Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-05-26
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS,

The next New England fair will be held
at Manchester, n. H., the first week in
September.
The general assembly of the Presbyte-
rian church met ut Saratoga recently.
Two thousand persons were in attend
ance.
Messrs. Lowell & Gill of Springfield
shipped from Charlestown, N H., for
Kearney, Ncb., on Tuesday of last week
three hundred and fifty fne-wool merino
bucks. Two double-decked stock cars
were fitted expressly for the trip, and so
arranged that only five sheep stand in u
compartment.
The gravel 10 lie used by the chairman
of the republican national convention is
to be made in Chicago from pieces of
wood from every state and territory in
the country, including Alaska. A piece
of rock maple from Maine, birdseye from
Vermont and beech from New Hampshire
have been sent.
While the United States Paymaster
Whippie was en- route from Fort Buford
to GleEdivc, about forty miles out, he
was attacked by road agents. Sergeant
Conrad was killed and two privates were
seriously wounded. The mules attached
to an ambulance wagon, in which the pay
master and his clerk with the enclosure
! box were, ran away and thus they made
their escape.
Ashel Smith and his wife Of Turner's
n. Y, returned from Il concert at ter
o'clock one night recently and drove into
the barn. While Smith was standing OIL
the floor and his wife was in the wagon
pistol shot was fired, which just missed
his head and entered the spinal column O.
his wife. A blanket was then thrown ovel
his head, and he was robbed of 1925. The
woman was paralyzed by the shot ant
cannot recover.
An Ottawa dispatch says that ST
Charles Upper visited Washington re
Gently to consult the secretary of state
through the British minister as to the ex
tension of the fishing clause of the Wash
ington treaty. The result of his mission
has not been disclosed. 1t is understoo,
at Ottawa that as soon as he reaches
London the attention Of the imperial gov
eminent will be called to the matter an,
the necessity for immediate action strong
ly urged.
The Ohio delegates to the national woo
growers convention, which meets in Chi
cage, have decided to present to the cor
vention a resolution to the effect that tn
wool growers of the United States wi
support no candidate for national, stat
or other office, of whatever party, unles
, pledged to the immediate restoration {
the tariff of 1867 on wool. 1t sets fort
that there are over 1000, 900 wool grow
ers in the United States controlling 1000
900 votes, which they say is the balane
of power.
| The shrinkage of stock and bond va
e ues during the month which ended +
2 mate Of $500, COO, GOO is probably not f;
\ out of the way. The loss on 10 of Il
f most active stocks was about 10 900, 90
r the a per cent decline on the 100000, Ot
, of Union Pacific stock alone amountir
; to nearly SIS, 200, 900, while the 9th
shrinkages were: Western Union IS, 00C
600, Central Pacific S7,000,000, ST. PAT
: Reading and Northwestern $1,000,
each, Missouri Pacific, and Clevelan
Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapol
$, So, 900, 900 each, Chicago, Burlington al
re Quincy, Lake Shore and Louisville al
$ Nashville S4,OoO,O00 each and Illinc
= Central, Canadian Pacific and Lackawa
ma so, 600, 900. each.