Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-01-04

will move out from the mansion Fri
day, and will leave for Washington
Jan. 4.
Both the Santa Fe and Atlantic and
Pacific roads are troubled with serious
snow blOckades. No eastern mails
have been received at Albuquerque,
N. M, over the Santa Fe for four DAYS.
The passenger trains are in the block
ade in the Rattan mountains, and in
the level stretch Of country in the vi
entity of Springer several engines are
off the track. The blockade on the
Atlantic and Pacific is between Grants
and Chaves. The snow storms in the
mountains are reported to be some
thing unheard Of in severity and sto-
ries of great suffering in the villages
are in circulation.
The grip is still raging in Lawrence,
Mass, and nearly every family is
more or less affected. During the
past week the death rate has been
The report at the health department
Office shows So deaths, of which SO
have been directly caused by the grip
and pneumonia, while the rest were
fastened by this disease.
On Sunday in Webster, with popu-
lation of 565, five adults lay dead from
the grip. They were Frank L. Call, a
retired building contractor; A. G.
Sweat, formerly postmaster and
town clerk; Silas Couch and Hiram
0. Stone, farmers, and Miss Sarah
Burbank. The wife of Mr.. Stone died
a few days ago of the same disease,
and the widow of Mr.. Sweat and the
mother Of Mr.. Couch are critically i'll.
Although the weather cleared in
San Francisco, Dec. 81, it was raining
in many parts Of the state. The rain
fall during this storm has been phe-
nomenal. Wires are still down and
no word has been received from Eu
reka for nearly week. Not a word
has come either for two days from
Point Regis. The weather bureau
people think a fearful gale has been
bowling along the coast as far as Cape
Flattery. At cascade twenty eight
inches of snow covers the earth,
continues blockade of the Central
Pacific is looked for. Travel is i'm
peded badly and the south bound
Oregon express is fifteen hours late.
At Tehachapi, Cal, a terrific wind
storm blew down and destroyed three
buildings and five windmills. At Falls
City, Ore, heavy wind storm blew
down several houses and trees.
The financial office of Dublin castle
has been wrecked by an explosion.
The disaster is said to have been caus-
ed by dynamite, although nothing
definite is known. The widest ru-
mors are afoat.
The revenues of the Government
for the month of December were $685.
5OO,0 900 or 81, 800, 900 less than the ex
penditures during the same period.
This has had the effect of reducing the
Treasury cash balance to $50, 405, 749
including 1000, 600 in subsidiary sill
yer and S12,656, 927 on deposit with
national banks. The balance Dec. 1
was $50, 1885, 17. There has been de-
crease in the bonded debt to the eX-
tent of the AZ per cent bonds redeem
ed, but the cash balance available for
the payment of the debt is less than
on the 1st inst. The principal item in
the disbursements for the month was
$13, 125, 900 on account of pensions.
On Jan. 1, Bell, after earnest prayer
by Chaplain Wassail, made a long
speech, occupying "a minutes, until
unintelligible to the witnesses pres
ent. The drop fell at 2.25ls without
an accident