The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22

FRANK stevenson, colored, aged II years,
q resident of Wiliamsport Md was over
taken by a storm and took refuge In hol-
'ow tree. Lightning struck the tree and he
was instantly killed His lifeless body was
found standing upright in the tree
The vicinity of Mammoth, Pa, was visited
by snow storm shortly after daylight on
the morning of the 10TH The ground was
completely covere
Rioting continues in Zanzibar. Only two
German ships are there, 1t Is reported that
the German consul has telegraphed to the
German admiral at Mozambique to return
with the leipzig
Louis Demarest (whte) and Sumner Mil
Ter (colored), both convicted of murder, were
hanged at Lake Chnrles, La. The execution
was witnessed by 1000 persons.
TWO seamen left on Arenas Key by the
American schooner Anna have been rescued
by the Ossip o.
The envoys of Brazil to the international
American congress, to be held in Washing
ton in October, lave arrived in New York.
The National zeitung commenting on EN-,
peror Williams recel trip to England, says:
THE entente obtained by his visit to o.
borne assures an identity of policy on the
part of England and the triple alliance, and
| makes provision for all results of that COM
mon policy. 1t is confidently regarded as
| settled that the successors of the Salisbury
bnet win adhere to the new arrangement"
John Mahoney and Fred Adams fought
| duel with revolvers near Colville, Wash.
mortally wounded and Adams carried away
two bullets In his body. A sheriff and posse
are riding in pursuit Of Adams.
| La Nation says Francs never intended
making demand for the extradition of Gen.
| Boulanger
| The New England investors excursion
| passed through Cincinnati, o., on their re-
turn trip from Shelf Id Ala, to Boston.
They report having made the phenomenal
| run from Boston to Sheffield, distance of
| 1910 miles, in 50 hours and few minutes,
| including all stops and few delays In one
| instance th2y made % miles in 25 minutes,
and one mile in 40 and ano' her in 40 seconds.
| There We're 80 in the party, including six
| from New Hampshire two from New York,
| three from Connecticut and thu remainder
from Massachu etts, chiefly from Boston.
Richard Mansf Id is booking lot of
English people for America to help him pro-
| duce Richard Ill"
| 1t is reported that the recent interviews
between Prince Bismarck and Emperor
| Francis Joseph and Count Kalnoky resulted
in modification of the Austro-G German
treaty, whereby acasls foe iers is established
whenever vital interests of either nation are
threatened. Hitherto only an open attack
has constituted cause for joint action.
The German Colonial company at q meet
| ing at Berlin resolved to APPEAL to Pr nee
Bismarck for protection against English en-
| Gre achments in Africa, and urge him to find
means to put an end to the present state of
affairs. The speakers all protested that no
feeling of hostility toward England was en-
tertained, and tlat the action of the German
| Colonial comp'ny was taken solely in de-
fence Ct German rights wuich had BEEN vio-
lated by the English trading company.
EX King Milal has consented to allow ex-
Queen Natalie to visit her son, King Alex
ander, several times Il year, and to reside in
the palace during ach visit.
The sutan's principal adviser, Mahomet
| Bakashmel, WAC has been exercising me-
farious influence with the sultan, has been
exiled, and leaves by the end of the month.
Shocks of earthquake were felt through
out Herzegovina A portion of the Mostar
railway was damaged, but nothing serious is
reported
A race quarrel of long standing. intensi-
fed by politics, eliminated at Richmond,
Tex, in a desperate general shooting, in
which nearly dozen lives were lost and
many persons wounded.
Mary Anderson is much better and i'm
proving daily
Mrs Langtry is at AK les Bans suffering
from n severe attack of the govt.
A negro was hung for an assault upon
young German girl near Savannah, Ga.
|, Richard Schniewind, the son of A. Schnie-
wind, who is a vice president of the German
Life Insurance company of New York and
at present the United States vice consul at
Dusseldorf, was drowned at Schldhol n,
Germany. He was in sailboat alone. The
body was recovered by the river police and
the father took it for burial The boy was
bright fellow, studying chemistry at the
Berlin university. He was 81 years old.
A hurricane which swept over the south
ern part of Spain wrecked churches and
other buildings in Granada. A portion OF
the dome of the church of ST. Felife was
blown down and the Alhambra was consid-
erably damaged.