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The WAR IN T0NQUlN.
Additional Particulars of the Recent
Engagement.

A Paris dispatch received from Hanoi
states that Gen. Negriers column had an on
gagement at the village of KEEP with 5000 Chi
nese regulars, who occupied intrenchments
round central redoubt. The Chinese COM
menced the attack at o'clock in the m rnng
by trying to surround the French, and tn
fighting lasted until 2 o'clock in the afternoon,
when the retreat Of the Chinese toward the
frontier OF China was cut off. The Chinese
troops then fled in the direction of Dao.uan
pursued by the French. The Keep garrison de-
Tended their position bravely, compelling the
French to surround the redoubts and carry t
at the point of the bayonet. The Chinese loss
in the village alone was 600 killed. The
French troops fought with spirit and decision
They captured all of the enemy's war material
mules and horses. A French captain and 20
men were killed, and eight officers and 80 men
were wounded. Gen. Negrier was slightly
wounded. Gen. Brier del Isle has started for
Kep to assist Gen. Negrer
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16
No Rain in Five Weeks.

In consequence olthe drought, TIL wafer in
the Petersburg, Va, reservoir has become so
low that it was und necessary to turn water
from the Upper Appomattox Canal into the
main pipes Ct the city in order TO supply all
consumers. This water flows from the river
into the canal short distance above the city.
No rim has fallen in this region for five weeks.
The reports of damage from The drorght con-
tinue 10 be received from the adj cent coun-
liz
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16
FUGITIVE H0WGATE.
The Manner in Which He Was HOnored
by the Greedy Explorers.

by the Greedy Explorers.
When the Greedy expedition started in 1881
Capt Howgatc was prominently before thu pub
lie in connection with Arctic matters, and his
name was fam liar one with the members of
the expedition. They knew nothing of his
subsequ, mt arrest until their return, and in
their explorations the now notorio Gus fugitive
came in for q full share of honors. body Of
water was chrstened Howgate lake, a point of
land Cape Howgate, and mountain was called
Mt. Howgate. These designations were all
marked up N the maps and charts brought
back by the survivors. 1t is under-t TODD that,
by direction Of the chief signal officer, the
name was erased wherever it occurred and the
names of other officers substituted.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16
A New Way to Pay Old Debts.

Shakespeare tells how this can be accom-
plished in one of his immortal plays; but debts
to nature must be paid on demand unless
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery" 1t
is not ''cureall" but invaluable for sore
throat, bronchitis, asthma, catarrh, con.
sumption, and all diseases of the pulmonary and
other organs, caused by scrofula or bad blood"
Scrofulous ulcers, swellings and tunors are
cured by its wonderful Alternative action.
BY druggists.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16

In the countries which have large
debts, like Great Britain, Russia, Spain
and Italy, the revenue is barely sufficient
to comfortably meet the current expen.
ses, leaving little, if anything, with
which to pay OFF the debt, while we are
paying ours at the rate of over $780,.
900, 900 year.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16
- Hardships of a ShiDwrecked Crew,

Among the passengers by the steamer Wis
consin to New YORK lately, were Capt. Smith
and seven Of the crew OF The whaling barque
Seine, wrecked on the west coast OF Africa
last June. Two of the sailors were los; when
the barque vert ashore. The survivors walked
for 200 miles along the coast before they
reached settlement On this long tramp they
lived on one biscuit day each. Their sulr.r-
ing was intense from hunger and heat. Al OF
them stood the ordeal, however, and were in
good health when they arrived her. They all
belonged to New Bedford, the port from which
the vessel hailed, and have gone to their
homes. The Seine was an old vessel, having
been built in 1918. She was last repaired in
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16
GOLD AND SILVER COIN.
"A Gain of S35,OOO,OOO in the United
States i'll One Year.

States in One Year.
The director of the mint Inmates the
amount Of gold and silver coin in tho United
Sites on tho first of October to have been
$Sl50O0,000 Of this amount, $55S 900
is gold, SlS2 100000 standard silver dollars,
and $75 100000 subsidiary silver. This is Il
gain from the LIST of October. 1888, of $780,
900, O3O, $l3, 100000 being gold coin and $22,-
900, 900 silver. The amount of gold coin out
side the treasury was about Ss7,500,000 less
than on the LIST of October, 1883, while tie
amount in the treasury was 500, 100000 more :.
The amount OF silver in banks and general cir.
collation. is about SIS, 900, 900 less than in 1888,
and the amount in the treasury about $751;
000,0 900 more. The amount outstanding of
gold and silver certificates is nearly $50, 900 900
more than OH the lst Of October, 1888.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16
Authoritative"

President Arthur to Marry Miss TIllte
Frelinghuysen in January.
The Cincinnati Graphic recently took plea
sure in announcing, upon private and author
itntive information, that President Arthur and
Miss fillie Frelinghuysen, daughter of secre-
tary Frallnghuyscn, are engaged to be married,
and the we2iing will take place during the
second week Of January next. The bride will
spend her honeymoon in the White House,
AID will be tie list bride who has ever had
TINT nleHsule.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16
One Great Suit

The great suit in the court of claims to de-
termine the construction of the Thurman act,
and especially to fix the precise amount which
the company has to pay under that act to the
government is coming on the oath day Of
November. The court assemblies on that day
especially to hear this case, which, considering
the amount of money involved is one of the
largest that has ever been brought before
IInirad Efates frihnnnl-
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16

Census reports on the lumber industry
place Michigan in the front rank with {
production of $50, 100000. 1t will sur
prise many to know that Pennsylvania
stands next, with S22, 457, 600; ther
comes Wisconsin, SIT, 952, 900; New
York, S14, $50, 900; Ohio, $13, 900
Minnesota, 81, 1866, 900, and Maine, ST.,
Gln 0nn
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16
South American Trade,

The South American Commission recently
visited Gen. Grant at his New York resden G
+ he purpose Of obtaining his views as 10 the
hest methods of promoting trade with South
America General Grant gave history of the
commercial treaty between this country and
Mexico negotiated by himself and Senior
Romero. lie thought that as soon as Congress
passed the necessary legislation to carry this
treaty into effect the trade between the
United states and Mexico would be largely in
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16

The estimated value of the raw silk
produced in all the countries of the
world amounts to the enormous sum OF
$500, 900, 900 annually, most of which il
derived from Asiatic countries, to which
the raising of this precious fiber has beer
principally confined since its originatior
there in the early dawn of human civil
zation.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16

Near the town Of Lostine, Ore, n case
murder and cremation occurred recently. A
number OF Indians belonging to the UHitiila
tribe obtained whisky, ali got dunk and en-
gagged in a bloody fight. One of their number
was literally sashed to pieces and two were
bad woun ed. The indians thea i'll n drunk
en- frenzy, placed the body of the murdered
man on fire and burned it to ashes. Whilc
the horrible affair slowly pr, gres ed the In
dams circled around the fire, dancing Il war
dance md chanting a deafh song
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16
Gen. Meigs' Salary,

The first comptroller of the treasury has
again refused 10 pay Gen. Meigs, US. A., re-
tired his salary as superintendent of the pen
s.oa uidng, on the ground that an officer cam
no; draw two salaries from the government.
On The former occasion the court of claims de-
cdcd in Mcigs favor and the salary was paid,
hn; the ii'.t comptroller now holds that the
drcis'on only applied TO that particular in.
stance
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16
Ouebeckers for being proud or n

Guebeckers for being proud or It.
And there's where the Quebec girls
breathe the pure air that puts roses in
their cheeks and the snap into their
eyes. Yes, sir, steep streets aud
plenty of fresh air, and, perhaps, the
subtle influence of world-famous
landscape. form the chief secret of the
beauty of our girls"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16

They are looking for you everywhere. Drafts
of air in unexpected places, going from hot
rooms to cool ones carelessness in changing
clothing:-In short anything which ends in
common cold in the head" Unless arrested
this kind of cod becomes seated in the mucous
membrane of the head Then it is Catarrh.
In any and all its stages this disease always
Yields to Ely's Cream Balm. Applied to the
nostrils with the finger Safe, agreeable, GER
tain. Price fifty cents
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16

The distressing condition of the con-
gressional library at the present time,
with all Of its proper and needful vacant
spaces-foors, corridors, alcoves and
galleries filled with the most inhamma,
bic substances, cannot be regarded a.
free from grave and constant peril by
fro
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16
One of the Founders of Decoration Day

While at political ing at Seneca Fails,
N Y, the othes evening, Genl. John ID. Mur-
ray was stricken with apoplevy and died next
morning He was blave soldier and m en-
thusiastic Grant Army man. He was one Of
the originators of Decoration day, and led the
first procession that marched with ma'r'al
music to stew fiowern uDon the graves Of SOL
diers.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16

Most readers will be astonished to
know how varieties exist of our common
fruits. Works on horticulture enumer-
ate as many as 1000 kinds of pears, over
1900 sorts of apples, $50 of plums,
more than 100 varieties of eooseberries.
and about 125 of strawberries.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16

Dr. Pierce's Compound Extract of Smart
Weed combines French Brandy Jamaica Gin
ger, Smart-Weed and Camphor Water, the
best possible agents for the cure of diarrh9a,
cholera morbus, dysentery or bloody-iux and
collie, OF to break up colds, fevers and inaam-
matory attacks.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16
A BOLD AFFAIR,
A Family Robbed of over $4,000 While
at SuDDer,

Five masked men entered the house of q
John Sherry at Edcnburg, Pa, recently, while
the family were eatln. supper and commanded
ali to hold up their hands. Besides Sherr
there were at the table two men, Michao
kelser and George Best, servant glrl and a
boy. The entire party were gagged aad bound,
and She'ly was then comp, He'd to open his
safe, from which the men abstlucted 5000
They also obtained $1,000 from bureau drawers
and other places about the house. The gang
then drove Off a carnage which was in wit
ing. There is 10 clne 10 lhe nernet In tors
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16

Last years fashions are out of date, but last
wears friends are still our own. This is why
Mrs. rinkham's Vegetable Compound never
loses favor; every lady who knows its worth
land who does not?) feels that the kindly face
of Mrs. Pinkham is that of an hono:ed friend.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16
C.heanenjnp Sunday Fares,

The management Of the New York elevated
railroads has decided to reduce the fares on the
various lines on Sundays to five cents. This re-
ductlon is made in the interest of laburing peo-
pie who have Sunday for their only holiday.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16
Death of a Veteran.

John +. Steinnan, the Oldest resident OF
Lancaster. Pa, and probably the oldest mer-
chant in the State, died the other afternoon on
his farm aged 95 years. He wss n veteran Of
the war of 1872.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16

The triumph Of the age is secured in the
wonderful success and unprecedented sale of
the celebrated Andrews Folding Beds, by Kee-
leer & Co. SO to 81 Washington St. liostnn
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16

For DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, depression ofspir
its and general debility in their various FORMS
also as a preventive against fever and ague and
otherintermittent fevers, the "Ferro-Phosphor-
sted Elixir of Calisaya," made by Caswel,
Hazard & Co., New York, and sold by all Drug
eists is the best tonic and for patients recover
ing from fever or other sickness it has no equal.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16
Don't Wear Cumbersome Trus.es

when our new method without use of knife,
is guaranteed to permanently cure the worst
cases of rupture. Send two letter stamps for
references re19S and pamphlet Worlds pispensary
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16
NJ others.


If you are failing; broken, worn out and
nervous, use "Wells' Health Remover" 81.
Druggists
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16

a disease Of the mucous
m e m brane, 1t gem
orally originates in the
nasal passages and
maintains its strong
hold in the head. From
this point 1t sends forth
a poisonous virus along
the membranous lin
ings and through the
digestive organs, cor
rupttng the blood and
pr cd cling OIL er
troublesome and dan
gerous symptoms.
Cream Balm is a
remedy based upon a
correct diagnosis Of
this disease and can be
depended upon. SOC.
Istered. Sample bottle
lists nweUo n. V.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16

The origin of the cholera scourgc is
unknown, but its existence is noted as
ong ago as 400 B. G. by Hippocrates,
who traced its advent into Greece to
india and by Galen in A. D. 1871. Since
he year 1856 it has been noticed that
he cholera breaks out in India on the
occasion of the twelve yearly pilgrimages
to the Hindoo temples. The attention
IF English physicians were first specially
directed to it in 1917, when it appeared
N most virulent form in Jessore, Ben
gal. From then until 1882 it gradually
approached the European seaboard, and
was thence transmitted to the United
States by emigrants, extending with
greater or less havoc as far west as
Chicago, and south to New Orleans,
n which city 5000 people per-
shed out of a population of $4,000, In
.S4s it was again brought to the United
States by emigrants in ship which ar
lived at New Orleans from Havre. This
errible foe to humanity is always pres
nt in enc country or another, and its
present menacing front will no doubt stir
up the health officers in all the cities of
The United States to take the utmost pre-
caution against its spread here. Person
Il filth is great propagation of the dis
ease, and in guarding against it man
Ihould be viewed from strictly scien-
ifc standpoint, which reveals him as "a
;arbonic acid gas exhaling, sewer gas
generating, foul perspiration exuding,
symmetrical lump of latent decomposi-
ion," and not from the delusive point Of
REV of the gushing novelist.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16

The winter blast is stern and cold
Yet summer has its harvest gold;
And the baldest head that ever was seen
Can be covered well with Carboline
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16
SROugh On Coughs.

Piso's, Cure for Consumption is not only
pleasant to take, but it is sure to cure.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16
Thin People.

"Wclls' Health Remover" restores health
and vgor, cures Dyspepsia, Impotence, Sex
ual Debility. ST.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16
"Rourh On Pnin.o


Cures collie, cramps, diarrhea; externally for
aches, pains, sprains, headache, neuralgia,
rheumatism For man or beast. 20 and SOC.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16

There are $4,000 more women than
men in Boston.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16
CATAR RH
CATAR RI

For RATS for advertising in this paper, apply to the
publisher Il ~
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-16

through On COuRhs."
Ask for Rough on Coughs" for Coughs,
Colds, Sore Throat, Huarseness. Troches, loo.
LIQUID 25c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-12
PLAIN As CAS Be.

No aspect Of recent progress has been more marked than
the advancement made In medicine and pharmacy For
example, the various kinds Of pfasters first placed upon
the market from twenty to thirty years ago-and still
remaining precisely what they were then-are
oughy out Of date coaches or clipper ships Study
and experiment have wrested forces from nature
and revealed more effective methods Of combining them
The people beginning to realize this truth If
the proprietors OF the antquati articles aude to
iall to grasp it. Said gentleman in hearing the
other day Life is short there II much do and sick
ness. when is afflicted with it. becomes serious
thing Ii every way. Weneed 70 know Just the right
thing to do in order to save time suff ing and money
We can't afford to bother With ancient and useless pre-
partitions" ~ (
This Is the why call Your attention again to
BENSON'S CAPCINE POROUS PLASTERS. Now in
the first place these plasters patent medicine
They advertised, to b sure,but SO is nour-so are
dry goods books. II did not speak of them in
the papers. you would not hear df them Such eminent
chemists Professor Doremus and DR. Battershall of
New York pronounce Bensons pasters superior to all
others More than 5000 physiciats druggists all
parts of the world say the thing their
signatures to letters stating the fact Besides this
pasers have received the highest and only awards given
for plasters at all the great exhibitions at home and
abroad not to mention what people say who been
cured by them.
BENSONS CAPCINE POROUS PLASTERS are the
best remedy for local rheumatism neural
the kidneys stomach and bowels, and aches and pains
generally. Unlike the dull slow acting od-stye plas-
tiers. Benson's act promptly and relieve quickly
Try Them and shall need to recommend them
again. The word Capcne is cut i'll the genuine
seabury johnson. Pharmaceutical Chemists. New
York. iaj
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-12
Blue Blood.
N ENGLAND,

From the Hartford Times
The dukedom OF st. Adams is less than two
hundred years old. The founder Of the house.
and ancestor of the present duke, was the lille
ultimate son Of Charles H. and the famous Neil
Gwynn, who was born in q cellar in the Coal
Yard. Drury Lane. London, was reared in the
lowest haunts of vice. peddled oranges and sang
songs from tavern to tavern. went on the stage.
and became the mistress OF Lord Buckhurst
who sold her to Charles ii. for a political pre-
ferment. Several of the "noble' families in
England have similar beginnings
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-12
IN AMERICA,

From the Texas Siftings
Your father was nothing but simple stone
mason"
II know where you got that Information, ="
quietly remarked the other.
From whom did | get it,"
''From your father
How do you know that"
because your father was my fathers hod-
carrier"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-12
The Bad BOY On Business.

From Peck's Sun.
failed!" said the grocery man, as he took down
the ledger "Great heavens, he owes me 81, "
and the man groaned.
Yes, pa says that is the only way he can
make dollar. l don't know ANYTHING about
the business of failing, but as near as can get
at IL, by hearing pa and his attorney talk about
1t, there Is money in it, If 1t is worked right
and II L was In your place / would work an
annual failure department into INV business.
The way to fail is to get credit for all Won can
and sell for cash, and when YOU sell the hest
things, have somebody that YOU owe a relative
or fellow that you got confidence In. oct IN
his ear, and get out an attachment and close
you up, or else make an assignment to fellow
who stands In with you, and let him offer the
creditors ten cents on the dollar in notes paya.
Die In six. twelve, and eighteen months. Rv
the time six months are up you can buv the
first note for fifty cents on the dollar. and Won
can fall again before the other note comes dne
fa says there 1s more money in 1t than In running
q bank. and he is awful anxious to have the
thing fixed up In time for him and ma to On to
FLORIDA for the winter, so they can get back in
time to go to Saratoga next summer I asked
pa II 1t was honest to fail when ma had prom
erty enough in her name to pay ali debts
and have plenty left, and pa said he and ma WA
two different persons. 1 thought man and
his wife were one. Well a fellow learns soms.
thing every day, don't he? Say you would be a
total failure on general principles, and If was
In your place would have SOME style about me-
ana Dust: You can never amount to anything
gong along the way you do, and never getting
ahead any. Let me tell pas lawyer that can
get him q job putting you through bankruptcy
mo: sir, never" said the groceryman. 81
have always paid hundred cents on the dollar
and l always will. 1t Is true cannot mt On
much style. not as much az some know who
have failed, but / can look everybody in the
face and--but say, Hennery. you might tell yonr
pas lawyer to come in here this afternoon and
will have talk with him." N
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-12

THANCERY SALE OF THE PROPERTY. KNOWN
~ AS 400 NINTH STREET NORTHWEST
Under ana by virtue Of decree Of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia passed in EgutY
cause No. S112 December D the undersi.-nedA -A
trustee. appointed by said decree will sell at public
auction on TUESDAY, the TWENTY SECOND DAY
OF JANUARi. 1884. at HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK
T. H. III front of the premises the property known as
lot numbered fftyseyen (57 in samuel Reierrls sub
division Of square numbered three hundred and sixty
SIX $500 toy ther with the improvements thereon This
lQt las front of eighteen S the west side of
Ninth street, and rms lack with width one
hundred and five (l05) feet, the depth OF tie lot to an
alley. - - ~ 49,
The terms OF sale One-third of the purchase
money IN cash. and the balance equal INSTALL
nents. at six (f( AMI twelve l2 months from the iay of
sale such deferred payments TO bear interest at the rate
OF SIX per cent Yer snnm and to DE secured by the pur
chaSers notes and deed of trust of the property or
all cash, at the option Of the purchaser dpost of
one hundred dollars will be required the of sale
ana all conyeyanc1g to be ct the of purchaser If
the terms OF sale not complied with in ten DAYS from
DAY OF SALE the Trustee the right resell the
property at the risk and of the efautin9 purcha
GEORGE PAYNE T-1c.aa
DUNCANSON BNOS-, Auct1Oneers. ja9-dSds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-12

Two gigantic eagles, which for the last four
years nave made themselves exceedingly dis
mont farms. were recently captured in a steel
trap at Sandgate. The male bird. which died
In the trap, measured seven feet seven inches
between the tips of his wings and weighed q
pounds. His mate, whose wings spread six feet
was taken alive >''
slde track OF the Southern Pacific railroad
is ballasted for 12OO feet with shining blocks of
rock salt from the vast bed to which It runs