Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-11-05
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

this state from 1926 to 1868.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Diphtheria, in Greensboro, N. c., after
carrying off three hundred children, is
now abating.
The house to be given Gen. Sheridan
was purchaced for $42, 900 and was built
by Judge Adds of Vermont IL few years
ago for $4,000.
Fourteen persons have been poisoned at
Cincinnati by food bought at grocery,
it is supposed. One child has died, and
others are seriously ILL.,
Bridget Gard, about sixty years old,
was burned to death recently at So
Adams street. She is supposed to have
been kindling a fire with kerosene.
The creamery buildings on Sunnyside
Farm at Stanstead, Que, owned by
Charles w. Pierce ofBoston, were burned
recently Loss $1,000; no insurance.
The exports from this country the past
year exceeded the imports by $1l7,3 1885,
900. Our imports were S54, 744 1862 less
than for 1882, and our exports STA, 626, 1919
| greater.
John Wanamaker has resigned the
Presidency of the Young Mems Christian
Association of Philadelphia, which he has
held for thirteen years. During that time
he has contributed to it's fund about
| 100000.
The postal estimate for 1854 is that
the deficiency in revenue on account of
the reduction to two cents will be less
than So, 900, 900, which was the figure at
which the postal officials advised Presi-
dent Arthur to put it last year.
Mount Adams in Washington Territory
was recently assembled by a large party
who reached an elevation of 1860 feet,
where they descended 100 feet into the
crater. A stone was dropped, and there
was an almost deafening reverberation.
The Ohio river is again so low that
nearly all the boats are laid up. 1t is
now nearly five months since the full
number of boats of the different lines be-
tween Cincinnati and the south have been
run. Only few light draft boats for
way business are kept running.
Five thousand dollars in 81 and 50 Do
minion notes have been stolen from the
Government. The banks have been noti-
fed not to accept them. The numbers OF
the missing 81 bills are from 505,000 to
sos, 900 and of the 50 bills from $4,000
to 146, 600 and from 1000 to 1860
The Panama canal company has nearly
, ty locomotives and 500 tipcarts at work
and claims to have taken out two-thirds
of the great cut between Obispo and Par
also. The whole work will be finished in
from Panama.
An early skating casualty is reported
from Manitoba: Three children named
Ingus, the oldest girl of twelve years
were drowned in Il pond at Elkhorn
Manitoba, last week. The girl was on
e pond skating, when the ice broke, and sh
It fell into the water. Two younger broth
g ers tried to save her, and all three per
g shed before the eyes of their mother Oh
the bank.
e The gold mines at Tyson Furnac
n (Plymouth) are being actively worke
If and the ore looks so promising that
< large crushing mill has been put in. TIL
1t shaft now being worked is twenty-fv
feet deep, and the ore vein is said to b
a seven feet wide. Nearly 5000, 900 ha
" been spent in that vicinity first and las
lie in gold mining, of which probably NJ
+. one-tenth has ever come back.
rs The Hon. r. HI. Murch, ex-congres:
man from Maine, is fitting up Il georgeor
d. liquor store on Essex street, Bostol
90 which he will open in Il few days and ri
e. in rivalry with John L. Sullivan's plac
SIS around the corner. Mr.. Murch is spen'
ks ing SIS, 900 or 900 in fittings, and e,
he poets to make his establishment as pop
lar as that of the champion pugilis
To- There will probably be grand openir
n next week.
oy A fire broke out in Garnet, Stubs
o. Cos warehouse at Savannah, Ga, ar
IT. burned that building with 5000 bales
he cotton The fire spread to buildings {
Joachim, Farm, Mill, Indian and Riy
nv street The electric light works al
he Tynan's iron foundry are among the pri
no cipal buildings burned. Most of I'll
il. houses destroyed were wooden structure
wv and were occupied by poor people. III
10 losses are put at about 81 900 900.
The steamship Heimdal, which arrive
10 at New York on Monday, brought thr
tv cabin and 305 steerage passengers. {
nd Sunday evening fire was discovered in Il
nd lower hold, and steam was turned on
go keep down the fire. The cause and extel
ID of the damage had not been ascertaint
or when she reached her wharf. The pa
sengers and baggage were all safe
:, landed, and the fire, which was contint
-. in the lower hold, was extinguiShed
M The contest for the minor offices of I'll
,tv Honse has actively begun. The cane
ras dates for SerS eant-at-arms, Thompst
ed and Leedour, spend much time here,
nd do General Field and Mr.. Wintersmit
ar candidates for Doorkeeper. Gen. Fie
he was Doorkeeper when the democrats la
controlled the House, and seems to ha
supposed that he would have little di
Guilty in securing the caucus nominatio
80 but Wintersmith is reported to have b.
ter prospects of success.
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,od The steamer City of Rio Janeiro, viii
ont arrived at San Francisco on the 18th al
Ha brought II Cinnamon, each holding
old traders certificate from the Chinese &C
oro eminent, which, under the treaty entitl
them to land in the United States. Z
:, steamer City of Toxic, which arrived
Tuesday of last week, brought Ill me
Cinnamon armed with similar certificat
'ne 1t would appear that by this means C
nov nese laborers are evading the provisio
ny of the Anti Chinese law.
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