The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-23
new ENGLAND NEWS.

Washington by Congressman-elect Walker
to the effect that the proposed building will
not be nearly large enough TO properly ac-
commodate the business OF the office. Mr.,
Walker and Senator Hoar will endeavor TO
secure an additional appropriation at the
next session Of congress,
At the last meeting of the Belfast Me-,
city government IL was voted to further the
plan Of erecting city building on the Angler
lot near the court house, The building will
cost $4,000 is 10 be put up by stock
company and will contain memorial hall,
municipal court room, city offices, etc.
Inc Connecticut house of representatives
by vote of 1875 to 1903 have rejected the mi
nority report of the railroad committee,
which granted permission to the Housatonic
railroad to parallel the New York, New
Haven q Hartford railroad
The speed is moving gradually in the new
Lewiston, Me-, cotton mills A large pro-
portion Of the help has been engaged, but
several important positions are yet to be
filled. Much remains to be done, and the mill
can hardly start up inside Of fortnight or
three weeks.
The West End railroad, Boston, has suf.
fered loss of $4,000 by the verdict of the
Jury in the case of P. j. Magee against the
railroad. Magee was fireman of hook
and ladder company, and was injured while
going to a fire in consequence of the truck
colliding with one of the defendants cars
Alexander Arthur, a native of Canada and
an employee of the Munroe Felt & Paper Co.
In South Lawrence, Mass, was drawn into
the machinery at the mill and killed
The board of control of the Massachusetts
agricultural experiment station have award
ed the contract for the construction of the
new building for the department of vege-
nh nh 10 tuin ~
yoke for 5000, not including the green
houses, which will probably cost $500 more.
At special meeting of the Providence &
Stonington Steamship company, the presi-
dent W. M. Miller, informed the assembled
stockholders that the new steamboat for the
line was nearly finished and would be de
livered the latter part of the week or the first
of next week. He said the Connecticut, as
she is to be called, would, beyond doubt,
prove a success in every respect. The new
boat has been built at a cost OF S625, 900,
and will be the equal of any running on the
sound. She will be ready to make the first
trip Of the season on the Providence line on
June 1.
Colonel Amos A. Parker of Fitzwilliam,
N. H., aged 90, is writing history Of the
Parker family,
The Boston, Bar Harbor and Machias
steamship company has been organized with
a capital stock of $1,000; paid IN, nothing:
par value shares S25 The officers are as
follows: President, Charl S Deering, Cape
Elizabeth, Me-; treasurer, George A. Pratt,
Somerville, Mass. directors, Charles Deer
ing, John F. Proctor, John H. HILL James
II. Baker and Charles F. Bates
The programme for the celebration of the
150th anniversary of the incorp oration of the
town of Brunswick, Me-, is completed and
oh r,lor I'm hut nd fha
ringing of bells will begin the day.
Ex-Alderman Samuel B. Weston of
Nashua, N. H., is confined to dark room,
and is great sufferer from his eyes. Mr..
Weston's affection i the indire It result of a
fracture of the shoulder, received by being
thrown from horse in one of the battles of
the Army of the Potomac.
The trusees of the old Robson mill at
Fall River, Mass, have decided to expend
$45, 900 in improvements which will include
the substitution of ring frames for mules,
and increasing the number of spndles.
Three hundred looms will be added, English
card purchased for warp work, new boilers
put in and engines mpounded. Work on
the improvements will begin soon.
VIM. Thorp of Southington, Mass, tried
to cross the track ahead of a consolidated
train at NaugatucS, Conn, and was struck
and killed.
The valuation of Keene, N. H., is SC, 0S1,
996, decrease of $4,000. The number of
polls is 2O59, an increase of CO. and being the
largest number in its record
Schooner Champion, 81 tons, bound TO
Gloucester, Mass, from the Banks, with
10000 pounds of fish, was run down six miles
off Thatcher's island by the schooner Willie
Parkman of Portsmouth, N. H., and sunk in
five minutes. The crew were saved The
Champion was owned by William Parsons of
Gloucester. She was built In 1854 in Dux-
bury. Insured for $500 in the Gloucester
Mutual Insurance company.
John G. French has been chosen president
of the Manchester N. H., Shoe Manufacture
ing company. This new corporation gives
employment to 200 people, has a weekly pay
roll of $500, and has added 100000 to tho
taxable property of that city.
While Fred Spaulding of Frankfort, Me-,
was cleaning his horse the other day. the
animal grabbed him, threw him down, bit
him and stamped upon him. injuring him
severely.
The masts of the Phillips schooner in the
New England company's yard at Bath Me-
are said to be the largest spars ever made in
Bath. They measure 115 feet, the same
length as were the first masts Of the Gov.
Ames, and are three feet longer than those
of the Morse schooner Lambert
A call has been issued for the eighth
annual convention of the French Canadians
of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, to be
held in Spencer, Mass, August 10 and IA.
Frank Bowley, who was indicted at Plais-
tow, N. H., for stealing money from Frank
Kelly and held in $1,000 for the higher court,
escaped from the Plaistow lookup by prying
off the bars of his cell.
The portion of the Merrimack, Mass,
woollen mills recently destroyed by fire will
be rebuilt Immediately The debris is being
cleared away, and preparations are being
made to add $500 square feet of floor space to
that of the present mill
About 60 people in South Glastonbury,
Conn, were taken violently i'll after return
ing from the fair and festival Of ST. Luke's
parish. The cause has been traced to vanilla
ice cream Coroner Bunce is making an
analysis of the extract used in flavoring the
cream. None of the cases will prove fatal
Work has begun on the foundation of the
Fitchburg r. r. wood working machine
shop at East Fitchburg Mass The new
structure will be 300x60 feet and two stories
high. The lower story is to be filed with
woodworking machinery. Upholstery and
cabinet work will be done on the second
floor. The erection of the two remaining
shops will probably be postponed till next
year.
Two locomotives recently completed at the
Manchester, N. H., Locomotive works for
western road have been taken by the Con-
cord road. There was some doubt as to
whether the western road, which recently
became somewhat embarrassed, would be
able to accept the engines aud they were ac-
cordingly sold to the Concord road and were
taken to the shops at Concord to be relet-
tered.
A first-cIass liquor license has been grant
ed the proprietor of the International house,
Ipswich, Mass. at $1,000, and this closes the
list as the town is entitled to only four.
Deputy Sheriff Spiller who owns place
nearly opposite, claims to own to the centre
of the street, and as an abutter will conte t
the license.
Sewell Larrabee of Jackson, Me-, commit
ted suicide with poison last week. Family
troubles were the cause.
About 20 of the men employed in the
makingro Of the Commonwealth shoe
factory at Whitman have left WORK because
of Misunderstanding in regard to prices to
be paid for work. The men claim that the
reduction is from to IL cents a case for
trimming and edge setting.
David d. Hooper, employed in the wash
board factory Of his brother, J. H. Hooper,
in Saco Me, had his arm caught in a
''rounder," similar to planer, with revolv
ing knives speeded to 400 revolutions min
rIfo ba ff,f far,.