Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-03-01
UINIhAL IJEW ITDMO

The Nova Scotia mines yielded $780,
600 worth of gold during the past year.
Twenty-eight cases of small pox and
five deaths occurred at Fort Worth, Tex
as, last week.
Strikes in Pennsylvania have compelled
st. Louis iron works to shut down for
want of coal.
Eighteen persons were injured Monday
by an accident on the Buffalo & Philadel-
phia railway.
The house coinage committee voted,
seven to six, to report against the sus-
pension of silver coinage.
During the present month the treasury
department has paid out nearly Sl0,000,-
600 on account of pensions.
A bill has been presented in the Senate,
granting pension of $4,000 a year to
the widow of General Hancock
Mr.. Gladstone has officially announced
that on March 22d his Irish programme
will be laid before parliament.
United States Minister Phelps gave
brilliant reception at London, Eng, on
Monday, in honor of Washington's birth
day.
The old Grant Monument Association
died on the 18th inst, to give away to
the new association recently incorporat-
ed by the Legislature. The Grant Mon
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Rev. Mr.. Dyson, Wesleyan minister,
| and Mrs. Bartlett, wife of Il merchant at
Pimlico, Eng, have been committed for
trial because of the murder of Mr.. Bart
lett Mrs Bartlett wanted to become
the wife of Mr.. Dyson.
At Parkersburg, West Virginia, a loco
motive was left standing on side-track,
when some scoundrel jumped into the
cab and pulled open the throttle. The
engine collided with ii freight train, and
five men were terribly injured.
Senator Vance of North Carolina has
fifteen relatives filling positions in the
gift of the government, ali by appoint
| luGul. I1C aiQ Ills iCldJlNCS utWV Slitt-
ries aegregating $50 1920. Mr.. Vance has
cause to rejoice that certain ''cau>e'
was ''lost.''
d. NJ. Ferry & Co., the we'll known
seedsmen OF Detroit, Mich, whose i'm
mense warehouse was destroyed by fire
January LIST, announce that they are oil
their feet again and ready to receive OF
ders for seeds from all of their old Gus
toners, and from as many new ones Il.
feel kindly disposed toward them.
The total value of the exports of mer
December 81, 1889, were $6sS, SAG, 556
and for the twelve months ending Dec
81, 1884, $749, 1865 ,42s, a decrease Of $50,
,S72. The values OF the imports o
and for 1884, s629, 261, 800, Il decrease o
SAL, 7lO,35t.
Gle rk in Il grocery store at Winches
ter, Ky, recently, was weighing gu
some gun-powder from can when Il by
stander struck Il match to light his cigai
The powder exploded wrecking the build
ing and injuring eight persons severely
two of them, James Hopper and William
Murray, fatally. The man who struc
q the match escaped unhurt,
: The funeral of the late Horatio Sey
= mour took place from Trinity house {
!. worship at Utica, N. Y, the 10th of Feb
a and the body was placed in the Chapel c
: Roses at Forest Hill. The coffin Wa
covered with ivy leaves and white rose:
8 and thousands viewed the body in til
q main hall Of the residence OF ,RoscC
Conkling, which had been thrown ope
e to the public. Governor Hill and til
s Legislative committees appointed to a
tend the funeral, were in attendance
ii David Richards, sculptor of New Yorl
d took Il cast of the face, preparatory
making marble bust of the ex governo