The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-02-02
new ENGLAND NEWS

7. Il. Graves, one OF the best. known law
yers In Connecticut died at his home II
Danielsonville, on Jan. IS, at the ago OF "a
The Boston & Maine railroad has issued
orders that all wheels on through trains bs
hereafter tested at Salem, which l. a new
move. The order went into effect Jan. %,
and ono Of the first good results was the do
lection OF cracked wheel Of the smoker Of
the Flying Yankee. The car was at once
side-tracked and another substituted.
A vessel load Of iron rails is expected 10
tons for the extension of the Newburyport a
Amesbury horse railroad to Merrimac, and
an equal quantity for the continuation Of the
Black Rocks railroad to Hampton river.
In spite Of snowbanks which have delayed
other trains, IS stockholders, with President
Wilcox Of Meriden, rode to Waterbury from
Meriden on the Waterbury a. Meriden rail.
road on the first train run over the new line,
The trip over Meriden mountain, 10 miles,
was made in two hours, the train only en-
countering one snow drift
The publisher Of the Providence Evening
Telegram has sued Hon. Charles s. Bradley
for papers furnished, advertising aud other
work Incidental to the late congressional
campaign, and has attached Judge Bradley's
real estate in the sum of $1,000.
Hon. Calvin Page, collector of internal
revenue for the Portland Mel district, has
appointed Alfred S. kimball of Norway
deputy collector in place of w. A. Cromwell,
deceased.
Capt John Mason, master of tho schooner
Pendragon OF Gloucester. engaged in Georges
paddock fishing, arrived at Boston, Jan. 10,
with good fare of fish, which realized about
$1,000. Since then he has becn missing The
owners, James Mansfield & Son, think he has
either been foully dealt with or has gone to
Seattle, he having talked about going there
He was OF temperate habits, and an upright
man.
David Romel, cutter employed at Hen.
nier's corset factory, Bridgeport, Ct, re-
.ceived fatal wound whilc engaged at his
usual work at the table. While in the act of
pulling the knife toward him through seve-
raj thicknesses Of material tho instrument
slipped, and the blade entered his body at
the pit of the stomach to the depth of several
inches, puncturing the stomach. His physi-
clan says he can't recover.
Rev. Albert Wheelock of Leomipster.
member Of the graduating class of Bangor
Theological Seminary, has accepted cali to
the Congregationalist church OF Topsham
Me.
The thermometer registered IS below zero
at Gloucester, Mass, on the night of Jan.
2S, and the weather is the coolest In many
years. Few people can be seen on the streets,
owing to the severe cold.
The postmaster general has appointed tho
following-named fourth class postmasters:
Mrs. Annie H. Crane, Milo, Me- Mrs. Helen
J. Gale, Hanover Centre, N. H., and George
L. Richardson, Peru, Vt.
Mrs Ellen Spellman, probably the Oldest
person in New Hampshire, died few days
ago at Concord at the age of lO4.
Charlie Fl Nail NJ NoficL Macs ,,,,, fo,,ua
frozen to death on the highway recently.
Foul play is suspected.
The spinners of Fall River and New Bed
ford are endeavoring to adopt a sliding scale
to settle their differences.
The steamer D. H. Miller from Baltimore
to Boston was nearly six hours going from
Vineyard Haven to Chatham, the vessel was
covered with ice
The heavy snow storm in Maine has cost
the ice harvesters on the Kennebec in the |
Of $4,000.