The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-09-03
STATE NOTES.

The venerable ex-Gov. Paul Dilling-
ham of Waterbury since the accident
bv which he broke his leg, has been
dangerously i'll with pneumonia. lie
is now recovering slowly.
Geo. Wardncr, brother of Senator
Evarts' wife died at Windsor Saturday
at the age of 20.
An Essex man had occasion, the other
day, to pay debt of $4,000 to a Willis
ton man, and by agreement he paid 1t
all in silver. The box weighed $50 lbs,
and the Wiliston man was obliged to
call all his hired help before he could
move the coin to his vaults. lie Is now
worried to death to know what to do
with the elephant.
There were two accidents at Winooski
Saturday. Cyricle Grcenyear, employ
ed at the Burlington Woollen mills,
while clearing Il picker, got his haha
caught in the feed rolls aud it was ter
riblv laccrated. The hand had to be
amputatcd at the wrist. Milo Clay, an
employc at Doublday's furniture facto-
~, while working at a circular saw,
had three fingers of his left hand badly
cut, necescitating the amputation OF the
middle finger below the first joint and
the top of the first and third fingers.
The Mortified News came out last
week in an enlarged form. 1t is now an
eInup -pa=u. 40 -~~l...,-., ja"-nnl and nra-
SCENTS commcndable appearance.
There is regular epidemic of petty
burg]aries in Windsor and Windham
counties Woodstock, Royalton, Bethel,
Hartford. Bellows Falls, Brattleboro and
several other towns have suffered with
in week, and there is not much catch
ing done.
Mai. n. p. Bowman of st. Johnsbury
is 70 be made United States marshal fol
Vermont.
A child of Elmer Powers of East
Topsham, three ears old, fell i'll to
well Sunday morning and was drown
ed.
II. p. Potter killed black snake OF
A. r. Smiths New Haven farm, las
Monday, which measured seven feet ano
two inches.
Justin Greene fell from moving
machine while at work at Maquam Ba.
Yesterday, and received several bad cut
upon the head, besides having one fin
ger amputated.
Fred Sherbunc of Barre, one of tn
best riders in the state, recently cover
ed l12 miles in one day. lie starte'
, from Barre early i'll the morning AM
rode to Waitsiicld, where he took break
fast. From there he rode to Middlese:
and to Mortified. There he took din
, ncr. coming from Mortified to Yves
= Randolph, over the gulf road, rcachn
the latter place about ? p. IN. lie the
e rode to Bethel, thence to North Roya
5 ton and home through Williamstowl
arriving at Barre about 9 o'clock.
Chelsea has a drummers' war. I'll
town is removed from the railroads, an
Il a Chelsea man runs stage line to I'll
h nearest station. But the commercl
), men cut the route. hire teams at Il
= railroad station and make the rouf
: trip to the village in day. Fiftee
f merchants have conspired together al
" unanimously resolved to patronize l
II drummer who does not patronize Il
stage line. Three Boston men landt
r in the burg Wednesday by the usu
route and were given the cold should
;, bv tie merchants. Both merchants al
~ drummers are now thoroughly ma
3. If the latter use the stage line they ha
to stay over night in the village, viii
has no thcatcr oranything else to anus
y The commercial men say they will II
:" submit to the courage"
{; T. w. Farnham of West Fairlee, t
II, newly appointed democratic pos
II clerk on the Newport and Sprlngfit
Ell route, has resigned his position, becat
II; there was too much hard work involr
and he has defective cyesight.
40 The man appointed to weigh the ma
i. on the Central Vermont road bctwe
~ st. Adams and Rutland had just be
=, suspended for ncglecting business. /.
ri, The pack of yagabond Arabs, VIII
AN has been making its way through '
I'm mont fora few days past, arrived III
En- Johnsbury Thursday and encamI
is; Just above the villarge near Hir
ne, Weeks place. The crowd numbered
ut there being 20 human beings, four be
ael and five horses. They were very ord
en- ". and il would seem that most of
A. stories told about them are imagina
IN; They left early Friday morning in
in direction of Danville. Each one of
*; women carrieda great sack upon
n.y. back, while the men led the bears.
I'd: number of curious persons visited til
while in camp, Thursday night.