The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-12-26

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According to all accounts from New
Orleans there is time enough yet for exhi-
bitors from every where. There is an ex-
tension to the 18th of January.
Congress broke up on Saturday. and it
thought no business can be done until Jan.
9Th. as not enough members to form a
quorum have remained in Washington.
The fifth and last of the big guns for the
United States Government was east on
Tuesday. at the South Boston Iron Works.
1t is a twelve-inch rifle, and when finished
will weigh II tons.
Diamonds are from 30 to 40 per cent.
cheaper at present. a New York dealer
says, than they were two or three years
ago, owing. chiefly, to large discoveries of
the precious stones.
The Garfield Monument Fund amounted
to a total of 3132. 800. 81 ON the 18th inst.
From Canada 8 have been received, 50
from England. sig from Australia, $40
from Belgium and 81, 149. 16 from France.
Only 10. 900 of the Ill 600 federal officials
come under the civil service rules, and of
the whole list 50, 600 are postmasters. The
next President has 20, 600 offices to fill with
out interfering with the civil service rules at
all.
The President has accepted the resigna-
ton of Henry d. Lyman, Second Assistant
-L. IL. ID Tla-.--1,,
General Superintendent of the Railway
Mail Service, will be nominated to succeed
Lyman.
A Philadelphia syndicate has purchased
200 acres of oyster planting land in POGO
moke Bay, Md, and organized a COM
pany for the purpose of raising oysters on
a large scale for the export and home
markets.
\ three ear-old lad was arraigned in
the Norwich, (Ct.,) Police Court, a few
days ago, for maliciously cutting a neigh
Dor 5 flowers. The Judge gave him a stick
of candy and sent him hom3 with his
grandmother.
The big fire Of the Pratt Astral Oil
Works in Williamsburg, n. y, that began
on Sunday was finally e~xtinguishod at noon
on Monday. The loss is estimated at about
800. 900. 1t is believed that two men per-
ished in the fire.
A bicyclist in Atlanta hurled his hat at a
dog that got in the way of his wheel, to
goo - n +ba animal off INIT tho lat+ar ouiatIv
took the hat in his teeth and made off SO
rapidly that the owner was unable to re-
cover the tile
The single ballot that was east in Hi
nois for Belya Lockwood in that State (and
said to be the only one really cast for her
Electoral ticket in the United States) is
now in possession of State Treasurer J.. c.
Smith, Of Illinois.
The Theatre Comique. in New York,
otherwise known as IIarrigan & Harris,
was totally destroyed by fire IN Tuesday
its contents is estimated at $175, 000. The
building belonged to the Stewart estate.
The a%rtesian well business is being pro-
secuted by the paper makers Of Holyoke,
Mass, with varying degrees Of success and
failure. In some instances wells have been
abandoned after a depth of from five hun
dred to one thousand feet was reached, no
water having been found.
The New Orleans Exhibition is to be open
on Sundays with admission rates lowered
from 30 to % cents, in the interest of the
working classes who do not have an OPP
portunity Of attending on other days. Re
ligious services are to be provided in
Music Hall for those desiring to attend.
The Washington Monument will not
long retain the proud distinction of being
the highest structure i'll the world. An
iron tower 1000 feet in height is to be
erected in the grounds of the French Ex-
hibition in 1899. Passengers will be car
ried to the top in an elevator.
The State of Massachusetts, is having a
very accurate Typographical survey made,
which, when completed, viii be one of the
most elaborate and minute of any State
survey ever made. 1t is said that had a
good typographical map of the State been
in existence it would have saved, since the
first railroads Were built, $50, 600, 600 in
their construction alone, by indicating
where the most feasible routes lay.
The Catholic Male Orphan Asylum at
Brooklyn, known as st. Johns Home, was
totally destroyed by fire early on Thursday
morning of last week. There We're 785
orphans in the building, and twenty bodies
have since been taken from the ruins. Some
were injured in jumping from the windows
and a Sister and several firemen were also
injured. The building was valued at
$500, 000.
Up to Monday evening 3G car loads of
Christmas trees had reached Phila., over
the Reading Railroad for this season.
They come from the Pocomoke Mountain,
in Lehigh county, Pa, and are of the or
binary pine species. This is eight more
car loads than were received last season.
Each car, it is estimated, contains about
300 trees, the freight upon which is $40 per
ear. These trees, together with those re-
ceived from other points, make upwards of