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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-03-21
SELECT SETTINGS.

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lno sarpoh Is tue h'ngoi game hsh'
Inc irst incarceration has Just occurred
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Wedding rings were used by the
anclents.
Aa official of Tombstone, Arizona, is
Sheriff Slaughter.
Six different patents were secured On
chewing. gum last yrnp
The huItet for ,ha pnolsb m.o.v;ra
rife Is to be nickel Mated
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eeussSt % ln"M ''0"' says 'O' gun no
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.hns,,s H. go VIZ """ WINS "''S '"0
Az '"'ey,
Al Springfield, Mass, there is lurk-
lsh praying rug on eShlbllion sala 10 oe
ioo0 ye"'s oi' anu 'a'ueo "' SS'V''
frenehman is anxious to arrange Tor
a hght between devil,iish ana a shark
IN tane where 2o,oOo people can see
the combat.
Porous glass for window panes has
been produced in Faris. The pores are
too tine to admit draft, but they assist
in ventilation.
"0he Man," the Chinese dwarf, the
smallest liliputian on earth, aged fifty
years, Is SO small that you can cover nm
with an ordinary plug hat.
Gnostics was the name applied to
sect who soon after the preaching of
Christianity endeavored to combine its
principles with Greek philosophy.
The first pair of India-rubber shoes
brought into the United States from
South America in 1880, were gilded aud
resembled in shape the pointed slippers
of Chinese mandarian.
A St. Louis taxidermist who recently
preserved n large bald eao,e saws the
muscles OF the breast were Of great size
and formed nearly one-fourth of the
weight OF the entire bird.
Almost ANYTHING is insanity saws A
New York doctor. If Won lauoh heartily
get mad-fornet anythinS-drop a
letter into the postoffice without e
STAMP. YOU can be called insane.
An international exhibition of postage
stamps is to be opened at Amsterdam.
To give additional interest to the show
there will be sketches of the various
costumes worn by postmen in different
countries.
Jersey Civ N T. has abolished its
newsboys, home II was found that the
bows used it for loating place and that
fonr-fifths of its dodgers were boys who
ran away from home and had no real
need for its conveniences.
scent nenc;,s comnosed Of so,;eeo
nerfnme are a noveltv Thev arc fitted
n silver bo,5ars han t;nv r;no a.
tacbed 70 fben for faste,;ra ~ tho S'o+cb
oho;n o. ohate,aia md whsn " r MI, ~
tha h.nds or enn n,rt of tho a ress emi ~. a
d tni o5ar " P''' "a WV 'ie'0 ''i'-' g
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insurance companies want to know all
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-03-21


ueneral p'sf ne vega OF ~ Nseloh'.
nemspal ~ meAlgu mas peeh released, m'
eight months imprisonment ana on paymsae
OF hne OF slooo
The lifesaving department Of the Unite |
States have forwarded 10 Walter Claus 90
Cedar Springs Ont, silver medal for re
cuing several persons from drowning OH tl;,
American schooner o, NJ Bond, wrecked Ia
October, 1857, near Rondeau Point,
The following MESSAGE has been sent Ia
President Harrison by Oklahoma Hill an
party: THE situation in Oklahoml is criti-
cal. 1t is national necessity to take action
at once in Oklahoma. If the thousands Of
actual, honest settlers clamoring for admi-
sion are deprived of the right TO settlement
.iii 700 iate 70 make err PIT VIII pe sever
ulsappontnent ana VIII cause actuai s'ar'
uoh on the poruer'
John Mccarthy, a freight brakeman on
the Dayton & Michigan railroad, put several
tramps on the train near Anna station, q,
Aiterward ne discoy' red another on the en-
boose with club Ia his hand, McCarth;
grappied with MN, but he was powerful
from tha t Ton y, ~ ths train 20 '" The oronnd =,
tallv ;ni,rIpo Mn, ' W ''0 e'''' ~
~ ~ W.,
ins seeaineT Wai'a Wa,ia OF san FRANCS.
60, PLYING 10 puget Sound, has been seized
tt.., a,l Nil
carried fonr harrsis sru,n a,'a - o,,,;,
sauerkrant which ,yara TO-, ,h,.o,,sh =,
Tacoma without ha;ng e,tarod ~, thss !"
toms record The FREE sht i;st NJ Tacona i,
dicated thar the barreis aame fron, saS,
Francisco consigped 70 E,Ienhnro Shor,i, ,,
afterward the barrels wera seized Nv the cus
toms officers and fcnnd 70 contaj, n,;,,n,
valued at $4,000. The barrels were put on
board the steamer at Victoria and secretly
| AL l. n
The will If w NJ Merriam NJ R;verbaod
L. /. who died n few months AGO Ieaving
bonds, cash and other property amounting 10
81, 900 to the United States government is
being con es ID by two sisters residing in
Massachu EFT
disnatcn fr M, Tie, Tsin IN ,ha uor,h,r,
correspondent saws II is renortsd there tbet
| the natives have risen On tba Kwang s;
| frontier, and that thew have DESTROYED 10
block houses and killed 100 Frenchmen.
wv po.oo. -
cnse VoSUe, Gn.G .reas n re Oh Syra-
tor br;hory, u; was ,, ,veu y .ne sIanu JuIy
He gave bonds in 5000 us "pp0"''''"''
| = rso ,,,.,. .e..,.
nrn mG ,aotelnen. recently started by several
"a TO establish nm ;n me e" "ottnn"anS
oil ,,;,I -, ha. "n In
shana NJ - '"'V o''y 10 assuming ueii'''
nj,
| onesc anioassauoI az washington
mas peen nosneo OF the disturbances that o.
currea IN milwaukee, WIS, and has sent
woru through Chow la, the representative
u une SIX cuinpanies that the Chlnese gov
for any damage fiat nav have baan dona ~
the property IF the Cinnamon durina tbe die; r.
turbances >''' ''s '''0 ''''
,,-.,,.
Inc superintendent OF tne Wliimanuc
Conn, Linen 20. mas recently patented
SIMPLE cheaply constructed conicai paper
~ for transLor t t;on With tbe thread on II
~. -, p 49, T,S~ o. Ss
A cable dispatch 10 j. +. movies, "a, OF
New beu1oro Mass, cohnrnls tne IeporI
that an explosion occurred on poaro tne
whaling bark sea FOX at Equlnlma, py
which the captain and some OF mis- crew were
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-03-21
AN AMERICAN GIRLS SUICIDE


Pupil at Berlin.
The body of Miss Helen Buttrick, young
girl from Milford, N. H., and a student OF
music at Berlin, who had been missing since
Wednesday, was found in the River Spree
1t was an unmistak able case of suicide, for o
few days ago Miss Buttrick failed to get a
certain percentage in an examination, and
said to her fellow-pupils that her teachers
were unduiy severe, and it was no use trying
to get along.
Miss Buttrick was raduate of the Mil
ford High School, studied at the Conserva-
tory of Music in Boston, then came the
teacher of music at the Acadia Seminary,
Wolfville, N Last June she resigned to
go abroad to complete her studies She was
musician of mu h promise, and was greatly
beloved at home and among the American
and English residents Of Berlin.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-03-21
THE GOV. ROB1E FIOATED.
The Wrecked Schooner Now on Its
WAY to Portland

The Governor Robbie went ashore near
Kennebunkport, Me-, it will be remembered,
at Q o'clock on the morning of the 5th. The
cargo consisted of 1900 bales Of rags and
800 packages of curios, and, besides, she had
about 500 tons Of 70 ks in her bottom as bal
last. Owing to the fact that she struck at
high water on high run tide the W rk of
getting her off has been extremely difficult,
in fact up to a few days she has been given
up as total wreck, but the phenomenally
mill weather has rendered pr 'cticable what
seemed at first an impossibility. She was
Immediately taken in tow for Portland, and
will be put into the dry dock and repaired as
soon as oS,ible
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-03-21
A BIG FIZZLE.
The Samoan Blow Up Story Was .
Gigantic Eaisehood.

AhO SdiHoau bipN Up STORY WINS -
Gigantic Eaisehood.
Advices just received from Samoa show
that there as no ground fer the sensational
runor of a coll sion between the American
man of war Nj sc and the Germ n corvette
Olga.
Far from this the German officials in the
island have abandoned their aggressive
policy. The procl4ma ion of martial law
has been publicly wi. hdrasn, and the Ger
mans have abandoned all claim TO the right
of searching incoming vessels for con ra-
band of war. The men of war; both German
and American. still remain at Apia ready
for any emerge cv that NAV arise.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-03-21

secure proofs. posted up TO Louis.
Vile aud examined the police records
for arrests. | followed a score or more
of cases to their finish, but got nothing,
IL was my belief that white man com
mitted the crime, and that he meant
robbery, but was frightened Off re-.
turned to the village and looked every.
body over, but got no satisfaction. The
day of the trial was coming and was in
despair, but accident came 70 riy aid
again, happened into the hotel barn
as the landlord pulled lot of rubbish
out OF a stall. Hidden away with it
was fine saddle, and as it was brought
to light the man exclaimed;
''Bless me, here is the dead mans
saddlew
WAS It missingi" I asked.
1T was stolen on the night of his
murder That's the reason he went
down to Lossin2's on foot"
Who stole itl What fors An out.
slider, who stole the saddle for its worth
would have carried IL OF. An insider
only would have stored it in the stall.
Who was insideg Awhile man and two
colored assistants. Within an hour
had ascertained that the white man,
whose name was Foster, was absent
for an hour on the evening Of
the MURDER and that since he
had acted very queerly. arrested him,
charged him with the crime, and he did
not hold out fifteen minutes. His mo-
tive was robbery. He did not intend to
kill his victim, but only to stun him.
He had just struck him when the dogs
barked greeting to Graham, and, over
come by sudden fright, Foster dashed
away and dared not return. He thought
he had only to keep still to render him
self safe, and, but for my being present
when the saddle was found, he might
never have been suspected. Graham
was cleared and Foster was hanged.
The change had been brought about by
the fondling of dog.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-03-21
CAPTAIN AND FIVE MEN LOST.
Brig Agnes Barton Wrecked on tho
Virginia Coast.

The American brig Agnes Barton, from
Nassau TO Baltimore, with a cargo of phos-
phate rock has been wrecked on the Virginia
coast. Her captain and five men were lost.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-03-21
rAhMAGE'S SERMON.
Che Weekly Disoourses Of the
BROOKLYN Preacher,
Subject. "ShslI America
Reserved Tor Awericnns.

TEXT: "And hath made OF ono bloc.
nations. Acts xviii, 20,
That is il for some reason general
botomy were ordered, and standing in
were an American, an Englishman, a Sec
man and an lr shman, Frenchman,
man, Norwegian, an lcelander, Spani
an Italian, Russian and representa-
OF all other nationalitities barred their r
arm and lancet were struck
IL, the blood let out would have the same
characteristics, for it would be roc, complex,
iibrine. globuline, chlorine aud containing
sulphuric acid potassium, phosphate Of mag
nesia and so on, and Harvey and Sir Astley
Cooper and Richardson and Zimmerman and
Brown-Sequard and all the scientific doctors
allopathic, homeopathic, hydropathic and
eclectic, would agree with Paul as, standing
on Mars Hill, his pulpit ridge of limestone
rock fifty feet high and among the proudest
and most exclusive and undemocratic people
Of the earth, he crashed into all their
prejudices by declaring in the words
of my text that God had made "of
one blood all nationsn The countenance
OF the five races OF the human family may
be different as result of climate or educa-
tion or habits and the = '"'n hove the
projecting upper jaw, an lae
oval face and small mout Ts8
the retreating foreheada a .#
Mongolion the fiat face r.t.
American Indian the
plexion. but the blood t.
patps that thew all hail s.HUIt. HtI. j. ....
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-03-21

Sound country.
The work of widening the gauge Of the
Denver g. Rio Grande Western is going
ahead at once. A plan for raising the neces-
sary funds is being formulated and presented
to bondholders for their approval.
The leading republicans of Arizona Terri
tory are indignant over the appointment of
General Wo]iey as governor, and claim that
he is wholly unfit to serve. kilograms arr
being sent to Washington from all points of
the territory against his confirmation.
Robert Sigel has pleaded guilty of forging
blind pensioners name to two checks. The
penalty for each offence is 10 years i'm
prisonment Sentence was deferred. By
this plea Sigel will doubtless escape punish
ment for the other offences with which he is
charged Tbs young man seems completely
broken down.
Correspondence from the Northwest terri
tories reports that the Indians in Peace and
Mackenzie districts are in a deplorable condi-
ton, many of them having starved to death,
while many cases of cannibaiism are men
toned.
The New York board of aldermen have
heard arguments for and against the grading
and paving of 18th st. through the polo
grounds. No deci. ion was reached. The
baseball lovers made big protest against
cutting through the grounds.
The magnificent steamer Puritan will soon
be ready to take her place on her regular
trips between Newport and New York. She
has been newly refurnished with carpets and
is in perfect order, making her more elegant
than ever.
VIM. Burgess, dealer in canning supplies
at Mimico, n Y, who fled a week ago with
81, coo of his creditors money, has been ar
rested. He imagined he saw chance OF
making a lot Of money by cornering all the
canning tin in Canada. The scheme, how.
ever, failed, and Burgess became bankrupt
An oren switch caused a collision between
cast and west bound freights on the Mani
toba road at Howard Lake, Mimi. The en-
gines and twelve cars of wheat were wrecked
The engineers and firemen saved themselves
by jumping.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
PITTsBURe. MONDAY, DEC. 80, lst
rHF HrsToRY uF CANALS.

The great canal projected from the lakes
to the Ohio may be compared with similar
undertakings which the world has seen from
the time Of Darius to that of De Lesseps in
an entertaining article which is to be found
on smother page Of this issue.
Most of the facts there collated are i'm
pressively encouraging in their bearing
upon the canal in which Pittsburg is most
interested TIE history of almost every canal
that has linked seas, avoided dangerous
coasts, irrigated deserts, or made commerce
possible where none was before, shows
plainly the wonderful value of such works.
The service of canals to our own country is
tolerably well known, and the benefit
derived BY nearly all lands, En-
gland, Holland, France and India in
particular, rom canals can hardly be com
puted. It is timely to remember how the
cost Of the Suez Canal dlsmayed the capital
ibts who stood behind the great De Lesseps.
Nobody believed when it was opened that
the canal would ever pay dividend to the
shareholders. But events very soon showed
what an immense want the wonderful piece
of engineering had filled. The English
nation has no better paying investment than
the Suez CansI stock which Disraeli was
blamed for buying during mis- last tenure Of
Office. When it comes to looking at the
cost Of the new Erie ship canal, and big
figures tend to appan, the history of previous
projects of this kind may be consulted with
good results.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
Mr. MATHEWS, MTsTAKF.

Without any unreasonable bitterness, Mr..
Brander Mathews, author and playwright,
discusses the relations of dramatic author
and theatrical critic in the New York Dro-
matte Mirror. Mr.. Mathews is to be con-
graduated upon keeping his temper during
the discussion. Usually the dramatic author
has little but curses and kicks, verbal
kicks, for the theatrical critic. Mr.. Dion
Boucicault is wont, when in need Of recrea-
tiOn, to scalp few newspaper critics. Mr..
Mathews, perhaps because he is, compare
lively speaking, q tyro in the business Of
making plays, avoids the veteran Bouci-
cault's pernIcIous example. He mildly re-
Dukes the newspaper critics for giving for
eign plays the preference over American
plays But the scolding is gentle and can
snger no one.
We do not quarrel with Mr.. Mathews
manners, but we question his statements.
Here is his summing up: ''Our theatrical
critics are more prone to point out blem-
ishes Of American plays than they are to
praise beauties. Indeed, they are prompt
to see the blemish and slow to discover the
beauty. That this attitude is injurious to
the cause of the drama in this country L feel
sure. and am also convinced that this is
one Of the reasons why the influence of the
strieal criticism is far less now than it used
co be-
It is true that some of the most talented
critics in New York City seem to be some
what avsrse to praising the products of
American writer's FOR the stage, and it is
true that other critics there are elsewhere
who have not the courage or the wit to fy
in the face Of metropolitan criticism.
But there are plenty of critics, in
New York and in other cities, who
properly appreciate the American drama,
which is cutting no small figure upon the
stage to-day. The sane and candid man
can deny the splendid promise of the new
American 6rama, as exempliied in the
work Of MessrB. Bronson Howard, David D.
Lloyd, David Belasco. Sidney Rosenfeld,
h. c. DeMilIe, Henry Guy Carleton, Ed
ward E. Kidder, and, we willingly add, Of
Messrs. Brander Mathews and George II.
Jessop. The DISPATCH has not been slow
to welcome and praise wherever possible the
plays Of native authors. The critical col
umns of THE DISPATCH have shown an
unwavering friendship for the American
drama, and only few weeks ago the play,
"a Gold Mine, of which Mr.. Mathews is
part author, received the highest kind of
commendation in this paper.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
mp GOES ICES PRICE,

Hitherto the warm weather has excited no
really severe criticism. Fun has been made
of it, and now and again pinch Of sarcasm
has spiced the popular comment But
nothing really mean or hard has been said
of December's summer costume. Presuming
on this leniency, perhaps, the weather has
grown warmer, if anything, than ever.
Tie time has come to stop. 1t is getting to
be a serious question. Considerl ladies and
gentlemen, where are we to get our ice sup
ply next summer? Ice has to be harvested
now for the months belonging to the season
called summer. Ice cannot be cut when it
does not exist Hence the public is threat
ened with an ice famine which will make
life hardly worth living in the months of
June, July, August and September. If the
winter is simply to be postponed till MIDI
summer, all may be well yet. We can then
Icy up q supply Of ice for the warm spell
which Will be due next Christmas.
The ice company which virtually has q
monopoly of the business here is weeping
with all its might over the prospect. The
public win be called upon to weep later on.
In the meanwhile, in spite of its grief at the
thought of the fancy prices it will be forced
to charge for chunks of ice, the company is
preparing to put in two machines to make
ice. The machines will cost SIS, 900, and
as, ifthe seasons resume their normal char
scteristics next year. they will be useless
after next summer, the purchasers of ice
will have to pay for them before winter
comes lgain.
The weather question is getting very hot
indeed. We need ice very badly.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
COMPROMISED BY EeeEoe.

As far as we are informed Mr.. Russell B.
Harrison is still connected with the Helena
Mont. Journal. II he is not be should say
so at once. Otherwise he is liable to involve
the administration OF his revered father in
no end of trouble. How can such para
graph, ss that subjoined, which we have
taken from the Helena Journal be recon
ciled with proper regard for temperance?
The Journal editorial staff is indebted to
Billy Lynch, the expert mixologist of the Mer-
chants hotel bar, for pitcher of sggnOg COM
pounded in bis very best manner and received
last night at Just about the hour when church
yards yawn and grave editors give up their last
cent-or would if they had it-for something
liquid.
Of course 1t was right for Mr.. Russell B.
Harrison or his representative in charge of
the Journal to thank Mr.. Billy Lynch, the
mixOlOgist if the eggnOg was accepted.
The question is, should man of snch pub
lie Importance, as the son of the President
of the United States, who. has dined at
Windsor and made merry with Albert Ed
ward, accept eggnog from Mr.. Billy Lynch,
no matter how expert q mixologist he may
be?
Under certain circumstances and at certain
times, as Mr.. Russell B. Harrison apologet-
ically and somewhat pathetically remarks,
the longing fora liquid, eggnog or what not,
asserts itself in g masterful manner. We
do not believe that this longing is confined
to editors, nor even to sons of Presidents.
The longing is not in itself ubiquitous, nor
viii all condemn the quenching thereof with
eggnOg. The impropriety of the publica-
ton In the Journal lies not in the descrip-
ton of pleasant and, we regret to say an
unusual episode in an editors life, but in
the exploitation of the fact that the Marks
of Montana, as young Mr.. Harrison rightly
or wrongly has been called, is consumer of
potent concotions, which some attribute to
the brewery of the Prince Of Darkness.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
WIVES AND swGETasARTs.

CHICAGO Ne,gs: A Kentucky feud has been
healed by marriage. Most feuds originate
that way
NEW YORK Morning Journal: When man
becomes the husband Of q prominent actress
his name might as well be Dennis as anything
else.
NEW YORK Commercial advertiser: Welles-
lev girls are in search Of college cry that shall
be At once wild and lyrical Let some one
turn q mouse loose In the room with them, and
the cry Is made.
BosroN Courier:
The autumn girl in colors gay
And ribbons, furbeloWs and things
Is simply in the eye Of youth
An angel lacking wings.
CHICAGO Times: It Is noticeable that fewer
men are now wearing stoYeDipe hats than is the
case at other seasons Of the year. They are
probably afraid that their silk tiles win put
their wives in mind Of that parlor stove which
must be put up.
soMERvinLE journal: Some women. who
would never say word themselves sgainst an
other woman, are willing to smile sweetly and
say nothing when some one else is tearing her
character 70 pieces.
sPRINGFTELD Union: Why shouldn't the
women form . syndicate and bid on Secretary
Windows proposals. regarding the seal-catch-
ing monopoly IN Alaskan Let them take bold
and see II they cannot bring down the pr1ce Of
seRlskin garments peg OF two