Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-11-20
NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Worcester Carpet company of New
York city has been Incorporated at AL
bany with capital OF 100000
Congressman Evan Z. Settle, Demo-
crat, Seventh Kentucky district, died
suddenly at Owenton, Ky, of heart fail
ure.
The livery stable OF BIackall Bros. at
St John was burned completely. Six
horses and several vehicles We're con-
stunned.
The United Presbyterian church of
Brockton, Mass, has issued a call to Rev.
John Heslip of Pittsburg. His native
home is in county Down. Ireland.
The body OF Charles a. Hobbs, terribly
menSled, was found on the railroad
track between Saugus and East Saugus,
Mass. He leaves three daughters and
son
Preliminary steps have been taken, it
Is said to transfer to Mrs. Dewey the
title to the Dewey home which the
American people presented to the adj
miraL
While James Shaunessey was loading
a shell at the Watervliet arsenal it ex-
plOded, killing him instantly. Elmer
Swatling was badly burned by the
powder.
Michael Cuff of Fall River was run
over by a freight train at PhiIIipsdaIe,
F. l. Both legs We're cut off below the
knee and he is suffering from minor
wounds
William J. Mcclure, 25 years old, "a
seaman on the United States battleship
Massachusetts. lying in the North river.
New York, fell from a launch and was
drowned.
John r. Mclean, late Democratic can
didate for governor of Ohio, has decided
to remain in Cincinnati until after the
presidential election, and has leased
house there.
President Mckinley has promised to
make an address at Mount Vernon on
Dec. II. when the Masonic observance
of the Tooth anniversary OF WashingtOn's
death will occur.
Miss Rose Nelson, % years Old took
carboIic acid at Brockton, Mass, and
died two hours later. No reason, is given
for the act, though she had lately been
rather Respondent.
Marshall n. Benson, who was serving
n two years sentence in the county Jail
at Barnstable, Mass, and who, for his
age, is considered a remarkable des-
perado, has escaped
A pension of SIS a month has been
granted by Commissioner Evans to
Adelaide W. Bagley, mother Of Lieu
the war with Spain.
The semi-annuaI convention of the
National Hardwood Lumber ASSOCIATE
is in session at Memphis. There is a
large attendance from the principal lum-
Der sections of the country.
At Monson Junction, Me, William
Bates a railroad baggage master in at
tempting to climb on a moving car,
caught his foot in frog and was run
over. He will lose both legs.
y proclamation has been made public
by which the president reserves for naval
purposes certain lots and plats of
ground in the city of Honolulu. There
are seven distinct tracts reserved.
The card board manufacturers of the
United States have decided upon an ad-
vance of 10 percent in the price of all
kinds of card board. This change in
prices goes into effect Immediately.
Major Taylor the co1ored rider, broke
another bicycle record at Chicago by
following his motor cycle for half a mile
in IL seconds fiat. The previous record
was 41 As seconds, held by McDuffee.
Admiral Schley has received his final
orders from the navy department to
hoist his flag on the Chicago at New
York, on the 18th instant, assuming
command of the South Atlantic station.
contract for building the steam en-
cheering shops at the New York navy
yard to O'Brien & Hoolihan of Syracuse
at 1881. 600, the work to be completed in
10 months.
John D. Long, secretary Of the navy,
and his wife, who accompanied their
daughter Helen, to Colorado Springs,
where she will remain this winter for her
health. have left there on their home
ward journey.
At the annual meeting of the Vermont
Fish and Game league j. w. Titcomb of
st. Johnsbury was reelected president.
The president reported that 12O deer
were killed during the open season of 10
days last month.
The supreme court of Tennessee has
decided against the American Tobacco
company on the test case brought to
ascertain if cigaretS could be sold in
Tennessee under the Rogers anti
cigaret law of 1897.
From Jan. 1 to Nov. IL plans of 1879
new buildings to be constructed in New
York at an aggregate cost of $500, 600, 900
Were filed with the department of build
ingS. This is an increase of $40, 600, 900 as
compared with last year.
John T. Hartwell, aged IS, Who served
in 81 of the most severe battles of the
Civil war died at Deerf1eld, Mass. Re-
markable as it may seem, it is a fact that
in all his war experience Hartweu re-
ceiVed not the slightest harm.
William Smith, aged 6S, committed sui
eide at Norwich, Conn. by throwing him
self headlong into an unused we'll on his
premises. The we'll was about Is feet
deep and contained six feet of water.
Smith was probably deranged.
Hugh S. Walsh and William Flicker
were arrested at New York on the charge
of selling and having in their possession
washed revenue stamps. These stamps
were of the denomination of So, SIS and 81.