Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-08-31
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

UIN LIZA NGW . III LIN d,
The Queen arrived at Pesth Scotland,
Aug. 25th, en- route to Balmoral Castle.
Captain David S. Babcock, Vice Presi-
dent of the New York, Providence and
Boston railroad, was killed last Monday,
at Stonington, Ct, while walking across
the railroad track near the depot.
Col. A. S. Mariner, Postmaster at Ca
reyville, KY, was arrested recently by
United States Marshal WINS, for robbing
the mails, and in default of 1000 bail,
was lodged in Jail at Knoxville.
Pension Commissioner Black is over
hauling the pension pay-rolls, and large
number of names which do not of right
belong there will be erased, and the claim
ants will receive no more pensions.
The boot and shoe manufacturers of
Montreal, in view of the spread of small
pox, have agreed not to employ or retain
in their employ, any unvaccinated men.
Most of the large manufacturers in other
lines are also taking precautions against
the disease.
James HI. Roundy, of Oldtown, Me-,
was fined $50, and costs, last Tuesday,
which he was unable to pay. While be-
ing taken to Jail he drew knife and stab
bed himself twice in the abdomen, saying
that he was not going to be a jailbird.
His injuries are but slight.
The publicity given to the fact that the
United States Treasurer has resumed the
transfer Of gold coin from San Francisco
to New York by registered mail has again
caused a suspension of that mode of trans
portation. 1t is not expected that any
more gold will be sent through the mails
for some time.
The modern method ofsecuring oysters
is dredging them with an iron dredge,
consisting of framework armed with
iron teeth and holding an iron bag. The
boat sails along the course, dragging the
dredges behind her until the bags are full.
Sometimes two bushels OF good oysters
TO eacn Dag are secured.
The residents of the Thousand Islands
are very much exercised over a Govern
ment regulation requiring boats to carry
lights between sunset and sunrise. They
claim that such precaution is not needed
to prevent accidents, and that by the lights
insects are attracted and the pleas
ures of the evenings sail orrow diminish
ed thereby if not destroyed.
Montreal appears to be favorite local
ity for smallpox. The disease broke out
in the city in 1872 and prevailed for nine
years, during which time 5000 people died
from it. That the public authorities neg
lected their duty in the matter of vaccin-
alton and sanitation is attested by the
alarming epidemic which now prevails
there.
The infant child of Charles Sullivan,
of Detroit, Michigan, apparently died last
week Tuesday morning, and was prepar-
ed for burial. Fifteen hours after the
supposed death, while the family and
friends were gathered about the casket,
the baby began to cry, frightening nearly
every one from the house. The father
retained his senses took the child from
the coffin, and it has since been in better
health than for some time.
Ireland, large consumer of tobacco,
raises none of the weed, though the land
in many parts of the island is well adapt
ed to its culture. An old law made in
Cromwell's time, and designed to foster
the tobacco plantations in the American
colonies, decreed that no one should grow
the plant in Great Britain or Ireland. The
law is still on the statute books. An ag-
itation for its repeal would be sensible
idea in Ireland, where, it is estimated, an
average ploft of 1925 an acre could be
made in tobacco culture.
Three brothers, TRULY, of Martins Val
| ley, Pa, were all killed recently within
the same "a hours. John TRULY, a flag
man, fell into a cattle guard On the rail.
| road and broke his neck; Jason, &c. fel
into quarry pit and struck his head, sc
that he drowned; Wyman, So, was buried
under grain by the falling of bin in s
| grist-mill. When the messenger bearing
the news of the deaths of the other two
reached Wyman, his remains were just
being taken from the mill. 1t was terri
BILE shock to the widowed mother, who
| had another son killed about nine year:
ago.
In the matter of ID. C. s. H. c Reed {
Co., pateutees of the spring tooth harrow
VS. Chase, Taylor & Co, ct al, for infringe
ment of patent, tried in the United State;
court at Grand Rapids, Justice Stanley
Matthews finds for the plaintiffs. Thu
case has been before the courts severa
years and involves the entire spring tooti
float harrow business of the country TO
the last fifteen years. By this decision
every farmer using and every concern
| making any sort of an infringement will
| have to pay aroyalty. The case is one o
the most important ever decided in thi
country.
The Grants propose to leave Mount Nc
GregOr in the neighborhood of the LIST o
September. 1t was thought that the,
would remain until the lst of October a
the time of their return there after the fu
neral was arranged. The members O
the family are becoming uneasy, and ar
anxious to get back to New York. Mrs
Grant will go for short time out to tn
New Jersey farm of Ulysses. Col. Ere
Grant intends to go with his wife to CHI
cago for a few weeks stay. He has re
ceived a number of invitations to atten
Western army reunions. He expects t
! be present at two or three of these meet
ings during his absence. He will not az
cept the engineership offered him in Oh
cago, but will return to New York afte
his visit West. He and his wife will liy
with Mrs. Grant at her New York plac,
, Mrs Grant desires to have one of her sol
with her to occupy the position of hea
!, of the family, and naturally Col Fred b.
ing the elder. takes that place. Mrs. 81
E toris is now in correspondence with h,
, family in England to have her childre
3 brought over There. If they consent
I let them come she will remain this whit.
with her mother; if not, she will go bac
to England about the first of Octobe
, Jesse Grant still talks of going into Il
employ of railroad company in Turke
but there is nothing settled
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