Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-12-27
TIE WEEKS NEWS
SATURDAY, DEC. Is.


ton bone, secured a guards clothes and
keys and passed out Of the building
Clerk in a Boston jewelry store in whose
face a robber flashed a revolver while
a pal was looking at rings dashed tray
of rings in the faces of the men and then
seized a revolver, whereupon the rascals
boIted-Fire in the business portion
of Grand Forks, n. D., caused a loss of
$3.50. O00-James Chainey broke leg
when running away after having wound
ed man MORALLY at Shamokin, Pa
Residence of Patrick Lea.hy was burned
at Ottawa and Leahy and five of his
children, the eldest only 9 years Of age,
perished-W. S. Spearing, inmate Of
the MedforG, Mass, insane asylum, was
ecalded fatally in bathtub-Ei Lun-
dry was killed 20 miles from Runford
Falls, Me. By the breaking of an engine
REV. Thomas Tuttle. Windsor, Me,
for attempted assault upon an inmate of
the industrial school, WIS sent to prison
for three years-Frederick Northey,
East Weymouth, Mass, was killed by
falling from a wagon in Boston-AI. a.
Sweeter. out of employment killed him
self in Boston by drinking carbolic acid
Diamonds and jewelry valued at
$500 were stolen from the residence OF
Percy Parker of Lowell-Thc Cuban
republic has lodged an Gltimatum with
Secretary Sherman declaring that the
island government viii accept no sort of
intervention which does not contemplate
ndependence"Two houses owned by
Thomas Hall in West bingham, Mass.
were completely Quilted by fire-Eight
hundred men accepted the offer Of the
Alaska Commercial company and the
canadian government to supply them
with food free at Fort Yukon and have
gone for it-Charles Boinay, on trial at
Bridgeport, Conn, for numbering George
Nichols. was found guilty
SUNDAY, DEC. 10.
Joseph Clarke, special agent for the
New York Life Insurance company, is
said to have absconded from Louisville.
with a shortage in his accounts and debts
amounting to S50,O0O-Three persons
were gored to death and nine injured by
a bull that jumped barricade at Guada-
lajara, Mex-Employes Of Jordan
Marsh & Co, Boston, are to be given one
per cent OF their sales besides their sal
aries-Dangling hook on a mail car
caught in a switch rod at Vail Ia. and
Geven cars were wrecked, 26 passengers
being injured-Augustu Aronson was
killed By a log falling across his throat
in the woods at ToHand, Mass-Woman
of unsOurd mind and a child were suf-
fOcated at & fire in Holyoke, Mass.
4 i've SdS COMPANIES II G1IISDufS ana
allegheny, Pa, have been consolidated
Steamer City of Columbia left New
York ostensibly for Alaska, but it is
suspected that she went on a flibustering
trip to Cuba--Merrick Henderson was !
killed in a cavesn a q gravel pit in Nal
den, Mass-Grace Dearborn Everett,
Mass, daughter of respectable parents, |
died in New Haven from the effects Of g |
criminal operation said to have been per !
formed by a DR.. Bond, who was taken |
into custody-Federatio of Labor re-
elected Mr. Gompers president by a big
majorfty-Patrick Morrill,, Woodviue, |
Il. l.. is said to have inherited 500, 600 by |
the death of a grand uncle in Ireland
Business men of Savannah are to hold a
meeting to protest against the appoint
ment of colOred men to Office IN that city |
by President McKinley-Nine ice
houses and q tenement house were |
burned in Lansingburg, n. Y-Mary |
Prefontaine, 90 years old, was burned 70
death at LaOninster, Mass, by the ex-
plosion Of a can of kerosene which she
was using in starting q ffre-Rev DR..
Farrar pastor of q Brooklyn church q a
salary of $4,000. is to resign to serve among
the poor in a Pennsylvania town for $500
a year.
MONDAY, DEC. 20
Rev. S. 5. Spurrier is missing from
Harrisburg, Pa, and it is feared that he
committed suicide by drowning-Fire
destroyed a hve-story building occupied
by a jewelry company in ST. Louis, and
caused loss of $685., 000-Frank Nc
Cabe was drowned at Dover, N H
Thomas Hanlon, a pensioner, killed him
self at Lancaster, Pa. with opium and
gas after spending all Of his money in
pleasure ngineer, fireman and two
4,-r,i Ii
- locomotive at Repton, Ala-New
York state has Is, 1889 licensed saloons
w. c. Mcdonald, tobacco nanufa cturer,
has given $3.50 0G0 to McGill university of
Montreal, previous donations aggregat-
ing $4,000, 0O0-Salesman for a Boston
jewelry house is wanted by the police
because OF information that a rersor
esembling him had tried to pawn jewelry
In New York-Sherif of Ritchfe county,
w. Va, is said to be short $40, 900 in his
accounts Spencer, New
York, died Of burns received from an
explosion of an oil stove a dog upset
Casey, A1peca, Mich, living
apart from his wife. shot her four times
fatally, and it is thought that he drowned
Straws and his two sons
are dead at Elk City, Kan. from drink
ing coffee int whichrat poison had been
dropped by accident-Postoffice at
Canal Dover, o., was robbed of about
$500 worth-Schconer Marguerite, with
laths from st. John to New York. burned
To the waters edge at Salem, Mass
Annual dividend list Of Fall River, Mass.
mills shows vast falling off in earnings.
IL passing dividends, as against three
last year-New York police have been
told that Peter Duggett, so years old.
was thrown into dough mixing vat last
August and ground to pieces
TUESDAY, DEC 21
Peter McMahon, Albany, committed
suicide while crazy from cigaret smok-