Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-06-22
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

L lie cap SIOue vi Tile washington HiOu-
ument has been badly shattered by light
ming, and several of the stones must be
reset.
The government has notified the differ
ent offices throughout the United King
dom that the additional duties on spirits
and beer have been abandoned.
Mr.. Gladstone informed the English
House of Commons recently that Russia 4
and England had agreed upon the points
of difference between them to be referred
to arbitration, and upon the arbitrator.
The three oldest European monarchs
are: The emperor of Germany, who is So
years of age; the king Of the Netherlands,
6S years, and the king of Denmark, 81
years. Queen Victoria is &c years Old
A dispatch from Alden to the Admiralty
Office confirms the reported loss of the
French man-of-war Renard. The dispatch
states the vessel foundered during cy-
clone, and every soul on board, 127 souls
in all, persisted.
The casualties in the Federal army dur
ing the war of the Rebellion are now put
at 359, 496 deaths; of this number 30, 1913
died as prisoners Of war. The actual
number of soldiers enlisted from the North
was about 9, 100000.
One hundred and fifty mechanics and
laborers are engaged at work on the Van
derblt mausoleum in the Moravian ceme-
terry, ut New Dorp, Staten Island. One
million brick and 10, 900 barrels of cement
have been ordered for the work.
Another account of the colliery eXplo-
sion near Manchester says it occurred in
the Clifton colliery; that there were $50
men at work at the time; that 100
were taken out, but $50 are still imprison-
ed, and it is feared that most, if not all,
will perish.
dispatch from Madrid says: There
were 632 new cases OF cholera and 151
deaths reported in the cities of Murcia,
Valencia and Castellon de Ia Plana during
the twenty-four hours ending at midnight
June II. At Madrid there was one new
case and six deaths.
dispatch from London June IL, says
that the Queen has made an appointment
to confer with Mr.. Gladstone on the pres.
ent crisis in British political affairs. The
conference will take place at Balmora
Castle the 18th inst. The Queen has ar
ranged to return to Windsor Castle OF
the goth inst.
A terrible thunder storm visited Chica
go recently. Ten persons were killed by
lightning and several other persons wer
injured. In the suburbs numerous build
ings were struck and several demolished
The lightning struck the south wall of tn
new base ball grounds, which is of brick
ten feet high, demolishing three hundre
feet of it and badly SCATTERING the rest.
The Commissioners Of Pensions ha
stricken off the list of pensions the name
of 200 residents of the District of Colun
ba who were found to be not entitled t
pensions because they had recovered fror
their disabilities, or were not dependen
upon the Government. In some cases til
parties were dead, and in more the vic
ows had married again.
| A dispatch from st. Petersburg Jun
9Th says: ga terrible accident has occu
, red on the railway from Kostoff to Rostoi
on the river Don. bar of iron we
placed across the track by robbers, and
train which came along was thrown fro
S the rails and demolished. The numb,
: of killed and wounded is 20. The robber
q who were waiting for the smash-up, plul
dered the train. The wounded and 9th.
survivors were completely terroriZed al
could make no resistance.
d A waterspout burst June eth about Gig
J. leagues east of Lagos, Mex, in the mou
j. tains near the dividing line between t
, states of Guanajuta and Jalisco. Its
fects were most deplorable. Immen
quantities of water swept down t
~ mountains and left desolation and ruin
1t their path. There are already one hu
: dred lives reported lost and the fearl
IF list may be swelled still larger when
= the details are known great ma
houses were swept away. Steps ha
% been taken in Lagos to alleviate the pre-.
~ ing wants of many who escaped from t
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