The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-16
NEW ENGLAND NEWS

At meeting OF tho governor and council
Of New Hampshire, Hon. John D. Lyman
of Exeter was reapp0inted member Of the
state board Of agriculture, and it was voted
to accept the history of the 18th war regi-
ment
The blowing out of the cylinder head OF an
engine at the Wonskuket (R L. wooden
mill will necessitate shutting down nearly
two-thirds of the mill for about a month and
throw five hundred persons out OF employ
ment
In the hearing TO be held by the county
commissioners at Dover, N. H., as to dam
ages for the land that will be taken for the
public water works, George p Damerrtt
of Dover was disqualified, and Judge Doe
appointed Albert Demerritt Of Durham In his
place
There is great scarcity Of striped bass In
the waters Of Buzzard's bay and its neigh
borhood this season. The fishermen ascribe
this scarcity TO the immense quantity Of
menhaden off Shore The menhaden also
Keep bluefish away from the bay
The man killed on the railroad near Hart
ford, VT, on Tuesday was Alexander Grant
OF the firm Of Dingle e. Grant, granite
workers. OF Barre. H was identified by his
partner, who arrived on the night train. 1t
Is thought that his mind was somewhat de-
ranged. He was a Scotchman and had
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Quincy, Mass.
A breakwater 500 feet long and feet
above high water mark is being erected by
the government on Barnstable bay side Of
Bilingsgate island at the entrance of Well
fleet hari or, thereby affording protection to
the island on which is situated Billingsgate
light About 30 feet Of the island was
washed away last winter, making over 80
feet washed away the past two years and de-
yNOQ{fad in horhnr Tho 10 nd
the direct supervision Of Assistant Engineer
T. A. Chubbeck
A large gang Of workmen will commence
work at once on the Lake Shore railroad
from Lake Village to Alton Bay, contracted
for by Ryan e. Co. of New York. The distance
is Is miles and the grading is to be completed
by Dec. 10. The road has been asked for for
county, and will open up large country.
The Dover IN. H. Daily Times, published
by Robert 7. WEIGH, discontinued publica-
tion Aug 10.
Frank Blair, foreman at the Milestone
Hill quarries, near Worcester, M ss., was
badly bul ned by the premature discharge of
blast.
Dr. Fl. B. Storer of Boston, president of
the Spiritu list association. has left Lake
Sunapee Spiritualist camp meeting for Tenn
pie Heights, Me.
Hosea B. Walker, respected citizen of
Newport, N. H., committed suicide by hang
ing few days ago. The probable cause was
Ill health. He was 6S years old.
Walter Ray and Chester Albee, two paint
ers, were injured while at work in w lrcester,
Mass, by the falling OF staging. Albee
suffered internal injur es, but Rays injuries
were not so serious.
]. =. Hutchinson, aged 25, son of Mrs L.
I'D. HutchIpS pf HartfprI o. fal1
conscious in the water at Block Island while
bathing, and expired in a short time Death
was assigned to apoplexy or heart disease.
A meeting of the officers of the New Hamp-
| shlre Granger Fair association decided to
hold the third annual fair at Tilton, Sep.
| RIA. The Titon cornet band and the Deer
ing band will furnish music. There will be
| programme of races similar to that of last
year, with one additional race open to all
horses owned in the association. Additional
buildings will be erected and the exhibition
will be large.
| Maj. Gibbons place, one of the handsomest
residences in Great Darlington, has been
purchased by CO.. w. L. Brown, part owner
OF the New York Daily News, for $1,000
1t WAS once the home of George Ives, father
Of Lady Alice Seymour, whose nom de
plume was Octavia Hanshel. Later the
| place was owned by David Draper, ex-vice
president of the Housatonic railroad, and
occupied by Col Brown as a summer resi-
dencc.
| Charles Hanks, a noted horseman, well
known throughout southern Massachusetts,
and Rhode Island, dropped dead on the Fair
| grounds at Taunton, Mass, after driving his
horse on the track. Heart disease was prob
/ ably the CAUSE.
A. NJ. Morreles, Spanard who has been
tailoring at Brunsw ok, Me-, was run out of
town for making indecent exposures to an
S-year-old girl was was in his shop on an
| errand. A crowd escorted him to the depot
and purchased him ticket west.
John Lowrie an emplove at the Willow
cottage, Magnolia, at ESTER, lass,
opened trunk of one as guess OF tie
hotel and sole $675. 1t is believed that he
took the train for Boston, He is about II
yesrs old,
During the progress OF fire on West
street, Randolph, Mass, which consumed
the barn end partially destroyed the house
of John Kelly, Mrs. Kelly his wife, was SO
overcome with fright that she was stricken
with paralysis, taken to the house Of a neigh
Dor and died.
City Solicitor Greenhalge, of Lowell,
Mas, HIS decided that the action OF the
school commit Q in dismissing Miss Anna
belle Costello recently elected teacher of
the Moody school, is legal, This will remove
all obstacles to the opening of the training
school, as one of the teachers of the Worth
en- STREET school will be transferred to the
Moody school, and Miss Costello will 60 into
the training school.
John Conklin, an old resident of Bridge
port, ct, stabbed himself 10 times In the
chest and lower part of the body with Q
small pocket lnife Finding this woud not
accomplish his object he took razor ana
| cut his thro It. He was removed to the hos
pital but cannot recover Temporary insani
ty issupposed to have been the cause.
seven and half million dollars, according
to the Parliamentary return, was received
from licenses for the sale of liquor in Eng.
| land and Wales last wear