Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-02-11
General News items.

The total coinage at the United States
mnts during January was 9,528, 600 pieces
valued at 5,4G4 300.
President-elect Harrison has leased the
q. n. Spencer cottage, at Deer Park, Nd,
for a summer residence, and bis family
expects to take possession June /. The
property is owned by Hon. Henry G..
Davis.
The government receipts during Janua-
ry were unusually large, ,aggregating S34,-
$4,000. The disbursements were only
sly 7,6lS, 900. 1t is estimated there has
been a decrease of Sl2, 500, 900 in the pub
lie debt since January /.
The commissioner of pensions has in
formed the secretary of the interior that
there Will be deficiency i'm the payment
of pensions for the current fiscal year over
and above existing appropriations of
about So, 900, 900.
During January the weather was decid-
edly warmer than usual in the winter
wheat states of the central valleys and
the general weather conditions have been
favorable, probably resulting in a slight
improvement of the crop conditions as
compared with January, 1888.
According to Gaskelrs Atlas, Mount
Hercules, in New Guinea, is the highest
mountain in the world. Its height is
given at 81, 76S feet The same authority
gives Mount Everest 29, ,OO2 feet, so that
II Il
highest mountain by 1906 feet.
The metropolitan characteristics of the
American people are noticeable i'm the fol-
lowing statistics: In 1890 one-thirtieth
of our population was found in cities; in
1900, one-twenty-ffth: i'm 1920, one
twentieth; in 1850, one-eighth; in 1860,
one-sixth; i'm 1880, two-ninths.
rather strange affiiction happened to |
a Minnesota couple who were sleigh-rid- |
ing. The young mans right ear and the /
ladys left ear were frosted, while the /
other two were not cold at all. Why all
four ears were not frosted is a problem
which may be submitted to the high
school class in physiology
1t is authoritatively announced that
President Cleveland will return to the
state of New York to reside on the eXpir-
alton of his. term of office, and will on
March resume the practice of his pro-
fession in New York City, having associ-
lted himself as counsel with the law firm
If Bangs, Stetson, Tracy & McVeagh
News was received at Albany, n. Y,
Feb. 5th. of a dreadful accident at Pine
Lake, Fulton county. The reports are
Indefinite, but as far as can be learned
he disaster resulted in the drowning of
seventeen men. The victims were driv-
ng teams engaged in hauling logs across
he ice, when the ice broke and the men
md horses were all lost.
Two ballots were taken at Charleston,
". Virginia, Feb. 3, for United States
enator. The first stood: Gof' 43; Ken
Ia, Al; scattering, Z. Second ballot,
Ioff, 43; Kenna, AZ; scattering, Z. Van
'elt and Shanklin left Kenna. Dorr re-
uses to vote for Kenna under any cir
umstance, but gives no reason for his !
ction. The way matters now stand it
ppears that Kenna will not be returned
The greatest fight, and, as it turns out,
he greatest blunder of organized labor
7hich has ever occurred i'm New York, as
ar as number of men is concerned, was :
nded on the night of Feb. by District
ssembly No. 226 officially declaring the
treet car strike to be off. The loss in
ctual money to striking men during the
ight days struggle amounts to little
yer 100000 and to the companies about
25O, 900. To the many retail merchants
DING business in the thoroughfares where
le cars stopped running for several
ays the loss can not be estimated, though n
sveral of the larger firms, who depend
luch on outside patronage, assert that
llling off of fifty per cent was percept
e i'm their sales for the first three days.