The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-04-18

The former residents OF Franklin county,
Me-, now living In Portland have form d
permanent association to be known as the
Mount Blue association of Franklin, with Il,
ID, Eastman president and g. ii, Oldham
treasurer.
The Boston & Maine road has opened
now and very handsome passenger station at
Lynn, Mass. The Boston and Maine officials
report that the earnings of their sys' en- have
been making very satisfactory gains OF
late.
The old Hampden Mass hat factory has
been leased for three years by W. c. Dewey,
and operati ms will be at once bagun for re-
modelling the interior for use as spinning
mill. The machinery Is expected to be run
ming by June 10, and a new boiler and en-
CINE will be put in. Employment will be
given TO about 40.
The brick-making business In Eliot, Bidde-
ford and Saco, Me-, is to be very active this
season. large quantities of brick being sent
from these towns to Boston.
Warren, r. l., has voted to build new
town hall at an expense Of S35 900. A move
ment to reconsider this action failed.
Bristol, r. l., is sending out circular
which gives a vote of the town that any
corporation who may establish itself in bust
ness In the town of Bristol within the coming
three years be exempted from taxation for
the period Of 10 years to date" A statement
of the towns advantages accompanies the
circular.
As son of ]. P. Hatch of North Castine,
Me-, was playing in the farm yard recently
he noticed great commotion among flock
of crows in an adjoining field, and running
to the spot found two Of them so busily en-
gagged in fight that he picked them up be-
fore they were aware Of his coming
Sunday afternoon Robert Costello, ex-cap-
| tain Of the North Adams Me-, police force,
was badly scalded while lifting a boiler of
hot water from the stove.
| Some of the friends of John D. Stevens,
manager of the Vermont Live Stock COM
pany, are growing nervous over his long
absence In Texas and Mexico, where he went
to buy cattle for the company's Dakota ranch.
Mr.. Stevens wrote from Mexico about a
month ago saying he would write in day
or two Since then no letters have been re-
ceivea, though his friends indulge the hope
that some may have been miscarried.
| In special town meeting the voters Of the
historic town of Lebanon, Conn.,, decided by
an emphat majority not to accept as a
| z # the famous old war office of Governor
Jonathan Trumbull on condition that the
town put the building in good repair within
one year and so maintain it as long as posi-.
BILE. This adverse action was due to the fact
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$1,000 to keep it in decent repair. The me
mento of Governor Trumbull and revolu
tionary times has so changed in appearance
since 1t was used as a war office" anc
across whose threshold stepped Washington
the two Adamses, Franklin Rochambear
and other revolutionary celebrities, that the
taxpayers Of the town do not deem it worthy
Of preservation. It is thought that some o.
Lebanon's public spirited citizens will form
an association with capital of $1,000, which
would acquire possession of the building, pu
1t in good repair and so preserve it as me
mento of olden times.
The Westbrook (Me) Electric Light com
pany will begin work at once on a dan
across the Presumpscot river, short dis
lance above what Is known as the uppe
covered bridge at Smelt Hill When tn
dam is completed the rapids will be covere'
and channel will be blasted through them
It is proposed to run a small steamer from
Saccarappa down through the dam by mean
Of lock and around by the harbor to Port
land. The electricity will be conducted by
submerged cable down the river to Marti
Point Bridge, and thence to Portland.
In the case of Marshall L. Adams 0
Provincetown, Mass, ex-county treasurer
against George Otis, publisher Of the Cap
Cod Item of Yarmouthport, which was con
tinued over to the present sitting of the supe
| TlOT court dt tLo SouuoSA ioi VA
plaintiff was non-suited and the case wa
taken from the docket, with payment Q
costs. This was an action brought by Adam
to recover $1,000 damages for the publication
Of an alleged libelous article.
Ashland, Me-, boasts of woman who b
sides managing family of children and
refractory husband, carries on large lun
bering operation. The Herald says she n
Gently made trip 40 miles into the wooe
to her lumber camps, settled with her mel
! examined the landings of logs and timbe
with critical eye, inspected an extensiy
dam made for driving purposes, and mac
, arrangements for driving out the lumbe
She can boast of having been farther in,
the Aroostook wilderness than any otht
white woman.
! The trustees of the Maine insane hospit,
: have elected Hon. Frederick ROBBIE, OF Go
ham, Me-, president and DR.. E. a. Thom)
Son Of Dover secretary.