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

through IOnuuin Law the route To China.
Its acquisition would he an eternal honor
for NJ. Ferry, aud Europe would soon envy
France its possession,
The Messrs. Keudler, the famous bankers
of Wanna have failed with liabilities of
two and half million florins
ch.r,as co,hv ths AIRS, Americap who
ever entered he Dominion cabinet has been
s,,',rn in as nras;dent of the nrivv council i'm
place of Sir John Macdonald, who becomes
minister of railway. Already the Canadian
press are attacking the Dominion govern
ment for taking United States citizen into
the cabinet when they oppose closer rela-
tons with that country MI Colby was
born in Vermont but for several years past
has represented the county OF Stanstead,
Que'' IN the DOMINION parliament,
Referring to the progress, OF the home
RUE luea 70 leuei"e Els,ahu, ovot'anui iie
lailu shu Wales, noru Sa,ssou,y saS ne
.ons,ue,ep NY appai ',,.aul,, VI i
- rar,os 81 por,n,o, has had the
Necess'Saaues paiave PlebaIeu ioa ,no iS01p,
aoni ~ u ~, ut ,hat ,Sa av;Iad enneros will
70 ~. .el.aih 'n"' WV oN''e' '''p''' WIN
res,ue 'uere'
The faeihc Mall steamship company 5
new Sl,OoOWU steamer, tne Nhiha, Went
aground near Nokohama, put was noateu
oil and proceeded without having sustained
any apparent damage
In Scotland 1900 Clyde engineers are out
on strike. Eighteen firms, under pressure
of contracts, have been Obliged to concede
the strikers demands,
Hon. George ii. Pendleton, late United
minister to Germany, recently died at Brus-
sells.
The steamship India, with 500 Mohamme-
dan pilgrims on board, has been sunk in the
Egean sea, and of all on board only the
captain and two passengers survive.
Two hundred and fifty miners were en-.
tombed in a flooded mine at Reckling-
hansen, in westphalia, Germany, but have
all been rescued.
Mrs Booth. wife of the Salvation Army
general, is slowly diving of cancer.
Edisou's patent in Canada ON his mean
descent lamp is declared valid nv the Cana.
dian deputy commissioners of patents.
NJ. M.r;;,, E,ra,,h,r r,,,,or ,,ho, .,
that well-known work "Proyerbial Philos.
only y recently died in ENGLAND He wrote
n nnmber of ether hooks, both i'm prose and
verse, but his PHILOSOPHY" was the one
that made him famous. In 1851 and 1876
he visited the United States, am in 1870 he
wrote a drama in honor of the centenary of
American Independence. Born in London,
England july ~ lolo, ana sraunated u.
U ,,aro ~ he, rofosS;an He wos
iho ovpe r, of ! tina countrv scat nj hlhnrv
S nn raw no. - nav
ri,
a plot 10 assassinate Herr lisa, the hun
garlan prime minister, py the use oil oyha-
mlte' mas peeh discovered ana irus'ra'eu'
The Russian government has abolished
the provincial council OF mobiles OF the Bal
TIC provinces, ana supsututeo Ordinary as
semblies, colleges and private committees,
whereby the aristocracy whlch mas hitherto
ruled the popuiace independently OF the
government, Will be suppressed
King Leopold has sent telegram to
Henry NJ. Stanley congratulating him upon
the 1mpletion of his task and inviting him
to visit Brussels.
Mr. George Frederick Watts r pro-
poses to donate to the British nation his
portraits of eminent men, among them the
portrait of Motley, the historian.
The president of Hayti has granted full
and complete amnesty to all citizens charged
with political offences.
The citizens of Kirkcaldy in Fifeshire,
Scotland, are raising fund to build free
library and endow an economic scholarship
in memory of Adam Smith, who was born
there