Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-04-07
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

The report that President Arthur will |
veto the Fitz John Porter bill lacks prob |
ability 1t woald not be shrewd and Ar
thurs strong point is his shrewdness.
There's no use in plunging into the caves
of theory and guesswork for explanations
of mob uprisings. A country that spends
5000, 900, 900 a year for liquor and only
$50, ZOO, 900 year for her schools must
not expect perfect security against the
bloody violence of the rabble. Philadel-
phia Press.
Maine spent $1,107,725 for public
schools last year, S7.54 for each pupil
attending; S25,S91 more than the previ-
Gus year. There were 213,S77 children of
school age in the state, of whom 6,9l6
were on the school rolls, a falling off of
1912. For the last Is years there has
been an annual decrease in attendance.
The Rhode Island republicans elected
Mr.. Bourn governor yesterday by about
6237 majority over Mr.. Segar, democrat
The total vote with one district lacking
is Bourn, 1921; Segar, 9545; scatter
ing, Is. The Legislature will stand;
Senate, 81 republicans, 8 democrats;
House; 81 republicans, 10 democrats; a
republican loss of one in the Senate and
republican gain of four in the House.
The reduction of the revenue for the
tn rec quarters of the fiscal year now clos
ed has been $43, $4,000, as compared
with the same period last year,-that is a
reduction of $15, 657 900 in custom re-
ceipts, S2O,962, 900 in internal revenue
receipts, $780, 900 in miscellaneous.
There was also reduction of SIS, $780,
600 in expenditures, one-half of which
was in ordinary and one-half in the de-
cline of pensions and interest. The de-
cline in customs revenue is due about as
much to the decline of Importation as to
the reduction of the tariff The reduction
of the national debt for three-quarterS OF
the year has been S81, 900. 1t will be
for the year probably over $l00,000,000
notwithstanding the reduction of taxation
last year.
BOYD, Kentucky, dispatch says it viii
be days before the extent of the desoa
tion caused by the recent cyclone can bt
ascertained. The loss of life as we'll al
| the damage to property, is serious. A
Colesmansville not one of the three hun
dred inhabitants escaped injury, and sew
ty-five buildings were demolished. TIL,
little towns of Mount Nebo, Conroy au6
Antioch Mills were swept away. Through
: out the country nothing was left standing
in the track Of the tornado. Stock, barns
p dwellings,, fences and forests were carried
off. Two boys who were fishing in th
Licking river took refuge at the mouth o
l a railroad tunnel, and were blown through
I it to the other opening, distance of tire
: hundred yards. Babes were blown from
their mothers arms and killed. Thos
who went to work in the morning hav
> not yet returned to their families. Tw
e children supposed to have been lost wer
: found In a cellar and rescued Bodies c
: dead persons were found strewn alon
e the roads Immense numbers of cattl
and other stock were slaughtered .
= church was lifted from sight. The orga
Ii was found miles distant. Rocks wer
|, borne quite a distance. Vast quanttie
h of water were blown from the river
O man sought refuge behind a freight car
). flying debris was sent to encompass hin
and he cannot now be found. The chin
- neys and foundations of buildings wei
= carried away.