The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-05
NEWS IN GENERAL.
DOM EsTlo.


Block Islanders are anxious to SEQ a news.
paper and mail some letters. There have
been continuous heavy gales for q week. No
wrecks have occurred at this island, but an
unknown two-masted schooner, apparently
deserted, with no sails set was seen about
three miles south of tho island drifting to
sea. The heavy northwestern continues to-
night, with no signs of decreasing,
Judge Bell, of Ashland, Wis, known far
and wide rs king of the Apostle Islands, died
Dec. 70 For nearly half q century he
controlled what was practically called lit
Tie monarchy in the wilderness. He was SO
years old, and was the oldest living settler on
this historic spot whore Marquette founded
his mission 200 years ago.
The years return of failures shows de.
crease of 200 in number for the year, but a
large increase of $4,000, 600 in liabilities as
follows:
Year. No. Failures Liabilities. Average.
1857. 1854 Sl6r5GO,954 Sl7,302
lsS6.,.,... 1884 ll4,6H,ll0 l1,G5l
The returns for the Dominion of Canada
show 1882 failures, with SlG,3ll,745 labill-
ties; average, Sll,S03. The failures in the
Dominion were one in every 81 firms in bust
ness; in the United States, they average
one in every Ill firms.
A mixed train on the Pittsburg & Western
road, composed Of seven freight and two
st. Petersburg, and was precipitated 80 feet
to the bottom of gully. Almost instantly
the wreck took fire from the car stoves, and
in short time the entire wreck was a mass
of flames The passengers all succeeded in
getting out of the wreck, and no loss of life
has been reported.
A fire in the town of Houma, Terra Bonnie
parish, La, burned 2S business houses and
100 dwellings. Loss over 500, 900; insurance,
small.
The comment which was created among the
Catholic priests of the archdiocese of Chicago
by the announcement that the synod had
adopted rule prescribing priests from enter.
ing saloon, except in certain cases of i'm.
Emergency, has been renewed this week by
the development of the fact that still another
rule was adopted, forbidding the presence of
the reverend fathers at theatres and base
ball games.
A strong movement is now developing at
Springfield, ILL.,, to boom Robert Lincoln as
candidate for Governor. 1t has already
400 enthusiastic advocates, while all through
central Illinois the idea is received with
satisfaction.
A daring robbery was committed at Fin.
ieyville, Pa, -Four masked men rode up tc
she general store of C. f. Thompson & Co.,
which is also the postotlice. They forced
George Williams, the clerk, to open the safe
and hand them 5000 and postage stamps val
ued at $50. The clerk was then bound and
gagged, and the thieves galloped away.
On the night of the 3lst heavy storm OF
sleet and rain at P;1tSburg, rendered the
pavements so slippery that forty persons re-
ceived serious injury, some of whom are in 6
serious condition.
According to time honorcd custom, the
new year was welcomed in New York with
the usual pandemonium of noise at midnight
The chimes of Trinity church, as usual, were
sounded at the stroke of IL, while the ferry
boats whistles and steam craft throughout
both rivers and the harbors Joined i'll with an
unharmonious chorus.
A collision occurred on the Third Avenue
elevated road in New York, few days since.
Two persons were slightly injured. Trains
were delayed a few hours
The city administrator of New Orleans was
fatally shot in a bar-room fight between Pc.
litical factions; two others were severely
wounded.
Six persons were killed in the Cincinnati
Southern railroad accident, and many
seriously injured.
Possart, the German tragedian, now in
New York, has married his wife for the
third time, having been twice divorced.