The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-12-05
NEWS IN GENERAL.

The striking green glass bottle blowers of
Baltimore have issued an address indicating
that the lockout in all the eastern districts is
likely tn continue through the winter
The house at Richmond, Va, occupied by
jeff Davis during the late rebellion, ala
known rs the white House of the Conied-
eracy,h is 10 be torn down and school-house
built ON the site. With the demolition of
the white House and the removal of
IAbby prison to Chicago, two of the most
conspicuous landmarks of the Southern
Confederacy there will have disappeared
1t is said that the sale of the Fort Worth
road TO the Union Pacific has been oonsum-
mated
A big land fraud, involving about mill,
ion dollars, is said to have been unearthed
in Chicago,
The trial of an action by the government
against Nine. Louise, q New York millner,
to recover the penalty Of $1,000 for violation
Of the contract labor law, in the United
States circuit court, resulted in verdict for
the government OF the full penalty. Nine,
Louise brought Miss Alice Dupont, French
demoiselle, to the United States, to work in
her millinery establishment.
The New York board of aldermen has
decided that the hand organ and street piano
might stay, but the little German band
must go.
The report of the superintendent OF the
life-savng service for the past year, like
those of previous years, is record of noble
work well done. The service has succored
no less than 1903 persons, and the value OF
property saved is set at upwards OF sixty
millions of dollars, at a total expense of less
than one sixth of that sum. The superin-
tendent renews his request that the pay of
the surfmen be Increased.
Jay Gould is cautiously making public
the details of a magnificent scheme for erect
ing grand union passenger depot opposite
the piers of the Pennsylvania and Jersey
Central roads in New York, and thus max
ing them directly tributary to his system of
elevated roaGs 1t is reported that the depot
will be the largest and handsomest on the
continent
The New York Park board has appointed
a committee to consider means of preserving
the Egyptian obelisk now in Central Park.
The stone is rapidly chipping off under the
influence of our climate, and the inscrip'
tons will soon disappear unless some meth
cd of arresting the decay is adopted
A new line of railroad is proposed, to run
from New York city to the foot of Lake
Ontario, to some point at or near Ogdens-
burg, connecting with the Canadian Pacific
and other railways. Several roads for which,
it is stated, charters have already been OBJ
tanned, are to be consolidated under the
name of the New York, Ottawa and North
western Railway Company" Eventually
it is said, the road will be part of the
shortest line from New York to Japan and
China. This is supposed to be in the inter
est of the Can dian Pacific, only to be built
i'll case the Vanderblts control the Ontario
and Western.
Ex-Congressman w. L. Scott of Erie, Pa,
is building mausoleum for the Scott fam
lily at cost of about $4,000
The British steamer Santiago, of the Will
son line was burned at sea. Her crew and
passengers, numbering 50 persons, were res
cued from boats by the ship A. J. Fuller,
bound for New York,
A fatal cyclone swept through Beaufort
county n c., causing terrible destruction.
AT Campbells creek, six miles from Aurora
several houses were blown down, and Dick
Phillips (colored) was killed and also his
five children, and several others were badly
hurt.
Richard Ten Brock, the noted horseman,
whose alleged insanity has been topic Of
conversation among California horsemen,
has been declared sane by scpurt commits
sion in Redwood City, Cal, where he lives
and owns valuable ranch. His wife, who
is forty years younger than himself, is said
to have originated the charge.
Friends of Jefferson Davis are taking
measures to pay off debts amounting to
$40, 900, (which have long troubled him.
Abraham Litchey, of Mt Carroll, ILL.,, adj
mlnistrator for several large estates, and
guardian for a number of heirs is said to be
a defaulter for from $4,000 to $4,000.
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hywheels controlling the machinery of a
large factory belonging to the Parkersburg
Mill company, at Parkersburg w. Va,
simultaneously exploded, demolishng
everything inside the building, including
engines, machinery and other valuable
property. The report was like that of a
cannon, and the earth was shaken for a
great distance The loss is from $1,000 to
$4,000.
The three masted ship Vile de Marseilles,
with cargo of 1900 barrels of powder,
shipped for Moza nbique, caught fire at
Marseilles. An attempt was made TO blow
up the ship with dynamite, without success.
The fire in short time reached the fore
hold where there were 1900 barrels of pow
der. A terrific explosion followed All the
windows for mile around were sha tered.
Fragments of the Inflated ship were picked
up 500 metres away from the scene of the
disaster. No lives were lost.
Snow drifts three feet high have blocked
traffic on the Cincinnati, Wabash e MiChi-
gan railroad between Benton Harbor and
Elkhart, Ind. All trains were abandoned
: between those points until snow plows
were sent over the line.
Mrs. Mary A. Bradshaw, an actress OF
former da-s, who had the distinction OF
being the Ophelia of "Uncle Toms Cabin
at ifs fret NaW Enrly oil IL,
London. Can. recently at the age of II.
The largest sailing vessel on the great
lakes the five master David L. Dows, has
foundered 20 miles southeast of Chicago
Her crew had a terrible experience, but were
saved. The vessel cost 100000 when built
about SIX years ago. She sank containing
2250 tons of hard coal
Mr.. George w. Childs has been chosen
president of the Pennsylvania Horticultural
society.
Col. Robert G. 1ngersol has accepted the
invitation of the New York State Bar asso
citation to deliver the annual address before
the association in the assembly chamber oil
the capitol on January -. His subject will
be, THE 1mperfectlons of the Common
Law
Three million dollars have beer. appropri
ated to repair the highways of New York
There is a movement in South Carolina to
provide separate cars for colored people
George Westinghouse, Jr., in reply to Mr.
Ed son, claims that the safest, as we'll as the
most economical system for central station
incandesccnt lighting is the alternating OF
converter system which protects the con
sumer from all danger from injury or fire.
The proprietors of the Atlanta, Ca, Con
stitution have voluntarily raised the wage:
of their compositors per cent.
The members of II of the principal press
mems unions of North America, who have
heretofore worked under charter granted
by the International Typographical Union
have decided to establish an indepen den
organization.
The body of Eyee Kew, the little 4-year-olt
daughter of Joe James, Chinese merchan
of Philadelphia Pa, was buried with ap
proprate Chinese ceremonies, Eyee wa.
the first Chinese child ever born east of thu
Rocky mountains, and was the first Chinese
child buried in the country whose parent.
did not intend to remove the body to theil
native land.
All the coal operators of the Monon
gahela valley are to close down thei
mites indefinitely, as the few works il
operation have demonstrated that the de
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