The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-11-15
new ENGLAND NEWS

Michael j, Mccarthy of Hartford, Ct, %
years old, single, brakeman on the New
York, New Haven & Hartford railroad, fell
between moving cars and was Instantly
killed, his body being badly mangled.
At the annual meeting of the American
Linen company, Fail River, recently, D.. L.
Chace was reelected clerk, p. d. Borden,
treasurer. The treasurer was instructed to
pay $3.50 for the support OF n free bed at tho
Fall River hospital for the employees of the
linen mill. The net earnings OF the mill for
the year were sos, 1868 Is; the sum Of $50, 900
was raid in dividends and S50,9lS,09 was
charged off for depreciation, improvements
and new sprinkling apparatus.
S. C. Smith of Lowell, Mass, has been
granted n patent on naIsetting machine,
und D. G. Potter oil tie same city, assignor
to the Anterior Machine company, one on a
spinning machine.
John X. A. Hanson of Portsmouth, N. IL. /,
an insane patient at the county farm at
Brentwood. committed suicide by hanging
the other day. He had served in q Massa-
chusetts regiment during the war, and had
made unsuccessful attempts on his life be-
fore.
The Mansam Co. at Hackett's Mills, Me-
chanic Falls, have completed the additions
to their mill. They are now engaged in put
ting up several new houses for their hep.
They are making four tons of leatherbo ard
per day and shipping it as fast as they make
it.
The residence of Edwin F. Atkins on Con-
cord street, Belmont Mass, was entered by
burglars who gained an entrance through
the laundry window. They bored holes in
the family safe, and secured booty valued at
5000.
The conservation of Catholic cemetery at
Framingham, Mass, occurred a few days
since, Archbishop John ]. Williams solemnly
blessing the same in accordance with the
ritual of the church.
Frank Brown, who accidentally shot Her
mann Reimann was arraigned in the police
court at Manchester N H., last week, on a
charge Of manslaughter. A plea of not
guilty was entered, and Brown was held in
$1,000
Joseph Premier and L. Leblanc, well known
Rutland, Vt, machinsts, have just bought
several large lots near the Falls, on which to
build machine shop for the manufacture Of
the sand feed which Mr.. Premier invented
awhile ago. He is now equipping the Flint
mill at Rutland Valley with the sand feed !,
and the mill of the Vermont Marble Co. at
Proctor Several other parties contemplate
putting he sand feed in their mills.
At meeting of the Yale corporation at
New Haven, William w. Farnham of that
city was elected treasurer of the university.
Thomas D. Goodel Phi D. teacher of classics
in the Hartford Hopkins grammar school,
was elected assistant professor of Greek.
Benjamin Cook, sailmaker at Leighton's
wharf, Gloucester, Mass, had occasion to
return to his place of business for his UNI
brella. When near the wharf he heard loud
oucries for help. Hurrying TO the end of
n wa
going under. He rescued the man with some
difficulty. He was one of the crew of the
schooner Charles S. Tappan, and without Mr..
Cooks timely assistance would have been
unable to have got out Of the water.
The Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.. Bris-
toll, r. l., broke ground for another building
in front OF their office. This building will
be 22x50 feet and two stories The lower
part will be used as an office and the upper
room for a draughting room.
Mr.. John F. Morrill, of the Bostons a few
days ago entered upon his duties as assistant
superintendent of the gentemen's depart
ment Of A. Shuman & Co., Boston, clothiers.
Mrs. Betsy P. Stark of Penacook, N. H.
kerJ open house one day last week, the occa.
sion being her s9th birthday. A goodly
number OF relatives and friends called and
left toxic, of their friendship Mrs. Stark
is the widow Of Samuel Stark, grandson of
General Stark of revolutionary fame, and
lives with her daughter. She is a we'll
preserved woman weighing over 200 pounds,
and her hair, only silvery is over three feet
long. She was nurse to General Stark dur
ing bis last illness. She is the mother of
seven children, six Of whom are now living
George M. Woodruff of Litchfield, Conn.,,
who carved his initials 35 years ago on tho
limb of an apple tree, found the souvenir the
other day just as piece of the tree was going
into the fire Mr.. Woodruff has often looked
for the initials G. NJ. W. but they had
disappeared from the surface. A short time
ago he tree was cut down, and the letters as
found must have been about four inches from
the surface in the interior. This freak of
nature has been known to happen before.
A young man OF Vinalhaven, Me-, who at
tended tireman's ball, pat on the sheriff's
cat by mistake. While escorting home his
"best grip he found n pair of handouts in
his pocket, and the young woman tried them
on. Unfortunately they snapped and locked
and the hands could not be withdrawn. The
girl nearly sprained her wrists trying to ex-
tricate herself from her embarrassing posi-
ton, and did not succeed till the sheriff ar
rived with the key.
An interesting reminder Of the March
blizzard is seen in Danbury, Conn, in the
shape of limb of tree tn it has only just
recovered enough to blossom into foliage.
Ihls limb was nearly severed from the trunk,
hut has hung all summer Now, just as the tree
has shed its leaves and the sap is descending
ors alternating quarters in the ground,
this limb has grown the soft and tender
leaves of June. 1t presents q strange con-
trast against the bare aud leafess tree
Burglars entered the store of A. II. Barnes
at West Buxton, Me, recently, blew open
the safe and stole $1,000 worth of ieweirv.
York county is being badly infested with
thieves this autumn, and this is the 10th
burglary of the season.
A marriage soon to take place at Bridge
port, Conn, has been brought about by cir
cumstances of an unusually romantic ma
ture. The bride has waited IS ye ,rs for her
husband but not with the expectation of his
return for during the period she was twice
engaged and was to have married another
this autumn, but for her former lovers time
ly arrival on the scene. A lovers quarrel
separated the two and since then the Young
man has been west and made a fortune.
Meanwhile his sweetheart. who is an I'm.
usually attractive person has narrowly es-
capped being married to another, but says
she is glad she waited.
The Carmichael Manufacturing Co. s mill,
Westerly, has been sold to Reuben Lindley Of
Palmer for SIC, 900. Mr.. Lindley is now en-
gagged in manufacturing at Monson, in
Palmer, and will start his mill in Westerly
in the same line Of goods. The machinery
will be put in motion as soon as possible.
1t is said that there are four good water
powers now idle within three miles of Me-
chanics' Falls, Me-, that ought to and might
be utilized there.
The petitions asking congress to appro-
pirate money for the improving Of the Con-
necticut river between Holyoke and Hart
ford have heen placed in all the banks at
Springfield, Mass, at the city clerks office
and the police station
Tn, old board of trustees of the Union
savings bank of Fall River, Mass, have
resigned AMI new ones have been chosen
This has been done on the recommendation
of Bank Commissioner Chaplin WHO believes
that by iudcious management on the part OF
the new ard the bank will again be put
on good financial footing. The change is
] pleasing to til. depostors. An1rew j. Bor-
den has been cho en- president a. B. San
ford, j. A. Baker, vice presidents, and
Abraham G. Hart, secretary.
United ireland says: sit would be cheat
for America to establish homs rule in Ire.
land, even at a cost of war with Great
Britain. We need not comment upon the
value to England Of settlement of the
Irish question:
The body of the man found floating in the
Charles river near the pumping station OF