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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30
THE WEEK
In the United States ana the
Old World.
WEDDING RoMANCES.
A Groom shot-Two Ceremonies Necei
sary-Misstag bridegroom.

"A 0rOOm Shot-iwO tcfuhohtes INetse'
sary-Misstag bridegroom.
Mr., L. o. Fitzgerald, well known young
railroad official, of Richmond, Va, was TO be
married. and on the oventful morning proceed
ed TO pack his trunk for his wedding tour, lilo
had nearly completed tho work I removing
articles hom his bureau TO his trUnk when lie
came upon his + volver living in the drawer
He said 10 his mother who was in the room ut
the timo, that he didn't know whoth Il to put
the pistol in the trunk or leave il behind. His
mother left the TO m with ut hearing him y
what he would do with it, Soon tterward tho
report OF the pistol was heard, and Mr., Ftz,
gerald was found lying on his face near tho
bed, with cigar in his mouth and tho pistol by
his sGe, The ball had entered his forehead
over tho lett eye, passed downward, aud prob
ably Tod ed near the root Of his tongue The
physicians cannot vet determine whether the
wound is mortal.
Three years ago Professor A. j. Birming-
ham, OF New York city, while on professional
visit TO Princeton, n j, ,bec mo acquainted with
Miss Kate A. Fennin, daughter OF n prominent
gentleman OF that city. the lady's relatives
objected to the professors advances and for.
babe him the house, Several months later,
Miss Fennin, while on a visit to Baltimore met
the professor again, when they wero secretly
that the wife should reon her husband whom
ever sent for Since that time Professor Biz.
mnghlm has been citizen of Atlanta. o.
the train the other night Miss Fennin arrived
in A lanta and the couple were remarked ut
the residence of c. o, Watson BY Rev. Howard
Cwmley and tho fact was telegraphed to the
ladys parents.
The village OF Ilion, N. Y, is COOL deal
stirred up over the disappearance OF Patrick
kavanaugh, W rkman Mt tho arnory in that
place, He was to have married an es,imabic
young woman, Miss Jenny Crosby. Every
preparat on was made for the wedding and the
guests assembled Mt the Catholic parsonage,
but kavanaugh came not His failure to APP
pear the evening before for rehearsal occasioned
remark, hut do-ertion was not suspected. In
curry fails to discover any preparation for flight
there being with the Remnstons COOL bal
ance to his credit, and people who cannot be-
heve him base maiutain that he hNs been a
victim OF foul play. Miss Crosby is prostlated.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30

From statement prepared a. the Uni
ted States Land Office showing the dis
posal of the public lands for the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1884, it appears that
the cash sales amounted to 6,317,s47
acres, from which were realized $40, 302,
$50. The original homestead entries in
cluded 1881, 500 acres, the final home
stead entries 2,945,574 acres, and the
timber culture entries 4,094, 463 acres.
The miscellaneous dispcsals aggregated
e,600,219 acres, including e,343, 154
acros of railroad lands, for which the
sum of 81, 556, 40 was received. The ag-
CRATE number of acres of land disposed
OF under all heads, including the final
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30

j. j. Barker, until recently clerk in the
FIRST comptroller's office Of the treasury depart.
ment, has written an open letter to President
Arthur, explaining that he resigned his position
rather than be accessory to the frauds that are
being pecpetra,el in that office. He charges
that false bills presented by United States
attorneys and other officers are constantly
allowed by the first comptroller, and says that
he can prove by the vouchers on fl c in the reg
isters office Of the trt asury department that
millions of dollars have thus been wron fully
taken from the United States treasury
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30
Oyster Men Burned Ont,

Tho entire business portion of Orisfcld, Md,
has been swe away by fire. The oyster packing
interest Il ors is very extensive, there being a
number of large establishments that, when in
operation, employ several thousand hands,
who reside in frame buildings of which nearly
the entire town is built. One engine was all
the villagers had to operate in battling with
the flames. and it proved wholly inadequate.
The loss will probably reach $500 900, and the
insurance will probably not exceed $50 00O
The fire broke out about O'Clock in the morn
ing. The citizens were aroused in a Jew
minutes, and great excitement prevailed
The fire ragged fietcely TO- several hours.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30
0veRLAPPED THE SWITCH.
serious Accident on the Ggand Trunk
Caused by u Collision of Teams.

S""sou pS etuiiistoh OF Tramss
The express train which leaves Montreal at
II o'clock at night lately ran into cattle and
freight trn oastbound at the Point Clare
station, Tho freight train Ind been switched
'n 10 asidmg TO allow tho express To pass but
the engineer overan tho switch, allowing the
engine to pro'rule on tho main line A
moment later tho express came rushing on
The engineer and fireman of tho freight train,
seeing that IT was too late to avert ca oldent
jumped for their lives, and escaped unhurt, The
engineer of the express train was instantly
killed, The fireman being unable to jump from
the engine, had both legs broken AMI one foot
cut oft The wreck was complete, tho engines
being ntcrloehed, The boilers hurst aud were
smashed out OF shape, The heig cars were
tclcscopcd and overturned and l2D sheep con.
iaiuoi therein Were killed, Tho body Of En-
gneer Stewart was burned TO a chArred mass,
Tho following passengers sustained injuries,
but none that arc Ii ely to be Ltal; George A,
McMaser, commercial traveller Toronto o,
bmi'ed severely by being thrown over several
seats |, j. Muldoon, bldly bruised, but is not
dup. A Mr. MARSHALL is IN The same conli.
ton, The damage is estimated ut $50, 900.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30

Statistics as to the employment Of
women in England show that, while
nearly all of them are engaged in occu.
pations which require no high degree Of
muscular development, BAT Of them are
blacksmiths. The number of female
teachers is 1873, 095. The blacksmith,
thus it appears, has no reason to "view
with alarm" the encroachments Of
women into his shOD.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30
The Embargo On Foreign Rags.

AT a recent meeting of the Paper Trade as
ISOLATION, in New York city, called to take
action i'll reference to the order # tie Treas
ury department temporarily prohibiting the
importation OF foreign ragsa committee of FIVE
was appointed to adopt such nc ion as my af-
ford the desired relief A resolution was
carried declaring it to be the sense of the
meeting that production be curiailed 80 per
cent, and that the same in is details be re-
fired TO the respective divisions of the asso-
citation for iIniuedI te action.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30

Ex-Assistant City Marshal l.. c. Pettis, O
Sprn4 field, Mass, agent of the b ard o.
Health, has received the fearful intelligence
that his son, Edgar f. Pettis, aged % years, was
shot in the breast Mt Fort Robinson, Neb the
nigh of the 18th, and killed. The news was + :
ceived by letter from +. B. Carly, contractor
for furnishing meat to the the United Sites
soldiers ut Fort bin on and for whom young
Pettis was at work. The writer SAYS that in
his opinion the shooting was a cold-blooded
murder 1t states that there is no organized
county where the murder was committed, and
consequently no officers We're the @, but n
sheriff from Sidney has started in pursuit of
the man who dld the shooting, with a fair
nrosnect Of cantnr no him.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30
WINE WITHOUT GRAPES.
The Sort of Sherry that is Spelling En-
glish Stomachs.-

The London medical papers are making an
cutlery over new species of unsupported poi
son which they assert is making sad havoc
with the stomachs if not the lives of English
men. The article complained OF is n cheap
grade OF so-called sherry, which is manufactured
at Hamburg and exported through Holland TO
England in enormous quantities. Eminent
physicians declare over their signatures that
this so-caled wine is purely artificial product
They say that for many years the true sherry
OF commerce has been fortified at Xerez ana
elsewhere in Spain with what IS known as
Dutch spirit, which is is simply alcohol dis
titled from potatoes and sent from Ho land to
Spain, They allege now that the thrifty burgh-
ers OF Holland and Germany have hit upon
method OF utilizing Dutch spirit at home and
producing wine without aid from grapes OF any
kind. The stuff complained of, the doctors say,
Is nothing but alcohol sugar and water
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30
PUNCTURED AND PUMMELLED.
An Ohio armcr Desperately Assaults
by Five Tramps.


by Five Tramps.
At daylight the other morning Farmer Her.
ron, of Bedford Road, near Cleveland, Ohio,
found five tramps in his hay loft He woke
the men W and told them to leave his premises
immediately or he would have them arrested.
The tramps became angry, and one Of them
picked up pltchtor& and struck Heron with
it. TIL whole gang jumped on the defence
less man and pounded him in terrible man
ncr, while the first assaant continued his as
sault with the fork. Mrs. Heron heard her
husbands piteous cries, and rushed out of the
house 10 his Il sistence, but one of the tramps
struck her in the face with his fist, knocking
her senseless. Several lnborers on the Valley
branch rairoa saw the act, and, running to
the barn, put he men to flight. Heron and
vile were carried into the house nsensible
lieirons body was one mass of wounds, while
the fork had punctured the flesh in many
places.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30
President Arthur Seelts Resi-.

The President has moved out TO the Soldiers
Hone, where his daughter Nellie and
her cousins are already installed. Ms. Nc
Elroy will not leavc Albany for Washington
til near the holiday season, and meanwhile
the Presidents household will be in charge OF
the Servants. Ab olute quiet is what Mr.
Arthur de ties now. and he drives i ,iIy to the
Soldiers Home rs soon as he disposes of the
most pressing business. There j, no truth nj
all in the repnf TINT W, doing will occur N,
the Whi'c Iios. this winter. The P.esilen.
has no intention cfmgrry.nS.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30

Balloon construction has certainly
taken fresh impetus in this centenary
year of aeronautics, and now anotherair.
ship, capable, according to its inventor,
of being steered in a given direction, i;
being planned, this time at st. Peters
burg. Like the French invention re,
Gently tried at Meudon. the Russian bal
loon is cigar-shaped, while it is propelled
by screw and sails. The balloon, with
all its appurtenances, will be 200 feet
long and eighty feet high, and when
manned by crew OF sixteen, and driven
by fifty horse power engine, is expected
to make 100 miles an hour
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30
Governor Cleveland Assaulted,

Governor Cleveland was assaulted on the
street in Albany, n. Y, on q recent morning
by Samuel Boone of Chemung county. He hit
the Governor twice, but was secured before
infliciing other injuries. The Governor was
not seriously injured. Boone, who is believed
to be crazy, had been boihering the governor
for the past three months to pardon his broth.
m-law, Myron Fairbanks, who was sentenced
nine months ag, to the Auburn prison for
two years and half for shooting a, some y +
sons who were stonlng his fathers house
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30
Protection of aborars' Waoes

Five of the cases OF the laborers OF the Beth
l,hem (Pa.) Iron Company, were tried in cour
recen ly. The court held that under the act of
June %, 1881, the company had no right to de-
duct store bills from the wages of the work
men, and directed a verdict for the plaintiffs.
The amount involved in similar cases aggre-
gates $4,000. The trial Great es much interest
As this is the first decision under the act. The
company will carry the cases to the suprsm
court
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30
Three Men C.remated,

While three men and boy were examining
a crack in the top of one of Thomas coke
ovens mile east Of Tunnelton, w. Va, re-
Gently, the oven caved in, carrying with the
men. Then came a sti1ed cry, and they were
lost to sight in the mass Of VIII t. hot coke 1t
was fully an hour before the oven could be
emptied, and then not trace Of the men
could be found except some Jumps of melted
metal vidtntly from bu tons, a few silver
coins and some tools the men had wi h
than
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30
UNPLEASANT SITUATION
For United states Naval Officers In
Chinese Waters.

Departmental the eff ct TINT the United States
ship Monooracy is imprisone in Chinese waters
with no way 20 get out, 1t seems that the
Chinese have blockaded the Min river below
the King Pi Forts in oder to prevent the
French fleet from ascending the river. TIE
Monocracy is lying in front of the city of Foe
Chow to afford shelter Tor American citizens in
ease the natives make war upon all foreigners,
The blockade Of the river is made by sinking
stone-laden junks, so that it is impossible for
the vessel to get ont until the hostilities cease
Of the blockade is removed. The commander
Of the United States ship Junmta reports that
the Chinese threaten to blockade the Ming &c
in similar manner and that his vessel is likely
70 BIO entlapped unless ordered away.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30
England Prenarlng.

The British government has decided TO ex-
pend FL 1900 on its iortifo atoms in Alden
Singapore and Hong Kong. Ordeis have been
sent from the war Office to hasten the work
On the opening of Parliament, COMMISSION
viii be appointed to inquire into the state OF
the navy, and the admiralty will ask for an in
creased grant for shipbuildins to enable it to
give orders to private firms Tor the construc-
ton of swift, heavy armed, light armoied ves-
seIs
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30

James Beecher, i, D., of Sisolrncy, lows.
says; "For several years hav9 boen using
q CJugh Balsam, called Dr, Wm, Hall;
Balsam for the Lungs, and in almost every
case through my praotico have had cattle
success. Ihaye used and pre- cribed hundred.
Of bottles since tho days OF my army ractlc,
(lSt3', when was surgeon of Hospital No. T.
Louisville, Ky
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30
AlmshoIIse Frauds.

Al Reading Pa, warrants have been issued
for the arrest of Martin Luther Fritch, we'll
known Reformed Church minister and chap
lain OF the county almshouse, and Samuel g.
Wenrich, a wealthy cattle dea er, who has been
turns ing the almshouse with large assign
ments OF cattle. They are charged with brib-
eiy and conspiracy IN connection with the aims
house frauds now being investigated by a
committee of citizens. Other arrests will
follow
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30

Of the 100000 surviving soldiers
of the late war it is estimated that
100000 reside west of the Mississippi,
and of this class who are pensioners
there has been an increase since 1873
Of 276 per cent, due almost entirely to
emigration.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30

The star of the empire in the stock
business has passed away from Colorado,
Nebraska and Wyoming, and has moved
Northwest into the fertile grazing valleys
of Dakota and Montana. One company
has $4,000 head of cattle in Montana;
another firm has "a, 900 head of beeves
in the same locality; still another has
$4,000 head on its range. Yet Others
have respectively 10000, 10000, and
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30
UNCLE SAM DEFRAUDED.
How Glass Importer Avoided Pay
ment of Sl5O,OOO in Customs.

The treasury special agents have been engaged
at Washington for some time in examining the
shipments of imported glass by Boyd, of Phil
ndelphiN, and while the examination is not
complete, they say there is no reasonable doubt
that TIE government has been deirauded out OF
at least $l50, 600 in the way of duties, by rea-
son of his having contracts for supplying the
new pubic buildings with glass. More than
year ago large glass manufacturers made
charges to the treasury that Mr.. Boyd was
enabled to underbid other firms by reason of
his getting his glass through the Custom House
without the payment of duty. The investiga-
ton thus far made would seem to establish the
truth OF these allegations.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30

Few, even those who are devotees OF
the 'silent Wheel" are aware of the
number and variety of kinds of veloci
pedes that have been patented in this
country. The number of patents for
velocipcdes of all sorts, including sad
dies, is about nine hundred. OF these,
tricycles constitute the great majority, or
nearly two-thirds of the whole.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30
OVERHAUtED BY A TUG.
Capture of a Crew o. Connecticut Oys-
ter Thieves.

Several oyster boats the Other
afternoon went over from Connecti-
cut to Glen Cove haroor, Lone
Island, and the occupants began taking oyster
from private beds. constable put out ior,he
thieves, who opened fire on him and compelled
him TO return to the shore. The constable
aiterward procured tugboat and pursued
them. After a hot chase he succeeded in
bringing one ofthe boats to md arrested the
entire crew
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30
The HUSSAR'S GOLD.
Another Firm Assigned the Contract to
Raise the Sunken ErIunte

Another Firm Assigned the Contract to
Raise the Sunken Frleate.
The secretary of the treasury has directed
that the contract made with George w. Thomas
Of New York for raising tho wreck of the Brit
lsh trigate Hussar which was sunk in New
York harbor in 1880, be amnulled and that a
now contract be male with Mcssrs. Bean &
Hartwell OF Providence, Il. l., on the same
terms The contract with Mr.. Thomas is ter
minated on the ground that he did not use due
diligence in the prosecution OF the work. The
new contractors represent the persons who
have already advanced money to carry on the
work, and who are willing to push it to com
plction. 1t is represented that the lrgate con-
tanned about $4,000, 900 in English money when
she sunk
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30

The dog, says the Boston Journal,
Is the only animal able to follow man
as far and as high as he can 60, but
the finer breeds Of dogs can not longer
endure the conditions of a height of
more than IL, 800 feet.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30
TERRIFIC BOILER EXPLOSION,
Two Men Killed and Five Dangerously
Injured In n West Virginia saw Mill.

A terrible explosion has taken place at Ten
Milo Creek, Tyler county, by which two men
were killed and five dangerously wounded. A
gang OF men were at work at saw mill when
the large boiler exploded. 1t was almost be-
meath the men, and the effect was terrific The
building was hlled with scalding steam, which
finished the fatal WORK which me explosion had
begun. Three OF The men were blown clear
out of the building one being dism mpered and
the others badly hurt Five OF lie men es-
capped without injury, but four Of those unhu t
by the explosion W, re llightiulIy scaIded. Ire
engineer had neglected his boiler and the water
went down, causing the explosion.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30

Composed of genuine French Grape
maica Ginger, with Camphor Water, DR..
Pierces Compound Extract of Smart-Weed
sxcels as a remedy for collie, cholera morbus,
aiarrhna, dysentery Or bloody-fux, or to
break up colds fevers Or inAammatory at
tacLs
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30

In thirty years. successful experience in the
manufacture of 10000 instruments, the
Mason a. Hamlin company have accumulated
facilities for manufacture without which they
could neither produce as good organs as they
now make, nor with as great economy Said
an experienced manufacturer IN witnessing
the operation Of a single machine in their fac.
tory recently: Gone boy with that machine
does as much work as ten skilled worknen
could do without it, and does it better at
that
These accumulated facilities, including ex-
perienced and skilled workinen, are the secret
of their producing organs which are unques.
tionably the best, yet can be sod at prices
which are little more than those Of the poor.
est--BoSton 7rarclier
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30
An Obstacle Removed.

III secretary of the treasury has issued a
peremptory order to customs collect rs at Paso
del Norte, Loredo AMI Chihuahua TO pass with
delay goods -hipped in bond for Galveston,
Tex, or ether interior cities The greatest
obs ac!e 10 international commerce. and
through traffic on the Mexican Genital road is
tlereNy removed.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30
Labor Commissionership.

II is now stated that the President will not
take any action in regard TO the Office of COM
ini sio or of labor until after the meet
iug Of Congress. Among the applicants 'or
he position are Nlcs.rs. Carroll ID. Virgin oil
Massachusetts, aud W. g. Moody of Conf c.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30

"Isnt that Mrs Holmesl l thought the
doctors gave her up. She looks well now"
"She is r'el After the doctors gave up
her case she tried Dr. Perces Favorite Pre-
scription and began to get better right away
heard her say not long ago that She hadn'
felt so well in twenty years She does her
DIVA work and says that life seems worth liv
Inc. g. last. Why said she, | feel as il
had oeen raised from the dead, almost
Thus do thousands attest the marvellous eff
cacy of this God-given remedy for ienal!
weakness, proiapsus liberation, leucorrhna
morniI & sickness, weakness of stomach, ten
dency to cancerous disease, nervous prostra
ton, general debility and kindred affections
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30

FOR NEARLY "a YEARS have been victim
of Catarrh. have tried many remedies, re-
ceiving little or no relief bought one bottle
of Ely's Cream Balm and derived more real
benefit from that than all the rest added to-
gether. You can recommend it rs being sale
and valuable mediclre,-A. L. FULLER, Dan
nv N Y,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30
Canadian VILLAGE Burned,

A fire started 10 clear brush land has burned
the fishing village of Chlorydorme, situated
halfway between Gaspe and Matave. All the
houses and boats oil the place were burned, and
about 30 families are homele $. TIE people at
first sought shelter in the WOODS, but were
soon surrounded by fire and obliged to flee TO
the Sea-snoTe
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30
Moses AGAIN,

The man arrested somo DAYS ago at Detroit
Mich, for swindlng Rev. DR. Bedford, and
who gave the name of Thomas May, turns out
ODE ex-Gov. Moses of Soath Carolina. having
been identified by officers from Cambridge,
Mass, where he is wanted.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-30
ELY'S
CREAM BALM

when applied into the
nostiis. will be ab-
sor b ed, effectually
cleansing the head OF
catarrhal virus, caus-
ing healthy sec.e-
tions. II allays in
fiamma ton. protects
the membrane from
fresh colds. completely
heals the sores and re-
stores the senses of
taste and smell.
Nor A LIQUID OR SNUFF
A few applications
relieve. "a thorough
treatment will cure
Agreeable to use.
send for circular. %
mail registered.
-upgIsts. Owego, N. Y.