The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-09-06
NEWS IN GENERAL

show that the recent storm did large amount
OF damage. A farmer named Larue, IN the
county OF Nicolet, was killed by the falling
In OF the roof of his house. and some ~ or 10
barns were blown down. All the saw mills
at Nicolet are closed.
At Richmond, Va, the second payment
on the Libby prison property has fallen due.
and was defaulted upon by the Chicago syn
dictate that purchased 1t last spring. The
property will be sold at public auction at the
risk and cost of the syndicate
A recent ruling of the secretary Of the in.
terror leaves the civil service commission
without funds for printing purposes.
Senator Hears resoluti' N calling on the
president for copies Of ali correspondence
with the government OF Great Britain re-
monstrating against unfair treatment OF
American citizens by the dominion in the
matter of tolls on Canadian canals and in
the prohibition of entries for transportation
in bond Of American fish, and of wrongs to
American fishing vessels, has been passed
after slight amendments by Mr.. Edmunds.
1t is reported that cholera is raging In
Presque Isle county, Mich, and people arc
dying like sheep, with no doctors in the inn
mediate vicinity. Nine persons have died in
one day.
VIM. Simpson of New York City has lest
by death, at Woodburn stock farm in Lex
ington, Kv., the bay mare Directress full
sister to Director 40, by Dictator, dam
Dolly, by Mambrino Chief. She was valued
at $1,000.
During Harrison and Morton pole-rais-
ing near Morris, Oswego county, N. Y, a
cannon was discharged prematurely, killing
John Dickson, Albert Sergeant and Fred
Sage.
At Kingston, Ont, the collector of GUS
toms has notified the fruit dealers that they
must enter and pay duty upon crates and
boxes in which they receive fruit, which is on
the free list, as instructions have been issued
by the commissioner of customs that the
packages are subject to duty of 20 per
cent This is the first intimation that dealers
have had of the existen' of any such law.
AS they will have to pay duty on all pack
ages they have received this season, and as
they have no way of recouping themselves
they are highly indignant.
Edward F. Stewart. trustee and treasurer
OF the Washington square Methodist church
In New York City, has been arrested for
stealing &c. 100 of the church's which was
raised by the congregation to pay of a mort
gage.
Trouble is brewing on the Shoshone reser'
ervation, Fremont county, Wyo The Sioux
visitors of the Arapahoes are at the bottom
of the trouble. Two white men were found
dead near Rattlesnake mountains on the
reservation, where they were doubtless muir
dered by the Sioux, who donned war paint
after being ordered off the Shoshone reser-
walton. Half-breed hunters report the
presence of a band of $50 hostile Indians
within the reservation They are fully armed,
have plenty of ammunition, extra ponies,
and no women and children along.
The steamer ST. Paul has arrived at San
Francisco from Ounalaska, having loo. 900
sealsklns the seasons catch on st. George
and st. Paul islands She also has a num-
Der of other skins and furs, the value of the
entire cargo being estimated at 100000.
The revenue cutters Thetis and Bear at
last reports were in the Arctic and all on
board doing we'll. No seizures have been
made this season, though it is reported by
the agent of the Alaska Commercial company
that several British schooners have been
seen taking seals within the prescribed limits.
The will of the late Charles Croker, Sec
ond vice president OF the Southern Pacific
railroad company, appoints Mrs. Mary A.
Croker, the widow, exscutrix. The estate
is worth something over 5,25O,0Oo.
Samuel Handbook, prominent merchant
of Kincaid, Kan, was chosen umpire Of a
match game of baseball between the rival
towns of Kincaid and Bayard. A
swiftly thrown ball tipped the bat and
struck the umpire powerful blow in the
jugular vein. He died instantly.
August Ears and Charles Lebanew were
killed at Green Bay Wis, recently by the
collapse of coal shed containing 14O tons
of coal Their bodies were flattened out
into shapelessness.
Pension Commits ioner Blacks annual re.
port shows that, during the fiscal year ended
June 80, the pension rolls received 60, 252
new names, the largest annual increase in
the history of the bureau, making total OF
452, 557 pensioners on the rolls.
Gen. Greedy believes that the station on
Pixies Peak might we'll be discontinued, but
the senate disagrees with him, and has put a
special appropriation of $4,000 in the sundry
civil billto keep it going.
Many residents of Caldwell, O., have fled,
to avoid an epidemic of'malarial or typhoid
fever. More than 100 cases have been re-
ported, with 25 deaths. 1t is now believed
to be under control, and no new cases are
reported.
While shooting at Lake Placid, N. Y,
Daniel O'Connell, assistant United States
district attorney of New York City, accident
ally shot John Shey, his guide. 1t is feared
that Shey cannot recover. Shey has made
statement generating Mr.. OConnell.
The senate has confirmed the following
nominations: Consuls-L L. Austin Spaulding,
at Brunswick; ]. Russell Parsons, Jr., at
AK la Chappelle; Charles Deblanc at Puerto
Cabello; Ernest w. Smith, at Mozambique.
James Cray, a sailor on Cuban steamer,
has been arraigned at the port of New York
for smuggling 5000 cigars. He tried to get
them through the custom house in small!
engine boiler. Surveyor Beattie says that
be will in future take most stringent meas,
ures to stop the wholesale smuggling Of
cigars now carried on by sailors from south
ern ports.
The Interoceanic railway company has re-
ceived from London over 1000, 900 in Mex
lean currency with which to pay the ex'
penses of the earlier months of active con
struction on its Vera Cruz division.
Secretary Whitney has before him the re-
port of board detailed to consider the ap
plication of the Union Iron Works of San
Francisco for an extension of the time &c
complete the Charleston The company asks
for an extension of four months, and the
board recommends that it be granted. Sec
rotary Whitney has signitied his intention tc
approve the report.
The acting commissioner Of navigation
has issued circular to collectors of customs
directing that French vessels arriving in the
United States shall be deemed to be of the
tonnage denoted in their certificates of regis
try, and that the vessels need not be admeas
ured in this country. The government o.
France has agreed to accept in French port
as certified in their registry
The annual report of the commissioner o
the general land office shows that during tn
year ended June 80, 1888, there were 5000
cash land entries of all classes, aggregatin,
5,907, 254 acres. for which the government re
ceived sll, 2O3, OIL.
The first shipment of standard silver dol
lars for storage in the large new treasur,
vault was received at the treasury depart
ment at Washington. 1t came from Phila
delphia bv express and amounted to $500
000 These shipments In lots OF $780,
will continue daily for about six months IN
til they aggregate 500, 000, 900, the capacit
of the vault The present shipments are fron
the mint at Philadelphia and will be fol
lowed by similar shipments from New York
New Orleans and San Francisco.
At special session of the United State
circuit court, held at st. Johnsbury, V,
about $50 persons were naturalized.
John A. Enos, the Boston inventor ha
devised and secured by patents at Washing
ton an instrument for use on ocean steam
ships, to be applied to the steam whistles an
worked by telegraph operators. By th
means masters OF steamships can commun
cate with each other in DIRK nights or il
&ick fogS.