The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
new ENGLAND NEWS.

II is announced that public railroad meet
ings will be held in % Massachusetts, towns
and cities, and also in 10 towns and cities Of
Connecticut, in the interest Of the proposed
United States Central railroad from b ston
to Hartford.
At a special meeting of the stockholders of
the Boston, Concord & Montreal railroad at
Plymouth, N. H., 1t was voted to unite with
the Concord railroad and form new cor
poration, to be known as the Concord &
Montreal railroad The capital stock OF tn
new corporation will be 81 800 900.
The Hartford toll bridge, over the Con.
necticut river between Hartford and East
Hartford has been made free, The bridge
was built in 1908 Toll was first collected in
1871 and has been ever since. IL was freed
by an act of the legislature OF 1887, and the
state, through the legislature OF 1883, agreed
to pay 40 per cent. of the cost OF freeing IT.
An appraising board fixed the price at s2lo,'
900.
Joel Foster, who resides on the Pelham
road in Methuen Mass, met with an acct
dent while out hunting. His ramrod became
stuck in the gun barrel and he endeavored
to loosen il by pounding the butt or the gun
ON the ground The weapon was discharged
SCATTERING Mr.. Fosters right hand.
Want of medicine which could not be OBJ
tanned on the compulsory closing OF drug
stores by order of the selectmen is portion
of the physicians certificate Of the cause OF
death IN the case of Mrs Marian f. Baird,
the wife of Herbert w. Baird OF Hudson,
Mass, after having been i'll with typhoid
fever for five days. 1t seems that on Sun
day, at which time the drug stores are
closed by order of the selectmen, Mrs. Bard
was taken i'll, and Dr. Hartman being called
prescribed some brandy for his patient, CIV
ing her husband prescription for the same.
the drug stores being closed, the stimulant
was not obtained. The matter is now in the
hands of the district attorney of Middlesex
county and an inquest may yet be held.
The executive committee of the Massachu-
setts Woman Suffrage association has voted
to prosecute their work by conventions and
meetings in the western part of Massachu-
sets and elsewhere. The petitions for mu-
nicipal suffrage will be for women who can
read readily in English, write a simple SEN
tence at dictation, and who have not been
convicted of crime or imprisoned for such
crime within five years preceding the time
of election; and if O. foreign birth they shall
have resided in the United States at least
seven years.
The Berkshire, Mass, Exposition has net
ted about 500.
A village improvement society has been
ofRdDlZeu ~ DdHt, mass, anu pans 10 vi
foot t. lay sidewalk; and make other altera-
tons about the village.
The boot and shoe workers of North Ad-
ans, Mass, complain that the decision of the
state board of arbitration reduces the wages
of stitchers in the factories below the price
offered by the manufacturers.
A short time ago John Lincoln of North
Easton, Mass, had IS geese and 6s ducks
killed and about 25 of both kinds MANNED by
dogs. He asked the town for compensation
and WAS allowed $40, but has objected to
this as too little and has asked the county
commissioners to raise the sum.
A number of leading business men of Nor
way, Me-, have gone into company for the
mineral water. The location is in Milton
Plantation.
The Maine superintendent of schools is
gradually preparing the way for the intro
duction of free text books into that state, the
law fixing the date at which this must be
done at August |, 1899. This winter he will
obtain the lowest figures for school books of
the publishers, and issue circular to the
school officers throughout the state in
which necessary information will be given
and two systems outlined by which the
change can be made.
Charles jerks of White River Junction,
v u, WHO lOoh btCuiss dIlOtHti
fellow took his girl to show, viii recover.
The Sheldon Marble company of Rutland,
VT is to furnish the marble work of the en-
trance hall and staircase of the new public
library building in Boston
An electric car struck the carriage in
which Gov. Ladd was riding at Newport,
r. l. The driver was thrown from his seat.
He held on to the horses and re- cusd the
governor from his perilous position.
A Goshen Comm young man went to
Birmingham the other day, and for the first
time in his life saw a steam car, an electric
car and steamboat.
The city solicitor of Boston, it is said. is to
bring suit against the proprietors of BOWS
tannery in Woburn for pollution of the Mys-
tic water supply.
The dead body of a full grown female
child has been found in Mr.. j. B. Smithers
yard, Cambridgeport.
An unknown schooner was sunk during
the storm off Chatham, Mass.
There is general belief that Che ter F.
Sanger, Esq, will succeed Judge circuit in
the Cambridge Mass, judgeship.
Milton NJ. Parks, of Keene, n H., was
fatally injured BY his horses taking fright and
he was thrown from loaded wagon, which
passed over him, crushing his head and
otherwise injuring him.
Johnnie Taber, aged years. was drowned
while bathing in Otter creek, near Vergen-
mes, VT.
Washburn Bros, of Thomaston, Me-, have
launched handsome four masted schooner,
to be commanded by Capt. j. Balano, Of
Port Clyde.
There was race recently between the New
York express and an accommodation train
| on the Boston aud Albany railroad between
-, III 10 OF atc ~
| two miles between Brighton and Newton, and
| the engineer on the accommodation train let
| her out to see what she could do against the
| fest express. At first the express gained q
| little but soon the accommodation drew away
| from the flyer 1t was fair and square
| victory for the accommodation train.
A confidence man who registered at the
| Washington house, Lowell, Mass, as S. E
| Chase WATERFOWL, about 60 years of age
has been active. He made a great many
| preliminary arrangements, as though about
to do big business, and, while doing so
borrowed small sums of money from severa
| parties on bogus checks, and made many un
successful attempts to do so in other cases
He escaped.
Five horses were burned to death in g
stable at Roxbury, Mass.
| Considerable interest was excited in New
| Bedford, Mass, by the unearthing OF boz
containing half dozen human skulls and
many bons mingled together in box
| found where workmen were excavating fol
| the foundation of building. Inquiry de
veloped the fact that in 1874 As the build
ing was occupied by George Hart as I
boat builders shop. He excavated to pu
in large wooden cistern, and severa
skeletons were unearthed, and reburied il
the box, which has again been dug up
The site of the building was formerly
knoll, surrounded by marsh, and tradi
on says many of the crew of an Englisl
ship who died of an epidemic at this por
about the time Of the revolutionary wa
| were buried on the spot.