The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-06-27
new ENGLAND NEWS.


The Boston, Mass, Towboat company has
purchased the large sea,going tug, =. A.
Burke now lying at New Orleans. The
Burke has a gross tonnage OF e2s.04; net
1l402 She Is ll6 feet long, 30 feet beam
and 10 feet inches depth Of hold.
The New Hampshire Legislature In joint
convention elected the following officers;
Secretary of state, A. b. Thompson OF Con-
cord; state treasurer, s, A. Carter OF Con-
cord; public printer, John b, Clark Of Man
chester; commissary general, Sylvester Lit
tie Of Antrim.
The Gen. Stannard monument has been
dedicated at Burlington, VT
Within week three messenger boys have
been caught stealing their employers money
letters from the Boston postoifice, In one
case the boy was so bold that besides appro-
priating money he undertook to fill the &C,
companying orders from his employers
stock. The firm had no suspicion OF the
boys dishonesty until letter was received
stating that a mistake had been made in
filling an order, nor could any of the en-
ployes remember the transaction. watch
was placed upon the boy and he was de-
tected.
p g. Evans Of Gorham, N. H., has intro.
duced into the legislature a largely signed
petition asking for protection to the camps
and paths of the Appalachian Mountain
club.
Among the improvements which are to be
made by the government under the survey
of Major Haagensen, now in progress In
Fore river, Weymouth, Mass, is the deepen.
ing Of the channel to total Of 10 feet. 1t
will also be Strengthened, and Squaw rock
and other distractions will be removed
The Gardiner, Me-, assessors place the val
uation of the city at &, 955, sos an increase
| ~ Si2R QSQ last Tho nMUhar or
polls has decreased, being 1898 against 1905
last year.
Peter Drew, Jr, IS years old, son Of Peter
Mass, was shot accidentally by some boys
who were playing with Flebert rife The
ball, of % caliber entered the cavity Of the
right abdomen, and possibly penetrated the
intestines. He was taken to his home and
the wound dressed by DR.. l. ]. Clark.
There are 13,475 school children in Fall
River, Mass, between the ages of and Is
years, an increase of us over last year.
South Shore (Mass) farmers have new
pest in the shape of worm which eats the
grass and turns large patches of 1t a whitish
| brown.
The debt of Carroll Co., N Il, less fines, cash
in treasury and amounts due from Albany
and Chatham, is $50, $40 80, a reduction dur
AiS WIG pooo ooh VI ClA,VOts~S.
Boston and local capitalists are working
up plan for supplying East Bridgewater
with electricity. A capital of $4,000 is
proposed.
The city of Concord has extended Capital
street through to Green and completed the
square on which the new United States
building stands.
w. Edgar Phillips, superintendent OF let
ter carriers at the Fall River, Mass, post
office who was held in 81, 500 for examine
ton on charge of embezzling from the
mail failed to put in an appearance when the
case came up and his bail was declared for
feited.
The largest taxpayers in Moultonboro, N.
| H.. are Hon. James E. French, SOP; B. F.
Shaw, s155, and Isaac Emery, $685.
The erection of public library building
in Bath, Me-, for which Hon. Galen G.
Moses gave $4,000 on condition that the
city should furnish site, is now assured.
| The suit of Marion Sylvia against Dr. G.
P. Bailey, New Bedford, Mass, druggist,
for $40, 600 damages for wounds received by
the explosion of a wart cure preparation
alleged to have been due to the carelessness
of clerk, has been settled out Of court.
Hon. John G.. Moulton has been chosen
president of the Laconia and Lake Village
Water Works corporation
| The house of Miss Mary Wilcox In Exeter,
R. l., was broken into few days ago and
robbed Of $50 and other valuables.
The Milford, Mass, Shoe company has
been incorporated, with capital of $780,
600; Ephraim L. Wires, president; W. W.
F. Clahln, c. W. Shppee and A. A. Taft
directors.
Wilton, N H., will next fall celebrate the
150th anniversary Of its incorporation.
The city assessors have just completed
their inventory of real and personal property
in the city of Bangor, Me-, liable to taxation.
\ The report is as follows: Real estate, So
E956 $50; personal estate, 81, 96S, $50; total,
So, 924, 500. This shows an increase in real
and personal property of $50, 800 over the
valuation of 1888.
Clinton, Mass, is making extraordinary
preparations for Fourth Of July celebra-
ton. There will be parade of antiques and
horribles, base ball, foot races, bicycle
matches and horse races.
The boot and shoe store of A. Hanes in
Rockville, Conn, was entered and about
800 worth Of goods stolen.
The valuation Of Wolfboro, N. H., is ST.
126, 148, a decrease Of about $4,000.
The new town of Bourne, Mass, has in
creased in valuation the past year s57, $50
Total valuation, sl,135, $50; tax rate, sl2
per $1,000.
The jury in the case of Bent and Roberts,
charged with the murder of Louis Wilder at
Woodford, Vt, last December, have dis
agreed and were discharged. Both respond
ents were admitted to bail in $500 EACH
Bent gave bonds and is at liberty. This
case will be tried at Bennington again at
the December term.
Crops throughout New Hampshire are
looking very promising. Grass is heavy and
forward, and in the upper Merrimack VAL
ley farmers have begun their haying. Po-
tatoes are doing finely, while corn is looking
well but is backward. Apple trees are heav-
lily set with fruit.
Officers of the Nashua, N H., Armory as,
ISOLATION have been chosen as follows: Presi-
dent Col. E. j. Copp; clerk and TT, asurer,
c. A. Roby; directors, the above and also
Hon. John A. Spalding and Mayor G. H
Burke and j. H, Dunlap. Plans have been
received and the building OF the armory
will commence at an early day.
There is a strike of stitchers cutters and
lasters at the Sampson shoe factory, North
Adams, Mass, and the shop has shut down.
1t is feared that the strike will become gen.
eral among all the shops in town. The
wages were reduced last winter and the men
| demand a new schedule for the summer. The
shops have large orders out.
| Inc paper mlll at CdrrlcaDeS WOrKS Mil
ton, N. H., will start again soon, after hav-
ing been shut down several months.
The Lawrence Mass, hosiery corporation
has inaugurated cut down of s per cent. in
the wages of all employed by the piece.
The members Of the Boston Eight Hour
league object to city officials receiving an
increase in salary until the city laborers
shall have been placed on an eight-hour ba-
sis. The league has sent to the board of
aldermen protest against a further in
crease.
The erection Of q public library building
in Bath, for which Hon. Galen c. Moses gavl
SIC, 600 on condition that the city should fur
nish site. is now assured.
|. VIM. H. Pepper of Clifford, N. H., ha,
introduced into the house Of Representatives
bill providing for the lighting of the Weir,
channel leading into Lake ANNIVERSARIES
an for placing buoys at dang rous points il
the lake.
Fifteen young girls who attended ring
frames engaged in spinning filling at Seacon
net mill, Fall River, Mass, have STRUCK
work, Directing to poor stock and scarcity
Of rowing. Large number of weavers or,
idle in consequence.
Tne Edison Graphophone company M,
leased two entire floors Of the great factory