The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-29
NEWS IN GENERAL.

The particulars of an interesting breach
of promise suit for $4,000 comes from Kings
bury N. Y. The parties are Catharine
Noonan, a 65-year-old widow, with seven |
children, and Daniel Meenahan, 49, The |
widow alleges that Daniel promised to
marry her on three different occasions, ms
last vow being made on the 4th OF July. lie
now refuses TO marry her because she docs
not get homo from her wo at o'clock IN
the evening, at which time he Is ready TO
begin his counting. On the other hand, she
claims that having to go out washing for
living she is Obliged to stay out some even
inxs until o'clock or later She likewise
alleges that she has lost much valuable time
with Daniel under his promise OF marriage,
when she could have had her choice from
score of asplrants for her hand. For all OF
which she wants 5000.
e. G. Loverid 20 and Wilson II, Sherman
have been found guilty OF charges OF fraud
ulent and irregular transactions and en-
PEELED from membership in the Buffalo Mer-
chants exchange
The Keystone Furnace company OF Penn
sylvania has made an assignment to- the
Reading Trust company for the benefit OF
creditors. The company has bean losing
money for some time, and having number
of large notes to meet and NJ money with
which to pay them, an assignment was
decided up H. 1t il believed that it will
fall into the hands of tn Reading railroad
company and become part of the Reading
Iron company,
Calumet and Hecla mine proposes to run
tunnel to Lake Superior for water sup
ply.
Dr. Robert Lowry of Canton, and Miss
Mary T. Foote of Oakland, Cal, were mar
red at jackson, Miss. Miss Foote who is a
daughter of Henry s. Foote one Of the
California state supreme court commission
ers and formerly a citizen of Mississippi, was
visiting in Canton, where she met young
Lowry, a son of Gov. Lowry and a practis-
ing physician of that city. An attachment
sprang up between the two and it is sup
posed that on account of the youth OF the
lady her relatives objected. At any rate
the couple eloped to Jackson. Gov, Lowry
has eleven children. One of his daughters
and two of his boys eloped
Keefe, New York's pitcher, was quietly
married to a sister of Mrs Helen Dauvray
Ward ON the 9th
The largest sale of tobacco ever made by
auction in one day in the United States and
prob bly, in the world has just been made at
Louisville Ky. The totll number of hogs
heads sold was 1902. This amounts to about
million and half pounis worth in the
hogshead more than $4,000.
A white-haired man of about 20 years COM
mitted suicide from a Hoboken ferryboat.
TWO utCk ilulluS OH Iie SttttlllSuip lsiils so"
the suicide throw himself from one of the
cabin windows.
gasoline still at the oil refinery of A. D..
Miller in Allegheny, Pa, exploded with a
frightrul noise aud the entira plant was I'M
mediately fired and rapidly destroyed. The
engineer is mi sing, and Waterman was
blown many feet and badly burned and
bruised. The property d.stroy5d was valued
at S225, 600 The bones of a man, supposed
to be those of the missing en- sineer, were
found in the ruins.
The local Letter Carriers association of
Minneapolis, Mimi, proposes to meet in
Milwaukee during the national encampment
of the Grand Army of the Republic, because
of the low excursion rates, to perfect a
national organ zltion. The purpose OF the
national association will be to secure the acts
of congress to protect carriers in their rights
under the present laws, and also to procure
the passage of still moro salutary acts. Il
seems that a misunderstanding has arsa1
among the carriers and the government, or
more properly, the carriers and their SUI
perior officers in the United States mail ser
vice, concerning pay for overtime work.
The Laura Bellini Opera company il
stranded high and dry at Minneapolis, MINI
The principal trouble has been the money
quest on The chorus AID others owe boart
bills and cannot get away.
The building Of The ST. Louis elevated
railroad is now assured beyond question. Fo
several days New Yo k capitalists, accom-
panied by civil engineers and experts, hav
been there auJ, under the guidance of Col
S. F. Scott enc Of tire originators of tn
enterprise, have surveyed the route an'
made the necessary inquiries to satisfy them
selves as to the desirability of the invest
ment.
white Horse" the chief Of the Crow In
dian tribn, has been murdered by an ull
known assassin. His remains were throw
into the Yellowstone river where they hav
Just been found The tribe has been arouse
to high indignation and swears to have re
venge white Horse had fairly goo
command of the English language and wa
well liked by most of the settlers Throughout
the country adjacent to the Crow reserve
There is story aat 'sWhte Horse entere
church at Buffalo several years ago durin
communion service and partook OF TIL
holy bread and wine in such quantity tha
there was not enough left for the rest of til
congre CATION
William johnson, bookkeeper for Geore
Parker, produce merchant in New 4orl
has been arrested on a charge by his Ell
ployer of embezzling $1,000. johnson, it
said, bet on racing events. Parker truste
johnson implicitly. John on received fro
his employer from time to time checks
nav for goods and, it is said, forged ii
name of the creditors on the checks. Pa
ker's credit was good, and the creditors d
not press for pr ment. johnson squat'
his accounts by entering the checks on
books as pad.
Information was received at Kansas Cit
Mo-, of the arrest of Beutonville Ark, Of
r. Cunningham, the postmaster at Golfer
burg, Mo-, who absconded with s., 600 I
June last, since which time the detectiv
have pursued him as far west as 81
Francisco, east to Illinois and north
Manitoba.
The business failures reported to Bra
streets number 21S in the United States lie
week, against III of the previous week Al
157 last year Canada hai 13, against
The total of failures in the United Stat
since January l is 1927, against 65S5 in Isl
When John McDermott a Harlem, N.
milkman. went to his stables he found the
abaze. He tried to drive his three hors
and 10 COWS outside. All but two were
scared that they would not bulge, and we
burned to death. The two which we
driven from the sheds were so badly bnrn
that they had to be shot
The laundry girls of st. Louis Mo-, are
form into union, so that they will recel
fair wages from the laundry proprietors.
Chairman Blanchard of Chicago has Civ
notice that extraordinarily low rates on
are being made by Suez canal steamers w
the evident intention OF taking the busin
from Inc lTdlSCD1llltUbtl llleS. I1t StilU I
with the notice to all central traffic and tru
lines blank vote on the question of redl
ing the present rate of 81 to IS cents Paci
coast to Atlantic seaboard
Lieut.. Gov. H. G. Davis of Nevada
dead in his garden from heart disease,
the 23rd. His family was visiting in
east at the time.
A war of races has broken out at
Louis Mo-, that threatens to bankrupt
Chinese laundry men. During the last ft
years the Chinese lony has grown W
alarming rlpidity. Every new Gilman
opened a launiry Finally the no
la,mdries made a combination with
object of driving ut the Chinese. The ne
papers were filled with tales of woe, indig
ton meetings were held, and Transparent
calculated to damag the Cinnamon W
carried in public places. 1t is said that
business of Chinese laundries has fallen
50 per cent, and the Cinnamon are ba
frightened.
England will send delegates to the mi
time conference to be held in Washington