The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-02-21

ton in ans, a,rI Oapt ID. A. Lille OF the
ordnance corps will represent the army at
the Paris exposition.
The Washington Star says that the co n
plainant tDr.. Rogers In the Pan Electric
c Sc of Rogers against Garland intends to
summon President Cleveland, after the 4th
of March, to testify as to statements in re-
gard to the Pan-Eectric company alleged to
have been made o the president by Mr..
Gerland, Casey Young, Senator Harris and
others.
The district assessors Of Washington, have
assessed the value of the Evening Star news
paper stock for taxation at 81, 339. 397, and
the full value at S2,0090S7. Tn is based
up n return to the court of the widow of
the late George w. Adams, VIII oh shows
that TWENTY-FIVE shares Welded last year a
dividend of S35,21O The capital stock is one
hundred shares This newspaper has hither-
to been assessed at S. 600.
Empress Frederic is about to compile the
memoirs of her late husband, which will
MAKE four octave volumes!
Mr. S. Spencer st. John, the English
minister to Mexico, has left for England. 1t
is reported that he will be appointed minister
to the United States.
TIL house committee on appropriations eff
fected compro Use in the matter of the
Cowles tobacco tax repeal bill The tobacco
sections of this b II w re rel scted, and il lieu
of them the two first sections If the Randall
bill were adop.ed without change On this
motion, Campbell, Foran and Randall voted
with the republicans. TIE strictly almini.-
tr ative features of the Cowles Ii as to the
management of distilleries were adopted.
| The bill so changed was ordered to be re-
ported to the h use for p; sage.
Abiding to the commend att II Of Mr.
Sidney Bartlett's Goth Dir hday the New
York Sun mentions veteran citizens of that
| city who still in active work: David Dud-
ley Field the jurist S5 years of age; Capt
| John Ericsson, the engineer, SO years old;
Wilson G. Hunt the merchant, on the verge
| of "a; Rev. DR.. Thomas E. Yer ilye, who
enters his s7th year this month; Prof Rob.
ert w. Weir, the artist, now in his S7th year,
and Phineas 7. Barnum, the Snowman, who
will reach the age of 70 this summer
At a meeting at Dundee, Scotland, which
was attended by 10000 persons, an effigy of
Mr.. Chamberlain was burned, resolution OF
confidence in Mr.. G adstone was passed anc
cheers given for Mr.. Brien.
A dispatch from Rome says the preconiza
ton of the following bishops has taken place
John S. Foley to Detr it, John J. Hennessy
to Wichita, Thomas Heslin 10 Natchez, T. j
Bowling was translated from Peterboro'
Can, to Hamif on, Can, and Dean OCon
nor was named for the latter See; Bishop
John j. keane, rector of the American
Catholic university, was named to the titulal
See of Ajasso and in the Consistory Mgr
OConnell, rector of the American college il
Pome, asked for and received the pallirn
for Archbishop Janssens of New Orleans.
The house and senate, wide apart at one
time on the question of admitting the terri
tories as states, are now in accord the houst
having receled from its position and practi
| yOta 70, OBJ ~ nd So.tth 10
kota, Washington and Montana. Republi
cans believe they will secure the ei2ht sena
tors from these to be new states and also cleo
nearly all the representatives. The demo
Gratis claim that North Dakota, Washington
and Montana are at least debatable ground
AMI they nave hopes of adding to their
strength in congress from the new states
A Madrid correspondent says that tn
queen regent received the news of tn
death of the sister of Senator CASTELAR, Will
in the mids5 of the hustle OF the birthda,
festivities OF the little king, as she enteret
the reception room where the guests wer
assembled for the great banquet. She i'm
mediately said to the president of tn
council, go an | tell NJ. CASTELAR, that / for
get that he is the head of the republican
party; that I only see in him nationa
glory, great orator, an artist who has N
peer, and that l have the deepest s. mpath
with him in his loss both as Spaniard an
as sovereign"
A bill iniroduc d by Senator Spooner pro
vides that a system of farmers institute
shall be maintained as a part of the agri
cultural apartment A Superintendent o
institutes is to be appointed, at an nua
salary of 5000. Meetings of the institute
shall be regu aTiy held in tn
agricultural sect ms of the country
az which experiments, lectures am
discussi rs pertaining to agricu tur
shall he conducted. The proceedings of thes
institutes are to lie published. and autnorit.
is given the superintendent Of institutes {
hire lecturers at fair rate of compensation
Tor the time actually employed. The annua
cost OF this 5, stem Of institutes is rot 20 ex
C ed SJ00.030, exclusive of permanent Sala
ries and the printing of the reports of the in
stitute meetings.