The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-06-03
NEW ENGLAND ITEMS.

The strike among the coal beavers employed
at the New York a. New England railroad
docks, Boston, still continues tne company
refusing to accede to any OF the demands
made by the men. Two gangs of men, mostly
Italians, are now at work.
Charles II. Goodwin, assistant cashier of
the First National Bank of Haverhill for Is
years. has been elected cashier of the Second
National Bank, about to so into operation
there.
The Messrs Cummings OF Dover, N. H.,
have closed their shoe factory in South Ber-
wick, Me-, rather than concede to the de-
mands made by tbe lasters' union for an in
crease of wages. Superintendent Ferguson
declines to make any statement The men
claim that the firms action is simply TO scare
them into returning,
The Webster statue has been successfully
placed in position at Concord, N. ii, 1t was
boxed up and will remain covered until the
unwilling ceremonies occur June II,
Mrs. Harriet Waddocks of Union, Me-, has
committed suicide by hanging,
C. H. Hildreth's livery stable in Worcester
was damaged by fire recently, causing loss
of $1,000.
The barns at the Ridge dairy farm, West
Bridgewater, owned by Charles w. Cope
land, were recently burned, together with
seven valuable animals and farming nipple
ments. Loss about $1,000; insurance, $1,000.
Origin unknown.
Obed Halls box, planning and saw mill at
Stamford, VT, was lately burned. Loss,
$1,000; insura ce, $500
Mary Inman agei 43 yeas, has committed
suicide at Bangor, Me-, by taking trough on
rats
Twenty men have been unsuccessfully
searching Somerset forests in Vermont for
the body of J. II. Willis, a pedler from
Bridgewater, whose pack was recently found
by some fishermen near the headwaters of the
Deerfield. Willis was about G3 years OLD. 1t
is believed that his body has been devoured
by wild beasts
The two hundred AMI fiftieth anniversary
of the city of Springfield was recently appro-
priately celebrated.
Manuel C. Frates, who shot himself
through the body at New Bedford some
time ago, has since died, aged titty-three
years.
Rascally deeds have been perpetrated, prob
ably by hoodl ms i'll Cochituate Village,
Wayland, Mass he most serious was the
burning at the Lake Cochtuate gate house of
the Boston water works of one of the large
boiler houses which were erected by the city
for the temporary pumping of water, the loss
to the city being some $4,000 or $4,000.
The entire fire department of Pawtucket
was called to the No. 3 cotton mill of the
Lorraine mills recently, to fire in the dust
room under the picker room, which was di-
ticult of access The damage, which was con-
fined to the picker and card rooms, will not
exceed thousand dollars. Fully insur-
ed in mutual companies.
Mr.. II. NJ. Jewett of Maiden. Mass, who
for the past year has occupied the position of
city editor of the Maiden Press, has teen con-
firmed as United States Consul to Servia,
Turkey.
Margaret Cannon, a widow, aged about 20
Years, fell down stairs in n house at Provi-
dence, r. l., during an epjleptic fit, and did
of conclusion of the brain.
bingham, Mass, subscriptions to the Par
nell fund amount to S4245o.
Lynn, Mass, liquor dealers, not license
have very generally closed their places OF
business.
Snow to the depth of several inches is re-
ported in various towns in northern Vermont
and fears are entertained of severe damage
to crops by frost.
George German of New Britain, Ct, about
Is years old, recently Jumped from a New
England rad train at Parkvile, and sus-
tanned injuries that may prove fatal.
John Brown, an employe of the American
Tcol Company at Hyde Park, while loading
on heavy piece of machinery at the New
York & New England at Boston, had his
|. right arm broken by the macEine tipping
partly over.
George A Ellis, who has been city engineer
at Springfield, Mass, for y years, and had q
prominent part in building the city water
works and sewers has resigned, and will i'm.
mediately begin til, construction of Il system
of water works for Racine, Wiz, fer a com.
pany Boston capitalists.
Hon. Thomas J. Smith OF the city of Low
ell has accepted the chief cierkShip of tho
naval office at Boston at a salary Of 5000
He is a leading Democrat i'll New Hampshire.
Alexander NJ. Isaac, agel fifty years, re-
Gently walked into the kent!u,keag stream,
near Bangor, Me, i'll the dark and was
drowned. The holy VAS recovered.