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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
Killing Seals

While breeding has been going on in
the rookeries, the natives have been har.
yesting the crop of fur from the bache-
lors. The fur is at its best only during
some forty days Of the first part OF the
season aud all the killing has to be
done in that time. Three or -four OF the
natives get up early in the morning and
going to the hauling grounds, get be-
tween two or three thousand seals and
the water and begin to make a great
clatter. The frightened seals start In
land and the natives follow them, keep.
ing up the noise and guiding them
toward the killing ground. When the
seals seem tired the natives let them
rest awhile. If they get heated it spells
the skins. The seals move on whenever
the natives resume the clatter and never
offcr any resistance. BY the time
breakfast is over the seals,
enough having been driven of
for alty' work are on the
killing grounds. Each killer has a club,
two knives and milestone. Each
gang surrounds a group of seals, and
the foreman points out which are to be
spared on account of defects in the skin
or for other reasons. Then the rest OF
the seals are struck on the head with a
club, one blow stunning them. Each
man drags out a seal, and, bending over
it, sticks his big knife into Its heart.
1t beeds to death in short time. Then
he strips off the skin with few dexter
Gus strokes. A skilful skinner can skin
a seal in minute and half; four m in
utes is the average. The skins are
taken to sheds and packed in salt for
three weeks, at the end of which time
they are ready for shipment. The car
cases are left to lie on the field. In
that climate they lie year before they
lose shape, and three years before they
are reduced to bones. The odor is ter
ribic; but the natives don't mind it, aud
other people soon get used to it. It
seems not TO be unhealthy. -Mew York
Sln
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
A Colt Killed by n Black Snake.

al know man who lost two year,
old colt in peculiar way said c. A.
Drinker, of Scranton Penn, to a New
York Sun reporter. 1.-THE colt had
been in the habit of straying away to a
Tow of button wood trees about mile
from the mans place, and one day the
owner of the colt asked the stage driver
to give the colt whipping, and start
him toward home. The stage driver
saw the colt lying underneath a button
wood tree a little way off from the road,
and he stopped his stage, and ran to
the colt with his whip in his hand. He
was a rough kind of fellow, and he
was going to wake the colt up good !;
but he was taken aback when he saw
the colt lying fiat on his side, with an
enormous black snake around his neck.
The snake had choked the colt to death
out of pure deviltry; for it couldn't
feed on the colt, and the supposition
was that it had dropped from the tree,
and wound itself around the colts neck.
1t began to uncoil as soon as the stage
driver got there, and he dashed it to
death. They said the snake was eleven
feet long"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
A Clock Buried In lee.

On the desk of Edison b. Brace, chief
clerk of the bureau Of equipment and
recruiting in the Navy department, is a
little rosewood case, bound aud inlaid
with brass and bronze. 1t Is in the
form of cube about Is inches high,
and contains chronometer such as is
used on all naval vessels. This little
instrument has quite tragic history
and Is held Of considerable value. II
was the ships chronometer of the UNI
fortunate Polaris that was sent out on
an Arctic exhibition by tho Navy de-
partment in 1871. When the Polaris
was nipped in the ice Captain Hall saved
this instrument and somo other things
from the vessel. As long as Captain Hall
survived he kept the chronometer with
him. When he persisted it was buried
in the arctic SHOWS and abandoned. This
was sometime in 1872. For four win
ters il lay buried in tho snow and ice.
In 1875 Capt. Mares of the British
navy, then in command of the last ex-
petition to the arctic region, discov-
cred this chronometer at Newman's bay,
lie dug it out of the snow and took it
to England with him on his return. 1t
had then been buried in the snow for
four years in region where the mer-
curry sinks to 104 degrees below freez-
ing point. 1t was found 10 be in per-
feet orGor and was wound and ran all
right rs soon as taken from its cold bed.
On returning to England Capt. Mares
turned the instrument over to the
British admiralty office. whence it was
sent as present to this government.
With all this experience it loses only a
single second in "a hours.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
Sued Nv His Housckeeper.

Frank w. Savin well known operator
on the New York stock exchange, is the OBJ.
iect of lawsuit The name of the COM
plainant is not given, but she claims to be
his housekeeper TIE complaint is to the
effect that Mr.. SaviD recently discharged
his 'housekeeper and companion" She now
has commenced legal proceedings to compel
him to execute to her legal transfer of the
house 236 Yves. Forty fifth street or pay her
s27, 500 for alleged services and &C
commodations claimed from December 1888.
When, in 1886, she pressed him for payment
for her services, she declares that he agreed
in consideration of her remaining with him
longer to transfer the above property. The
legal papers go on to say that she has
since been in possession, and she claims
that now he has got tired Of her companion
ship, and on Aug Q formally notified her
that her services were no longer required
The plaintiff further says that Mr.. Savin is
trying to dispossess her, and she asks the
court to direct that he execute legal trans
fer Of the property to pay her the sum men
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
wild Horse in n Grocery.

Meyer Yaroslabsky, New York express
man, left his wagon and two horses in front
of his house while he was up stairs eating
his dinner. Suddenly there was an uproar
in the street below. Looking out of the win
dow he saw that one of his horses was
plunging and rearing. When he rushed hat
less and coatless out of the tenement door,
the horse was half block away tearing like
mad in the direction of the East River.
Everybody escaped except 16-year-old Esta
Hinschfield, and she was only slightly in
jured by being thrown to the pavement.
The horse tore on another block, and
plunged through the open shop door of
Meyer Hauptmans grocery and bakery.
The half doors were about three-quarters
open, and were taken off their hinges In
jiffy. The glass in them was smashed to
flinders. Hauptmans wife and two young
daughters were behind the counter. There
were several little children and baby in
arms in front of the counter. All were par
alyzed with fear as the horse plunged
in and made for the passageway between
the counters. He went through In a hurry.
Once behind the counter, he made for door
leading to a dark little room ten feet away
There were only three feet between the back
of the counter and the wall, but the horse
quickly made wider passageway. He over
turned the counter, battering the coffee mill,
which tumbled from it on the floor under
his feet and shot through the door into the
little room. There is only one window in it
looking out on Attorney street. There was
an old fashioned beds;ead in 1t with straw
mattress, and the horse made one last plunge
and landed with his forelegs on the bad. 1t
was crashed to srlinters in an instant.
The horse was exhausted and penned in. He
lay on the straw mating, snorting. There
was the widest commotion outside in the
shop and great crowds in the street. Yaro-
slabsky by this time had come up, and he got
Policeman Rott to venture into the dark
room and tackle the fiery gray. Rott found
the runaway subdued but how to get him on,
of his pen was the problem. The door was
about seven feet high and three feet wide.
He detached the pole and the harness, and
after great difficulty backed the gray out
into tie shop. Once out in the shop his head
was pointed for the street. and his owner
led him docile and submissive back to his
stand.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
Welded tn Tempt.,;or

w. B. Cummings, brakeman on the Old
Colony road between Fall River and Boston.
has been supplying the place of the regular
baggage master on the train for few DAYS,
and one of his duties was to bring to the
treasurer's Office of the Old Colony road in
Boston the proceeds of ticket sal S at diff
ferent stations on the line. On Saturday he
had about 800 in his chargr, but instead of
delivering it 10 the treasurer he quietly
walkeI out of the station, and that was the
last seen of him by the Old Colony people.
He belongs in New Hampshire, and, so far
as can be learned by the officials of the Old
Colony, has been perfectly honest. He is
about 30 years of age and is understood TO
be married AlthouIh the sum taken by him
is comparatively small, The officials feel par
ticularl, bad about the transaction, bee use
it is the first time taat the road has suffered
from embezzlement by any of the employees
or officials
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
LAST WEEKS STORM.
The Great est ana Most Damaging in
the History of the Coast,

The Create est ana Most Damaging In
the History of the Coast.
The storm of last week was terrific. While
not as severe as the memorable blizzard of
March, 1888, it lasted longer and resulted in
the destruction of more property The re-
port from the ocean by vessels which ex-
perienced the full force of the gale were full
of hardship and peri t. life and property.
The storm had its o. gin in Z g West In
dies, and for few days it simply skirted the
coast, with little rain but plenty of wind.
1t finally broke over New JERSEY. and be-
came general up to the coast of Maine
At Coney Island the japanese pavilionwas
wrsekei: the o .ienial Hotel flooded; Pain
fireworks d-pl,v Fl ,ated; the Manhattan
Hotel. lawn and grounds were completely
destroyed the music pavilion washed away,
and the marine railroad was covered with
six to eight feet of sand.
Rockawa ESCAPED with slight damage
Atl.pt C City N J.. suffered worse, per-
haps, than any other place on the coast. All
roads and It am lines were flooded, and no
communication could be had with the place
for two or three days. Journeys to the city
were accomplished only by perilous risks
Supplies were cut off, and the city suffered
for milk, vegetables and meat.
Nearly all the bathing pavilions at the
shore were wrecked.
damage and private property suffered great
damage.
Ths Sound boats were delayed, and also
all the coast mails, to say nothing OF the in
reference 20 telegraph wires.
Trees were uprooted and buildings I'M
rooted In Brooklyn, and similar damage
was done in New York city. The tide food
ed the Delaware beach Just up to the abut-
menis at the town of Lewes, Del, and
thirty feet from the Verdin House the water
was twelve feet deep. II was the highest
tide since 1861. Thirty vessels were piled
upon the be ,ch.
Boston and adjoining points did not feel
the storm as severely ss the places just
mentioned, although considerable damage
was reported at the shore resorts, Crescent
Beach coming in for the lightest share. The
shipping at all points was sadly intsrfered
with and &C an steamers were delayed from
one to three days. Mariners report the
storm as the worst ever known.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
Arsenic Eating.

At a meeting of German naturalists
and physicians held in Graz in 1875
two arsenic eaters were produced, who
consumed-one thirty centigrammes of
yellow arsenic, the other forty cent?
grammes. A dose of six centigrammes
would to most men be poisonous. The
beneficial results derived from the con-
sumption of arsenic seem first to have
become apparent to the peasan,ry
through their having treated their cows
with it for certain diseases. INDUCED
in as remedy, then as pleasing
stimulant, it comes gradually to be
taken as matter of habit, and cannot
be discontinued with impunity. Strange
to say, all the symptoms of arsenical
poisoning become apparent in those
who leave off the drug suddenly. The
body wastes away, feverish thirst sets
in, the limbs lose all their force, the
skin dries up, the gait becomes un-
steady, and the voice thick and hoarse.
There are, of course, remedies which
can alleviate the pain accompanying
these symptoms, but fail to cure, and
the body can only be restored to its
former condition by renewed in
diligence in the poison.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
Gold Mines of South Africa.

The gold mines of South Africa,
which are now in the full swing of
their development, are gradually attract
ing the notice of financial men and
spectators in all parts of Europe. With
only a few properties working the last
month, the production was $4,000
ounces of gold. There have been great
drawbacks to the speedy development
of the mines, not the least being the diff
ticulty of transportation and the expense
of fuel and labor. Every inch of ma
chinery has to be conveyed over the
worst roads in the world, for more than
800 miles, by the slow bullock wagon,
but railways will soon be constructed to
the fields, and then better things may
be expected. ..l.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
A MATRIMONIAL sNARL.
A Queer Complication Ocoasioned
Inv m Defective Divorce.


by Defective Divorce.
One of tho queerest matrimonial tangles
ever brought into the Chicago divorce courts
has just been unsnarled The complainant
was Edward ID. Tucker, and the defendant
was l.. Josephine Tucker or, rs she has been
known for more than Is years, L.. Josephins
Morris, Tucker married Josephine in 1868.
They lived together about one year, when
she suddenly deserted him, She went to
Kansas, and there after year or two, got
again His second marriage did not turn
out well, for he quarrelled with his
wife and fed TO Utah, After he had
lived long enough In the Mormon territory
to have some standing in court he secured a
divorce from No 2. Then he cam, back TO
Illinois a free man, as he supposed and soon
met and loved another woman. He married
her and went to housekeeping at Pontiac.
Wife No. 2 heard of his new happiness,
and had Tucker arrested for bigamy, The
prosecution of the case developed a strange
state of affairs 1t was found that the di-
vorce obtained by the wife of 1868 In Kan
sas was illegal. The divorce he secured
among the Mormons was declared illegal.
He was still the husband of Josephine and
all the other wives were spurious. He was
convicted and sent to Joliet About a year ago
he finished his term there aud went to Chica-
go. Mrs. Tucker c,rroborated her husbands
story as to the marraye of 1868, her deser-
ton, and the divorce she obtained IN Kansas
There was technical defect in her Kansas
divorce, although she had married man
named Morris, and had become the mother OF
six children without suspecting that the di-
vorce from Tucker was not lawful. Learn
ing OF the complications into which Tucker
as well as herself had fallen, she went to
CHICAGO to have the snarl unravelled. Judge
Tuthill ordered that decree be entered Civ
ing Tucker a divorce on the ground of her
desertion. IL took the court just -four Teen
minutes to straighten things out.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
A Penman's Feat.

A citizen of Belfast, Ireland, wrote
on postal card the whole of one of the
the annual messages of President Cleve-
land. The message contained $4,000
words, yet the writer got it all on the
card with steel pen and ink, each let
ter, as seen through microscope, being
beautifully formed. Moreover, Dor
der three -cighths of an inch wide is
placed around the card, representing
string of beads, So in number, each
three sixteenths of an inch in diameter,
and most of them containing the Lord s
Prayer; 1000 words are put into this
border. The writer is II years old,
and says he could get Is, 900 words on
a postal card. 1t took him 45 days to
write this one.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
NORWAY'S SWEET SINGER.
She is to Wed Boston Lawyer-Nor-
ways Loss is Americas Gain.

She is to Wed Boston Lawyer-Nor-
ways Loss is Americas Gain.
Mile. Sophie Apeuas-Zsla of Norway is in
America. Mile. Zela is 81 years of age
Some time ago she won a scholarship ct the
Royal Academy, Stockholm, founded by
Charles XIV. In this way the attention of
King Oscar ii. was called to the Musical
prodigy within his realms, and eve. since
her progress has been marked with royal
favor and patronage. In Paris Mile. Zena
studied with Nine. Marches, and, later,
with Frau Pescha-L eutner, and at
her debut at Christiana their scholar
reflected the greatest credit on her
teachers. Later, both in opera and concert,
Mile Zela made tour of Norway and Swe-
den, and every where met with success In
1888 Mile. Zela spent the summer months in
Stromstad Sweden, and there met Mr.
Achorn. Mile. Zela sps,ks English, German,
FIR ncb, and several other languages, but be-
fore long the cantatrice and the Boston law
yer had no use for any language but the one
that is universal, and within year Norway
learned that her fairest song 'tress was to be
married. Mr. Achorn says no date has yet
been set for the wedding.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
HONOR TO GEN. GRANT.
Statue of the Great Commander Un-
yelled in Kansas.

yelled in Kansas.
A statute of Gen Grant, erected in honor
of the memory of the great general, has been
unveiled at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. The
ceremonies were impressive, and lacked os-
day in the city of Leavenworth and the pub
lie buildings were elegantly decorated. AS
the veil fell upon the ground there was re-
vealed to the spec ators statute of Gen.
Grant of imposing design and artistic execu'
ton. The statue is bronze military figure
of heroic size, 8 feet high, upon polished
granite pedestal of equal height. The left
foot is slightly advanced, and the left hand
holds paper Of official appearance, to
which points the right foreinger. SLOUGH
hat, which all the army veterans recog-
nized at once as Grants army hat,
covers the head The figure is draped in
long military coat, the cape thrown back
over the shoulders The pedestal of the
statue is monolith four feet square and five
feet high, the top encirclad with wreath OF
bay leaves in relief On the front is a tab
let, inscribed with the names of the battles
in which Grant was engaged. The rear OF
the monolith bears equestrian figures OF
Grant and his aides de- camp in relief. The
west bears an inscription of the names of the
various societies aud organizations which
contributed to the expense of the statue. At
ter the statue was unveiled orations on Gen.
Grant were delivered by Senator ingalls, of
Kansas, Gen G. w Blair of Topeka, Rev.
Henry Swift, chaplain of the post at Fort
Leavenworth, and Maj William Warner of
Kansas CITY
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
Must Have Steam for Pilot Boats.

1t was said among the shipping men of
the Maritime and Produce Exchanges at
New York that the recent storm, more than
any other in recent years had demonstrated
that the time had come for change in pilot
boats. Mr.. Radcliffe Baldwin, agent of. the
state line of steamships. says: During all
been greatly delayed by the present system
Of furnishing pilots, A number of pilots
have been carried out to sea BY steamships,
and have had to be transferred to incoming
steamships causing delay all around. The
incoming Wisconsin had to get pilot from
the outgoing Adriatic, or she would have
been forced to wait outside until pilot
could have reached her. The State OF
Georgia was off the Highlands, and didn't
get pilot for two days. The time for the
steam pilot boats has come. If we had steam
pilot boats there would be no delays such as
l have referred tor
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
The Volume of Niagara Falls.

The amount of water passing over
Niagara Falls varies with the heigth of
the river. Prof. w. d. Cunning esti-
mates the average amount at IS, 900, 900
cubic feet per minute. Allowing 62s
pounds to the cubic foot this would
give total of 562, 500 tons per minute,
or 25, 312 500 tons in As minutes, of
which somewhat more than two-thi, DIS
passes over the Horseshoe Falls. Other
estimates place the total amount passing
over both falls as high as 100, 900, 600
tons per hour. In comparison, the
recent flood at Johnstown was gill.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19

There is certainly something remarkable in
this preparation, as it is meeting with suo-
cess never attained by any other medicine. II
never fails if used as directed.
For over twenty years l have been a great
sufferer from the effects of diseased stom-
ach. and for three years rast have been unable
to do business, Two years ago my case was
pronounced incurable. visited different wa
ter cures and climates, all to no pdrpose. Last
June began taking Hibbard's Rheumatic
Syrup prepared by Rheumatic Syrup Co.
jackson, Mich.), and at once began to feel bet
ter. l have used thirteen bottles and am a
well man. EDWARD BAKER,
Master Mechanic and Blacksmith,
202 jackson street, Jackson, Mich
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
A Highwayman Pursued and Killed.

]. L. Patterson. superintendent of the Run
Over Mine, was knocked off his horse be-
tween Daggett, and Calico, Cal, and robbed
of 5000 in gold by Parry Dodson. The
robber then took Patters1n's horse and es-
capped with the money. Several parties in
Guiding the victim, started in pursuit, and
Dodson was overtaken by Patterson and
John Alderman, near Coyote Hole. lie was
lying behind some brush when they came
upon him. and he began shooting at them at
once. Trey returned the fire hitting Dod-
son nine times killing him instantly. The
stolen money was found with him
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
A Wedding Postponed.

Mary B. w. Steere of Cooperstown, N
Y, was to have been married to Robert
McKie of Fort Wayne, Ind. Hundreds of
in itations had been Is ued, scores of beauti-
full and costly presents had been received.
and many guests had arrived out of town,
hut for some reason the groom failed to put
in an appearance. 1t began to be whispered
that the wedding was pos poned indefinitely.
Tue groom's effects are still at the hotel
where he had been stopping. and it is said
his wedding suit is spread out on his bed.
All kinds Of rumors are afoat as to his alb
sence. One is that tn re is another woman
m xed up in the cese in some way at Troy.
II e affair Is a terrible blow to Miss Steere,
who Is most estimable young woman with
o .arge circle of friends.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
Too Late.

"No, George" she muttered, as the
miserable youth knelt in a passionate
frenzy at her feet, 81 never can be
yours.
"Well, Clara" he answered bitterly,
as he rose quickly, "you might at least
have told me so before, and saved me
from bagging these trousers. "-Clothier
and Furnisher.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19

Miss Trimount-And to think that
after all these thousands of years there
should be so much water in the sea.
One would suppose it would have dried
up long ago.
Miss Kornpackir-Yes, that's SO.
But then, you know, it has heaps of
salt in it, and papa says the way salt
preserves things is wonderful. -Neu
York SIM
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
Fripb,rul BicycIe Accident.

Edward Hamilton, of Shippensburg, Pa,
while riding on his bicycle, m with an &C
cident which may cost him his life. He was
riding ut high rate of speed, when the
front wheel of his bicycle struck stone:
He was thrown headlong to thu earth, and
SO suddenly that he could not turn his face.
His upper and lower jaws were broken, his
lips and che ks badly gashed, and his nose
was mashed almost fat His injuries are Of
. serious nature. and he may not recover.