The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-06-06
LATEST NEWS.
A Mother and three
children Murdered.
Gen. Babcock and two COM
panions Drowned.
The Chicago Convention.

PLEAsANToN, Kan, June 3.-About
noon yesterday report reached here
that two children were drowned in
Sugar Creek, five miles north of this
place. A coroncr's jury was summon
ed, which on repairing to the scene,
found a wagon, one horse and 4 full
set of harnesses, except one bride.
Lying beside the wagon was the body
of q girl about l6 years old, with her
head completely severed from the body.
The stream was then searched and the
bodies of two children were found, a
girl aged about eleven and boy about
six years. The girls skull had been
crushed with an axe and the boys
throat cut from ear to ear, after which
the bodies had been thrown into the
creek. In ncighboring thicket the
mutilatcd body of Il woman, apparently
the mother of the murdered children.
was found. The side of her head had
been beaten in and her throat cut. The
body was hidden uudcr a bush and
covered with logs. 1t is learned that a
mau accompanied by the murdered wo-
man and children was in town last
week, but nothing has been discovered
as to the identity of the party. The
man was of medium stature and rag
gedly dressed.
WASHINGTON, June 3.-Telegrams
from Daytonia, Fla, announce that
Gen. O. E. Babcock, engineer of the
fifth lighthouse district; Levi p. Luck.
ey, his chief clerk formerly assistant
private secretary of President Grant,
and Benjamin p. Suter of Washington
were drowned on Saturday in Mos
quito inlet, off the coast of Florida
while experimenting the work on til,
lighthouse being erected there. The
body of Gen. Babcock was recovered
but the search for the others was una
vailing. The lighthouse board has re
ceived no official information on tn,
subject
The Republican National Convention
convened at Chicago Tuesday at noon
The chairman of the National commit
tee in calling the convention to ordel
said: Chicago was known as the con
vcntion city. 1t was the field of Re
publican victory. Here it was that tn,
immortal patriot, Abraham Lincoln
was chosen; here the party chose tina
great chieftan, Gen. Grant; here i
nominated that honored soldier, tina
great statesman, that Representative,
citizen, James A. Garfield [Cheers]
Every action of the party on this his
toric ground has been followed by vic
tory. Having succeeded against it
opponents on all former occasions i
was about to put its house in order TO
another conflict. AS consequence o.
a vote adopted by the last convention
the present body is largely made up o.
men instructed by their own constitu
ehts, and it was therefore to be hopc(
that the voice of the people would b,
largely present in its deliberations
Applause He closed with an expires
sion of hope for victory and proposed
for Temperate chairman Hon. Powell
Clayton of Arkansas" To the propos
al of Clayton the convention rebelled
and after several short but pointed
speeches elected j. r. Lynch, of Miss
This was brought about by combina
ton of independents and Arthur men
and was Blaine defeat.
On Wednesday the convention af
fcctcd permanent organization, witt
j. g. Henderson, Of Missouri, as chair
man and Chas. w. Clisbee, of Michi
gan, secretary.
Up to Thursday noon no ballot ha(
been taken, and it was not thought tina
one would be taken before today.