Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-12-24
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Brooklyn has 2,65S licensed saloons and
not less than 319 places in which liquor
is sold without license.
Congressman Townshend of Illinois has
introduced bill to abolish the postage
on second class matter, that is, on news
papers sent to regular subscribers.
Edward 2. Petite, young lawyer, Of
Boston, the son of a responsible business
man at Derry, N. H., has run away, after
having raised about $4,000 on forged
checks.
The Postmaster General has instructed
postmasters to exchange for the public,
as application may be made, the three and
six cent denominations of postage stamps
and stamped envelopes for others, of diff
ferent denominations.
One of the largest cattle sales on record
| was consummated at Denver, Col, on
| Dec. 18th. III. d. and J. w. Snyder
| & Co., of that city, bought of Snyder
Brothers, of Georgetown, Tex, over 3d.
| 900 head of cattle and 400 horses for a
1
mer firm now owns nearly "a, 900 head of
| cattle and 900 horses.
| Representative Dudley C. Haskell of
Kansas died in Washington, Sunday, after
a lingering illness. He was born in Spring
field in 1912; took special course at Yale
| college, and engaged IN mercantile pur-
| suits. He went to Kansas in 1855, and
after serving as a member and speaker of
the state house of representatives, he was
elected to congress for three terms by the
republicans.
Representative Sumner of California
has collected a mass of statistics on the
subject of the postal telegraph. He claims
that it now costs the companies only one
mill and q half per word to send messages
and believes that in five years after the
postal telegraph system shall be estab
lished it would contribute much to pay
!, the ordinary expenses. ofthe government,
: even at five-cent rates for ten words
The Standard theater, corner of Sixth
Avenue and Thirty-second street, New
York city, was burned with the entir
contents, Dec. 14th. There was no on
in the building except a few stage hand
F., and two actresses, who escaped withou
7 difficulty. The theater was managed b.
Brooks & Dickson, and was one of tn
most popular uptown play houses. Los
, on the building $4,000, on scenery an
: fixtures $4,000.
During primary election i'm the Sout
a Ward of New Orleans, last week, rc
i occurred growing out of the challengin
of voter. A general fusilade took place
in which Captain Michael ]. Fortier,
prominent local politician, Gustavus r,
Il maud, a deputy superintendent of streets
s and Edward Mason, a deputy constable
W were mortally wounded, and died 500
e afterwards. Ten others were wounded
20 one dangerously.
; The winter carnival week in Montre
: will commence February 4, and the spor
are expected to eclipse those of last wi
. ter in all respects. New tobogganing hill
III are to be prepared; much more beaut
TX full and elaborate Ice Palace than th
al which was SO much admired last ye
g will be erected; the Snow Shoe Clul
are arranging to hold grand Union Tore
light PROFESSIONS, Moonlight Tramp
y Races and Games; there will be speci
competitions by the Curling Clubs, Abo
;h riginal Games by the Indians. Skatil
ut Masquerades, Tandem Drives, Horse Ra
ing on the River, Carnival Ball. and v
rious other attractions.
OF
, otis more bray to live than to de- Thereto
IN don't wait till slight Cough develops itself il
pm consumption but secure bottle of DIR. BULBS Cou
~ Syrup at the small outlay of 25 cents, cnre yo
III Cough and live on happily.