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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-02
DRESSED BEEF.
Success Of Colossal Enterprise In the
Northwest.

The colossal system inaugurated year ago
under the auspices oil tie Northern Pacific Re.
irgorator Company, whose object is to provide
the Northwest with an outlet for dressed beef,
is nearly completed The Marquis Domores is
manager OF the company, The system in
cludes packing house az every beef market
along the Northern Pacific, from Helena, Mont,
TO Duluth, at st, Paul and Minneapolis. A
large slaughter house is to be built at tho,
Minnesota transfer as soon ms pre-
limnaries connected with the purchase
oil n site are concluded. The house at the
transfer will be one OF the Target in the sys-
TEN, as it will BIO the depot for all winter ship.
ments, and n large share OF those during the
summer, Tho slaughter house at Medora is
TO be enlarged this month and next to 60x260
feet, which will make it the largest packing
house west OF Chicago, and give it u capacity
for cooling 700 beeves day, The company
was originally capitalized for $500 900, and
the investments by Marquis Demores and his
hther-in-law, Louis Van Hoffman, the New
York banker, have exceeded this capital
by 100000 more Thus far the enterprise has
been chiefly one Of Investments and prepara-
tons, and the work has been embarrassed by
the more than expected success OF the whole
plan, The sales are averaging $4,000 day
this month In order to mcei this excessive
development, 1t has been decided to reorgan-
ize the Northern Pacific Refrigerator Com
pany. This company is practically Marquis
Demores and Mr.. Van Hollman's, whose in
tcrcsts are identical, They will capitalize the
new company at about 81 $4,000 expecting
this figure TO cover the ultimate investments
necessary to place the completed syst m in full
and perfect working order.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-02

The probabilities are that all the posi-
bilities Of steam as servant of man have
been discovered, and that whatever may
be done In the future in the way Of APP
plying steam to human uses will be
through the fundamentally OF improved
apparatus, We may give our railroad
trains and our steam vessels higher rates
of speed than they now shave, and we
may, in various ways, utilize vaporized
water, but any new discoveries of the
properties of steam are, to say the least,
doubtful. 1t is not so however, with re,
gard to electricity. Here is a. great
natural force, the properties and peculi-
arities of,which are as yet but half I'M
derstood, and much as has been done in
the way Of claiming the lightning it Is
still to large extent free Of human con.
troh and 1t has mystery attached to it
which gives particular fascination TO
the Investigations of the scientists and
to the efforts OF mechanicians to apply it
as working force. It's, indeed, scarcely
too much to say, Notwithstanding all that
has been done of late years in the way
of investigating and utilizing electricity,
that electrical science is still in its In
fancy, and that, great as the achievements
of the past have been, the promises OF
the future are still greater.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-02
DISPLACED BY ITALIANS.
Laborers State a Grievance to the ID. G.
Commissioners.

LabOrerS stale q grievance 10 inc -. Y.
COmmissi toner's.
There is considerable excitement in labor
circles in Washington on account Of the pre-
sence of large number Of foreign laborers i'm
ported by the contractors on several of the
public works About $50 of these imported
laborers arrived recently. They are chartered
in a large shed erected by the contractors.
White and colored laborers, whose places these
foreigners have taken, have been paid from
$l.z5 to $l50 per day. They have all been
discharged, and the new arrivals set to work at
seven y-tive and ninety cents day. There
are fears of trouble between the discharged
laborels and the foreigners, Some time ago
an agency was opened in the city for the pur-
Jose Of furnishing foreign laborers under
contract to such firms as desired to obtain
cheap labor, and this is the first batch fur
nished through this office. A committee of
citizens has called on the District commission
ers to ask for relief against the imported TIA
liam labor. They stated that, if they were al
lowed to come here and crowd out the WASH
ington laborers, the District would have to
support the latter as paupers this winter. They
said they would either have to beg or steal.
They characterized the pauper importation as
an outrage. The committee suggested that
the contractors should not be allowed TO hire
such laborers, and if necessary to prevent it,
the contract with Thomas Mccain, of New
York, who brought them here. should be an
nulled. The commissioners suggested they had
no power to dictate to the contractors whom
they should employ. Congress was the right
power to complain to. As to the making Of
paupers the commissioners said that when that
condition of things arrived they would take the
proper steps in the matter
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-02
BIGGEST IN THE WORLD.
OIL well Averaging. Nearly 1000 barrel
pay--A City Springs Up.


Butler, Penn, aftera Rip Van Wrinkle like
sleep, has again blossomed out as blooming
oil town. 1t is now the centre of the latest
new oil field. The country roads are cut up
by the heavy, broqd-tired wagons; eager spec
ulators, on horseback or in buckbcards, rush to
the front; telegraph operators in wooden shells
are overwhelmed with floods of dispatches,
and the Pinkertons of the oil country, the al
ways at work and never weary oil scouts, are
away up to their ears in business. Butler liv-
erymen are reaping harvest Of greenbacks,
bluff Transfers are fairly coming money, and
private individuals who are running dilapida-
ted and time worn stage coaches to Phillips
City will soon be able to buy membership in
Buffers new exchange, which, under the ex-
element of the moment, has been born and is
flourishihg.
The cause Of all this excitement ls the gusher
brought in few days ago by the Phi lips
Bros. on their lease on Thorn creek. Already
Phillips City has sprung into existence. An
old red school-house, with decaying wooden
buildings, comprises the est portion of tho
city rs it stands to-day. But ii will not be so
long Already scores Of carpenters are at
work. The rasping of the saws and the pound
ing of the hammers are heard ON every side.
In Short time Phillips City will be fully sup
piled with bar-rooins, restaurants, hotels, hard
ware and general stores and gambling rooms.
The Postal Telegraph Company was first in
the field. The ono man who was sent out to
take charge says ho never wants another such
an experience. Over 1000 messages were filed
in less than ten hours. The Western Union
has opened an office. Both the companies are
doing a vast amount of business.
Although the Phillips we'll was brought in
several days ago, its Immense production,
which averages close to 1900 barrels day,
shows no percepeib signs OF falling off. The
Phil ps well is the biggest oil well IN the
world. The report that :he well had been
purchased by the Union Oil Company is I'M
true.
There are now % oil rigs in course of cree.
tion. In a few weeks THE .valley-wil present
aRicturesqae Appearance with its score OF rigs
and its lresh-looking WOO len oil tanks
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-02

The: Hope Of the Nation.
Children, slow in development, puny ,scrawny
and delicate, use fWells' Health Renew'er."
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-02
THE WEEK
In the United States ana the
Old World.
A CLIMB FOR LIBERTY.
Ingenious Method of Escape of a Con
neeticnt GOnyIct.

Ingenious Method OF Escape of a Com
noctiout Convict.
Warren Woodulflingers no more within the
walls of the state prison at Wethersiield. Al
5.l5 the other morning, according to custom,
keeper took Woodmffand another prisoner to
the engine rooms, OF which there are two, one
on the east side of the yard and one on the
west, Woodruff had been fireman ON the
New York & New England road, and for that
reason was assigned to run the engine ON the
east de, II Is the custom of the keeper to go
from one room TO the other, and there is quito
n distance between the two. When this
keeper, at 5,35 came back to Woodrurs en-
glue room, having been over with the other
man he found the prisoner gone, He at once
sounded an alarm, and investigated the man.
ner in which the escape had been made.
1t appears that Woodruff had collected thin
strips Of wood, and formed thereir6m pafai-
Telegram fastened at the four corners On one
side two other long strips were nailed to the
two corners, endwise, so as to be at right angles
with the flat frame. Woodruff had, from time
TO time while running his engine, braided long
strips of rope, made from the small ropes used
TO tie bundles of material coming there for
manufacture This apparatus had been in the
engine room secreted. The convict then tied
these braids to the corners OF the side of the
frame opposite the two long sticks. Placing u
stool by the WALL in the rear Of the engine
building and out of sight of the keeper, Wood
ruff put thereon box, and then threw his n
trivance up on to the top of the wall. The
long sticks prevented his falling as he drew
himself upward by the ropes. Clambering
over the wall he dropped into the garden close
bv, leaving his design for the prison officials.
Going down toward the cove, he might soon be
out of sight, Before hosting his patent escape,
he walked deliberately into workshop near
by, the time being too early for any OF the
workmen to have been there. He quickly dis
carded his own clothes, and was soon clad in
an overseers blue blouse and dark gray panta-
oOns, ribbed and greasy.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-02
A Brutal Exhibition.

Sporting men of the vicinity of Dover, N.
H., have for some time past been endeavoring
to arrange fight between Denis Healy oil
Lawrence, pusilist ofsome note, and John
Conboy Of Manchester, England, who have
been stopping in this city. As result Of their
'fforts, fight with bare knuckles came off at
sunrise recently in COW pasture for purse of
500. After the selection of referee both
men stripped to the waist, and then followed
fourteen bitterly fought rounds. The first and
eleventh were won by Conboy, and all the
others by Healy. In the fourteenth round the
knuckle o. the middle finger of Cowboys right
hand was badly ,lislocated and being thus dis
aBled he was unable to continue the fight,
which was awarded to Healy.. Both men were
badly nunished
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-02
JOHN BUNYAN'S CUP.
A Curious Relic of the Author OF "PIl-
grim's ErOgress,v

There is on exhibition at u jewelry store in
Chicago q massive tankard of silver that once
belonged to John Bunyan, who wrote the
"Plgrims Progress" 1t is of solid metal,
weighing over % ounces avoirdupo's, and holds
more thama quart. The handle is OF solid sill
yer, and the lid opens on hinge. On the
front Of the vessel is engraved in candles in
teracsd, eFhe Pilgrims Progress" and on the
bottom, in a circle OF script, "The Gift of
Nathaniel Ponder to Elizabeth, Wife OF John
Bunyan Of Bedford" The date, "l67l," is
also engraved on the bottom. The workman
ship is Quaint aud rare.
The history Of. the tankard is curious one.
AT the death of John Bunyan it was given to
Rev. Andrew Clifford, pastor OF the Baptist
Church in Bedford, who used it during his life
time as a piecebf communion plate When
the latter died it fell inte the hands Of heirs,
and they becoming very poor, pawned Eat the
shop of a London broker. 1t was finally re-
deemed by Isaac Maynard, Of Brandon street,
Wnlworth, London, who, when he died, left it
to his wife. BY her it was willed to Mrs.
Charlotte NJ Bach, and from Mrs. Bach it was
bought by gentleman Of Chicago, who possess
cs the fullest documentary proof of its anthem
ITCHY. Ii is valued by himat $1,000. 90
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-02
QUEER w ARD,
A Man who Can Be Moved Like q
Jolnted Doll anu stays Where Pint

Jointed Doll ana stays where Put.
There Is At tho present time confined in the
ots'go, N. r., county house young man
whose peculiar symptoms puzzle the superin-
tendont aud theattending physicians. A mum.
Der oiyears ago he was convicted under the
name Of John Wand, for larceny, and sent from
that county 20 tho rciormatory Il Elnim,
After several years he became insane, and was
sent back TO Auburn and kom thence he was
sent back to Otsego eounty-s ast jane. When
Mr. Burnside went after him they told him
that he would need no watching, that he could
leave him anywhere and would find him in the
same place when he returned be il one hour
or one day ON the time he left him, At the
first stop the train made ait starting: for
home, Ward GIT up and upon being asked
what he was gong to do, he said he was going
to stop there, Mr. Burnside restrained him,
and from that time to this not ono word has
passed his lips ,and he has made no move
us though he knew what was pass
ing around him. Upon arriving in Utica Mr..
Burnside, for fear ne might try to escape took
him to the station house and locked him in IA
a cell, after W, ich he went out and procured a
lunch and took IL in 10 him. Warl reached
out and took thelunch from hishand and when
he returned, five hours afterwards he stood
will do nothing of his own volilion he has TO
be dressed and fed, You en- take HIM out and
stand him up against q tree and he will stand
there till YOU come after him again; sit him in
chair and he sits there until you help him up,
He appears TO BIO in good health, but as he
seems to be unable to swallow his victuals ct
times, he is evidently weak. He is about "a
years old aud very prepossessing young man
to look nj. He shows no signs of insanity,
visitors almost invariably king HIM for vsi-
tor to the institution, The doctor and super
intendent both agree that there is nothing put
on about it, but that 1t is q peculiar phase o. in
sanity, and the saddest part that no o5ic knows
where he belongs or where his parents reside
He is undoubtedly educated, his hands are
small and look as if he had never done any out
door work, an his fee shows him out at once
to be far above the tramp fraternity. All who
have seen this case have pronounced it the
stranSest one on record.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-02
False Funeral Fashions.

A custom to which especial atten-'
ton should be directed, in order to
have it changed, is that of men stand
ing bareheaded in the open air, appa-
rently Indifferent to the burning sun
of July Or the cold winds of March,
without regard to the season or the
weather. Taking into consideration
the associated conditions, the necessa-
rily depressing influence upon the emo.
tons of the sad duty which at the
time is pre- sentiment in the mind, the
physical condition resulting from sit
ting in a cramped position during a
tedious ride in carriage, and the I'M
accustomed exposure to the weather. it
is not surprising that cases of illness
result from the removal of the head
covering. particularly in elderly people
with an enfeebled circulation. On a
hot day there is danger of preducinsif
not actual sunstroke, at least a cons
gestion Of the membranes of the
brain. which causes persistent and vio-
lent headaches, and to this ministers
and those officiating are particularly
liable. -. >
Whether the day be hot or cold.
wet or only windy, let the services be
held at place where the health of the
attendants need not be imperiled; let
delicate and weakly persons be re-
strained from riding to the cemetery
and standing on the damp ground; and
especially let men obey common sense
rather than custom, and keep on their
hats when they risk a sickness by their
removal. --Medical Times.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-02
DRUM NER RICE.
Having Confessed Several Forseries he
Prefers Death to the jail.

Having Confessed Several Forserles he
Prefers Death to the JaiI.
Charles r. Rice shot himself in the right
temple at Paterson, N. j., hotel the other
afternoon. He was a drummer for Chase
Brothers, florists, of Rochester, n. Y 1t was
suspected he was sending forged orders for
goods trom Paterson and receiving commits
sons on them. A lawyer sent from Rochester
found this to be the case. A warrant was Of
tained and placed in the hands of Constable
Riley. Rice was found in his room in the
hotel, and was informed he was under arrest
He at once acknowledged that the orders were
forgeries, and that he had received the COM
missions under false pretences. lie
got permission to write two or
three letters before he was taken to jail These
letters were to relatives, who were informed in
them that he was under arrest for forgery to
the extent of $500 or $500. Heas' ed tnaL the
money might be sent him to settle the cas-.
After the letters were written Rice asked
Constable Riley to 60 down stairs and bring up
his valise. just as he was coming up he heard
pistol shot. Openug the door he found Rice
lying on the floor with the pistol by his side.
His death was instantaneous Information was
sent to his relatives, who live at Fort Ann,
near Lake Champlain. He was about 80 years
old
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-02
STRUCK AMIDSHlPS.
Schooner J.J. Taylor Cut Down at Sea
Seaman Lost.

schooner J.J IayIof Cut Down AT sea
Seaman Lost.
Steamship Cienfuegos, from Cienfuegos, ar
rived at New York, reports lat 80 deg. II min,,
Ion. IS deg. 46 min, fell in with schooner j. J.
Taylor ON Fernandina for Laguaya, lumber
loaded dismasted and waterlogged. Took off
the captain and three men, ono man having
been washed overheard and lost, and brought
them to this port. Capt Mumlord of the J. y:
Taylor reports: Saturday, Sept Is, encoun-
tered hurricane, during which we were hble
to keep steerage way on the vessel and to keep
her free by lashing a man to the wheel, and the
rest f the crew were at the pumps until Mon
day, the 18th, when, at a. M, was run into
by a three -inasted schooner. She struck us
amidships and cut lis down below water line,
causing our vessel to fill in less than wo hours.
Cut away the mass to prevent her from turn
ing over, and threw anchors and Chains over
board forward. Philip Graham, seaman, was
washed overheard and lost. Lay in this. con-
diiion with very heavy seas passing over 'us
until the 18th without food Or fresh w ter. AT
6 p. m, the 18th, we we're taken q b. cam
ship Cienfuegos.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-02

The city of New Orleans is built on
swampy low land, almost in the delta Of
the Mississippi. Many large buildings
are slowly settling into the soft earth Of
getting into leaning position. The
custom-house, commenced so many years
ago that the memory of the oldest in
habitant does not run to the contrary,
has never been finished, stands to-day
without permanent roof, is sinking an
inch in six years, and if the world will
last long enough it is only question Of
time as to when the officials in the lower
floor will have to move up one story, and
keep on moving at stated intervals. until
they get to that part where the roof
ought to- be. -
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-02
BANK ROBBERS FOILED.
One Shot Dead-They are Detected While
Tunaeli.ig the Vault.

On recent morning the cashier of the
First National Bank at Las Vegas, N. NJ,
became convinced that robbers were tunnel
ing from an adjoining building 10 the vault in
the b nix, and guards were immediately
placed in and around the bank. Those inside
observe d the masonry of the vault gradually
sinking. Mexican volun eered to go down
to the cellar. He had taken but few atcps
down stairs when he saw some one coming
up. The Mexican fired without saying word,
and the man fell dead. The wntchmen then
b gan tearing up the floor Of the bank, with
the intention of shooting the robbers on sight
This woik was found Sow, the men fearing to
get ia range of those below, who at times
seemed rushing from one dark point to ano.h-
er. Finally the would-be robbers escaped. A
trip through the tunnel shows long and pa
'tient work on the part Of the robbers, the tun-
mel being sixty feet long conducted on scien-
-titlc principles; and containing provisions and
water and a full outfit of mining ttools: 1t
must have been three mouths in construc-
ton,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-02
A Remarkable Case.

One of the most remarkable invalids in Gin
cinnat, JOSEPH Bacciocco, died recently, aged
10. The cause of his death was elephantiasis.
From this complaint his right leg was enlarg-
ed to a fearful extent, and atthe calf was three
feet four inches in circumference. He was
familiar, to great many people Of his city,
dered at the enormous development of his
NIB. To such m extent had the disease
grown on him, that the boy weighed nearly
300 pounds. one-half Of this weight being con-
fined to the one limb.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-02
A HANDCUFFED THIEF.
More Than Eapel 20 a. MAN and n Boy
in Spite of tho Irons.

in Spite of the Irons.
The horse thief Harrison, who escaped from
n rapidly moving train rece3tly, near Bowie,
Md: ,'llas been heard from once more. he
turned up at the ia mhouse OF William Beny,
FIVE miles south of Bowie, batless and han L.
cuffed. His statement to Mr.. Berry was Il at
his horse and buggy ha | been taken from him
by highwaymen, who had handcuiied him and
allowed him to escape. He requested TO be re-
leased from the irons, but the farmer being
suspicious, refused, and instead hitched up his
horses and started him off TOT jail in charge of
james Green, colored, and hi, thirteen-year-
old son. On the trip Harrison, although
ironed, managed to knock both of his compan-
ions ont Ct the wagon, and escaped with the
team. Next night the horses arrived at Marl-
boro, with the front wheels Of the wagon only.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-02
Cholera in ItaIy.

The state department has received an inter
. esting report from the United States consul at
Genoa in regard to the cholera scourge, which
made its appearance on the ODD of August He
says that at the outbreak of the cholera at lou
Ion and Marselles Spezia was selected as the
place to quarantine all Italian fugitives from
those cities. Those brought to Spezia at the
expense of the Italian government were kept
on board ship till the days of quarantine ex-
pred The report has not been contr,dicted
that 'afterward the refugees were allowed to
take their mattresses and other bedding on, and
that they disposed of them to the highest bid
der. Another report was that many. OF the refu-
gees escaped during the night time and took
their infected clothing with them
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-02
The Pension Office,

Secretary Teller said Lately that he had not
yet selected any one to recommend to the
President as successor 10 Commissioner of
Pensions Dudley, and that he probably would
not do so until next month, sin e Col. Dudley's
resignation would not take effect until Nov. TO-.
The President will be urged to promote.Deputy
Commissioner o. p. G. Clark of Rhode Island,
an old and faithful employee of The pension
office, who is well fitted for the pos. But the
general opinion, based on q positive as.ertion
from a near friend ofsGcn. james a. Beaver
of Pehnsyfvanis, Is that that gentleman will
get the place.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-02
MURDER BY CHILDREN.

Two Iittle Girls ID ,iiberateIy-Kill Their
sfx-fsar-Old Half Brother iil Ka nsas.
Ottawa, in Franklin COUNTY, Kansas, has
been the SC me ola llouiplss domestic tragedy.
Two girls, Carrie and Bessie Waterman, aged
IL and IA years. the motherless children of a
farmer, deliberately murdered their 6-year-old
half-brother. A rope. was. lied about the
chifds neck, and it was dragged about until
dead, the head, through the cutting of the rope,
being nearly severed from the body. The
They were held To answer