The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02
NEWS IN GENERAL.


the United States steamer Nipsc was again
disabled while being towed In Apia harbor,
The treasure which was aboard The United
st ties war ship Trenton when she was
wrecked az Apia during the recent hurricane
there has bsen recovered,
During d terrific gale which ragged on Lake
SUPERIOR last week the steamer Australasia
and her consort George were drive ON the
beach Of Michigan Island, near bayfield,, one
Of the Apostle group, The hulls and sterns
Of both boats were battered In. The Aus
tralasias shoe, rudder and wheel are gone
and she is seriously damaged, while her con-
sort also Jared badly. The boats filled with
water and are at the mercy of the storm
The crews escaped safely.
The British steamer Danube and the
American steamer Alliance came in collision
in the Willimette river few miles below
Portland, Ore, damaging the Alliance so
that she had to be beached. Her passengers
were taken off safely, but her cargo Will
prove total loss. The vessel is valued at
80, 900 and is insured for 100000. The dam
age to the Danube is light
The recent storm throughout Maryland
was the worst for years The special dis-
patches to the American state that the heavy
rainfall has injured the bloom on the peach
trees in many paris of the state. The re
ports from Kent county and the peninsular
are that the peach growers are down-hearted;
At Chestertown there was hurricane and
one estimate is that if the damage to other
orchards outside of Kent county is as great
as in. that county, no less than 100000 trees
will be damaged.
It is expected that the Spanish govern
ment will soon sell at auction $40 600 OO0
worth Of state woodland in order to cover
the financial deficit 10 build railroads, canals
and t0b m
banks.
The town of Albania, near Granada, SPAIN
has been strongly shaken by an earthquake.
Several houses were thrown down, but there
was no loss of life.
All the beer brewers of st. Louis and East
st. Louis, excepting the Anheuser- Busch
company and w. j. Lemp, have prac tically
formed consolidation Of their properties,
to be run under one management. There
are Is breweries concerned in the movement,
representing an investment Of about q, OOU,-
600.
Indianapolis is flooded with counterfeit $40
greenbacks. Several of the banks have been
taken in. The secret service officers report
the bills to be part of the lot printed in
1873 by nest of counterfeiters on an island
near st. Louis Although $50, 900 in counter
felt tens was captured, the makers of the
bills escaped with the plate, and have never
been caught
The earth over the Boston Mine at Plym-
outh, Pa operated by the Delaware Il Hud-
son company, caved in, causing the colliery
to become flooded and throwing 600 employees
out of work until. the water can be pumped
out. Loss probably $4,000
Dispatches from st. Petersburg say that
arrests of Nihilists are constantly being
made. The police of st. Petersburg believe
that the bombs secretly manufactured at
Zurich, Switzerland, have been conveyed to
Russia, and that the plott RS are awaiting a
favorable opportunity to use them.
Bluff, Manitoba, killed his eiyht-year-old
daughter with an axe, fatally injured his
soa, 10 years old, and then cut his own
throat. Financial difficulties caused the
CRIMES. Mcleod was well known and a
widower.
The Belle Prairie convent has been de-
stroyed by fire at Little Falls, MINI. Loss,
800 0; insurance, $1,000. The sisters and the
children in the building had narrow escapes,
none of the little ones saving their clothing.
A special from Winnipeg says: W. F, Dull
mage, crown timber inspector at Rat Por-
tage left town suddenly few days ago. An
investigation shows him to be $40, 900 short
In his accounts. ..- .s
Serious charges have been made against
United States officials in Oklahoma, who are
said to have used their positions to grab lots
which by right belonged to law-abiding PEG
pie.
A gusher oil well was struck near Legron
vile, Pa. 1t spurted lis feet in the air, and
is now flowing about 10 barrels day. til:
estimated that 1000 barrels will be wasted
before arrangements are completed to tank it
The party IF Boston and other capitalists
who went in special train to Denison, Tex.
where they invested, over $1,000, 900 In two
days; have reached Fort Payne, Ala. They
will spend several days in examining III
al and iron deposits, and viewing the mar
vellous results which have been attained il
building houses and stores and laying stfeef
since New Englan inyes ors became inter
est d in the plac few weeks ago. Their,
was very spirited buying of land, and sever
al thousand dollars were subscribed to star
rolling mill
John Downing, desperate burglar, re
Gently escaped from the Morris Plains, N. j..
| insane asylum. He has twice before escaped
| from the same institution. He was serving
! term in the state prison, but feigned insan
| ity and succ aeded in being transferred to tn
| ASYLUM. He has made several attempts II
murder attendants and Jail officers.
A company was formed in Philadelphia
for the publication of high-class journa
for voting folks. Its name will be ''Sants
Claus and it will be published in Boston
New York, Philadelphia and London. Tn
company has 100000 capital, part o
which is held in Boston, A member of tn
Harvard 80 class is said to be associate ed
itor, and another New England college mai
is a heavy stakeholder.
The yacht Coronet, which has sale,
| uro,,,,J tho world has rat1Irp n tn Nav
| York in good condition and with all well o.
| board. Mr.. Il. Il. Bush, the OWNER. and hi
family, are on the yacht She left Glbralta
| 80 days ago and encountered at least a hal
dozen storms.
A freight train on the Pennsylvania rail
road ran into burning bridge at Catawiss
and broke through into the ravine, MAXIM
terrible wr OK, and fatally injuring En-
gineer Joel Bonsines, Fireman Jonas Russel
and Brakeman James Indine. The loss
about $4,000
It is announced that Presidents Adams @
the Union Pacific and Perk MS Of the Bur
lington have signed contract for the cor
struction of Il ion depot at Omaha, to cos
81, 500, OOO As part of the agreement all tb
Iowa lines nov terminating in Council Bluff
will cross the Union Pacific fridge and hav
terminal faciliti in Omaha.
Ex-employes of the Minneapolis Stree
Railway company are endeavorng to organ
ize company and run herdicS there.
i The boomers who ar focking into tn
Cherokee region are likely to be driven gu
promptly by United States troops and it
also possible that they may be attacked b
the Indians.
Mr.. Monroe, an ex-convict from the Mani
toba penitentiary, recently died in England
In his will he makes some curious requests
including 100000 to Bedson, Warden Of tn
Manitoba penitentiary, and $4,000 to.
Winnipeg lawyer named Vivian, and a lik
mount to Rev. Canon Matheson.
The Vienna street railways have resume
operation. The municipal authorities decic
ed that the tramway officials should forte
their $25, 900 secur ty and pay 5000 penalt
daily until travel was resumed. The Leader
of the strike were re-engaged and the whee
were set in motion.
The Vanderbilt roads east of Chicago wi
in great measure abandon the running
freight trains on Sunday.
1t is reported that the French Governmel
will arrest anyone found leaving the coul
try with lett rs for Gen. Boulanger, on Il
ground that it is a breach of the postal m
nopoly.
Teemer and Gaudaur have signed articl
to row three races, the first near st. Loui