Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-02
General News items.

The National PrOhlbltOfy convention
has been called to meet at Indianapolis,
June 6, 1888.
Brooklyn Bridge has been crossed by
3O,O00,000 people the past year, and the
income was nearly 100000.
Algernon Swinburne, the poet, never
works beyond six hours daily. He says
that he feels best inspired after an early
breakfast.
law has been passed in Waldeck,
Germany, forbidding the granting of
marriage license to a person addicted TO
the liquor habit.
Orchid culture has so far developed as
to furnish cut-tiowers for the New York
ma rket. Single flowers sell from 90 cents
to So each.
Gen. Sheridan, who is Commander and
Chief of the order, will be the guest of
the Loyal Legion in Boston on the even
ing of Wednesday, Jan. 4.
The bridge of the Union Pacific Rail-
road, over the Missouri River, is to be
decorated with huge buffalO's head in
DTOuZe weighing =. JOO pOuuuS.
flock of about 100 crows passing
over Cnnminsville, O., were attacked the
other afternoon ny thrice their number of
English sparrows, who completely routed
he big birds.
The Po>t-office department now rules
that the word merchandise" may be
written upon packages which contain
fourth class matter without increasing
their rate of postage
Senator Dawes has written an argu-
ment to show why Utah should not be ad :
mitted into the Union by the present con
gress SO long as polygamy is practiced or
upheld
check for So l72 has been sent from
New York to Boston to be presented to
Edward Burgess as testimonial to his
skill in designing the victorious yachts
Mayflower, Purita and Volunteer.
A fashionable New York clergyman re-
ceived for his wedding fee beau tiful
gold locket bearing his wife's initials in
diamonds. Behind the glass in the lock-
ct was Il hundred-dollar bill for the cler-
gyman-
Many bears are being killed in the Cats
kills this season. The best ranges are
said to be Hunter mountain, Black Head
and Slide mountain. Several bears weigh
ing between 300 and 400 pounds have been
killed.
Advices from Zanzibar. under date Of
December Is, state that Il messenger has
arrived from Central Africa who brings
no direct news from Henry M. Stanley,
but says it is reported in the country on
the eastern side of Lake NayanZa that Mr..
Stanley, after many privatons, reached
Wadelai in the early part of September. |
The principal difficulty he encountered |
Wadelai.
One of the worst marine disasters that |
has occurred on the Pacific coast for |
many years was the burning of the Pa
citic Coast Steamship Companys freight |
steamer San Vincent on the night of the |
Goth inst, off Pigeon Point, forty miles
from San Francisco, which resulted in the
loss of twelve of the crew. The seven
survivors were picked up by the steamer
Queen Of the Pacific, which arrived ut
San Francisco next day, bringing the first
news of the disaster
Justice Jaunasch, of Kalamazoo, Mich.
has parrot that he wouldn't sell for its
weight in silver. On five different occa-
SionS has this intalIiuant bird sayad tho
house from being burgarzed. The last
time was on recent night. The bur-
glar got the door unfastened, but
when he opened it the parrot asked
in a stern and harsh voice ''Hello there
What's the matter?' The burglar didn't
answer, but fell over himself in his les
perate effort to yet away.