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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-05
General News,-Sifted,
DYNAMITE IN NEW YORK,

A Dry Goods store Blown UP by
strikers.
Garry BROTHERS dry goods dealers at
sos Gland street, discharged n floor
walker three months ago who was Il
Emcmher of protective organization
called the equelity association, ana the
society at once began 10 urge the hrm
to toE q him back. When the ilrm re-
fpsed some other employees struck. "A
few soon returned, but the majority
stovcd away. The firm received many
threatening letters but paid no attention
TO them. Six or eight men were seen
lettering around the place soon after 10
O'Clock Sundy morning, the police drove
them away, and little after , O'Clock q
tremendous explosion shook the street.
Dynamite had been put under the Win
dows of Garry Brothers store and the
windows were shatterd, the castings and
wood work blown away, and the front
of the place generally shaken up. The
shock also broke windows on the Allen
street side of Riley's dry goods store,
and the.damagc to the firm was as great
as to Garry Brothers.
There was tremendous excitement
in the ncighborhood. "A number OF peo-
pie were in the vicinity at the time or
the explosion but none were injured,
Four men were found by the police in
tho shadow of the Riverton street station
of the elevated road. and one of them
Charles Henry, a laborer, was severely
cut about the head aud face. The Others
William Britton, a waiter, James Daily,
actor, and James Lamb, Il painter, were
binding I'D Hemy's wounds. The -four
were locked up, and remanded to EseX
market court today. Later i'll the day
a lad was brought to the station house
for experimenting with dynamite at the
corner of Grand and Essex streets,
where he succeeded in diSlodging por-
ton of thc horse car trek. He could
not be connected with the other eXplo-
sioHs.
The shock of the explosion at Garry
Brothers store was felt several hundred
feet. \ lamp on shelf in honse, 800
feet aW::y was thrown to the floor and
the iron sttnchiOns of the elevated road
near the store looked as though they
had received violent blows. The damage
to both buildings injured will reach 50
800. The police are satisfied that the
explosion is the outcome of the strike.
The men arrested on suspicion deny all
knowledge of the explosion.
Britton says that when he and Day
were going home Sunday morning they
saw fuse burning, and before they
knew what it was it had exploded. 1t
is minated more arrests will soon
follow.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-05

The New York Herald has recently
been looking into the sugar question,
a question that interests all, whether
high or low, rich or poor, on account OF
the heavy tax put upon this article of
prime necessity to every household in
the land. The Herald says:
"The total present consumption of
sugar by this country is about 100000
tons per annum. The present produce
ton is as follows: Cnba and Porto Ri
CO, 100000 tons; St. Domingo and
Mexico, 100000 tons Hawaiian Islands
10000 tons; British West Indies, which
already ask to be admitted to q treaty,
100000 tons; PHILIPPINE Islands, which
Spain is willing and our own people
ask to have included in the treaty, 1870
600 tons, giving lis in all l $40, 900 tons.
No doubt the consumption of sugar
will largely increase in this country if
the exhorbitant and unneeded tax Oh
this necessary of life is removed. No
doubt, also, our export of refined sugar
will increase. But for this additional
demand we can rely on Cuba and st.
Domingo, and on the product of the
Central American States and Peru Gu
ba alone has now sugar machinery much
of it owned by Americans, sufficient to
make million tons per annum."
The natural inquiry would be, why
this exhorbitant tax, that is so univer-
sally felt. 1t can hardly be urged as a
matter of protection to labor, from the
fact that so few are engaged in it. In
1880 the sugar and molasses refined in
the United States amounted to the G.
normous sum, in value, of l55, 600, 900,
yet only 1892 men and % children were
employed in the refining establishments,
When we come to look into the labor
question in connection with the produc-
ton of sugar in this country, it is noto-
riously true that the sugar crop, in Lou
isiana, is Improbable, and the amount
produced has actually declined under
the operation of high tariff. Inves-
tigation shows that the production of
sugar in Louisiana is now only 81 per
cent Of what it was before the war.
Then the present high tariff on sugar
does does not operate as protection to
labor, at all commensurate with the
advantages to be derived by the masses
should the Spanish reciprocity treaty
be established.
1t will be of interest to watch the
course of Democratic Senators upon
this question. This party has cried long
and loud against the oppressive burdens
of taxation borne by the people. Here,
at least will be a chance, in one partic-
ular, to relieve the whole people of one
of these burdens. Will they do it? We
shall see, and give credit to whom it is
due.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-05

The Canadian parliament opened at
Ottawa, last week with the usual cerc-
monies,
A whole family at Brooklleld, Ct,
were poisoned Wednesday by vegetable
soup in which couple of dailodil bulbs
had been cut up by mistake for onions
Mrs. Sratton, Tom Thumbs widow
says that she is to marry an Italian
count at the expiration of her present
professional engagement andretirc from
the show business,
The state encampment of the Massa-
chusetts Grand Army of the republic o.
pened at Boston in Fanciul hall Thurs
day, with 500 delegates present The
report shows total membership of l6,
637 in the state; gain of 23G0 from last
year. There were. lG5 deaths during the
year
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-05

Statements made by Republican
speakers and newspapers during the
recent contest, as to the difference in
wages paid in England and the United
States, are more than verified by the
secretary of the iron and steel institu-
ton of England, in a. paper on the
Comparative Efficiency of the Earning
of Labor at Home and Abroad" In this
paper it is stated that comparison of
wages in ten leading industries of the
world showed that the rate of increase
in England since 1850 had been 40 per
cent, and precisely the same rate of in
crease had taken place in the United
States from 1850 to 1888 and that wag-
as in the United States were higher
than in Great Britain By 81 per cent.
while Great Britain was Il per cent
better than Germany, and IS per cent
better than France.-Rutland Herald.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-05

1t was said in justification of the law
passed by the last legislature, making
earnings to the amount of s. and over
liable to trustee process, that advantage
would be taken of the law only in ex-
IRENE cases. The theory was good, but
the practice does not correspond whit
Said the leading officer in one of the
largest places in the State, in conversa-
ton with the writer, the other day:
''That new trustee law is the worst
piece of Legislation done at the recent
session. Only day or two ago | had
forty-seven of these processes to serve.
1t bears very hard upon the families of
the poor, and ought never to have been
enacted. If there were no such law
these people could not get credit and
both they and their creditors would be
better off. "-Middlebury Register.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-05

Last Monday was Candl mas day,
the origin of which is traced o the Ro-
mans, who were in the habit of burn
ing candles, on this day. to tie goddess
Fcbrua, the mother of Mars and Pope
Sergins, it is said, turned it to Christian
account by enioining simil;r offering
of candles to the Virgin. In those days
the candles were supposed TO have the
effect to frighten away devils, evil
spirits, &c. There is an old tradition
that a fine Candlemas day is the fore
runner of severe winter. In Scotland
they express it in this distich.
"If Candlemas is fair and clear.
There'll be twa winters in the year."
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-05

lite man, stand up! Now | want
to you dat a 81 bill will settle dis
70 iist as feel now, but cf you
calm names or pullin' hair or
I'll stick fur s25! Dat justice
own brudder, an he's iist ackin'
| some white man ter Jail fur six
s."
sat on the judge again for about
minutes, at the end of which
, handed over the amount and
onounced sane,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-05

The lost and starving dogs i'll London
are carefully collected and taken to Il
"home' where, to the number some
times of 100 a day, they are killed by a
process, than which none could be more
humane. After being given Il hearty
meal, they are placed in cages, graded
according to size as nearly as possible,
and withthe vicious dogs by themselves.
The cages are then surrounded with an
atmosphere charged with chloroform
and bisulphide of carbon. In from one
to two minutes sleep falls upon the ami
mails, often stertorous, like that of men
in uneasy attitudes or when dreaming.
They begin breathing fainter and faint
er and in six minutes are dead. Their
bodies are buried in heaps of bog moss
so prepared that decomposition is cob
pletely perfected within week from
interment.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-05
The Nicaragua treaty was defeated
in the Stelate last Thursday.

While for the past two weeks severe
cold weather has prevailed III the north,
south of the equator the weather has
been extremely warm. AT Buenos Ay-
res on the 20, ult. the heat was repres-
cnted as being frightful, the mercury
going as high as l39 in the sh>de, This
seems to be an actual waste. If, say 80
degrees, could be sent up this way,
what relief to us, besides leaving our
Buenos Ayres friends warm enough for
all practical purposes.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-05
A GOOD BIG STATE.
Plenty of Room for Settlers in CALI
f0rEia Vet,

Plenty of Room for Settlers ia Cali.
fornia Vet,
A great many do not seem TO have & very
correct idea of the size Or immense area Of
California. It is 30 miles long, being
bounded its entire length On the west by
the Pacific Ocean. It's creates. width is
$50 miles, and it contains 1881 square
miles, or l20,nl7,840 square acres of hand.
Compared TO other States of the Union, it
twenty-four times as large as Massachu-
sets; it is one hundred times as large rs
Rhode Island. Compared to European
countries it is four-ffths the size Of Aus
tr'N, and lacks but fraction Of cgU&linC
the entire area of France. 1t is nearly twice
the size OF Italy, and is OnC-MGlt times
greater than the whole British Isles con-
shutting Great Britain. California con-
tains o9,O90,0G0 acres Of land suited to cul-
tiVation and profitable agricultural pur-
suits. The population of California in 1880
the census ycar-including The Indians
but excluding the Chinese and japanese,
was 1sJ,6l1, II now has much larger
population. With onc-fOuNh The Territory
New ork had a reputation OF 5,0GG,0GV in
i,tJ, or over SIX tlp-"S the reputation OF
California. With one twenty fourth the
territory Massachusetts had 4 population
Of 5000, or nearly twice the population
Of California. With tuc same territory,
France HIS a population Of 36,C00GG0 or
foIty times the poi,U.:tipn OF California
N4cn it is stated tat acre for acre. or
square LIile 'or square l.iie, the whole area
q California is capable OF sistaiu.i.L Il
larger number Of people than New YORK OF
Massachusetts, an, an equal greater num-
her taan Franc, il will &c seen th@t there
IS still room .vr j., Jpie to fcttle and make
LCIiIUs in Cal. 'urni&.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-05

Elijah NJ. Haines, Independent DEM
ocrat, was elected speaker of the Hi
nois Assembly last Thursday on the
second ballot, and the deadlock, which
had existed for the last three weeks, is
ended.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-05

Mrs. Edward II. Green, of Bellows
Falls, this state, is said to be the veal
thiest old daisy living, her total wealth
amounting to from S35,000,oO0 to 40,
OO0, 200; but then she has husband and
is said to be penurious old rip, homely
as hedge fence and not as genial as a
fifty-year old schoolmarm. Ii is going
the ronnds of the press that it was her
who busted John j, Cisco & Son of
NewYork, by her withdrawal of $500,
900 she had there on deposit. Our adj
wise to the old girl now is to start a
country ncwspaper.-Burlingion Clip
per.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-05
THE TOWN SYSTEM or SCHo
Tile Vernon State Teachers Assoc
the People Of Vermont;

rrl,oTo,,;slo,,,o 90 VIM.
oon. -, ~, M NJ ~
al tno fol,ou;nn. Eooh $50,
A., aahaa, l;'t,;et 80, ~
Of tho o,nnol n,ootino of a.
or ,,, 700 -, ,,,,s,,
ohoIisbino ho hsrr;nt -,
dontinm no town systom
hnnnn, .,o noo,ons ,,,h,, .,o
,,oo,irod H.. +,i, ,o,,, .l,o,la IA
mon thoraltfniIy oro tboso.
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- - o,., .t.,., - III.
h,;ao h,,,l. ~, ,,o,o,,, I,a,.as..
l,, ,,3 ~. s ,,,1 49,
'''," ~, ,,' ,'os @o'',D, , '.1' 1890 =
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w., ',''',' '',,' 'o1'. :" ~ w. ~"
Wv w. = 80, '' 9D'' Fo'
Wv y, o,,''','',O" " 9Dy' ,''y',''e,''
~ "o',,''S -" , ,,,, h,
r,,;,G y , f,, Ja """, g.. o,,,. oh;J,n,o
tlo,. ,..,.-. Il ,,3h A. Hill,
Dl!c. -. ,bo,,
n sroh . stoto a. th;ro,s r,o A. .
,nan 49, -, ~, IT.
~: o,s4:r !. ~.
t,s,,..,.,,,,,,
a;a e H., ~ ~
throurb lon~ uso tha o,bor Tho
oIdor ond , 7,,;ao,,, ,,,oa a,,ato,,
fom;Eor ~ NJ
Tho town sustain may no i, ....
br;o1v NV ,,h;nb tho,
tbo towns mo,ooo tbo;r Schools ...
accents chosen by tbcmselvs .... B..
which they nav for tbeir schools dircct-
" with money drawn from the town
treasury. This system was introduced
into Massachusetts in 1S47 and is now
exclusively used in Mass, Pennsylvania
and Indiana, Is prevMlingly used IN
several other states, Is increasingly
used everywhere, and is the system
universally favored by students OF ed
ucation, because, at the same or less
cost, larger and better schools are fur
nished by it than by any other system
known among us. This system has
been III operation III Vermont long e.
nough to test 1t, and Is now used Tor
substance III nineteen towns by nor e
than thirty thousand people. Let the Sc
IeStl1y 10 us merits.
burlington adopted the town system
as provision OF her city charter in 49,
e.. She boosted of the best schools in
the state and has never sough return
to the district system. Verge mes has
recently united her school districts
and now as one body conducts her
schools in the same number and places
as before.
After fen Years tYal tha neonle of
Waitsfeld sustained thn town svstnm
bv vote of no 70 Al thc nnonlo of
Middletown sustained it by q vote of
90 70 % and in Uiposburob M votn for
return was called for. After five wears
trial in Rriobton Inf two ,orsoncons in
= full town mcotipo voted to raturn 70
rho distrio; eviction, M town - Won
no,+ of4or fi,-o ,.oor,, t,;o, of +ho town
o se has re tu gSai to he G d trS oT ys
tom of schools
!,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-05
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.

Coal is selling in this place for $3.50
per ton, 20 miles west of here at $3.50.
West Rutland Item.
Nebraska farmers are burning corn
because freights are so high it is cheap
or to burn the corn, than to sell the
corn and buy coal.-Ex.
A good illustrstion of the need of an
interstate commerce regulation; Rich
ard Brown. the other day, had a Jersy
calf SHIPPED from Worcester, Mass. and
the freight was 80. He had another
from Portland, Me. about the same time
and the freight was $3.50. The rate in
the former case was only about 10 times
that in the latter.
There is freight bill in this place on
goods SHIPPED from Boston, wherein the
freight from Brattleboro to this point
was considerably greater than from
Boston to Brattleboro.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-05

Can mortal mind conceive of such an
act ? 1t cost him seven months Of living
death, and all for a man with whom hS
was not even intimately acquainted" !
"And now for the other side Of the picl
ture. Ever since the close OF the war, until
few months ago when Hank died, these
two men have lived right here in Wayne
County, Hank with home and family,
Louis with neither; have met occasionally,
but at no time did Hank ever refer to the
act in Millen Prison that set him free and
saved his life; never invited him to his
home; never alluded to the past, or adj
dressed his savior other than as mere
acquaintance On his deGth-bed, however,
he told the story, and asked his relatives,
if they ever had an opportunity, to be-
friend Louis for his sake 1t was tardy
acknowledgment of one of the noblest
acts the world has ever Known Detroit
Free Press
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-05

Allen, of white River junction, who
shot Dell Hansell, in saloon in Boston
last May was arraigned for trial Mon
day. He plead guilty of manslaughter
and will probably receive a light SEN
tence on the ground of insanity.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-05
ONLY 4 CRIVATE.
e Showed a SOU. that was Sim.
ply EaerNlc.

ply Heroic.
Abear was private in Company
il Michigan Cavalry, and made u
older, At the battle of Trevillian
he was taken prisoner, and before
ease he was confined in five different
pens and two jails.
lie he was in Millen Prison, an ex-
, of sixty prisoners was to be made.
ioer of the day told Off sixty names
door of the pen, but for some reason,
ly because he was too i'll, or perhaps
ne man did not come forth. At that
1t Louis, who had been sent out
uel, under guard, of course, came
h the gates pushing wheelbarrow
with wood.
e, Louis, here's a chance for you.
mt sixty men to go North and are
ne. Jump into the ranks here " eX-
the Officer
)e exchanged ?" asked Louis, trem-
.ore than he did when under fire.
Be quick
take Hank. He's sick. and will
c remains here" and Louis darted
hospital ward. Hank had pair
blooms and shoes, but no coat or hat.
pulled oil his, put them on Hank,
ught him out, weak and tottering.
k filed out tine gate and once more
d the air of freedom, Louis, hatless
.tless, took hold of the handles of
3elbarrow and started for another
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-05
Attention Householder.

large line Of table linen which call your special
attention to- Pure linen Napkins from 75c to S. per doz
Beached Damask covers, Linen towels from Is cents t,
81. each. Linen tea tray Towels.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-05
HBBOTTOM PRICES. M7

Potato DgSers Grain GRADER Bush Scytf,
Vases Fruit Special
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-20
The Horn Silver.

There have been odd rumors floating
about during the past week to the eff
feet that a resumption of operations at
both mine and mill might be looked
for at an early date, probably on jan
uary 1st. To HERALD reporter, who
inquired at the Office yesterday, Mr..
Walker said there was nothing new
from the mine, the force OF thirty men
was still at work, and that was all.
Major Hills secretive policy, however,
and his known tendency to consider
newspaper men as creatures unworthy
of any enlightenment whatever induced
the reporter to enquire further, and he
found that the reports relative to a
starting up, came mainly from railroad
hands along the southern line. who
may be presumed to know as much
concerning the outlook as any one
barring of course the impenetrable
Major himself. 1t is limited, also, that
the local buyers noted aSove are mainly
from the south.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-20
FINANCE AND MINING.
The Lively Movements During
the Week.
IRE AND BULLION OUTPUT.
Electric Light stock-Horn Silver Ru-
mOrs-Bank Receipts-Latest Min
Ing intelligence

RThe week past has been one of hustle
and activity on the streets. and yester-
day, it was said on all hands, was one
of the best Saturdays experienced for
years. ti' q
There has been but little to record in
the way of transfers of securities. A
block Of fifty shares in the Salt Lake
Power, Light and Heating Company,
was sold under foreclosure at McCor.
nick & Co. s and brought $25 per share.
par value. The stock pays l per cent.
per month. Local buyers are again
turning their attention towards Horn
Silver. The Deseret National Bank has
numerous orders to bly, at $2.15, but
only few have as yet succeeded in
capturing any stock at that figure.
Ore dealers and samplers report that
shipments have been duller for the past
two weeks, than for any other cores
bonding period for several wears.
Prices are very satisfactory, and there
Is nothing to attribute the dullness to.
except the c'eaning-up process which
always occurs at the end of the year.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-20
Hnnerine.

We are indebted to Mr.. Arthur Brown
for the information that our report of
the Honerine, taken last Sunday from
New York paper, was in part in
correct. The number of shares in the
company Is 100000, of the par value of
81 per share; the company holds about
10000 shares of the stock in its treasury,
however, and each dividend being de-
clared upon the full capitalization, a
handsome reserve is thus being massed.
Mr., Brown is one of those interested in
the Honerine Company.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-20
The Bullion Smelling Co.

From Mr.. Elias Morris we learn that
he finished the new mill at Bullionville
for the Bullion Smelling Co., and that
Godbe & Co. will at once commence the
roasting and teaching process of the
large amount of tailings they have on
hand. Mr.. Morris had fourteen men
constantly at work bricklaying, and the
costof the mill was in the neighborhood
of $50, 900.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-20
Distributinr Diridenis.

Mr.. Ben Hampton, of the Queen of the
Hills Company-a company which now
owns under a new organization the
once famous Queen and Flavffia in Dry
Canyon-was yesterday appOrtioning
among the various owners, the $1,000
realized from the sale of the Silver
King and Muscatine group, which the
Queen Company also owned, and which
they recently disposed of to the Niedrin-
ghaus party. .tu &C.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-20
SALT LAKE CITY
Brewing 90.

We notice that certain of our COM
petitcvs advertise Beer of Z" Superior
Quality" Now, we do not wish to de
tract from the merits of that article,
nor do we claim that our manufacture
Is the finest in the world; we do claim,
however, that we are selling as much
or more Beer than all the other Brew
cries in Utah combined, which fact is
suficient evidence that the public real
ize who makes the Superior Quality
Beer.
Y We are prepared to deliver Holiday
Beer promptly. Orders can be left at
any of our depots or telephOned direct
to Brewery once.
e JACOB NORTH.
Sec. and Treas.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-20
OsceoIa,

Mr.. Ben Hampton states that every
thing is progressing favorably at the
works. During the week, the Deseret
National received $1,000 in gold as the
result of cleanup of the sluice boxes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-20
Sampson.

Seyenty-6ve tons of ore from this
property came down and was being as
sayed yesterday. Mr.. Hanauer thinks
it will bring about $40 per ton.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-20
Alice.
The latest sale is quoted at $3.50.


The stock has risen to $32-the high-
est quotation since the resumption OF
dividends. Not bad speculation to
those who bought at SIT not so very
long ago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-20
StOrmOnt.

Three thousand five hundred shares
sold during the week at 1Sc. and 17c.
The Journal says there is an increased
interest in the stock on the market.