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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-02

Misses Malissa and Clara Barton, who have
been attending school in this city have returned
to their home at Ferndale, in Humboldt county.
Both Of the young ladies obtained first grade
certificates at the last session of the Board of
civ Examiners.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-02

The ReddinG Homestead, ~ Brighton
Station, Sacramento county, containing Is
acres; 10 acres in Vineyard s acres in Fruit
Trees: Good Dwelling and Barn Price, 500
per acre. -ALso-
&C Acres adjoining the above on the
east. Price So per acre.
s-These are two fine tracts OF land, and are
offered cheaper than any land il the immediate
vicinity.
Also, other Farms in different parts
Of the State.
Send for New Catalogue of Lands.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-02

A dispatch rom Los Angeles says that
Charles Kent, OF Nevada City, who disappeared
from san Francisco two weeks ago, and was be
lieved to have met with foul play passed
through Los Angeles about that time ON his way
TO Tucson or FL PaSc.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-02

A large number Of the friends Of Miss Mamie
Lawson gave her surprise party Saturday
street. between c and X, and the time passed
rnerrily until late hour.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-02

Among inc sacTaInentans VINO let Tor tne Bay
yesterday afternoon were a. l.. Hart, J. HOehn
William Beckman, n. f. White, Grove /. John
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-02

The travelling soldier" returned home yes
terday morning from the East and was received
Inv a squad of Western Hotel cadets, who Joy
oj,sly whistiei When Johnny Comes Marching
Home again
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-02
THE ARTHUR HEADQUARTERS

Rank third in size. A tastefuly draped
banner, two commonaoil paintings, pict-
ure Of the President, and table covered
with newspapers containing compliment
AIRY notices of Gen. Arthur, are the minor
features Of the room. Its main attractions
are the burly form of Clint Wheeler, the
slender form of Michael Dady, the hand
some figure of Robert McCord, the dandy
shape of Michael Cregan and the sub
stantial shape Of Joel Everhardt
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-02

Kew. Stanley 4. Mckay, Of Lyons, y. =, &C
companied by his wife, arrived here Friday
night. he having accepted az invitation to act
a. pastor, for 4 time, Of Calvary Baptist Church
4 private letter from Wallace +. Pond Of
woodland states that himself and family ar
rived safely at his home in Vermont where the
latter will remain While he attends the Chicago
Convention.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-02

n. Manson, formerly connected with the State
Engineer. Office, but lattcrly engineer Tor the
Hurbor Commissioners. left for san Francisco
yesterday afternoon. after = brief visit here.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-02
ADJUSTMENTS, ETC.

ADM LSSIoN,
re- Fun particulars hereafter.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-02

w. H. Poston. of Durham, ana Miss Els. Dunn,
of Napa, viii be married at the residence Of the
brides parents in that city on Tuesday after
noon Invitations are out for the wedding re
ception. which viii be held at the POston resi-
dence, near Durham, next Friday evening.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-01-11
CHIT.CHAT.

f. p, White Rocks, Utah. Would be
glad to hear from you at any time.
L. A. d., Lake Preston, Dakota
You guessed it the first time.
NJ. D. c., South Windham, Vt. Must
have your full name; will publish no
anonymous communications. Also
tell whereabouts the adventure oc-
Cured.
Leahet. Weston. You can purchase
good edition of Shakespeare for
$l.25.
H. c. and j., Rochester, N. Y, say ::
"Place our names on your list of life
subscribers, and whatever the price
may be, it will be there in advance
each year, even via 'Slanks' mare
NJ. c. G., Washington, D. c. Thanks
for your favor.
PheliX, Winhall. OF course the
SITTER tells the truth. Editors never
get time to lie-hardly to lie down
Send in your little racket any time
L. ID. G., Sardinia, N. Y, is so
pleased with the SITTER that he sends
his dollar, and with it prayer for its
success, and thinks the editor is sure
Of place in heaven specially set
apart for editors.
II. G. B., Mansfield, Pa. A long
letter that we would like to print, as
we would many others, but cannot !;
must sift it. In referring to his COM
ing to South Londonderry to mill, in
his boyhood days, says: At that time
| thought the Derry bridge the
longest, and that the biggest river and
highest dam, and wondered how they
could span such river; but now, like
the old song of twenty years ago. the
stream appears less wide But /
would like to visit the old place again,
and go fishing in Derry Pond, alias
schoolmates."
II. A. n, New York City. Thanks
for your favors.
S. d. A., st. Louis. Will be glad to
hear about the press. Thanks for the
subscribers.
\ Far West correspondent, in send
ing her subscription, says: Success
to the SITTER ; may it be as successful
as the renowned thistle SITTER"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-01-11
A Change In Their Habits.

A Senator gossiping the other night of
old times in Washington-twenty- five
years ago-said the striking change that
has come over Congress is in the habits
of individual Senators and members. In
those days, he said, there were always
several Representatives who were drunk
every day on the floor of the House. 1t
was not then considered disgraceful for
Senators and members to appear in that
condition. The Senator did not say it,
but | think thr-unnnge for the better
must be attributed very largely to the
newspapers. When Senator or member
makes a spectacle of himself by public
drunkenness, as still happens in rare
cases, the fact gets printed all over the
country. and very quickly, too. The
State or district from whence the offend
er comes hears that it has been disgraced,
and it begins to think of sending some
body else to Washington to represent it.
remember one public man whom sue
ceeded in curing of the vice, SO far as
public exhibitions of it go, by admins
tering little of this healthy medicine of
publicity. Any Senator or member who
will appear in drunken condition at the
capitol or at the hotels of the city de-
serves to have the fact Immediately bla-
zoned from Maine to Texas. - Washington
Genital.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-01-11
In Mem0riam.

Whereas, Death, has for the first
time. entered our gates since our Or
ganization, and called one of our num-
Der from labor to refreshment. There
fore. be it Resolved, That we, the
members of the Mountain Home
Grange, Bondville, vt, realizing the
many good qualities of Brother Mar
shal NJ. Cressy, and feeling keenly our
loss, tender our heartfelt sympathies
to his family in their hour of bereave-
ment.
Resolved, That the members of
Mountain Home Grange wear insignia
of mourning, and that our hall be APP
propriately draped for the space of two
months.
Resolved, That a copy of these reso-
buttons be printed in the Patrons Ri
raj and Manchester Journal; also in
the LONDONDERRY SITTER.
CEPHAS WILLIAMS, J
F. i. PIER. Committee
c. r.. WILLIAMS.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-01-11
NOrWay.S scenic Grandenr.

Three things make summer excursion
along the western coast of Norway most
entlclng to Traveller. The scenic gran:
deur of those stern, solemn, awe inspiring
mountains, austere and bold, and glor.
ious in their strength and solitude, is the
first. Their gray and melancholy peaks
often rise sheer and clear from the lords
to considerable height, and present
sometimes a weird and fantastic shape,
rs at the Lofoden islands, with their
countless pinnacles, compared to sharks
teeth; or the Seven Sisters, 1000 feet
high, that seem to clasp each other with
frosty fingers in the upper air; or most
notable of all, perhaps, the Giant Horse
man, under the Arctic circle, myster-
ious presence that every Norseman feels,
and in which he has a snperstitious awe.
This suggests another element, the his
toric and Legendary interest attached to
these localities. The old Vikings have
left their memorials on sea and shore.
1t is delightful to look at this grand
scenery through the misty perspective of
romance and mythology. But more than
all is the bewitching beauty of a cease
less day, which invests with a subtle
charm that which otherwise might be
bleak, bare, and chilling. The fine
gradations of color in sky and sea. on
mountain and moor, the atmospheric con-
ditions in these high ATTITUDES where
there is no night, give a plenary and
browning glory to the view.-DD Leniss
Monthly.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-01-11
STATE NOTES-THROUGU THE
"SIFTER'S" SIEVE.

The wife and daughter of Senator
Edmunds have sailed for Nassau.
White River Junction has a new
$4,000 schoolhouse.
West Randolph rumsellers have been
bound up to answer at county court
for violating the law
Upwards of 100000 worth of
goods are sold annually by Burlington
wholesale dealers, exclusive of the lum-
Der trade.
The First National bank of Mont
pelier, J. A. Page, president, J. c.
Houghton, cashier, has just declared a
dividend of five per cent.
Herman Beeman, an elderly citizen
of Royalton, was killed by the express
train there yesterday while walking on
the track.
The First National bank of Fairha-
ven has declared its semi-annual divi-
dend of four per cent, payable Jan. z,
1884.
All of Roger Hovey's buildings at
Worcester, including house, barns,
etc, were burned recently. Insurance
sl4oo, which only partially covers the
loss.
Mrs. Nancy Thompson, wife of Hosea
Wright, of Essex, died recently from a
dose of corrosive sublimate. She had
been in poor health, and was possibly
temporarily insane.
While catching minnows in the gold
mine brook. at Tyson Furnace, last
Sunday, Willie McDermott scooped up
a handsome trout that weighed one
pound and fourteen ounces. The lad
presented it to Mrs. Blum.
Private letters from Paris state that
the wedding of Prince Poniatowsi and
Miss Ely Goddard, of New York, will
take place in that city the last Wednes-
day in January.
The spruce trees on the Green noun
tains have been attacked by some
mysterious disease, which is DESTROY
ing them. and causing no little uneasi-
ness among the owners of timber lands.
Howard & Leavitt's loss by the re-
cent fire at Craftsbury will reach near
ly 81, 900, with an insurance of $4,000.
S. L. Leavitt owned the building,
which was valued at 1920; insured
for S400.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-01-11
BUSINESS TALK.

Mr.. +. Winchester will soon call
upon the farmers in this section to
contract phosphate for next seasons
planting
Read the new advertisement OF
Robinson & Garman at the Blue Store.
d. b. Goddard is general travelling
salesman for the Estey Sewing Ma
chine. This is new machine, made
in Brattleboro, and the company are
fortunate in securing the services of
so good and trustworthy salesman as
Mr.. Goddard.
Those wishing light and remunera-
tive employment for the winter will
do well to write to w. III. Nichols of
Bellows Falls, whose advertisement
appears in this weeks SITTER.
Large lot of fancy Neck Ties, Silk
Handkerchief, ETC., at the Blue Store.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-01-11
The Black & White marble company

The Black & White marble company
is prosecuting work at Mallett's Bay
quarry on large order, and the place
is now busy one, There is every
prospect that the mill will be removed
to Brandon.
The masonry vault for the new bank
at Lyndonville is now being construct
ed. 1t is ten feet square, and the walls
are two feet thick. The charter is for
$4,000, with option of increasing to
100000. Subscription books open
Jan. 9.
A Young Mems Christian Union has
been organized at Montpelier. Gener-
Gus subscriptions to the enterprise have
already been made by leading men, Jas.
r. Langdon giving the use of the large
room over the First National bank.
The Supreme court of Chittenden
county has just confirmed a decision
giving Mrs. Hiram Crandall, of Bur
lington, $4,000 damages for injuries re-
ceived in falling into public drain
which was unguarded by lights.
Silas Bearnout, of North Royalton,
while walking on the railroad track
near Royalton, the I'd, was struck by
the engine Of the limited express south,
and almost instantly killed. He was a
well-known and much respected citi-
zen of the town. His age was about rs
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-01-11

BuCKNER, of Missouri, is chairman
of the committee on banking, and al
though it has been thought necessary
to announce that he will do nothing
to disturb the business of the country,
it is also announced that he is prepar-
ing a bill for doing away with national
banks and substituting treasury notes,
his plan being to retire all one and two
dollar bills and thus force an increased
amount of silver dollars into circula-
ton, and also increase the demand for
postal notes. This would be admir-
able both in economy and convenience!
The people would have to buy postal
notes at three cents apiece, and employ
extra facilities for freighting their sill
Yer. The fact is, paper dollar,
with gold or silver dollar behind it,
is satisfactory, with being obliged to
have special freight attachment; and
10 srettoor monetary inconvenience
can well be imagined than to increase
the present circulation of silver
Happily tits impossible to believe that
the country will ever be brought to
adopt any such absurdity. -Belzovs
Falls Times.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-01-11

HENRY WILLARD has resigned the
presidency of the Northern Pacific rail
road and made an assignment of his
property. Wizards case fully Illus
trates the ups and downs of life, and
also the trite saying that when a man
is going up every one is ready to give
him hoist, but when going down all
are equally willing to give him kick.
Last fall, when Willard opened the
Northern Pacific, driving the last
spike, golden one, in the presence of
General Grant and other home mag
mates, and numerous distinguished in
yited foreigners, who We're carried
thither in palace cars at the expense of
the company, he was the lionized
president of great corporation.
Now, Northern Pacific stock is down,
Willard cannot stem the current, and
has resigned, and such expressions as
these meet the eye: exit Willard, p"
"Villarl steps down and out" Willard
throws up the sponge" Poor Willard
he has no more free passes at his dis
posal and the leeches are after him.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-01-11
The Root of All Evil.

A terrible affair recently happened in
Puebla. An employee of the railroad
brought home all his savings, $500, in
bank bills, as surprise to show his wife.
who did not know he had that amount of
money. Hearing the approach of the
train he put them on the table and ran
TO his work and lis wife went to the door
to look after him. During her absence
their little three-year- old daughter
crawled up to the table and seeing the
roll of bright-colored paper threw them
in the fire. The father on his return on
learning of the loss struck the child such
terrible blow as to kill it, and that
night, filled with remorse, cast himself
under the wheels of train and COM
mitted suicide The mother became in
sane and is now in the asylum. Gales
ton Meas.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-01-11

From the foregoing table we see that
nearly 70 per cent. Of all the foreign born
population of the United States reside in
the New England states; trife over 80
per cent, or nearly one-third, in the
States of New York, New Jersey and
PENNSYLVANIA. Nearly II per cent. are
located in the three States of the North
west-Michigan, Minnesota and Wiscon-
sin. Again, nearly II per cent are
located in Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana,
over per cent. in Kansas and Iowa and
over A per cent. in California. The
States just enumerated contain over IS
per cent. of the foreign population, leav-
ing less than l5per cent. for the balance
of the country, including all the South.
ern States. --Neao York World.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-01-11
BRATTLEBORU.
years..

Col. Jack Haverleys MINISTRIES are
to give an entertainment at the Town
Hall this evening.
Work at the Estey organ shops is re-
ported rather slack just now.
The special train run to West Dunn
merston, to accommodate those wish
ing to attend the dance New Years,
was not very well patronized.
Ii the editor of the Reformer would
only give his consent, it is barely posi-
BILE that the Brattleboro and Benning-
ton railroad might be built. AS the
case now stands, however, he is APP
parently determined that it shall not
be. There is such thing as cutting
ones nose off for the sake of splitting
another Is this what the Reformer
is trying to do?
Peter Cakes is barbering for Sneider,
who lately bought out Orion Clark.
He employs three men besides himself,
and is doing good business. Give
him a call when you come to town.
Speaker Martin has fitted up some
rooms over the Vermont National
Bank, which he and his wife will
occupy, taking their meals at the
Brooks house, after their return from
brief wedding trip. His many friends
feel to congratulate him on his new
departure.
Fred Taylor, an estimable young
n.s..l, anu auuue ume express mesSen-
ger on the Brattleboro and Whitehall
railroad, who will be remembered by
many people in South Londonderry,
and who, since leaving that position,
had been studying stenography, died of
consumption early Tuesday morning
of last week. His funeral was largely
attended at the Uniyersalist church
the following Thursday. His age was
about 20.
What might have been serious
accident at the depot Monday morning,
on the arrival of the Valley freight,
caused by the engine leaving the rails,
on account of very defective truck
or wheel, and plunging towards the
station where passenger train was
standing, was averted in timely man
ner by the rare presence of mind and
stentorian voice of baggage-master f.
w. Simpson, of the narrow gauge
road, who shouted to Engineer Leach
to "go ahead" thus preventing further
damage and, perhaps, some bloodshed.
Mr.. Simpson deserves the thanks of
the railroad officials for his promptness
in the matter, and no doubt will receive
some recognition from them for the
same.
The removal of the carpenter organ
business to this place is an assured
thing, and Brattleboro may well feel
proud of such valuable acquisition
to its material interests. and the
benefit to be derived from it by all who
are in any way concerned with the
prosperity Of the town. With few
more men like Editor Crowel to push
matters, this would be the foremost
town in the state. As it is, it will
rank with any Of them of the same
size and facilities. Mr.. Crowel is no
drone in the hive. He is public-spirit-
ed, generous and open-hearted, and
believes in doing the most good he can
with his money. time and talent.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-01-11

Hon. LUKE p. POLAND, member of
Congress from this district, is pen
pictured by Washington correspon-
dent of the Cleveland Lealer as fol-
lows: "IIe has a slender, wel-built
form of full six feet, and though now
nearly 70 years of age, he stands as
straight as telegraph pole in his old
time uniform of navy blue broadcloth
and gilt buttons. He has large and
noble head, whittier than newly washed
wool. and his brown, benevolent face.
ornamented with well combed side
whiskers of the same hue, gives him
the appearance of typical grandfather
of the story book, the ersonifcation
OF all that is good, kind and manly.
A noble looking fellow is Judge Poland
OF Vermont, and he is to all appear
ances not a day older than when he
sat here ten years ago examining
Schuyler Colfax and others as to their
acquaintance with the credit mobilier.
Judge Poland has a high forehead,
which hangs out over pair of very
bright eyes of dark brown. His nose
is large and straight and his mouth
grave but pleasing. He has full
cheeks of ruddy brown and a face free
from the wrinkles and rdvages of
time. He will contend with Judge
Kelley as being the grandfather of the
Honse, and he already looks around
with a fatherly air upon the young
men on all sides of him.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-01-11

CONGRESSMAN MORRISON, democra-
tic chairman of the committee Of ways
and means, gives out that he is mo
spring chicken Very likely he is
prairie hen, and he may be a ELAINE
duck" before he gets through with
that little tariff racket of his.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-01-11

From the above we see that of the
total so, 155, 1873 persons residin. in the
United States in June, $780, 43,475, $40
or 66S per cent. were born within the
United States and 6,679, 943 or 1882 per
cent. were born abroad.
In like manner the distribution of the
foreign born population of the United
States is shown in the following table,
which gives the foreign population of
each State as taken from the census re-
port and the percentage of the total as
computed:
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-01-11
SITTER JOHN, EDITOR,

TIE Bellows Falls Times comes to
us this week enlarged, but still retain
ing that clean, home-like appearance
that has ever characterized it, and
which, alone, would be sufficient to
commend it to every household.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-01-11
The Population.

The following table gives the actual
number of persons born in each State
and in each foreign country, residing in
the United States in 1880, as taken from
the census reports, The percentage OF
the total population of the United States,
born in each State and foreign country,
has been computed and is here given for
the purpose Of comparison
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-01-11

Horses and Carriages at all hours. Persons
carried to all surrounding points upon arrival
of trains. Special accommodations to excur-
sion parties. Good teams and attentive dIi-
n