The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-04-25
NEWS IN GENERAL.

taken out licenses at Canso, N. s., under
the modus yivendi, and number OF others
are there waiting to do so. The indications
are that great number will take advantage
of the privilege,
No further applications for position In the
military aud industrial parades TO be held in
New York thu 30th inst, will be granted.
The work OF the army committee has been
finished excepting as to final details, Thirty
thousand soldiers from outside the state and
almost 90 600 state troops and regulars Will
be in the line Admiral Porter issued gem
eral order governing the movements of YES
sells in the naval parade. The naval vessels
taking part in the review will be the Chca-
go, the Boston, the Atlanta, the Yorktown,
Juniata and Yantic.
Arrangements are being made to COM
mence the erection shortly of gigantic
railway bridge at Quebec which will very
materially affect the traffic of the two great
railways of Canada-the Grand Trunk ana
the Canadian Pacifc-as well as an import
ant part Of the ra lway system OF the New
England States. The great depth OF the 81:
Lawrence river opposite the ancient city OF
Quebec has hitherto been an effective argu-
ment against the building of a bridge, but
engineering skill has overcome this obstacle
with a scheme to build cantilever bridge
which will cost close upon $40, OOO,OO
Goodwin & Rosenberg r, dealers in dia-
monds and jewelry at "a Maiden lane, New
York City, have failed The liabilities are
supposed to be alb )ut $50, 600, but no estimate
can be made of the assets. The firm failed
in 1884 for 500, 900 and settled at 20 cents on
the dollar.
Steamers arriving at London report hav-
ing experienced moderate weather and hav-
ing hailed other steamers almost daily, none
of which mentioned the Danmark. The Ma
u fun.t, NAtD
York, which 1t was thought might bring
some news of the missing passengers of the
Danmark, has arrived at Queenstown. She
reports that she saw nothing of the steam r
or her passengers.
Reports from $50 wheat stations on the
Manitoba r. r. in Minnesota are to the eff
feet that the ground is in excellent condition
and the prospect is coed.
The Boston and Philadelphia Steams ip
company has contract d with the Harlan q
Hol ngsworth company of Wilmington
Del, for the construction of steamer to be
an aim st exact counterpart OF the Parthan
of the me line. The only difference will be
that the new steamship will have triple ex-
pansion engines, whls the Parthian has COM
pound engines,
Vice Admiral Tchikhatchef has Submit d
to the car report on the cordition of the
navy. In it he urges the immedlat con-
struction of number of cruisers. he OPP
poSs the proposed increase of the Russian
f1otilla on the Black sea.
At the second annual meeting of the Asso-
citation of General Newspaper Advertising
Agents held in New York City E. N. Erick-
son was elected president and the foil wing
executive committee was chosen: Il. N.
Erickson, G. p Rowell an w. II. H. Hull
of New York; Horace Dodd and U. X. Pet
teprill of Boston; d. NJ L I'd and C. H. Full
Ter of Chicago, and C. L. Doughty of Cincin-
natl.
r. G.. /. Barnett, who played a prominent
part at Toronto Ont, in the wrecking of the
Central bank, has been found guilty of fraud
in having appropriated to his own use Sl0,
900, the pro iuct of two drafts entrusted to
him by x-Cashier Allen.
The will of Mrs. E. Vanderbilt Allen,
daughter of the late Commodore Vanderbilt
bequeaths the estate valued at S. DOC, 600, in
SIX equal parts, one to each of her five living
children and one to the children of her de-
ceased son.
The excise bill has been reported in New
York senate so amended as to allow manu-
facturers of native vines to sell in quantities
of five gallons and upward in no-license
towns In this shap, it is likely to reach the
governor, with the chances of his signing it.
Ex-Commodore James D. Smith, chairman
of the special committee of the New York
! Yacht club, to which Lord Dunravens chal
lenge was referred, has mailed to the earl the
clubs acceptance of the challenge, as well as
an official letter to the secretary of the Roy
al yacht squadron, telling Of the conclusions
arrived at by the committee concerning Lore
Dunraven's suggestions as to the details Of
the match.
The northern owners of the Dixie golt
mine in Lancaster county, S. c., have deter
mined to put $50, 900 worth of additional ma
chinery in the NINE All the Lancaster golc
mines pay handsomely.
Five new scholarships of $1,000 each hay,
been established at Princeton by a gentleman
whose name is not known to the public
They are named after the five earliest presi
dents Of the college, Jonathan Dickinson
Aaron Burr, Jonathan Edwards, Samue
Davies and Samuel Finley A new chemica
hall is to be built at a cost of $50 600 from
the proceeds of a donation by the trustees o
the estate of j. c. Green, A new building
for the school of electrical engineering will
also be built.
Mrs. Elizabeth Noonan, wife of Thoma
lJoonan, for some time past living with he
father VIM Tyrrell of Dracut, Mass, com
mtted suicide by jumping into the Concord
River near the Six Arch Bridge.
Prince Franz who has become Crow
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busily at work fitting himself for his nev
duties and has cut loose from former dis
solute companions,
A package containing SIS, coo in gold ha
mysteriously disappeared from the office o
the Northern Pacific Express Co. a
Brainerd MINI. The night clerk claims t.
have put the money in the safe and locke
the combination. Inter it could not b
found.
mn -. e ff.a,,.., w IT. .,,,c roo.,,+,
visited by probably incendiary fire whic
swept away a. large portion of the bushes
part of the town. Loss probably $50, 1000; in
surance $25, 600.
7 Portuguese vessels engaged in block
aiding the African coast in order to suppre
the slave trade have captured three slavers
The blockade will be further extended.
The Paris civil tribunal has ordered tn
liduidator of the Panama Canal company +
compensate discharged employees.
A famine is raging at Bicze, Waag an
Bistriz, Hungary. Hundreds of pers ons ar
starving and dying.
Recent reports of the manuuvres of tn
British naval feet contain some matter nc
entirely reassuring with respect to some @
our new naval veSs Is. In these manplIvre
about six vessels of the Archer type partic
pated. The result was disagreeable SUI
prise to Sir William Reed, the chief rava
constructor of the admiralty 1t was foun
that the vessels pitched and rolled about t
such an extentin moderately heavy sea as t
render them very poor gun platforms whic
means that the guns were so unstable tina
they could not be directed with any approac
to accuracy of fire. They were also very we
ships. These defects are supposed to resul
from the excessive weight of the ordnanc,
and it was recommended that the ,ix-inc
rifles be replaced by five-inch guns and th
anchors moved further apart.