Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-04-21
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS
Charles Reade, the famed English nov

Charles Reade, the famed English nov
elist, is dead; he was 20 years old.
Charles Lord, of Hopkinton, n. H.,
farmer and mechanic, attempted suicide
last week by shooting, but, falling in |
that cut his throat. He was II years old, |
and leaves family.
Hon. John Y. Mugridge, one of the most
prominent lawyers in New Hampshire,
died at Concord. He served in both
branches of the state legislature, being
president of the senate in 1869.
An aged couple named Fleetwood, liv
ing near Rondon, H., were found in bed
recently, with their throats cut. No trace
of the perpetrators has been discovered.
Robbery is the supposed cause.
Miss Maud Goddard and Prince
| Poniatowiski were married in Paris,
France, last week. Ely-Goddard, the
brother of the bride, was present at the
wedding. The presents We're elegant.
The Mouders' Union, of Troy, N Y,
accepted a reduction of 20 per cent Apr. 16
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ries will start up at once, after dead
lock of three months. This affects about
1000 men.
Mrs. James X. Polk, at the venerable
age of 81, still lives in excellent health in
Nashville, Tenn. She never had any
children, but adopted Il niece, who mar
ried George W. Fall, merchant of Nash
vile, and who, with her husband and only
daughter make up the happy family at
| Nashville.
George Smith of Indiana county, Pa,
put SIS 900 in bills in wooden chest in
his cellar He would not trust his mon
ey to the banks. When he brought the
chest to light a few days ago to count
over his treasure, he found that the rats
had burrowed through and through the
chest until only small fraction of the
original package were in Il negotiable
condition.
Deputy Marshal Fisk and an officer Of
Fairhaven were recently looking for one
Benson of Fairhaven, and when near his
house found two men in the road, both
seriously shot. The names of the men
were Reed and Jones, they had been
: shooting at a mark when the gun was
accidentally discharged, wounding Jones
horribly and tearing Reeds hand SO that
amputation was necessary.
Lancaster n. H., has been greatly ex-
cited the past week over the suicide of
Miss Nellie T. Phelps, Il compositor in the
: Gazette office. Before dying she told the
) physician that j. H. Baird, editor of the
! Republican had got her drunk and accom-
] plished her ruin. An excited crowd came
near tarring and feathering the scoundrel
: and hanged and burned him in etfigy.
Addie A. Main, bright and pretty
4 girl of fifteen years, took nearly spoon
: full Of strychnine at Ledyard yesterday
! and died in a few minutes. She was the
oldest of family of eight children. Hell
= younger brother saw her take the poison
She said to a little sister, ''Run to Mrs
e Stoddards and tell her I'm dying" Wher
assistance arrived it was too late to save
: her life or find out the reason for the act
i The family can imagine none.
!, An organ which has just been built il
Germany is believed to be the largest il
existence. 1t contains ia registers ant
is worked automatically by gas motor o
n four horse power. It's height is twent
Q meters, its width eleven, and its dept
q ten. It's largest wooden pipe is tel
meters long and of cubical capacity o
1000 litres. The instrument is to be Sc
- up in the Cathedral of Riga. For the 81
: Stephens Cathedral of Vienna the sam
Re builders are soon to construct a still lare
e er organ. The well-known organs c
70 Boston, Ulm and St. Petersburg wer
built by the same men.
A Submarine boat which ought t.
- be able to destroy the navies of tn
Il world, has been made at Stockholm
1t was tried on the Malar lake and wi
V shortly be brought over to France. Til
y boat has the shape of a cigar, is siXty-for
- feet long, six feet wide, and has an engir
of thirty horsepower. 1t is said it ca
be navigated under water, goes at IL
O. speed of ten nautical miles an hour, al
"a that four persons can, without any dan
70 ger, remain in it for six hours runnin:
20 The funnel-shaped cylinder is the on
part of the boat which is visible.
winding stair leads to the boat, which
Il steered from the top of the cylinde
oil where glass roof enables the man at Il
lis wheel to see the surface of the water al
~ direct the course of his strange subm
bo rine engine.
j. g. Priest of st. Louis, who was t
confidential friend of Mr.. Tilden on t
Democratic National Committee in 1877
when asked recently as to the eX-Gover
or's wishes in reference to the President
m nomination, said: II don't believe til
in he wants it. know he does not, in fl,
for have had long and confidential tai
!, with him on the subject. He has no a
'i0 bition or aspiration for the position
had rather live in quiet for the remaini
hours of his life" ''Then you do |
on think he would accept the nomination
axe Quite on the contrary l think he won
l know that he has never yet told any c
his that he would not accept the nominate
,ar- He may not be as active as he was
twenty, but in eight years l do not not
ing that.he has failed to any extent. lie G
lry, not fully use his right hand, but ms
,leu men who are accustomed to write mt
are thus affected. His voice is weak fr
.on- throat trouble of long standing.
Ii. husbands his voice and could not mi
will any stump speeches, but neither of til
wv, things implies lack of health.
AVE Experiment with Fertilizers.-I
easy give you the result of an experimen
made with Bradley's Phosphate and
o+o. others which are very welS known.
prepared my field by spreading man
und alike all over the field, and narrowing
was in. In nearly the center of the feel
man planted three rows, using one Of the pl
49, pilates on the first row, Bradley's on
0n'J second, and the other phosphate on
and third, equal amounts of each. The r.
wed were of equal length, and the hills of e'
was distance apart. When | dug the row:
weighed the potatoes from each row
arately, and the result was as follows