The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-05

The twelvemonth we all agree in number.
ing 1887 was in some respects a singular pc.
riod. But, upon the whole, it averages well
with the years that went before it. In
chronologically considering given year one
| almost insensibly turns first to its ne''ro'orv
for one may measure To 'Grr.aue. x d
| year very accurately h N. .f. Ut She
important figures who avr pa-.a Hr tha
worlds stage during il A vas
indeed aagoodly comps IA pm
the visible to the in sihle .mr.se tls
year 1887 Poets ana statesmen, and
warriors and seamen, singers and actors,
and financiers and eminent people of all de-
grees. But the world goes on very well with.
out them, as it will continue to so on long
after those who come after them have been
succeeded, in turn, by others
Humanity made a good bit of material
progress during 1887. To be sure, no Won
derful new invention came into general util-
ity, and no one of the few great scientific
prizes that mother nature sometimes gives
to her persevering children was found
between its extreme days, but there
was q steady improvement of such mechan-
ical contrivances as man had already made
himself master of; many miles of new rail
road were constructed, many now industries
were established and many old ones were ex-
tended And while not all who contribute
to the nations wealth by the labor of the
hand and brain have profited by their work
as they should, there was a steady i'm
provement of the condition Of the
working classes during the year. The
unemployed and the destitute are to be c,und
mostly in the great cities of the earth, and it
is there that most of the riots of the year
took place. London suffered more than
usual. Among the most important strikes of
the year was the 'longshorems's strike, left
over from 1886 and concluded in February
the printers strike in New York, st. Louis
and Chicago; the cigarmakers' strike and
he big coal strike ordered in the middle of
t2cenber.
Among the most notable events of the year
was the hanging of the Chicago Anarchists
A complete list of the dark deeds COM
mittod in 1887 would include everything in
the way of crime that the mind of debased
man can conceive or carry into execution,
but only such crimes as from their extraordi-
nary nature demand recognition in the record
of years doings are here set down.
The casualties of 1887 include fire and
storm and flood, and that most awful mani
festation Of natures power, the earthquake,
besides those casualties that are solely due to
the carelessness of man himself The most
appalling disasters of the year were the
earthquakes of the Italian Riviera and the
floods caused in China by the Yellow river
bursting its bounds.
Eighteen hundred and eighty-seven wit
messed no great wars, n. 49, ssr. ..-
republic of France pa .-
crisis that was feared WON .u.~....r
moil and bloodshed 81 =, u asr#aa.
the encouragement of .h m'u stlliet.s Q
humanity. Two powe .'oHa1a4s CsN-
brated important date - ---ai- ..,.s " .vu
great success-Victoria, queen of England,
completed the fiftieth year of her reign and
the Emperor William of Germany passed his
Goth birthday.
The year closed with the ever present
eastern question menacing the peace of
Europe with rather deeper mutterings
than usual, and it is quite within
the bounds of possibility that the first
few months of 1888 may bring storms of shot
and shell to busy towns and quiet valleys
that have not seen worse storms than rain
and wind and snow for years. In America
the years last days looked upon the busy
preparations of politicians and voters for the
coming presidential campaign, and 1883 will
be a much liveler political twelvemonth
than its predecessor.
But the years record will speak for itself