Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-04-20
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Starr Stanley died at Ithaca, N. Y,
recently, aged one hundred years and
three months. For four days before his
death he refused food, saying he had lv-
ed as long as he wanted to. He had new
er been sick during his life.
The death Of Richard Grant White,
which occurred last week, removes one
of the most noted Shakesperian students
of this country, and man who has been
literary helper to his generation. He
was engaged in literary work for more
than forty years, and was the author of
many books.
Secretary of State Bayard has received
official information from Mr.. Hall, Amer
lean minister to Central America, that
General Barrois was killed in the battle
of the End instant. General Barillos, be-
ing the constitutional successor, has as
sumed the duties Of president of Guate-
mala.
The national home for disabled soldiers
at Hartford, Conn, has begun q suit
against Gen. B. f. Butler, it's late treas
urer, for 5000 damages. The declara
ton alleges that the defendant owes the
home $4,000, money had and received
by the defendant for the use Of the plain
tiff, and interest thereon from November
20, 1879.
M % a1 ii will ON no
published on the first day Of the month
for which it is dated. This is in accord
ance with design which has been for
some time entertained, and is partly Undue
ed by the difficulty of printing and dis
tributing the present enormous edition Of
the magazine for the earlier date.
The end Of the Long Island murder
sensation comes in the final sentence of
Charles HI. Rugg, to be hanged May 18th.
Rugg is the murderer of Mrs. and Miss
Maybee and the assailant with intent to
kill farmer not far distant from the
scene of his previous crime. He was con-
victed and sentenced last year, appealed,
and his sentence has now been confirmed
by the supreme court.
One of the most extensive libraries in
this country is the Congressional Libra
ry in Washington, which now numbers
upwards of $4,000 volumes of books,
10000 pamphlets, 400, 1000 musical pub
LEGATIONS, 5000 maps, and about 300,0 900
engravings. About 5000 volumes Of law
books are annually added to the library,
and in all $4,000 volumes are added to it
each year.
The heads of nearly all the departments
have already discovered that the partisan
cry which one has so long heard in Con
gress and on the stump that there is an
excess of clerks in the Government De.
partments is unfounded. The Secretary
of the Navy has ordered the clerks tc
work two hours more daily, and the Post
master General has directed many of the
clerks in his department to work three
hours extra at night. This is due not tc
iDetficiency on the part of the clerica
force, but to the fact that the force is not
large enough to perform the duties re.
quired oft.
While George Fulton, Joe Biddle, Ton
Mitchell, George Gordon, Frank Maynard
John Hardwick and an unknown MAJ
were clearing the brick out of the smoke
stack of John Graw'S mill at Oscoda
Mich, April 18th, the bottom tier CAV,
way and the men were buried under so;
| 900 bricks. At o'clock several hundred
people were gathered. Five were killed
outright, Hardwick, Biddle, Mitchell
| Maynard and the unknown. Fulton wa:
severely but not fatally wounded. Near
| ly all of those killed were mangled beyont
recognition. The last man was takel
from the ruins at o'clock.
Camden Rockwell, brother-in-law o
recent letter to her the newspaper stories
about her reported intention to MARI.
again, and received in reply letter writ
ten on the 4th Of April, saying: "Thi
cruel rumor which seems to have beer
afloat for two or three months did no
reach me till two or three days ago
Nothing that has ever been said abou
me has so hurt and offended me as this
and the deepest humiliation of it is tina
SO many are ready to believe it. To m
it seems just as much an insult to be ask
| J. i L. J. i
General still here. That any one ca
think me capable of being false to hi
memory seems like being regarded
criminal. A dignifed denial by my friends
I suppose, can do no harm. Still it hurt
me to feel that any denial is needed"
A dispatch from Winnipeg, Man., Apr
14th, says that troops are being dispatch
ed rapidly towards the scene of troub,
in the West. This morning Col. Otter
command, $50 strong, started from Swi
Current station across the Saskatchewa
river. Thence, if steamers have not
the meantime been able to get down tt
river, they will start to cross the prair
by, teams to Battle Ford. Captain How
ard of the United States Army, with tW
Calling guns, is attached to B. Batter
under Offers command. The river
very low, and one of Galt's steamers W;
at latest advices fast on a sand bar belo
Medicine Hat. The steamer Nortbco
, is somewhere between Medicine Hat al
Swift Current. 1t will require sever
days, however, to arrange matters, al
in the meantime the boats may turn u
| 1t would take ten days to cross the pr;
S RE to Battle Ford, and preparations a
: we'll under way for the dispatch of &c
n Strange's EXPEDITION to the relief of E
monitor. He will have about 600 m
mounted and in wagons. He will prot
{ bly, start Wednesday. The trail fro
S Calgary to Reed river is reported GOO
It and from Reed Deer river to Edmont
rather difficult The whole distance it
thought can be accomplished in four
five days.
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;, PEACHAM, VT, Oct. 10, 1884
: l have used Bradley's Phosphate
is more than Is years, and always with
II best results. Last spring | tried it
corn beside another brand OF fertiliZ
J. My corn rows were just 100 hills long.
~ put a spoonful of Bradley's Phosphate
: the hill on portion of the piece, and
10 the remainder a spoonful of the other f