The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-11
NEWS IN GENERAL.

cultured man, has Travelled extensively, and
has vein of originality which adds
hnguist, and can speak our language with
tolerable fiuency. He and his wife have
made good impression in Washington and
are rapidly becoming popular in society.
The ST. Louis roads are doing some eN-
tensive cutting in first-class rates to New
York. A number OF people arrived In New
York over the Ohio & Mississippi ON $3.50
tickets, Several passengers over the Ohio Il
Mississippi had tickets for So from author
lied agents OF that road. The regular ticket
TO New York costs over $40. The continu-
ance Of the cutting shows that the late pro-
test of the trunk line passenger agents went
for nothing. The Erie people wink at the
course Of the Ohio & Mississippi, AMI the New
York Central people at that of the Bee line.
1t was said that the Baltimore & Ohio of
fered an excursion rate OF 81 from st, Louis
to Washington, and inducements to Phlla-
delphia.
A special from Bradford, KY, says: "The
tobacco crop in this end of the county was
badly damaged by frost September 80 From
one-third to one-half Of the crop was in the
field, and all growing along creeks and hol,
lows was badly damaged. Reports from all
over the country are to the, effect that from
one-third to one-half of the crop was caught
by the frost"
Pickaway county, Ohio, was visitel last
week by the heaviest and most destructive
hull storm in its history. The standing corn
was stripped of its blades and tho apple crop,
which promised to be abundant, was almost
wholly destroyed. The downfall of hail was
frightful, far exceeding anything of the kind
within the memory Of the Oldest iphabitant.
Anna Dickinson claims the right not to be
considered entirely out of date, even II she
Jas kept aloof from the public for some time.
Anna Elizabeth Dick inson was born in Phil
adelphia Oct. rs, 1s42, and will celebrate
her 46th year this month. When little more
than IA years of age, Miss Anna taught
rendered that position to accept situation
in the United States mint there.
Three regiments dedicated monuments on
Gettysburg battlefield last week. the 93d
Pennsylvania and the 125th and 10th New
York.
Mr. G. P. Gather New England agent of
the Virginia, Tennessee q Georgia air line,
reports that quarantine restrictions are now
raised to all points in the south, save De-
catur and Trinity, Ala, and uninterrupted
transportation is resumed.
The following formal notice was issued
recently by Collector of Customs Hager of
San Francisco: mo Chinese return certifi-
Gates will hereafter be issued, and the Chi
nese bureau will remain closed to the public
from this date"
Base ball tickets for the round trip from
Chicago to Sydney, including meals and
stateroom from San Francisco to Sydney
and return will cost S420. Sleeping car rates,
Chicago to San Francisco and return, will
cost S34 and meals en- route will cost
S2l-a total of s475. 1t Is estimated that the
entire expenses during the Australian trip
will amount to 5000.
Labouchere reports that Mr.. Gladstone
has been chiefly employed during the lasttw
months in arranging his public and private
correspondence, and says that having de-
stroyed several thousands Of letters lie is now
putting those which he has decided to keep in
chronological order.
The Brooklyn Eagle states that Mrs Eliza
beth Tilton is becoming blind. She is living
with her mother, Mrs Morse, in Brooklyn.
Her son Carroll will soon marry Miss Miriam
Blauvelt of Brooklyn. Mrs. W. H. Pelton,
formerly Miss Florence Tilton, who has for
several years lived with her father, Theo-
dore Titon, in Paris, sails for New York in
a few days. and will live with her mother.
The steamer Finance, which arrived at
New York from Brazil, reports that she left
at Barbados a canoa called the Liberdale,
which is en- route to this city from Parans-
qus, Brazil. The canoe is thirty-tive feet
long, has three feet draught of water and is
in charge of Capt. Slocum, who has his
wife and son on board.
Jacob Bergman of Switzerland, 25 years
old, is detained at Castle Garden as pauper.
He arrived from Rotterdam on the steamer
Leerdam, and in an affidavit states that he
is u brickmaker by trade. He has no money
and says that the town of Zurich subscribed
his passage money and furnished him with a
railroad ticket to Chicago. He will be sent
back.
The receivership of the Chesapeake and
Ohio begun about year ago, and it has ter
minated inside twelvemonth. AT the same
time there was talk of receivershlp for
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, and no re-
ceiver has been appointed yet. When one
is appointed one of his first duties in order of
the court will be to prosecute the suits for an
accounting against the Missouri Pacific, and
meanwhile the trust company is enjoined
against disposing of any Of the stocks aud
bonds sold by the Missouri P.cifc to reim-
burse itself for advantage.
On September 9th, in latitude 49, 80
north, longitude $3.50 west, Edward G. Ken
needy, the chief en- gineer of the steamer ALI
ance, was buried at sea On September IA
he was landed at Para from the Alliance
very i'll. He had to be carried on board and
on S ptember %, eff St. Pierre Island of
Martinique, be die1 Til. burial service was
read by Bishop Cranberry and the Rev. G.
A. Knox, passengers on board
Stockholders of the Sutro Tunnel com
pany will have one more chance to protect
themselves by subscribing to the new bond.
on the basis of So cents n share from nov
until November 3, and thereafter nj 60 cent
share. For this amount they receive 81 il
new bonds for each assessment and an equa
number of shares in the new company.
majority of the stockholders have alread,
subscribed for their pro-rata of bonds but
there are still large number of stakeholder
who have failed to act under the committee
circular
The choice OF Gen. Devens to fill the va
cancy on the board Of trustees of the Pea
body educational fund caused by the resig
nat on of Col Theodore Lyman is we.
r1ade. The New England members of thi
board ere all residents of Boston, being nov
Hon Robert G, Winthrop, cxMiyor Greer
and Judge d ,vens The board includes some
of the most distinguished men in he couh
try, the eX. presidents of the United State
being members by virtue Of having held tina
office.
Capt. Porter, of the government secre
service in Chicago, found a number Of clevel
ported cigars. Tee general Appearance O
the counterfeit is excellent. A difference il
that o, the original are the words "manu
facu"crs of imported tobacco" and on til,
counteifei are he words manufactured OF
imported tobacco" The hogus stamps ar,
made by Schumacher & 81 tlinger, OF New
York, and are not used {, evada paym mt O.
duty, but are pasted upon boxes containin,
inferior domestic goods in order 10 delud,
The purchaser into tho belief that he is iuy
ing genuine Havana weed. The firm viii
be prosecuted.
The 5000 employees OF the North Chicago
Horse Railroad company have not been able
to come to any agreement with President
Yorkes and they will probably strike.
The collector at Port Townsend, Ore, re
ports that Chinese laborers are arriving from
British Columbia with proper return certifi
Gates, and asks il tLcy shall be allowed t:
land. Assistant Secretary Maynard answers
by sending him the Chinese exclusion bill
and saying that it went into effect Oct. /.
The senate bill to incorporate the Martin,
Canal company of Nicaragua was called VI
in the house. An amendment was adopted
providing that nothing in this act shall b,
held in any manner to involve the United
States in any pecuniary obligation othel
than in respect to the payment of tolls.
The monument erected by the Pickett di
vision over the grave of their commander
was unveiled in Richmond on Friday last
One hundred members of the Philadelphia
brigade and about 40 guests accompanying
them participated in the exercises The