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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19
General Grant Repays a Loan.

Among the many enthusiastic friends of
General Grant In New York State, is Charles
Wood, the brush manuaci urer of Lansing burg.
Although not a wealthy nan, Mr.. Wood III
May last after the failure OF Grant & Ward
RENTED the general 500 as token OF sppre
citation of General Grants services to the
country from 1861 to so, and also rendered
him loan Of $1,000 fer a year without interest
or security. The offer was accepted with
thanks and a note forwarded Tor the amount.
few days ago Mr.. Wool received from Cen
eral Grant check for Sl00J, together with II
letter thanking him for his generosity to {,
stranger in time Of need and adding tnat since
the loan was made the general had 10 nd an
opportunity to earn the amount, presumably
the proceeds OF the Shiloh contribution to the
Century,.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19
Exhibited His Nerve

Thomas Watson, brakeman, met with
singular accident to-day, which would have re-
suited III instant death but for his remarkable
exhibition of nerve. While walking back ward
down the track in front OF moving cars, which
he was preparing to couple, Watson's heel was
caught in frog. He made desperate effort
to wrench his foot loose or pull it out of the
shoe. Failing in both attempts, and Just as
the cars were about closing in on him, he
cast his body to one side OF the track with such
force as to break his thigh and knee bones,
which permitted his body to bend in such n
position that the wheels passed by, simply
crushing the heel Of his shoe, without much
injury to his foot. Watsun's broken bones
have been reset, and the ply sicians say he will
not be crippled at all.-Hearae, Ter, Dis
JiUfch
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19
Question of Weight.

Mrs. Newbride-"I am so sorry you
could not come to my wedding. but
you got the piece of cake sent you
didn't you? / made it myself"
Mr.. Oldback-"Oh, yes; it arrived
safely"
81 am so glad. Isent you an awful
big piece because l was sure you
would like it. 1t must have weighed
nearly two pounds.
as that all? l thought it weighed
about twenty pounds.
"Indeedl Why. when?"
after I had eaten it."-Philadel-
phia Cali
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19

From recent cable dispatches the limit
of taxation has been reached in Russia.
The ordinary and the extraordinary ex,
penditure for 1888 reached the sum Of
$40O, 900, 900, which is an enormous sum
when the wealth of the population is
taken into consideration. This sum is
mainly laid out for military purposes.
The peasants are unable to pay the per
sonal and land taxes, the customs duties
are yielding less, though most OF the
duties have been increased, and general
discomfort reiens throughout the empire.
The national debt at the close of the
year aggregates ~, 172, 500, 900, and what
is worse, it is increasing rather than de.
creasing,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19
Friphtful Fall of Workman

The other morning five workmen went on
n scaffo at the Philadelphia, Wilmington &
Baltimore railroad ridge crossing the Susque-
hanna river at IIavre dc. Grace, for the purpose
of making some repairs. Suddenly the scat
fold, which was supported by iron hooks broke
in the centre. Two OF the men grasped the
striugpieces of the bridge and escaped, but In
spccior Barnes, John SehIltz. Samuel Flem-
ming and Peter Patterson, fell ON the ice 80
feet below, and crashed through il into the
river Help was near at hand, and all were
rescued. Barnes was seriously hurt in the
back and legs, and was internally injured. The
others are iouSIy
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19
PENNSYlVANlA'S G. A. R.
This Weeks Convention and Matters
That VIII Come Before 1t.

There NJ many delegates to the annua
encampment of tho Pennsylvania department
of the Grand Army of the Republic, conven-
ing in Harrisburg this week. There are in the
state about 450 posts OF the Grand Army of
the Republic with an aggregate membership
OF about 10000. The encampment will be
attended by about 1000 delegates, and the
event will attract Mt least rs many moro ex-
soldiers. Among the duties OF tho encamp
ment will be the selection Of sc delegates to
tue national encampment at Portland, Me.
Action will likely be taken urging the Legisla-
ture to pass a bill appropriating 500 900 for
the mantaInance of soldiers orph n schools
in the state for the next two years. These
schools have cost the state about SIS, 900, 600
since their establishment over 20 years ago
1t was originally intended that this educational
system should end when the youngest orphan
should lave attained the age of 10 years, but
the Legislature, through the urgent requests
of the Grand Army CT the Republic, widcned
the scope of the schools SO as to admit into
them children of crippled and destitute sol
diers, and provided that tn ~ should not be
closed until 1890
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19
THE RED MANS DOMAIN.
A Proposition to Investigate the Policy
of Leasing Indian Lands.

The Senate committee on Indian affairs
which recently Investigated the leasing of lands
by the Indians to cattlemen will make a
partial report in few days. The committee
will recommend that subcommittee be ap-
pointed t, visit the Indian territory and
Montana during the summei, to investigate
the policy of the Indians i'll leasing their
lands. it will also report that officials in the
interior department, except certain Indian
agents and traders, have not been guilty OF
improper conduct in connection with leases OF
Indian lands Two agents-Messrs. Towns
bend and Pollock-it will say, interested
themselves in leases while they were govern
ment officials, which action was contrary to
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19
For Self-SuppOrtinS Girls,


Girls, first make up your minds that
you will be something. All the. rest
will follow. What you shall be com es
more easily and clearly in due time
A girl of thirteen cannot decide,
with any discretion or any assurance
whether she will be a sculptor or
wash-woman, farmer or a poet; but
she can decide distinctly whether it is
her wish or her duty, after leaving
school or college, to remain dependent
upon her parents or to fit herself for a
self providing life.
The education by which you mean
to get your bread and butter. your
gloves and bonnets, is very different
affair from that which you take upon
yourself as an ornament and an inter
val in life.
The chemical experiment which, you
may some day have to explain to pupils
of your own is quite another thing
from the lesson you may never think
of again.
The practice in bookkeeping which
may sometime regulate your dealings
with lesh-and- blood customers, be-
comes as interesting as new story.
The dull old rules for inhexion and
enunciation fairly turn into poetry if
you hope to find yourself great public
reader some coming day.
And the very sawdust of the French
or Latin grammar becomes ashes of
roses to the stout little fancy that
dreams of brave work and big salary,
in some foreign department at Wash
ington or tutoring girls or boys for
college.
All over the terrible ocean, among
the lwaless sailors, the men with wives
and children to work for are those
who lead the gentlest and cleanest
lives.
So, on the great ocean of school-life.
the girls with aims to study for are
those whose labor is the richest and
the ripest.
All! you will never realize until
you have tried what an immense
power over the life is the power of
possessing distinct aims. The voice,
the dress, the look, the very motions
of a person define and alter when he
or she begins to live for a reason.
1 fancy that. l can select in a
crowded street the busy, blessed women
who support themselves, They carry
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19
Snow Piled Up in Chicago,

The heaviest snowstorm known for year
visited Chicago recently. The snow began to
fall IN binding sheets about s o'clock in the
evening, and the biting wind whirled it about
in clouds for "a hours. The streets were de-
serted and no one vehturcd out unless COM
PEELED to do so. The street cars did not pretend
to observe any schedule time, but after while
the cable lines were in excellent shape, and
open all Jay. As the storm did not develp into
one of sleet the telegraph wires were not
interferred with but the trains on all the rail
roads were very late. At times during the
day, the storm wagcd so furiously that it was
Impossible for pedestrians to see 20 feet in front
of them. In some parts OF the city the drifts
were II feet deep, and many houses were lock-
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19
ONLY Fraotian. or LiYe..

How many persons live only fraction OF
average human life because they neglect to
take the commonest precautions against sick
ness. II Is disease in its maturity that kills,
and maturity implies growth, A slight indis-
position is usually sighted. They who avail
themselves OF Hostetters Stomach Bitters
know il TO be efllcaeious in chronic cases of
disease, but the process OF cure is far easier
one il It is used in early stages of dyspepsia,
malarlal disease, rheumatism, constipation
and liver arrangement, Let those who would
avoid the peril which even the most potent rem
edies cannot avert, steer clear of the rock upon
which so many constitutions split-an under
appreciation Of the danger OF neglect II will
not do to omit care and recourse to medicine
when health is affected, Ii debili tated, OF
nervous, or dyspeptic, take it Tor granted you
are in want OF remedy, use the Bitters.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19

The postma ,ter-general has informed Par
lament that it will be impossible for the gov
eminent to reduce postage 10 the two-cent
rate without le-impo,ing the postage on news
papers. The annual report Of the post Office
department for 1884, which WIS laid before
Parliament today. shows that against total
POSTAL revenue OF 81 330,0)0 there was an ex-
penditure of 81, 93l 900, deficit Of SG00,O0
The opening OF new past Offices throughout the
Northwest, while not adding materially to the
revenue, will, for some years to come, cause
large annual increase in expenditure and con-
sequent deficit. The total number OF letters
carried during the year was $4,000 600, an in.
crcnsn of & nnn Nn1 nypr 1873
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19
Unbecomine its Dignity,

The House committee ON foreign affairs, to
which was referred the various resolutions
relative to the recent dynamite explosions in
London, has decided To report that it was I'M
becoming the dignity of the House of Repre-
scntatives to assume that American citizens
had been in any way connected with crime
where no charges have been made, and tn It
the committee was unwilling tn request any
officer of the government to search ior proof
Of guilt when there was no charge.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19

Commenting on the recent publishing Of
what purports to be a letter written by Gen.
Lord Woseley to lady at Redmond, under
date OF war office, London, Dec. 81 in which
it is stated that Stoncwall Jaekson's name
"will live in American history when that of
Mr.. U. S. Grant has been forgotten" an Eng
Gsh correspondent points ont the fact that
Gen. Wolseley was not in England at the time
the letter is dated, and that he could not have
written such letter. The correspondent
characterizes II as eYid ntlv ho ms
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19
Every Woman Know. Them.

The human body is much like good clock
or watch In its movements; it one goes too
slow or too fast, SO follow all the others, and
bad time results; if one organ or set of organs
works imperfectly, perversion of functional
effort of all the organs is sure to follow. Hence
it is that the numerous ailments which makes
woman's life miserable are the direct issue of
the abnormal action of tho uterine system,
For all that numerous class of symptoms
and every woman knows them-there is one
unfailing remedy, DR.. Pierce's "Fayorite
Prescription" the favorite of the sex.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19

Secretary Lincoln has instructed Lieut. Nc
Donald not to turn over 10 the governor of
southern California the Mexican Mulineers re-
Gently arrested by his command in Arizona,
near he border line, bat TO hold them subject
to the receipt BY the department of state from
the President of Mexico of the proper eX-
tradition papers. This action is taken at the
reque-t of the Mexican Government.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19
Suit for Salvage,

The Canada Shipping Company Oimited),
owner Of the steamship Lake Winnipeg have
filed a libel in the United Safes district court
of New York City, against the steamship
Alaska. The document sets forth that the
Lake Winnipeg answered the signals of dis
tress of The Alaska during her last rough voy-
age, and steer her INFO port. The value of
the Alaska and her cargo is placed at 81 $780,
00c. The libellants ask the court to fix the
salvage
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19
Scatterinr of the Mormons

A Chicago special from Salt Lake City says
thntit is whispered about that President John
Taylor of the NJ prm m church has left the city.
His two counsellnrs, Joseph +. Smith an
George @. Cannon, are also absent. Milford
Woodruff, president Of the twelve apostles, IS
also missing. Nosuch mysterious scattering OF
the leaders was ever known there before. The
grand jury have reported ten indictments in a
week under the Uu ted States statutes, all OF
which. it is supposed are for polyg ,my.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19
The Saratnra Monument,

At meeting of lie trustees of the Saratoga
Monument Association in New York, DIS
cussion was had as 10 the best means of prose-
cu,ing the work The monument is at Schuy-
lcrville, n. Y, and is commemorative OF the
battle of Saratoga and Burgoyne's surrender.
Letters were read from George William Curtis,
S. s. Cox and Senators Warner Miller and L.
G. Laphnm. A bill is being prepared, to be
presented to the Legislature, asking for an ap-
preparation Of SIS, 900 for the completion of the
monumeut.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19

The CLERK of tn, bureau OF the revenue
m ,rine service has made a report of assistance
rendered by revenue vessels on the New
England coast during the winter cruising of
l884-S5. Tho revenue steamer Woodbury.
assisted six vessels in distress, the steamer
Dallas 10, the steamer Glllatin four and the
steamer Dexterfive. In the maj ority ofthe cases,
the vessels had been III !ht in the floating ice,
and were towed to places of safety by the
reyeIue st camers
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19
EXPIRED IN CHURCH.
Sudden Death ola Charitable PhiladeI-
Dhia Widow.

Mis-. Mary Stubs, a wealthy widow and the
largest individual contributor to many charita-
Die and benevolent societies in Philadelphia,
died suddenly in the Oivet Presbyterian
church, Of which she was one of the founders.
1t has been her peculiar habit for many years
to inclose bank notes IN an envelope and hand
it to the usher OF the church every Sunday as
he passed her pew. Her contributions to the
support of the church were made wholly in this
way. After depositng the envelope, and as he
was pas ing Mrs. Stubs pew on his way up
the aisle, the usher heard her breathing hard,
and, turning, found her unconscious. Before q
physician arrived she had expired of heart dis
else,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19
To Outwit Bismarck,

American capitalists are at Montreal nego-
tiating for the formation OF an ablttoir COM
pany, with ca,ital OF 81 ,Oo0,0 The IN
tention is to slaughter Amer can hogs in
Canad,, anl thus get around the present
prohibitory legislation of Germany i'll con-
nection with imports Of American pork into
Germany. The promoters OF the scheme are
wealthy Amer can cattle men, and speak of
establishing extensive cattle yards in Montreal.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19

The French government has sent orders b
Admiral Courbet to watch for tho arrival in
the Chinese sens of the steamers Atlanta, from
Hamburg, Feb. 6, and Metofeda, from Liver
pool, Feb. 10, both for Shanghai, with guns
and munitions of war on board. The steamers
will be warned when passing through the Suel
canal against proceeding to any Chinese port,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19
TRANSMISSION of blood has been su,

TRANSMISSION of blood has. been success.
fully tried in the collapse of cholera by
member of the Paris faculty of medi.
cine. The patient, who was moribund
when the remedy was tried, recovered
from the death coma in few minutes,
and, from the moment of the TRANSMISSION,
spontaneously and rapidly improved,
Human blood was employed in the casel
but experiments are to be made with this
blood of domestic animals, particularly
sheep and cattle.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19
A Strong Endoyyru emf

Is conferred upon that magnificent institu-
ton, the human system, by DR.. Pierces
Golden Medical Discovery that fortifies it
against the Entertainments of disease 1t is
the great blood purifier and Alternative and
as a remedy for consumption, bronchitis and
all diseases OF wasting nature, its influence
is rapid, efticacious and permanent. Sold
everywhere
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19
SAVED BY A FREIGHT TRAIN.
Narrow Escape of 100 Passengers From
Injury and Death.

An attempt was made TO wreck a passenger
train recently, on the New Orleans division q
the Texas Pacific railroad late at night fellow
Marthavlle, La. A rail on the bridge was
taken up, but fortunately wild freight struck
the bridge half an hour ahead Of he passenger
train, which carried 200 lives. The engine and
eleven freight cars were hurled from the bridge.
The engineerand fireman m'raculousiy escaped
unhurt. Two boys were arrested charged with
tbe crime
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19
Noted Mechanic Dead

Thomas Warner, who has the honor OF first
putting into practical operation the mechanical
idea OF interchangeable parts, died recently in
Springfield, VI ss., in the 92d year OF his age
lie was born there, and, in long term of
service at the national armory in that city,
carried OFT his flmons scheme nbout 1912.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19

themselves with an air Of conscious
self-respect and self-content which a
shabby alpaca cannot hide. nor Bon
net silk enhance, nor even sickness or
exhaustion quite drag out.-St
Nicholas.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19

Premature decline of power in either sex,
however induced, speedily and permanently
cured. Consultation free. Book for three
letter stamps. Worlds Dispensary Medical
Association, Buffalo, N Y.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19
KELLEY AND HIS MOTOR,
English Scientists Greatly interested in
the Novel Invention,

Through the efforts of Mrs. Bio mfeld II.
Moore, wealthy Philadelphia lady now resld-
ing in London, who has been advancing money
to kecley, the inventor, during the past three
years, and Mai. Ricardo Seaver, an eminent
English scientist, it is prob bic that the famous
Kelley moi or will be exhibited at the invent
ors exh bition in Lond n in June. Great in
tercst has been aroused in the matter among
En- -lish SC entlsts 1t is claimed that the motor
is nearly completed in al Details and public
exhibition Of its workings is expected ina sholt
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19
Pensions for Pilots,

Representative BIgley has been instructed
by the national committee on iavalid pensions
to favorably report to the louise a bill provid-
ing that pilots who served on United States
gunboats during the late war shall receive the
same rate of pension rs engineers in the same
servca arc NOW entitled In
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19
Ten-seventeenths of the voters Of
the United States are farmers.

The Andrews Parlor Folding Beds receive the
highest commentator wherever used in Ho-
tells in Boarding Houses and Private Families.
Keeler's, SO to 81 Washington street, Boston
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19

Texas, the largest state in the
Union, is to have the largest capitol
in the Union, which will be built at
cost of 100000.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19
Strengthens the System

my daughter had been aing some time nth general
debility, and Hoods Sarsaparilla recommended ID
u.s. After she had taken three bottles she was com.
pletey cured and built up 1t is with great pleasure
that I recommend Hoods Sarsaparilla BEN. NJ.
MERRIELIEs. Supt. Cincinnati 4 St. Louis U. 8. Mail
Linz Company. Cincinnati. o."
II had been troubled with hives and pimpies for
some time Other remedies having failed, I wa, ad
vised to try Hoods Sarsaparila. I have taken two
bottles and am entirely cured think Hoods sarsa
parilla has NO equal as q blood purifier "-EFFIk IL;
PErRIF Portsmouth, o.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is made by @. !. HOOD D. CO.!
Lowell. Mass. Sold by all druggists 81; six for So
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19
Purify the Blood.

thus prevent the return Of the disease, FAVORITE
REMEDY was given, and Mr.. Ellsworth is in in the
bloom of health to this day. FAVOR1TE REMEDY
IL also great protection from attacks that originate
in change Of life, seasons and climate To women
FAYOkITE REMEDY proves q real blessing.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19

The New York pickpocket assists
ladies from the Broadway stages, and
In helping them he helps himself to
their money.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19

It, purpose 10 solely for the legitimate healing e
diseuss and the relief Of pufn, and that 81 does al
It olains to o. thousands Of ladies gladly tesy
It will cure entirely all Ovarian troubles, 1nfamma
ton and liberation, Falling and Displscemenu and
CONSEQUENT Spinal Weakness and ADAPT
Cd to the Change OF Life.
1t removes Fantnes Fatulency destroys all craving
for stimulants and relieves Weakness OF the Stomach
It cures Bloatins, Headaches, Nervous ProaIanon,
General Debility Sleeplessnoss, Depression and lhn
gestion That feeling OF bearing down, causing pain
and backache is always perm.nently cured by use
Send stamp to Lynn Mas, for pamphlet, Letters OF
INQUIRY confdentally answered For sdLedt drTgg1sts
y = = % a y y = . = y
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-19

Fos DYSPEPSIA, rspIoxsrros, depression spir
its and general debility In their various forms,
also as = preventive against fever and ague and
other intermittent fevers, the "Ferro-PhosPhor'
ated Elixir OF CalisayA," made by Casweu,
Hazard h Co., New York, and sold by all Drug
tsts, ID the best tonic aud for patients recover
ing from fever or other sickness 1t has no equal.