The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-10
NEWS IN GENERAL.

NLWo IN uIWLnRl.
John Bell, a ST. Louis teamster, died Ia
horrible commissions from hydrophobia He
was bitten about month ago, while return
ing home at night Ho paid no attention to
the wound until last week, when he was at
tackled with nervousness and sent to the
hospital. The Pasteur remedy was tried,
but without effect, Bell suffered all the
horrors Of the mysterious malady and died
six hours after the commissions began.
Two men were instantly killed, another
was fatally injured and about 30 more or
less hurt at the bottom OF the Calumet a.
Hecla perpendicular shaft by dynamite
blast which had failed 10 explode II was
caused by one OF the miners accidentally
striking the charge with his pick. The &C
cident took place 1000 feet under ground.
The Joseph r. Foard transportation COM
pany, agents in Baltimore OF the steamer
Earnmore, which belongs to the Earn Line
Steamship company QimitedD OF Philadel-
phia, have received the following telegram
from the owners: "Eeanmore foundered
during hurricane Sept. 5, Fir officer,
second engineer and five of the crew saved
and arrived here In dying condition" The
Earnmore left Baltimore Aug. 80 for Rio
bushels of wheat and miscellaneous merchan.
disc, valued at so, 700; insured. The vessel
was valued at $4,000, and insured for
sl20 000 The Earnmore was built In 1887,
and had gross tonnage OF 2OlO tons.
Articles incorporating one Of the largest
coal mining organic ,tions In this country
have been Issued by the secretary Of state
of West Virginia. The incorporators In.
clude Abram s. Hewitt Of New York, Levi
P. Moreon and his partner, Mr. Bliss the
New York banker, and large capitalist OF
Ansted, Fayette county, W. Va. They
have leased the Hawk Nest Coal company in
Fayette county, on the line OF the Chesa-
peake & Ohio and will at once construct a
broad gauge railroad to take the place of a
narrow gauge line now in use connecting
the mines with the Chesapeake 81 Ohio, the
distance to DO covered being AZ miles. The
mines will have capacity Of 5000 tons
daily, and this output will b, increased.
Three children named Walton obtained
access to the powder houee OF the gypsum
mine at Cayuga, N Y, and one Of them
| lighted match and ignited a quantity OF
powder One of the children was literally
blown to pieces, and the others were so badly
injured that they died.
Near Geneva, Mimi, $500 acres of land
have been burned over, and 5000 tons Of hay
destroyed. The fire is in the peat, under the
surface, and it is unsafe to drive team near
| it. Experts estimate the value Of the de.
burning of hay at $4,000
Annie Louise Cushing, pretty organist
of Utica, N Y, "a years old, has been mar
ried to Eddie Frey, a 14-year-old schoolboy,
of the same place,
Julia Marrow opened her second season
at Ford's theatre, Baltimore. The per
formance of "As You Like 1t" was splendid
ly received by brilliant audience.
A priest, FIR Boyle, has been convicted in
the Wake superior court, at Raleigh. n. c.,
of charge of criminal assault on Miss &C.
neva Whitaker. The jury had the case four
hours The crime of which Boyle is con-
victed was committed last May. He was
sentenced to be hanged Nov. 20.
Mrs Turnstall Smith, of Baltimore, Md,
while suffering from nervous depression,
committed suicide by shooting herself. She
was one of the most beautiful women in Bal
timore society, and was near relative OF
Secretary Bayard's first wife. The cause OF
the deed was melancholia, which developed
into temporary insanity.
Justice Bradley of the supreme court has
handed down an opinion dismissing the ia
nous electric light case Of Westinghouse
against Edison. The suit was brought two
years ago by the WESTINGHOUSE interests
against the Mckeesport or Edison Electric
Light Company, to restrain the defendants
from using The fibrous carbon or incandes
cent conductor in the air tight globe. The
| D int at issue was the form and substance Of
the conductor. 1t was claimed by the plain
tiffs that they had been granted a patent OIL
the flbrouS carbon, while upon the othel
hand the Edison interests claimed that they
hal filed an application for a patent a month
before the application of the plaintiffs.
From present appearances, there are 9
great many dead yet in the river at Johns
| "a and tha TINA allOttaH nv (fOv
Beaver for the work will be sufficient t.
have enough rubbish re moved that the,
may be taken ont.
The strike OF the coal miners at Scranton
Kan, has been annie ably settled. The EN-
ployers granted the miners an advance of L
cents psr ton in mining.
Charles Davis aged only 10 years, but on
of the boldest desperados in the Indian ter
ritory, and the leader Of noted band Q
horse and cattle thieves, has been shot and
killed near Fleetwood, l. T., by deput,
United States marshals while resisting al
rest.
The Great Falls q Canada Railroad com
pany has been incorporated at Great Falls
Mont with 81 SOC, 600 capital. The com
pany viii build railroad from Great Fall
TO the Canadian line whence the sams par
ties will build the coal mines at L0thbridge
Can, which is connected with the Canadian
ny u ouu Nv iiHlCo AOh5s
The In lian conference at Lake Mohawk
n. Y, Prof G. c. Painter read paper o.
1.-THE Indian and his Property pointin
out certain grave defects of recent legisla
ton. He said that under the reservation
system the Indians property is no. only use
less but O hindrance to his civilizations;
temptation to the white; the provokin
,use of removals, which destroyed the be
ginnings of civilized life. Under the nev
l. - ,c TOD Co. fxsra
ty-flve years, but his use of the land is rer
dered almost impossible by the restriction
of the Indian bureau, Fearing that he ma
misuse it, he is virtually prevented frof
using it at all. Prof Painter gave instance
Of recent experiences among the Winneba
) goes and Ssseton Sioux, showing the impos
i sibility for the Indian to cultivate his ailo
ted land because of certain rulings unde
the new law.
, A desperate street duel took place recent
I at Lono, Texas, between two men who ha
formerly been sheriffs of the county Pc
tics in the last campaign was at the bottor
of it. They used revolvers, and both wer
| killed.
Mrs. Kate M. Nye of Louisville KY
committed suicide by jumping from thirt
5 story window. A little boy entered he
room with some towels and Mrs. Nye aske
him if he would like to see her jump out {
the window. He replied that he woulC
Mrs. Nye said: ''All right; will do it. Bu
you must kiss me good-by." The boy kisse
! her, and she sprang out Of the window. Sh
I, was instantly killed. Marital unhappines
: was he cause.
a For the fourth time in five years and th
second time this year. pending sril
0 conducted by D. A. 40, Knights of Labo
dynamite explosion has been resorted t.
and as yet the police have convicted nor
Of the dynamiers The latest explosio
wrecked the office of the big slaughte
house and wool pulling establishment of .
l g. NJ P. Seaman. No one was hurt. Tt
Scanlans' place has been boycotted by ii
Edison ass citation, wool pullers and men
9 bers Of d. A. AZ, K. l., since Februar
= last The new men went out on a stril
, then, and the Scanlans have since refuse
to treat with them. Time bombs hay
!. been used in all the explosions that hav
= occurred in 49s boycotts. The dates I
these explosions are: Feb. l, 1885. Carr
g Bros. store on Grand street: Jan. 81, 1888
Old Dominion steamship Guyandot,e; Eel
@ O L,.., not 12S