The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-01-18

81 the sumo parents had . extm fingers, IN,
third oSt'R fingers and IN extra toe and the
tated. Ns'' "''i"
THE mil mills In Eastern Massachusetts have
decided ON reduction OF Is per cent in wages
and tho workmen. at Wareham, Plymouth
south Warelnm, West Wareham, Weymouth,
Somerset and Bridsewater have decided to stor
work. These are all tho factories but two in
the East, and the western mills havs stopped
Tor six weeks beceuso Of the glut in the market
As n street car on tho Deering line wis do.
scendlng Prebe street. In Portland. Me Inc
brakes broke aud tho horses rnn. Upon turn.
ing at Portland street tho cur toppied over,
Several passengers were severely bruised, the
most seriously hurt being Dr. and Mrs. j p
Weston the former tho principal Of Wes,brook
seminary.
REV, GEORGE w. DUMMY, d. D.. died in
Augusta, Me-, of peneumona. Or. Quimby
was born IN the town OF Wes,brook, and was 4
little moro than 70 years of ago For several
| years prior to 1857 he edited the Star of tht
Wesf, publ-he at Cincinnati, o., and at one
time was an owner and editor OF the 1rumI et
ana freeman in Massachusetts,. In 1864 he
purchased the Gospel Banner published IN
Augusta. He leaves five children and a
widow. HIS remains were taken to Deering,
Me-, for burial,
FRANK WRIGHT, Of Woodsvle, N. H., was
sent to state-prison for 80 years, in 1860 for
killing his wife. He was released two years
ago, and married and settled near Littloton.
Now he has run away to escape arrest for try
ing to kill this wife.
CHARLES II. MURcH, an ex.aldernan Of
Belfast, Me-, was struck by cake of ice
while storing it. and died from the injuries.
| ('OI n II, -.
engineers, in charge of the Improvement OF
certain rivers and harbors in Maine, has re.
ported with respect to the improvement Of
Penobscot river and Bangor harbor, the break.
water at the mouth Of the Saco river, and the
mouth OF the Great Bay and Piscataquis river
he estimates the cost of completing the i'm.
| provemcnts projected at Penob.cot river and
Bangor Lnrbor, at SIS, 900; OF completing the
improvements in progress on the Saco river,
Sa9o,ouO; Of completing the improvements
ut Great bay. S7O9.009.
OK account Of the vigorous prosecutions of
| the sa Don keepers for selling liquors on Sum-
day, the Liquor Association of Fort Wayne,
Ind, gave due notice that it wonld retvliate
and prosecute any merchant doing business on
Sunday. Great annoyance has been caused,
and tho liquor men have lost many friends by
their retalatory measures.
lence of the groom, 900 Arch street, by Rev.
B. c. Lippincott, j. d. Garrison TO Bertha E.
Clear of Haddingon. No cards." The above
notice announces the marriage OF the living
skeleton one Of the most famous Of American
nonstrosities, to young girl OF II OF Phila-
lelpha. The girls whole heart was set on
he IS pounds OF bony manhood and big feet
hat poised day by day TO be stared OF and
nnched and talked about The skeleton is
worth $50 900.
The chief of the Nihilists who has recently
been the companion of O number of Irishmen
m London, has vanished from that city, after
having received n letter from ST. Petersburg
stating that the car and czarewitch must be-
killed
THE members OF the imperial family OF
China have offered portion of their private
fortunes to assist in q war against France.
A PROMINENT member Of the bar association
of New York states that movement is on
foot to prefer charges against at least five
supreme court judges. 1t is claimed that these
judges have their iavortes, to whom is given
all the judicial patronage, and that decisions
favorable TO corporations have been rendered
for pecuniary consideration.
ZAClARlAH CLEMENsoN. the tramp inter-
coded Tor in Ohio in November Inst by Col.
Alien G. Sheppard OF Lynn, and whose career
was so romantic, has again taken to trampinr.
and Ills whereabouts are unknown. He Is
insaae.
A MACuINE has been invented for the manu-.
lecture Of hob ma Is, the work hitherto having
been done by hand, and factory will shortly
be established in Pittsburs Pa. 1t is elaine
that the machine is capable of doing the work
of 100 men.
unprecedented rise in the Elk river,
branch of the Kanawha, has caused loss Of
MT less than 500, 900 in slaves, bark and ium.
Der, ut Charleston, W. Va.
The society sensation in Germany is the
matrimonial quarrel between Prince Frederick
Charles c,lieil the Red Prince, and his wife
She has left the prince taking refuge with hel
family at Anhult and declares that she viii
never return. Emperor William refuses t.
permit the scandal Of a divorce, and insists up
on an arnicablc separation.
The upper house Of the Hungarian Diet la
rejected, by n vote Of 200 to 1911 the bill legal
izing marriage between Jews anu Christians
MEETING Of 1900 unemployed persons wa
held in Paris, and violent speeches were de-
livered favoiing an armed revolution as tn,
only means OF ending the sngnation in tl1,de
GEORGE JEFFREY, who, with his wife is IN.
der indictment at Riverhead, Long Island,
N. Y, for the murder Of the womsn's illegi,i.
mate child. made a full confession, stating that
he held the childs body between his knees,
twisting the head one way until he though, he
had broken its neck, and then twisting it the
other way to make certain.
E. F. CARTER. one of the largest debtors OF
the Exchange bank Of Montreal, p. O., and
who also deiaulted the Mechanics bank is the
same man who, during the war, was sub.
treasury agent for The sale of United State.
government bonds and who delaulted The STATE
bank Of Boston out of some 5000 900, with
which he fled to Canada and started number
u enterprises. When last head OF, he was in
Winnipeg.
THE Montreal corn exchange, in its annual
reports, advocates the abolition of canal tolls.
and strongly recommends, in the interests Of
farmers, flour mllers, the grain trade and the
public generally, the nbol ion of all taxes on
breadstufs; untrammeied interchange OF
national productions between Canada and the
United States, and the abolition of all imposts
and burden upon shipping by the st. Lawrence
route.
A BILL was introduced in the Mississ1ppi
Legislature providing for a liberal state appro.
pri .ton to aid in the display of Mississippi
products, etc, Mt the approaching worlds ex-
position at New Orleans.
HUGO SCHESCKE, an engineer, has been
arrested in Vienna. upon the charge of murder
ing four girls after having obtained their money
under promise Of marriage
CERTIFICATES of incorporation have been
filed in New York of three different telegraph
companies. These are the Lowell District
Telegraph Company, the Manchester District
Telegraph Company, and the Lawrence Dis.
trct Telegraph Company. The lines of each
company are to run from New York across
Connecticut to Massachusetts, and thence to
Lowell, Mass, Manchester, N. H., and Law.
renee, Mass, respectively. Each company 4.
organized with capital stock of $50 900.
In view OF attempts to collect political assess
ments from government employees in Washing
ton, the civil service commission has in u.ted
Mr. Thoman TO investigate the matter and re-