Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-01-25
General News Items.

his health that he is able to revise his
sermons for weekly publication.
Heavy snow and sleet storms, with
the coolest weather for years, was
reported from all over the city of
New Orleans, Jan 20.
Gen. Lew Wallace has received, it
is said, an offer from a publishing
house of 500, 900 for his new story and
a very handsome royalty besides.
A Wabash train ran into a sleighing
party Of 81 members OF the Glover
Leaf Fishing club near Forest Park,
at st. Louis, Jan. 10. It is reported
that eight persons were killed and the
rest were injured.
Out of % mail trains due in Chicago,
Jan. 10, from all points Il had up to
noon failed to arrive, and not one was
on time. The snow blockade is one
of the most extensive the postoffice
officials remember.
The mint at Philadelphia, Jan. 10,
had already during the current month
issued $43O, 900 Of the new subsidiary
coins, consisting Of halves, quarters
and dimes of the new design, which
have been shipped to all parts of the
country.
or and manufacturer, Walter A. Wood
died of pneumonia at his home in
Hoosic Falls, NY :, Friday. Among
the foreign hOnOrs conferred upon
him was the Cross of the Imperial Or
der of Francis Joseph, Emperor of
Austria in 1873.
The census returns of newfoundland
and Labrador, just completed, are re-
ported to be disappointing. They
show a total population of 202, 200,
which is an increase Of only 21a per
cent. in the last Z years. The decrease
in the population of ST. Johns is more
than 1000 and emigration is the main
cause of the decline.
There was a terrific explosion in
Ceredo, w. Va, Jan. 1S, at the Ph9-
nix powder mills, situated in Central
City. This was the third explosion at
this mill within three months, and it
was by all odds the most destructive
one. How the disaster was brought
about will never be known, for not
soul that was in the mill is left alive.
The grip is making fearful ravages
in northern New York. In the small
village of Cambridge eight persons,
at one time Warrensburgh has 80
cases. Glens Falls; Ticonderoga, Fort
Edwards and Sandy Hill are also con-
tending against the disease. More
than $50 Well-knOWn citizens of north
ern New York have died from the dis
ease this winter.
The blizzard at Dallas, Tex, Jan. 10,
continued during the night. Many
people remained indoors all night
fearing for their live and keeping
others from freezing. The Their
nometer registered 10 degrees below
zero. 1t was the worst weather ever
recorded in the history Of Texas. Dis
patches from the cattle ranches say
many properties estimate their loss
will foot up at least 100000. The
weather is now moderating.
The Atlantic Pacific Railway Tun
mel Company that is driving a tunnel
five miles long through the Rocky
Mountain mineral backbone of the
Continent, 80 miles west from Den
yer in Colorado, for railway and gold
silver mining purposes, closes the
year 1891 without dollar of floating
or unpaid bills; with exceeding 81,
121 900 of fully paid for assets, and is
on the direct road to success and prof
it for all investors. For particulars
of this wonderful enterprise, the
greatest of it's kind, send four cents
to Mark M. Pomeroy, President,
Rooms 46, World Building, New York
City, for large illustrated 34-page
pamphlet telling of the enterprise,
and you will also receive free sam
pie copy of Advance Thought, his red
hot monthly, if you will mention this
paper.