Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-10-22
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

The total wheat crop of Michigan for
the season ended October 1st will be a.
147, 13S bushels
Over S4S, 900, 900 was expended in the
construction of new buildings in New
York, during the first nine months of the
present year.
The Norwood lumber company is adj
vertised to be sold by Assignee Ashley
at public auction on November 18th, the
sale to take place at Norwood, N. Y.
A few gentlemen in London have con-
tributed 10000 to pay the preliminary ex-
penses of the approaching six months
mission of Moody and Sankey at 1sling-
ton.
The Ohio legislature elected last week
consists of % democrats and IL republic
ans in the Senate and GO democrats and
~ republicans in the House. Mr.. Pen
dleton will probably be reelected Senator.
Governor Crosby, of Montana, says
that one day, when the Presidential party
were crossing dry gulch in Northern
Wyoming, they saw written in charcoal
over the door of vacant cabin the fol-
lowing: ''Only nine miles to water and
twenty miles from wood No grub in the
house. God bless our home"
1t is reported that much damage to
property and great loss of life have been
caused by earthquakes on the Peninsula,
between Chesme, in Asia Minor, opposite
the island of Chios, and Vouria, on the
southern coast of the Gulf of Smyrna.
All the villages in that region have been
| destroyed, and it is believed that upward
of 1000 persons have persisted. The sur
vivors of the disaster are suffering fear
full privations, and a complete panic pre-
walls among them.
Statistics prepared by the national
board of health show that for severa
years past the average death rate in this
country has been little above fifteen PEE
1000 of population. This is a remarka
BILE showing as compared with othe
countries. Taking the general average
of ten countries in Europe the rate il
twenty-three per 1000. In England ant
Wales it is twenty-five per 1000, il
France twenty-four per 1000, Swedel
and Denmark twenty per 1000, Austri
thirty. one, Prussia twentyseven, Spai
twenty nine and Italy thirty.
At meeting of Bank Presidents, i
Boston, Mass, last week, resolution
were adopted declaring it the opinion Q
the Bank Presidents Association of BoS
ton that speedy enactment by Congress
of National Bankrupt law, equitable i
its provisions for the debtor and til
creditor, in all sections of the country
is indispensable to the maintenance {
confidence between banks and their col
sttuents. They endorsed the Lowe
bill, with possibly some needed amend
ments, as the most expedient and bes
adabted to the wants of the people.
At the farm of Mr.. Northruff, eigt
, miles east of Moorhead, Mimi, a sad az
cident occurred on the night Of the st
inst, by which four men were killed out
right and ten more narrowly escape
with their lives. The fourteen men wer
members of a threshing crew who ha
been threshing for Mr.. Northruff the da
previous. They were sleeping in til
lower story of granary, in the uppe
story of which were stored 1.400 bushel
of oats. During the night, while all tn
Y men were asleep, the floor suddenly gay
S way and the falling oats completely bu
/ led eight men who were sleeping at tt
end of the building where the floor fir:
: gave way. The other six escaped an
t then set to work to release their bnrie
d comrades. When the men were final
reached four of them were dead from su
location.