The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-06-20
NEWS IN GENERAL.

Loru puHefln mas been given the treeuoh
of the city of London and has received nine
honorary titles, His list Of decorations is
almost as long as Prince Blsmarcks.
The state Of Pennsylvania has taken
charge OF matters in Conemaugh valley ana
Johnstown and other adjacent towns are UNI
der martial law
A trust Of S95, 600 900, which takes In all
the plug tobacco manufacturers OF the
United States, has been formed in st. Louis,
Mo. Leggett & Meyers and Drummond
Co, of st, Louis aud p. Lorillard Of New
York are at the head of the affair.
The lord provost of Edinburgh has refused
to confer the freedom of the city upon Mr..
Parnell on the occasion of the visit Of the
Irish leader In July,
The Dominion government has received
advices that several Canadian sealing YES
sells have sailed for Behring sea, There is no
likelihood OF any interference with the oper-
atoms of the United a,es treasury protec-
tion service.
Tho report Of the capture Of Port au
Prince by Hippolyte is confirmed. Legitime
is under the protection of the American con-
snl.
The ship State # Maine of New Castle,
Me-, recently arrived in New York from
her,captain claims Co be the fastest time on
record.
Increase Of tie capital stock Of the New
York, W Haven g. Hartford ioad has
been made 60 S50,0O0,000.
IL is row thought that the loss OF life at
johns Gown will not exceed 1000. They are
wei. supplied with clothing, and will need
pAoney soon to purchase furniture.
1t is reported that tn, Chippewa Indians
at Mile Laos Lake Mimi, are massacring
the whites.
1t is announced that the Delaware g Hud-
son Canal Co. has secured control OF the Adj
rondack railroad, which will henceforth be
operated as part of its system.
The Typogr ,phical convention now In
session at Denver has given $50 to the
Johnstown sufferers.
The new high license law in South Dakota
is considered likely to reduce the number of
saloons 50 per cent
Joseph Rose, of San Fraucico, shot his
stepdaughter, Mrs. Schw ger, and then put
bullet through his brain. fhe woman will
recover. ..
Rube Polk. Jr, and George Andry, of st.
Augustine, Texas, quarrelled over girl.
They. fought with bowies and Polk was
killed. r.
The loss of the Fidelity and Casualty COM
pany of New York at Johnstown, Pa, will
not exceed 10000 Their loss has been re-
ported at s., 100000.
Dispatches from Superior Wis, report
that forest fires are raging in the northern
part Of the state, and that much valuable
timber has been destroyed.
While trying to prevent an ore wagon
from falling down the mine shaft at Two
Harbors, Mich, Charley johnson was thrown
into the pit and instantly killed.
A freight train on the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad, loaded with provisions for the
Johnstown sufferers, was run into near
Havre de Grace and brakeman killed.
At Bowling Green, O. Frank James was
arrested on a charge of attempting to blow
up Mrs. Mertie Williamsons house with dy-
nlmite. He was put in the town Jail, where
he committed suicide by angling himself
with pair of suspenders. Mrs. Williamson
lis applying for divorce f ON her husband,
and James had been trying to get her to
promise to marry him as soon as she got the
divorce. As she refused it is surmised that
James undertook to further his suit by
threatening to blow her up.
Lieut. Frank Reeve Heath, U. s. n, dice
at Mare Island naval hospital, San Francis
co, Cal, after six day. illness. He wa
one of the survivors of the wrecked man-of
war Vandalia and ,me there on the steamer
Rocktown few weeks ago. He has beer
suffering for many weeks from a disease con
tracted at Apa and a week ago was takel
down with an attack of compound pneumo
MA.
The famous viaduct near South Fork Pa
on the reconstruction of which SOD workmel
have been en- aged over a week. has beel
completed. The tres.le is IS feet high ant
AS long. The rails have teen laid for singh
track to Johnstown from the Fork
A dispatch from Ottawa, Ont, says It
learned that the Canadian Pacific railroa,
proposes to establish large car works In tn
State of Maine, at point on its line through
that State The company hopes by, thi
means to evade the possibility Of any inter
ruption to passenger traffic by using Amer
Eau built railway cars
While a large party of Sunday school chi
dren were on an excursion train going fror
Armagh to Warren Point, Ireland, one SCI
ton Of the train was unable to make heav
grade, part Of which the stupid officials Gu
off and allowed to run back. 1t collide
with a train which was following the excul
sionists and a terrible disaster followed
Seventy-two persons were killed and man
Others fatally wounded.
The people of Cedartown, Ga, are formin
manufacturers association for the purpos
Of building cotton factory and wooden mil
About $50, 900 has been subscribed for a co
ton factory, and they desire to find ma
who has experience in this business and VIII
can put in an amount of money equal to tn,
already subscribed.
The French government Panama cam
relief bill has been introduced in the chan
Der of deputies. 1t empowers the liquidatc
of the company t. place on the best cond
tions possible and reg rrdles of The leg
limit as to price the 100000 francs of til
bonds which have not yet been subscribe
for. 1t also authorizes subscription of 81
900, 900 francs to cover the expenses nece
sary for the maintenance Of the work pent
ing aninquiry i t, the question of the cor
pletion Of the canal
While passing through the town Of Wad
bridge, in Cornwall, a missile which is b
lieved to have been a cartridge was throw
at Mr.. Gladstone carriage. Mr.. Gladstol
was not hit nor was he much disturbed
the incident but the police think it was
attempt upon his life, and are looking f
the man who threw the missile
The steel torpedo depot ship Vulcan
been launch d at Portsmouth, England. 81
is the largest vessel the government has ev
built. 1t is intended that she shall accol
pany feet and carry large equipment
torpedo boats. Sc will form a foat
workshop. The Vuc,n is of 662O tons bu
den, and IL, 900 hors, power
No further news has been received at Ha
fax abcut the wreckase that drifted asho
on the Shelburne coast. A dense fog
prevailed to the westward for a week or
steamer or large ship has been wrecked
Little Hope Island, off Liverpool where t
steamer Merrimack was lost two years az
Edward Swineford # St. Louis, Mo-, W
has been in ] hnstnwn, Pa, searching
the bodies OF his wife and mother, who W.
lost on theexpress train, has been sent hoi
a raving maniac. The knowledge of the Fl
of his wife and aged mother robbed him
his senses
L. C. Munroe, mill employee at Luc
Mich, cahght his coat sleeve in some {
wheels, and, in spite of the efforts Of t
companions who seized him, was ground
pulp.
Charles Young, a12-year-old boy, '
caught in driving belt in Johnston's I
tory in Danville, ILL.,, and instantly killed
Governor Hill has vet ed the compulso
education bill passed by the New York lei
lature.
Ex-Premier Garashanine of Belgra,
who was arrested for melting the progr'
;op;efe to vio1epce IN the occasion of the