The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-10-14
NEWS NOTES,
DOME STlC.

A Butte lMont.) miner named W. p. En-
cry fixed up burglar trap, with dynamite
IN his cabin, and then went OFT prospecting,
When he returned, he found that q terrible
explosion had taken place. by which the floor
was torn up and the cabin badly wrecked.
The in orioI was spashed with blood, The
| burglar Was found near by. His skull was
fractured, the top of his head being nearly
blown oil, He cannot survive,
The body of solomon Cowes was found
| floating in Powow river Ameshury, to-day,
The Senate committee, having in charge
| the Investigation OF tho ii hery trouble, are
tax ng evidence on the subject at Gloucester,
Mass,
Great damage has been done to the tobacco
crop If Virginia by frost, and nearly half the
crop is reported ruined.
News has been 70, cived at I'll Paso Texas,
which confirms tho fear that hostile
Apaches arc still out and the cap
tn O OF Geronimo did not end the Apache
war
Henry George has formally accepted the
nomination for Mayor of New York.
Tho New York Court of Appeals has con
tirmel the sentence of Alderman Jachne.
! The steamship knchoria of the Anchor
line, from Glasgow to New York, is long
overdue and fears are entertained for her
sate'y.
! There are now outstanding $50, 139 952 in
standard silver dollars, the largest amount
/ Of that coin in circulation since their issue
began. A rapid decline, however, i now OK.
| pcctcd, as II result of the issue of silver GER
| ti.lCatCs
The Staten Island Athletic Club of New
| York has met with n serious loss by the dam
age to its house on the XIII Won kull and the
boats and property therein, amounting to
$4,000 The house was carried away by two
tugs of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany Action will DO instituted at once
against the company.
| Charleston, S. C. is reported as again be-
ing III supporting condition.
| Sac Department officials decline TO credit
! the report that Minister Phcl refused to
present Thorndyke Rice to the Queen.
At Pittsburg, Pa, it has just been decided
that H. c. F,lck, the coke king, shall dis
tribute the immense estate of William Bald
win, late of Connellsville, Pa, but u native
of Worcester, Mass lie is under $780, 900
bonds
Daniel Smith, II years old, of Rapho, Pa,
recently shot AMI mortally wounded his
/ father, William Smith, who had threatened
TO chastise him.
Two hundi cd visitors from western MaSsa-
| chuscttS repro enting the Seventh, Tenth and
/
! Gettysl urg, Pa, on Tuesday evening.
Monuments will be dedicated on the field by
| the visitors.
| A disease which battles tho skill of the vet
! Urinary surgeons has appeared among the
cattle of Chicago, Ill.
| Five men in Deadwood, Oak. went TO sleep
on a box of powder. A spark from apipe
| ignited the stuff and tie remains of four OF
! the men were picked up in barrels. The sur
| vivor is not expected to live.
| The steamer Anchoria is now twenty-tw
| days out, from Glasgow to New York, and
/ there are no tdings of her. 1t is charged
| that her machinery was not in good condl-
/ ton when she left Glasgow, and that her
owners were aware of it, intending soon to
make extensive repairs upon her
Pleuro pneumonia has recently made its
| appearance near Nincentown, Burlington
county, n. j., and il has spread TO an alarm,
ing extent.
/ 1t is understood that the president has
offered the position of supervising architect
| of the treasury to William Frerret, a promi-
nent architect in New Orleans.
Hogs are dying in large quantities in st.
| Mary's and Calvert counties, Md, from a
mysterious disease Some farmers have lost
nearly their entire stock.
A sharp shock of earthquake has occurred
at San Diego, Cal. The vibrations were
| from east to west.
The amount of apples exported to Liver
pool London and Glasgow from The opening
of the season is 70,GSJ barrels, an increase
of 81, 100 barrels over the same period las
year.