The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-01-01
NtWSY STATE NOTES AND
CLIPPINGS.

field monument fund to December ldth
amounted to $500.
The Orange county court at the Dec
ember term granted seven out Of ten
applications for divorce.
Two Montpelier lawyers recently
tried 4 case BY telephone before jas
tiss of the peace at North Calais.
Edwin Thompson is under arrest,
charged with recently stealing $50 from
Herbert Parsons Of Readsboro.
Since the 9th of the present month
Antoine Bell of Roxbury has buried
six Acknowledgements.
A strong G. A. r. Post, With Col.
Il. o. Seaver as commander, has been
organized At Woodstock.
The committee appointed by Gov.
Pingrce to locate the shire town of Or
leans county has designated Newport
as the best location.
The annual reunion of the Comecti-
cut river valley masonic union will be
held at Bellows Falls on Friday eve
ming, January 9th, 1885, with a BAN
quet at Towns hotel.
A singular coincidence in regard to
the Mason shooting affair in Walden is
the fact that the boys mother had a
brother drowned on Sunday, n son
drowned on Sunday, and, last, the boy
George was shot on Sunday.
Many soldiers here here are making
preparations to join the colony that 60
West in the spring to take up their boun-
ty land and found city, likely to be
called Vermont City. Appearances III
dictate that as many as two bundled
steady reliable men will join the colony.
Barnard Cor.
The Green Mountain News, publish
ed at Northfield has been sold to ".
W. Prescott, and will be absorbed by
the Waterman of Montpelier. Its pub
Usher, Geo. II. Richmond, will contin-
lie the job printing office at Mortified,
selling only list and good will of the
news.
A few weeks ago woman by name
Louisa Rich came to East Fairfield and
stopped at the house of distant con-
nection, Samuel Rich. She was in a
very destitute condition, literally in
rags, and was withal suffering with Il
cancer. The other day she died and in
carpet bag she brought with her was
found the sum of 81, 457 60.
The New Orleans car drivers are Oh
strike, much to the annoyance Of Wis.
itors to the great exposition.
Mrs. Williams, living near Dahlgren.
Hamilton county, H., while in fit OF
mental dependency on Friday, threw
one of her children, little girl, into
the well, and attaching another young.
or child to her dress, jumped in herself
The three were drowned.
About 100 saloon-kcepcrs We're ar.
rested for violating the excise law by
selling liquor on Sunday. II is sale
that many more liquor dealers would
have been taken into custody, had they
not been appraised of the contemplated
raids and took extra precautions.
Official reports show that 266 person!
were killed in the provinces of Malag'
and Granada by the recent earthquake
The population of Granada are still Ell
eampcd in the squares, and the richel
classes are lodged in carriages along
the promenade.
Derby Line has a tobogging club.
There were three generations of tn
Parker family who took part in spell
ing match, on recent evening, at Pow
nal.
Moretowu reported Al degrees below
and other towns in Central Vernon
from 16 to 20 degrees below zero OF
Friday.
The vestry of st. Paul's church, Bur
lington, have extended unanimous
call to the Rev. j. Isam Bliss to be
come rector. A large number Of thu
parishioncrs have also signed the invi
tation.
/ The Vermont grand lodge of Coco
Templars will hold three days meet
ing at St. Adams, beginning on the
third Wednesday of january. Tht
sessions will be held at the vestry OF
the Methodist church, with a public
meeting in the audience-room on Fri
day evening.
A young man named Lamphear, re'
Gently student in the Brandon graded
school and later a teacher in Chitten
den, became insane from over-study ant
was taken to the Brattleboro asylum
recently.
The Vergennes Vermonter says: "In
telligcnce has just been received here o.
the death, at Pittsburgh, N. Y, 0.
the valuable trotting horse Juniper,
belonging to Mr.. Guy Holcomb o,
Panton. He was valued at $4,000 ant
was the most promising horse in thi
section, having trotted over half
mile track in 2:25.'
Worse than Smallpox.
1t is said that there are in this village
| hu actual connt four hundred nni