Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-07-02
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS,


Others were not expected to recover.
Orange Judd. the proprietor of the
American Agriculturist, and the munifi-
cent friend of Wesleyan University, is
reported dying at his home in New York
The fiume at the White mountains was
washed out by the heavy rains last week
and the high walls extended about five
hundred feet There was no damage to
property.
DUBLIN, June %. A terrible ARRAY oc-
Cured at Curragh last evening between
party Of County Mayo militia and some
English soldiers. Five of the participants
were killed.
At Bay ST Louis, while two men were
standing under a small pine tree near the
depot, disputing over Il small account,
both were instantly killed by stroke of
lightning.
The London Truth says the queen for
two months has been in a state of mild
melancholia which in course of time, if
not relieved, would probably become very
difficult to treat.
Petroleum has been discovered at Rich
Hill, Mo. A we'll sunk 600 feet struck q
heavy vein equal to the finest oil of Penn
sylvania, and now there is great excite
ment in the region.
The fifty members of the Texas legis-
lature who were indicted some time ago
for poker playing, have about all settled
their cases without trial by the pay
ment of fines and costs.
Fifteen tons of molten iron hurst at a
blast furnace of the North Chicago rolling
mills, in South Chicago, Ill.,, last Friday
morning, just as the day men came on.
Joseph Onions and another man were
horribly burned, and Is others were more
or less hurt.
The Mississippi river has been rising
the last week and much damage has been
done, ten to fifteen millions of acres
| northeast of St. Louis are flooded, all
| Wy Ioll was Sub vi
by the washing out of the tracks and the
| damage to crops is estimated at $3.50, 000
The bursting of bung caused the ex
plosion of a lamp, and that resulted il
the destruction by fire of distillery ant
| ten thousand barrels of whiskey at Glib
sontown, Pa, on Thursday last. Explo
sions OF whiskey were frequent, and fiji
teen persons We're seriously injured
thereby.
The number of deaths resulting from
the catastrophe at the children's enter
tainment in Victoria Hall has reached
202 The funerals of great many o
the victims took place on the followin:
Tuesday. The streets were crowded wit
sympathetic people, most of whom wer
dressed in mourning.
One of the most shocking and revolving
crimes has been unearthed in Philadel
phia. In the cellar of DR.. Hathaway
children were found buried. He has cal
ried on q nefarious and terrible practic
for years. Death is too light a punish
ment for such crimes.
Intelligence of frightful calamity at
place of amusement in the town of Del
vic, on the shore of Lake Como, has bee
received at London. While Il perfol
nance was in progress at puppet the;
tire the structure took fire from a Beng;
light, and was entirely destroyed. Fort.
seven persons lost their lives, and lively
others were injured.
The body of Charles l. Goodwin
Cleveland, Ohio, cashier of the Lal
Shore railroad local freight office, W;
found in the lake near the breakwater la
, Sunday. 1t has been proved that he W;
;. a defaulter to the amount of $1,000, al
that on the day of his disappearance
9 negotiated at the bank a joint note Wi
Isaac Reynolds for 50, 500.
The German Government has resolve
!. to purchase six railroads at an aggrega
cost Of 1926 ,000,000 marks. The Germ;
o system of railways will then be under e
d. tire control. The value of mark is abo
twenty-four cents. BY this plan m
: nopoly agitation will be prevented. WI
should not railroads belong to the go
eminent as well as other roads?
h The receipts from the Brooklyn brid
4 traffic since May "a show steady decli
% from the beginning. The average
: twenty-seven days was $S49.54. The c
70 pense of running the bridge and the
:, terest on the bonds amount to over $2,0
% q day. 1t seems highly probable til
= New York and Brooklyn will have
contribute to keep the structure op
whether they use it or not.
III The verdict in the Star Route trials
- not surprise Mr.. Richard, the chief col
10 sci of the Government. He expect
: nothing from the jury, of which he spes
as follows: sob, | had a beautiful ju
% an unparalleled jury. There were fl
I" negroes, a crank, a man with mania
III potu, a Welshman, who can nett
re speak, read nor understand English, {
he one who can neither read nor write
GU language, on it.
Wednesday was a memorable day
Is the history of Dartmouth College. n
ae er, since the centennial celebration
IL 1869, was so large body of the alul
iu' met together on that day. Nearly ev
class since 1920 was represented,
oh large reunions were held of the classe:
IT. 1888, 1S43, 1868, 1868, 1873 and 1880.
o. great turnout was largely due to the
iia forts of the Hon. John Wentworth
i'o Chicago, president of the Alumni Al
u citation. His especial work by me
III of circulars and personal letters, resul
$50 in a magnificent gathering number
Iho over 400 graduates. The entire day
Is. given up to the alumni meeting.
of ST. LOUIS, June 81. At East st. L.
lad this morning the rain continued to
the slowly, and in all that section of cou1
his west of the Chicago and Alton Railr
he track. At Newport, Nameokl and Mite
his the water has fallen nearly foot;
Nc east of the above-named road, into WI
ng, a steady stream is still pouring thro
the the crevasse near Newport, the watel
sh- rising. The water has reached the trs
the ruuuino north from the Relay deDOt