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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-26
DEATH OF MRS. GARFIELD.
Notable Career of the Mother of the
Martyred President.


Mrs. Garfield, the mother of the late Presi-
dent Garfield, died January 81.
The death of the aged mother of the mar
tyred President Garfield will be learned
throughout the country with feelings of sin
cere regret and sorrow. Her death recalls
that fateful I'd of July, in 1881, when the
nation was rent with a terrible shock as the
news of the work of the cowardly assassin
was flashed over the wires, and the period of
terrible suspense during the ten weeks while
that life hung as by a thread until the end
came on the Goth of September. Mrs. Gar
field was remarkable woman, and the story
of her life of trials, Affections and victories,
covering a period embracing nearly all of
the present century, would require volume.
Her name will occupy place in history as
the one who was most instrumental in culti-
waiting those germs of courage, love
of honor and truth, patriotic heroism,
religious faith and sound craftsmanship,
which characterized the ripened manhood of
the late president. Mrs. Eliza Ballou Gar
field was born in sight of old Monadnocli
mountain, in Cheshire county, N. H., Sept.
81, 1901. She came of the family of Ballous,
we'll known in Vermont, New Hampshire
and Massachusetts,, and was a niece of Rev.
Hosea Ballou, the Methodist clergyman and
writer of Boston. She was reared with that
care anu ClIculllSpectiou IoI which NeW
England families are noted. In 1919 she was
married to Abram Garfield, father of the
late president, and who was descended from
an Edward Garfield, who in 1875, was one of
the proprietors of Watertown, having accom-
panied Gov. Winthrop to New England.
They shortly afterward removed to Ohio, set
thing near the town of Independence, where
Mr. Garfield was engaged in work of excava-
ton for the canal. They lived in a log cabin,
knitting and sewing. They afterward re-
moved to Newbury, town which has since
become ward of the city of Cleveland. AT
that time three children had been born tc
them. In 1880 there was considerable ex.
element over the advance in the prices OF
land in the state, and the wild land was
much sought after. They determ, ,ed to
start at farming, and purchased tract Of
land heavily wooded in Orange township
Cuyahoga county, on which they built log
cabin. Not quite two years afterward-Nov
10. 1S3l-James A. Garfield was born.
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OVER 1000 VICTIMS.
JUDGE KINNEY's RIDE OF 30
MILES IN FIVE DAYS.
The Mercury About 40 Degrees Re-
low---Chiidren Wrapped in Mail
Sacks Perish from Cold-.-IO Frozen

A dispatch from Nebraska City, Neb., Jan.
FL, says; Judge J. #, Kinney, agent of the
Yankton Sioux Indian agency in Dakota.
arrived here yesterday, after being nine days
on the road. Five days were necessary for
the party to travel 80 miles. The mercury
during the five days was 40' below zero most
of the time The judge says the loss Of life
in Dakota has been greatly underestimate,
es the Dakota papers have tried to cover it
up, He describes the scene which took place
on board the cars. The coal was running
low. Tho passengers were crowded into one
car, trying to keep warm. Two babies per-
ished The mon discarded all the outer gar
ments they could spare and gave them to the
ladies and children. Finding these not
enough, they brought mail sacks from the
postal car and wrapped the children up in
them. While at one station in Bonhomme
county 10 frozen bodies were brought into
the depot in one day. In the same county
the list of dead will reach fully 100. Tho re-
ports made at Yankton of the loss of life
throughout the territory figure up 1000 The
judge named number of curious in
cidents relating to the wanderings
of people who went out in the
storm. Mrs. Browning of Turner county
went from her house to the stable, distance
of 100 feet, and her body was recovered Sun
day, seven miles from home. Charles Dol
linger, farmer of Turner county, persisted
seven feet from his house. A woman, name
unknown, of the same county, went out to
care for her chickens, and was found two
miles from her house. Roads from the
agency to Yankton are lined with dead
cattle, many farmers losing all they had
One man lost over 100 head. The loss of
stock cannot be estimated. p L. Clark and
wife of Yankton county were driving
toward Yankton when the blizzard struck
them. The horses refused to proceed, and
were turned loose Mr. Clark took strap
and fastened one end to Mrs. Clark and the
other end to himself, and, turning their
backs to the wind, wandered at random.
They came to a haystack, into which they
burrowed and remained all night. In the
morning Mr.. Clark crawled out and pro-
ceeded to a house; he was obliged to crawl on
his hands and knees, as his clothes were
frozen stiff. He reached the house and pro-
cured assistance to go after Mrs. Clark. She
was dead when found. William Reiswag and
hired man, living near Trip, were found
frozen to death within a few feet of
the stable, to which they had gone to
care for stock. Joshua Taylor and two
sons, near Scotland, st rted to water their
stock before the storm came up. Judge
Kinney has received word from the agency,
and he says, while large number of Indians
were out hunting and hauling wood, none are
missing. Toe judge was accompanied all
through the scenes Of suffering by his wife.
Both were slightly frozen about the hands
and feet.
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Pensions have been granted to the follow
ing New Englanders:
Maine-Abigail, widow of Daniel Mathes
Mechanics Falls; original, Fred w. Morong,
Lubec; James S. Casseboon, alias Ring, East
Machias; Eleazer 0. Addison, Slco; issue,
Dennis Mahoney, Togus; Henrietta H,
widow of John Reed. Stockton; Henry B.
Rogers, Ellsworth; Cyrus Hail. Avon;
James Cahill National Military Home;
Michael II. Smith, East VIM; Joseph Fer
maid, Troy; Charles H. Cobb, Brewer; Lo-
renzo D. Cilley, Brooks; Frederick Willis,
Togus: William NJ Wingate, Dixmont.
New Hampshire---David B., father of An
drew P. Merrill, Concord; Andrew Coch-
rane, South Antrim; Aaron b. Fellows,
Lake Village; Thomas I. Elliot, Manchester;
John Flynn, ID, Manchester; Ezra Tebbetts,
Wolfboro; David P. Robbie, Colebrook; Viii
liam H. Colcord, Exeter; Jeremiah A. Sar-
gent, Massabesic.
Hamilton, Salisbury original James P. Bah
cock, Bennington; John j. Sumner, Pownal
Norman Smith, East Brookield; reissue,
Eber johnson, Bristol, Sullivan, father Of
Chester Stevens, East Charleston; George
W. Tanleusin, West Bolton; Taber Benedict
East Bethel James B. Eddy, Evansville
Edwin II. Wheeler, Bradford
Massachusetts-Elle mother of Jane:
Fahey, East Dedham: Abby nj widow Of
Marcus NJ Miller, Westminster; Thomas
Mooney, Rainsford Island, Boston harbor;
William H. lehman, New Lenox: George
II. Smell, Lenox; Cornelius Harrington, South
Boston; Stephen W. Bickforj, Lynn; Yates
Walsh, Fall River; Richard Kelly
Stoughton; Minor of Collamer G.
Stevens, Worcester; John D., father Of
Azariah G. Brown, Marshpee; Agnes, widow
of William c. Lyle, Lawrence; Mary, widow
of Allen Rutherford, Lawrence; Simon +,
Twombly, Maiden; Michael Duffy, Fal
River; Allen johnson, South Boston; DAME
Manning, Chicopee Fails
Connecticut-David o. Street dead, Ches
terrified; Samuel G.. Clark, Danbury; Charlie
Hurlbur, Bridgeport; Joseph p. Gresham,
Norwalk; James G., father of Francis s. Bur
chard, Woodstock Valley; original, William
w, LOOMS, Hebron; John A. Iced, Meri
den,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-26
new ENGLAND NEWS.

Jan. 22,-The Thermometer registered Ms
follows at tho places mentioned in New Eng
land: Gloucester TO- to IT, below; Lowell,
To- below; Maiden, 49, below; Medford, IA
below; Melrose, TO- below; Stoneham, IL
below; Wakefield l5' below; Reading, l5'
below; Everett, IL below; Glastonbury, CT.
IS to is below; East Windsor Hill, Ct, 22'
Wothersfeld, CT IS to 81 below; Warren,
N, H., 90 below; st. Johnsbury, Vt, So to
d0' below; Burlington, VT, So below. Lake
Champlain closed over.
Michael Tierney of Meriden, CT, aged SO
and unmarried, while in an intoxicated con-
dition, was killed by the cars. The body
was frozen stiff when found. He was
mechanic.
The entire east wing of tho Holyolo Water
Power Company's Cabot street mill, in Hol.
yoke, 200 feet long and n feet wide, which
was occupied by the Holyoke Envelope Com
pany and b. +. Perkins machine works, was
burned Jan. %, cntailing a loss of about
S3a5, 200.
lantic coast the past few days was unusually
severe at Marblehead, JAM IS, tearing shut
tiers from their places and the lanterns of
the signal station from their poles. The cold
wave was intense, reaching IS below at the
ferry and TO- below in the town proper. For
the first time in 10 years the harbor is frozen
to Point light
The Shore line express train, bound east,
struck an unknown man on the iron bridge
over the Pawcatucli at Westerly, Jan. -,
knocking him into the air. He fell 80 feet to
the river, and, crashing through the ice, was
borne away by the current.
The Mobile (Ala.) county court house
caught fire Jan. 81 from defective flue and
in less than an hour was destroyed. All the
valuable papers and records were saved, but
the law library, valued at $4,000, was
burned. Loss on building, 100000; insured
for $500
DR.. Carl Daniel Adolf Donai, editor of tho
N. Y. Volks Zeitung. died at his residence,
SIT Broadway Brooklyn. He was one of the
best known Socialistic writers, ranking with
Car! Marx, Lassel and Frederick Engel.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-26
DRINKING POISONED WATER.
Cause of the Typhoid Epidemic
Raging at Ottawa.

The report of tho government analyst Of
Ottawa, made public, on the condition of
the water supply of that city, has caused
intense excitement and indignation-in fact,
almost panic-among consumers, to find
that they have for months past been drink
ing water polluted with germs of the most
poisonous nature, and to which has now been
traced the typhoid epidemic which, during
the past 10 weeks, has made such terrible
havoc. Fearing injury to the city, an
endeavor was made to keep the result of the
investigation quiet, and, with that object in
view, the minister of agriculture had the
report marked confidential" A special
meeting of the city council has been sum-
moned to take immediate steps to remedy the
evil. 1t will tost $3.50, 600 at least to get a
supply from an interrupted source.
Several city officials, including the city
engineer, who located the source of the
present supply will be at once dismissed.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-26
Our First Mail Service,

The first record contained in our
colonial history of any kind of mail SER
vices dates from 1877, when the Court
of Boston appointed John Hayward "to
take in aud convey letters &C.
cording to their direction" In
1710 Parliament passed an act to
establish general postoffice for all her
majesty's dominions, including North
America, New York being made the
chief letter Office Of the colonies. The
rates of postage for all letters and pack
ages from New York to any place within
sixty miles were as follows Single let.
tiers, Al; double, 3d.; treble. Is. an
ounce, Is. 4d.-lMagazinc of American
History
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-26
The Atlanta to go on II Cruise.

The new cruiser Atlanta has been ordered
to be put in readiness promptly for cruise,
and if, upon examination, it is found that
the condition of her hull will not actually
endanger the safety of the vessel for a
cruise, no repairs are to be begun that
will detain her. The vessel will go from
here directly to Port au Prince, where she
will take on board the United States
charge d'affaires and sail to San Domingo to
enforce the settlement of a long standing
claim of the United States. The vessel is
not very formidable one in her present con-
dition to enforce demand, from the fact
that her new gun tracks are not in place.
The large guns are thus practically disabled.
The new tracks are finished but the ordnance
bureau has not the money to put them in
place
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-26
FISH FROZEN OFT.
Driven from Their lzaunts by Ice.
They Are Caught by Thousands.

An unusual event occurred in the Des
Moines river at Bonaparte, Van Buren,
county, Iowa, q few days ago. There is a
dam across the river there, and as the river
is low, no water passes it, the only escape
being through the mill race and the water
wheels. For some days all kinds Of fish
black bass, buffalo, blue cat, yellow cat,
mud cat, salmon, pike, rock bass and all the
varieties in this stream-filled the mill race
so full that the powerful wheels of the mills
were stopped by them The people of the
town turned out Ell masse with rakes and
hoes, and took out fish by the tub, basket and
bag full, and now everybody has fish, and to
spare. The run is supposed to be on account
of the severe weather having frozen the
upper river and creeks to the bottom, and
the fish were seeking deeper water for more
mir
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-26
BRITANNIA SAFE.
Strong Gales and u Scarcity of Coal
Cause "a Tedious Passage.

The Britannia reached New York Jan. 90
Capt Parozol, the commander says that the
voyage was very rough. The steamer left
Gibraltar on Dec. % When five days out
from Gibraltar she encountered a tremen-
dous gale from the west southwest. This
veered to the northwest and continued with
great violence all through Dec 81 and 2S
The seas were very high and washing on
board smashed the starDoard lifeboat, ven
tilator and the BOBBY hatch. The STEAMERS
bunker coal became almost exhausted and
she put into Bermuda for & fresh supply.
and was detained three days. The pasSen-
gers suffered no Inconvenience, beyond the
tediousness incident to scch a long voyage,
and all were well when they arrived.
There were two deaths from natural causes
among the so Storage passengers OIL the
voyage.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-26
ALL THE ROBBERS CAUGHT.
Unsuccessful Attempt to Rifle Wa.
bash Railroad Train.

An attempt to rob n Wabash train was
made near Missouri City. The train was
tagged and the engineer ordered out of the
cab The officials had information that an
attempt would be made to rob the train, and
were prepared A volley from shotguns met
the robbers, and the leader was shot down.
The officials pursued the robbers, and tele-
grams to General Manager Hayes say that
all of them have been captured. Three of
them were overtaken by the posse. and the
fourth, Barney Sweeney, the leader. who
stopped the train, and who received heavy
load of shot in tho breast from the gun of the
man in the engine cab, was found in the
woods, where he had crawled after being
xvoundod
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-26
He ForraIa Them.

A little boy had been extremely
naughty at dinner and had been sent
away from the table just as his favorite
desscrt-cabinet pudding with butter
and sugar sauce-was being served.
About Q o'clock that evening, when the
other children had gone to bed and his
parents were alone in the sitting room,
a tear-stained little face and q white
robed figure appeared at the door.
'Mamma, it said, bravcly, between
sobs, ''you told me never to 60 to sleep
when anything wrong had been done
until it was all fixed up right, so came
down to tell you hat-that-that..-I--
forgive you and papa for what you did
to me at the dinner table,"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-26
Boys and Bruin.

Farmer Peck's two young sons
tackled full grown cinnamon bear
near their home on Upper Hornet creek,
Idaho, fired, but mis- scd it. The bear
turned on the boys, who fred second
shot and broke aleg, but the bear kept
right on, knocked the gun from one of
the boys hands, and then caught his
arm in his mouth. His brother aged H.
ran up, put his gun against tho bear s
head and blew out his brains.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-26
TEN MEN BURNED TO DEATH.
Impossible to Fight Fire at Fihy.six
Below Zero.

A boarding house and saloon of Nelson
Barnaby at Lower, MIMI, were burned a
few nights since. 1t was rickety structure,
and burned so rapidly that it was with diff
Guilty that any one escaped. Many of the in
mates jumped from the upper stories, and 10
persisted in the flames Two other Loarding
houses were burned, but the inmates escaped.
Pecuniary loss, $4,000. TIE mercury was
So below zero, and absolutely nothing could
he done to extinguish the flames
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-26

He thought he saw q prize lighters ring, and
In the middle Of II stood doughty little cham.
pion who met and deliberately knocked over
one by one, score or more OF big, burly-look.
Ing fellows, as they advanced to the attack
Giants as they were in size, the valiant pigmy
proved moro than q match for them. II wa.
all so funny that jerks woke up laughing. He
accounts Tor the dream by the fact that he had
Just como to the conclusion, after trying near
~ every big, drastic pill on the market, thai
Pierces tiny Purgative Pellcts easily "knocb
out" and beat all the rest hollow!
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-26
Pigeons rs Weather Reporters.

Mr.. ODonnell, OF the United States
signal service, is experimenting with
carrier pigeons for carrying weather re-
ports between Key West, Florida, and
Nassau in the Bahamas. When the
birds arc trained they arc to DO given
to sea captains to take 10 sea and send
home again with weather reports. The
service is expected to b, useful in the
West India islands.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-26
HELP THEMSELVES To COAL.
Nebraska Farmers Take FOrcibIc
Measures to RepIenish Their Fuel.

A special from Omaha of Jan. % says that
kilograms have been received at the Union
Pacific headquarters stating that the coal
cars of the company have been sackei by the
farmers in the western part of the state.
line in western Nebraska, and the inhabi-
tants during the recent blizzard have taken
forcible measures to replenish their stocks Of
fuel. On Wednesday last a hundred men
took possession of two cars loaded with coal
at Cozad, and the performance was repeated
at Stratton. Similar occurrences are reported
from Gibbons and Kearney
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-26

As well as the handsomest, and others arr
Invited to call on any druggist and get free q
trial bottle Of Kemp's Balsam for the Throat
and Lungs, remedy that is selling entirely
upon its merits and is guaranteed to cure and
relieve all Chronic and Acute Coughs, Asthma,
Bronchitis and Consumption. Large bottles,
20 cents and 81.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-26

Of face and form, and made unattractive by
the wasting effects Of ailments and IRREGULAR.
ties peculiar to her sex. To check this drain
upon, not only her strength and health, but
upon her amiable qualities as WELL Is her first
duty. This is safely and speedily accom-
plished by course of self-treatment with DR..
Pierces Favorite Prescription, nervine and
cially for the alienation OF those suffering
from dragging out" pains, sensations OF
nausea, and weakness incident to women-a
boon to her sex. Druggists.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-26
HIS Long Life,

George Bancroft, the aged historian,
accounts for his long life by tho fact
that he was the middle child in his
fathers family, that he has always been
in bed by 10 o'clock at night, and that
he spends four hours in the open air
every day unless prevented by stormy
weather.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-26

Ia often the result of bad blood" In q family
or community, but nowhere Is bad blood more
aestruetiveness Of happiness and health than
In the human system. When the life current
u foul and sluggish with impurities, and is
the body the peril TO health and life even il i'm
minent Early symptoms are dull and drowsy
feelings, severe headaches, coated tongue, poor
appetite, indigestion and general lassitude.
Delay IN treatment may entail tho most seriA
Gus consequences. Don't let disease get
strong hold on your constitution, but treat
yourself by using DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
health. All druggists -
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-26

A stretch of railroad track, extending three
miles out nom Madisonville, Ohio, is Said by
Cincinnatti paper to be the scene OF so many
accidentsl as to have earned for itself the
name of "Dead Mans Curve"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-26
A womnn,. sv,., VIII.

Alum was first discovered Mt Rocha, In
Syria, In 1890; in Tuscany, AGO; In Ireland,
1851, and in Anglesia, lT9).
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-26

No one can truthfully say that Catarrh Is
incurable who has not tried Taylor's Hospital
Cure, Send to I'll B'way, New York for free
pamphlet.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-26
tn. Homeless. Man in Town,

A German has invented and manufactured
a paper which resists both fire and water.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-26

Mrs. Ed. NJ CAMPBELL, of Oakland, Cali
fornfd, writes: o. had been troubled all
my life with historical attacks and par
oxysms, or spasms. and periodical recur-
rences of severe headache. but since have
been using your 'Fayoritc Prescription i
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-26
IL WRONG DISEASE.

10, as they imagine, ono from dyspepsia. an
stion, or prostration, another with pain here
nerent, or over-busy doctor. separate and {
when, in reality, they are all only sympt0r
encourages his practice until large bills {
delay, wrong treatment and consequent
TO the cause, would have entirely removed
instead of prolonged misery.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-26

Mrs. &. F. MORGAN. Of No. u Lexington St.,
East Boston, Mas, says: Five years ago
Having exhausted the skill of three physi-
clans, was completely discouraged, and so
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-26

Sold By Druggists and Dealers Epearrhere.
THE CHARLES A. voGElER CO.. Baltimore. Md.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-26
Aged People

N. f. Four
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-26

"worn out" run down." debilitated
teachers, milliners, dressmakers, seam
stresses, "shop- girls" housekeepers, nurs-
ing mothers, and feeble women generally.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Is the
greatest earthly boon, being unequaled as
1t promotes digestion and assimilation of
food, cures nausea, weakness Of stomach,
indigestion, bloating and eructations Of gas.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-26

Many times women call their family physicians 6,
another from liver kidney disease another from
he presrbes his pills and potons assuming them be
disorder The physician ignorant of the of suffer
patient gets better but probably by Of
medicine like DR. PIERcEs FAvORiTE PREsCRIPTroN dir
polling all those distressing symptoms and nsntng com