The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-06-28
NEWS IN GENERAL.

The body of John Carroll, who was
drowned at Sheffield, was recovered few
hours later.
The Fall River police have begun vigor-
ons crusade against parties selling liquor
without license. Saturday night and Sun
day 10 places were raided.
The railroad station at North Hampton,N.
H., was entered by burglars, the safe blown
open and small amount of money stolen.
A meeting under the auspices of the State
No-license league was held in Worcester re-
Gently. Mayor Winslow presided nrd ma
1ority OF the aldermen were pre- rt. Ad-
dresses were made by Rev. Hugh Mo tgom-
cry, Major A. G. Hill Of Northanlr.o and
ex-Mayor Robinson of Gloucester. The at
tendance was comparatively small.
oPezzulo, one of the Italian laborers on
the sAover water works, is missing, and is
| supposed to have been shot during the recent
emeute. He is thought to BIO the man seen
by boys to swim the river, with face covered
with blood. Large numbers Of the Italians
and the police have searched the woods for
him.
The first trial canoo race for the Barney
prize cup took place June 2S, on the Connec-
ticut river, over course of three miles to
the windward and return. Emil Knappe of
Springfield won in III. 19m. lbs, with Paul
Butler and D. s. Goddard of Lowell and f.
A.. Nickerson of this city following in that
order.
Baccalaureate sermons were preached SUM-
day by the presidents of Yale, Bowdoin,
Dartmouth, Amherst, Williams and other
New Eng land colleges.
Six persons out of boating party of 16
were drowned in Newark bay. They were
having a ride in the S0-foot steam yacht
| Oivette, when the vessel ran on the jetty at
the mouth of the bay and was capsized. In
| the confusion that followed one man and
| five women were lost: Louis Graft, aged 20;
Gussie Lutz, 20. Lizzie Celius, IS; Minnie
| Burger, 10; Gussie Weber, TO- and Annie
| Fricke.
The new Pullman sleeping car service be-
| tween Washington aud Bar Harbor will be
inaugurated at once. Pullman palace Sleep
| ing cars will leave Washington at 2 p. M,
and run through to Mt. Desert ferry without
change, via the Pennsylvania railroad, New
| York & New England railroad, Portland q
Worcester line and Maine Central railroad,
Harbor express" Returning they will leave
Mt. Desert ferry on the Limited vestibule"
train at a. M, and arrive at Washington
at 1915 a. m The cars will be taken and
left by the Portland & Rochester railroad at
Westbrook Junction.
| Frederick Maddox and George Conway,
inmates of the convalescent ward of the
| Wards Island Insane asylum, N. Y, broke
the bars from the windows of their ward at
$50 o'clock Saturday, and escaped. They
escaped from the island in a boat. Another
patient tried to escape at tho same time, but
was caught before he got out of the window.
William Diehl, l6 years old, an inmate of
the insane asylum, was found drowned on
Sunday. He had been in the hospital 10
years, suffering with primary deinentia.
During the past year he had been allowed
the liberty Of the island, and had made no
attempt to escape.
| Cambridge is to have daily evening
newspaper, the publication of which will be-
| gin within a few weeks. 1t is to be managed
by W. F. Spaldng, who recently resigned
the secretaryship of tho board of commits
sioners of prisons and the superintendency Of
prisons to start the paper. 1t will lie owned
| by stock company, with capital of $10,-
| COOS and will be devoted purely to local mat
| terss The stockholders are among the lead
ing business men of Cambridge.
The annual report Of the government sup
erintendent of insurance at Ottawa, Ont,
shows that, while only about So per cent
| of the net amount of fire insurance at risk is
carried by American companies, over 80 per
cent. Of life risks of the whole Dominion
| have been placed with them.