
same parties. The suits will be brought
against twenty-seven contractors fol
amounts aggregating more than one mil
lion dollars. Clerks of the Auditors
office are now preparing the documents
in the case. The action will be brought
The testimony, Of course, will be sub
stantially that which was used in tn,
criminal trials.
Ten thousand people, we are told, at
tended the funeral of the late Charles
Stratton, who became famous as Genera
Tom Thumb. The interest shown in thu
little man after he was dead was certainl,
remarkable, and recalled the popularit.
/ of his career. 1t demonstrated in
! striking manner on what curious qualitie
l popularity is sometimes based.
The Chicago Tribune publishes Ion.
/ summary of crop prospects in Nebraska
;. Iowa, Wisconsin, Dakota and Illinois
The winter wheat harvest in Nebraska i
4 declared to be better than was ever befor
!. known and the corn crop never promises
: better. Throughout Iowa the prosperity
e yield of corn has grown more encourag
: ing as the season has advanced, with q
expectation Of yield that will excee
V that of last year. Throughout Wlsconsi
s there is at present a sense of depressio
t among farmers owing to the heavy rains
r which have badly lodged the small grains
bnt which damage clear weather and coo
r widds would largely tend to overcom
: before the harvesting. Favorable report
come from Dakota for all kinds of graiI
e and there is also reported an improve
e ment throughout Illinois.
The ExSheriff of redell County, N. c., Mr.. Wasso
says: browns Iron Bitters has improved my dIge
ton and general health"