Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-07-13


made recently, effecting a saving in sala-
ries of over 1000 per year.
Some person has calculated that to man.
ufacture the $50 900 tons of paper annu-
ally, required for the supply of the world,
43O days medium flow Of water down the
river Thames would be needed.
1t appears that Commissioner Black
had his pension raised from 5000 to $1,000
year by one of those private acts of con-
gress which are frequently pushed through
during the last hours of session.
The newspapers appear to think that
$4,000 per annum is very small salary
for the state of Massachusetts to pay it's
Governor. And so it is. John A. An
drew was under-paid and over-worked,
and $4,000 is the minimum amount that
ought to be allowed.
America has 80 State asylums, and 40
private asylums, besides large number
Of county asylums. These altogether
have capacity calculated to accommo-
date about 10000 but are forced to take
care of about 53,192. Insanity is ON the
increase. New England furnishing the
greatest number.
Careful estimates place the total yield
of wheat in Minnesota and Kansas at &c.
795 200 bushels. This is nearly twice as
much as was estimated few weeks ago.
The total estimate for the country is now
about 350, ZOO, 900 bushels. As many pre-
fer corn bread to wheat bread, this will
probably be enough to go around.
James Holland of West Indianapolis,
Ind, climbed to the top of an electric
light tower, recently 12O feet. He attempt
ed to descend by means of a guy rope,
but his grip was lax, and he came down
at such speed that the friction forced him
to release his grasp, he fell to the ground,
20 feet, and was fatally injured.
1t is officially stated that, including
20 ,49S of those held as prisoners of war,
the number of deaths of Union soldiers
during the late war was $50, 496. 1t is
the official estimate that about $500, 00(
probable that more than half a million
lives were lost on both sides during the
rebellion.
The favorite drink among the Cubans
is penales. 1t is a mixture of sugar and
the whites Of eggs dried into frothy
mass and then dissolved in very large
glass of water favored with fresh lines
and sometimes a little brandy. 1t costs
cents, and is enough to give a hog dys
| pepsia. Hogsheads of it are sold in the
cafes every day.
An English paper says the Sikhs from
| India played distinguished part in the
| fighting in Soudan. A Sikh subadar cut
down three of the enemy with his own
| hand, thus saving the life of an English
soldier. Another killed three Arabs with
| the bayonet before he was speared
through the body. In one desperate fight
| several Sepoys accounted for seven o.
eight of the enemy apiece.
Inspector ID. T. Morgan reports thor
ough inspection of the Vermont depart
ment Grand Army of the Republic. There
are eighty-four posts, with a member
| bership of three thousand four hundred
four. The department is generally il
| good condition, the records are well kept
work of ritual carefully performed, anC
comrades are full of enthusiasm for tn.
success of the department.
| In North Carolina, where the legisla
ture appropriated $4,000 for the henef
| of disabled soldiers who had served in tn,
confederate army, on the supposition tina
| there would be about one thousand appli
cants, each of whom would receive $50
over three thousand applicants have al
| ready presented their claims, and it is
| thought that the whole number will reach
| four thousand. If this expectation is re
| allied, each disabled veteran will receive
the munificent gift of 81 80.
A new thing in electrical inventions il
| the electric-light carriage, or 'stelpherage'
| system, which is being experimental will
in Philadelphia. The idea is to transpor
packages up to eight hundred or ont
thousand pounds in weight upon cables
| strung on wires, by means of electric mo
tors. Two cables are used, one abov,
the other, the package being suspendee
from the upper and steadied by the lower
| fha
The invention is English and is said to b.
in use in South American mine.
The town of Horodenka, Austria, ha.
been almost destroyed by fire from light
ming. Many houses were set on fire sim
ultaneously, 600 buildings were consum
ed and many persons burned to death
mia, has been partially destroyed by
flood. At Visnitz, eight persons hav
been killed by lightning and thousands c
trees have been blasted and uprooted
At Csoka meeting house filled with VOL
shippers was struck by lightning, two {
the congregation killed, and 80 injured.
SCuticHidu dG CyfdCuSc, N. :, WI
has gathered statistics of human longeV
W, says he has more than ten thousan
instances of people who have lived 10
| years and more. The majority of thel
were women, which is accounted for i
the fact that women lead more reguls
lives than men. This country leads
longevity, and Connecticut is at the frol
in the United States. Soldiers, sailor
!, and farmers are the longest lived. b.
few doctors, lawyers or actors live to
a century old, while there is no record
newspaper man reaching that period
existence.
7 Haie's Honey the great Cough cure, 25c. 50e.&
: Gienn's sulphur Soap heals and beauties, 9
German Corn Remover kills corns and Bunic
Hills Hair and whister Dye-Black and Brown, so
Pixies T0othache Drops cure in l Minute, Z
g | Deans Rheumatic Pills are sure cure,