The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-02-07
NEWS IN GENERAL
During january the public debt was re-
duced about So, 500, 900.

During january the public debt was re-
duced about 81, 500, 900.
About 80 White Caps visited man named
Ostrander in Coeymans, Albany county, N:
Y, He fired several shots at the crowd anu
succeeded in wounding one of the party Tho
mob then left.
Willie Hughes Hamilton Acken and
Joseph Taylor broke Through the ICE while
skating ON pond at Paterson, NJ j., ana
were drowned. var
The senate committee on military affairs
have made q favorable report on the bill TO
retire Gen, w. s. Rosecrans, with the rank
Of brig adier-general.
The Reading (Pa) Coal & Iron company
will S ut down all but 20 of its so collieries.
The collieries will MT be started again uutil
the market shall require it.
As agreed upon by the house committee,
the agricultural appropriation will amount
to 81, $4,000.
A. G. j. Kaufman, music dealer, OF
Brockville, Ont, is a forger, and has issued
fraudulent paper to the extent Of about 500
900. The bust ess Of Issuing fraudulent paper
mann has been jailed.
Senator Hampton proposed as on amend
ment to the sundry civil appropriation bill, a
measure making appropriations Of various
amounts on account, of numerous French
spoliatio claims, The claims aggregate sew
era million dollars.
There has been lively exchange Of notes
on the Samoa gu stion between the govern,
ments Of Germany, England and the United
States but as this takes time and trouble, a
conference of plenipotentiaries will probably
be arranged to settle the question. 81.
Thomas Norfolk, colorei democrat, was
convicted In Baltimore of inducing John
Jackson (colored) to attempt to cast an il
legal vote at the November election. Judge
Phelps gave him the outside penalty, five
years imprisonment and fine OF $1,000.
Business failures occurring throughout the
country during the last seven days as r :
ported to r. g. Dun & Co. and E. Russell &
Co. of the Mercantile Agency, number for
the United States 293, and for Canada 80, OF
q total of 1882, as again t 342 last week and
$50 the week previous to the last. Fer the
correspa nding week of last year the figures
were 279, made up of 247 in tn United States
and 80 in Canada.
The agricultural department bill, as II
asse the house this morning, makes the bu
reau of agriculture an executive department
axes its head cabinet officer with the same
| salary as other cabinet officers receive, ano
| provid for an assistant secretary OF agrl
| culture, VI no shall receive t g me pay a
| the first assistant secretary of the interior.
| Commissioner Colman of the agricultural
department has addressed to the president o.
each of the agricultural experimental sta
| lions of the United st ties a communication
recommending that special attention be giyel
to the theory and practice of the production
of sugar. He shows that thu time is fas
coming when young men will be needed 10
this work, and they ought to be trained t.
meet the demand.
Representative Burnet escorted Mrs
Cleveland to the receipt at Secretar.
| Whitney's on Friday evening. Representa-
tive and Mrs. Lodge were also present. L
was one of the most brilliant evening par
ties of the season.
Representative Gallinger, from the com
mittee on invalid pensions, reported favor
ably the senate bill granting pensio
| of S25 per month to female nur,e s in tn
war who served six months.
On the strength of the North German Ga
zettes article on Samoa, it is argued in Bel
lin that the German commander is nc
justified in searching foreign vessels for cor
traband of war.
Mai. David E. Porter, formerly Of tn
United States army and eldest son of Adm
raj Porter, has signed a contract with Mil
lister Preston to take charge of the entlr
Haytian forces.
The Massachusetts, delegation will vot
solidly to fix day to consider the intel
national copyright bill. Mr.. Burnett wi
be absent, but he has secured pair.
The stockholders of the Madison Squal
garden property, New York, determined o
demolishing t present structure, beginnin
on May /, and upon the site will be erecte
an anu sernent hall block in dimensions.
large amphitheatre will occupy the -groun
floor and on the second floor, at the Madisc
avenue corner, space will be reserved for
mammoth concert hall. The remainder I
the building will be fitted up for meetin
rooms and offices. The new building, it
expected, will be ready for occupancy befol
the 1t OF next January. 1t will cost near
100000.
The latest advices from Samoa say thu
Tamasese's supporters were reduced to q
men. The British and American consuls d
clined to recognize the right of the German
to establish martial law. The German a
thorities were willing to recognize Natal
provided he ruled under German control.
The house COMMITTEES will recommend 6
appropriation of SEQ, 595, IA for pos offic
and post roads, an increase over the currel
appropriation of S., 735, 30.