Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-01-12
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS,

Although Canton, China, has popula-
ton of 1900, 900, there is not a newspaper
in the place.
An English city of Birmingham now
has the largest railroad station in the
world. 1t is just finished at a cost of
s2,OOO,OOO
The United States owns nearly 100,-
600, 900 acres of valuable timber land
near the Rocky Mountains, which is rich
in fir, pine, spruce and cedar
The public debt was increased $780,
900 last month. The question as to the
surplus seems to be settling itself very
rapidly, and without the help of Congress.
The fire fiend did large business in
1884 whatever else fell short. Property
to the value of Sl12,O0O,0O0 was swept
away, which exceeded by $25. 900, 900 any
year of the previous nine.
The Plymouth Church pew rents and
premiums show considerable shrinkage.
The premiums amount to$15, 1899. Add
ed to the rentals the total is S25, 254.
Last year the total was $34, 1899.
The stone tower of the Philadelphia
| city hall will be $40 feet high, the iron
work is to run 1876 feet higher, and stat
| ue of William Penn will have its head
535 feet above the pavement. The work
is to be finished i'm 1886.
The last of the snow blockade, at Port
land, Oregon, was removed on the even
ing of Jan. Z, and train arrived there
from the Dalles. The entire system of
the Oregon Railway and Navigation COM
pany is free from snow and trains will
leave there for st. Paul over the North
ern Pacific and for Omaha over the Ore
gon Short Line.
frightful burning accident occurred
at the house of William Simms in Water.
ford, Pa, Monday evening. Mrs Simms
went out to the house of neighbor, and
being recalled by shrieks, was met by
one of her children in sheet of flames
While smOtheIing the flames she was Sc
verely burned. The child died almost in
stantly. A baby was also burned almos
to death.
In New South Wales rabbits are so nu
merous that in one district it cost 81
much to clear the place of the pests tina
no money was left in the treasury to keel
the roads in repair. The rabbits coult
be counted by thousands. As if thes
pests were not enough, the elephant bee
tie put in an appearance. These insect
eat the young, tender buds clean out O
} the grape vines. Children were employ
ed to pick them at the rate of 20 cents pc
thousand, and 100000 beetles were dc
, stroyed.
A temperance lecturer in London ha
given recently some curious statistics i
regard to the amount expended in intox
} average thus spent in the last ten year
: at S720, 100000. This gives an expend
ture of 100000, 900 every month, of SIS
100000 every week, and of $25 every SCI
: ond night and day. There are 3,2o0, As
letters in the Bible and if $205 were pla,
: ed on every letter this would represeI
/, the annual expenditure. The grain col
q sumed by the brewers and distillers
sufficient to provide four loaves per wee
to every family in the United Kingdom.
Mrs. Kennedy, who died recently
Benares, was born in 1888. She w;
married at tina age of Is, and had Is CHI
f dren, so grandchildren, IS great-gran
: children, and 5 great-great-gran
4 dren. Her father was general, and
were her husband, two of her sons, al
:. one of her sons-in-law, and four of h
J. grandsons. Six colonies, and a numb
r. of other officers were included in her il
is mediate family. For the last 40 yea
II she had been leader in society at Be
= ares. She was a special friend of t
MaIarajah. Until within fortnight
ii her death she had managed all her hons
&c hold affairs herself-N. Y. Times.