The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-06-27
NEWS IN GENERAL.


The hill passed by the chamber of deputies
In Paris regarding the citizenship of children
Of foreigners while providing that children
bora IN France OF foreign parents, and domi-
oiled In France at their majority shall be
considered Fron h citizens unless they form
ally decline su citizenship, also provides
that children born In France, Of foreigners
who were themselves born In France, shall
be regarded as citizens but without the
right OF protest.
The three branch lines Of the Union Pacific
railroad centering at Leavenworth, KAN,
were recently set apart to DO managed as a
separate organization in the hope that they
might thus be made profitable. On May 10
the wages OF engineers and firemen were re-
duced The grievance committee OF the EN-
ployes OF the Union Pacific system protested
against the reduction, General Manager
kimball has offered to submit tn matter to
arbitration but the grievance committee
has refused to accept this proposition.
Further action has not been decided upon.
William II. Jones, aged about 90 years,
who had resided in Ekton, Nd, nearly all
his life took his life recently by swallowing
q box Of rat poison. Dr. Howard Bratton,
who was called in, administered emetics,
Jones wa' respondent on account Of being
out Of work. He was a shoemaker by trade,
but had recently worked in the pulp works
Of William M, Singerly. He was a
veteran Of the war, received a pension and
was in no danger Of want He leaves wild
ow.
F.V. d. Minnich the most extensive deal
or in hardware In northern Indiana has
been severely horsewhipped by James Adler
Adler suspected his vito Of unfaithfulness,
and followed her to point where, 1t Is
claimed, she was Joined by Minnich. Adler
fell upon them both with his horsewhip and
Minnich fed Minnich is confined to his
home, He declares that the whole thing Is
Matchmaking plot 10 injure his character
and to disgrace his family.
Rev. William E. Howard has been con-
voted In New York Of grand larceny in con-
nection with the Electric Sugar Refinery
company frauds, and sentenced by Recorder
Smyth to nine years and eight months i'm
prisonment in Sing Sing at hard labor.
Lieut.. Joseph Loisinger, brother-in- law Of
Prince Alexander of Battenburg Is about to
marry Louise Kopek, daughter Of the head
gamekeeper of tho Dagnaiska forest in Hun
gary, thus allying the English royal family
with the gamekeeper.
An order has been eutered in the United
States court at Indianapolis directing Re
ceiver McNulta of the Wabash to turn over
10 he committee of purchasers, under the
foreclosure the road and its belongings in
Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, and to close out
the receivership as soon as possible.
In Fayette county, Ia. Barbara Roster
shot and killed her husband, Francis. He was
Of incorporate habits, and quarrels between
them were frequent. He had often beaten
her, and to save her life she shot him.
1t has not yet been proven that sorghum
pane can be raised in New Jersey with
profit, and the secretary of the department
Of agriculture has allotted Rio Grande in
Eapa Nav couptp eY h00 RI coutpuo ifS rul-
The 500 line has reduced the rates on all
rail traffic from tho seaboard to st. Paul to
the basis Of Is cents, first-class, which Is the
rate from the seaboard to Chicago This
places st. Paul on an equality with Chicago
In the matter of rates whether the shipments
are by lake and rail, or entirely by rail.
meetings in Chicago to consider the matter.
At Carbon, Clay county, Ind, Conrad
Bauman shot his wife twice through the
head and then com nitted suicide. Mrs. Bau-
man lived half an hour, the suicide died in
utantly. Bauman was As aud his wife %.
Jealousy Is said to have been the cause Of
the crime.
The police have been asked to look for
W liam Geigher, 10 1-2 years old, who dis
appeared fro n his home, 1876 West Forty
seventh street. New York city. The boy is
tour 1eeU anu SIX lnCneS Uall, anu DARK ne
has scar on his chin and over the right eye,
and was dressed when last seen in brown
mixed coat, gray vest, striped trousers, and
polo cap
A cyclone recently passed over North
western Miss uri demolishing number Of
dwellings school houses and other property.
The house of H. P. Williams was blown to
pieces and one of his children killed
The meeting of the states-general 100 years
lgo was commemorated at Versailles recently
by gathering of cabinet ministers, senator's,
and members of the chambers of deputies.
Senator Lafayette d 'livered an Grafton. The
meeting was followed by banquet.
One half # the important city of Lachan,
destroyed by fire. The confagration ragged
for four days 1t is estimated that 1900 per-
sons were killed. Most of them were
crushed in trying to escape from the narrow
streets. Ten thousand persons are homeless.
A fund has been started for the relief of the
sufferers.
Rob rt Howick and Ben jamin Klinger,
two wealthy and prominent farmers in Mer-
Ger C unity, Ohio, were instantly killed by
lightning while leaning against door post
IN each side There was a flash, and the
two men fell to the floor without groan.
A committee ct citizens of Joliet ILL.,, who
Found many of them in extreme want. The
committee has issued an appeal for aid for
the miners.
Prof E. Benjamin Andrews of Cornell
university, formerly of Brown university
and Brown alumnus, was unanimously
elected president of Brown university, vice
DR.. E. G. Robinson resigned.
Ex-Gov. Hartranft of Pennsylvania, has
been appointed member of the Cherokee
commission and has sgnified his intention to
the seer etary of the interior Of accepting the
office. This fills the commission.
James Garvey Of Midtown, N Y, about
7years old, was trying to show another boy
how close hs could stand to q moving train,
when he was hit by cross bar and instantly
killed
Prof. Bartholomew, the aeronaut, made a
balloon ascension at the fair grounds in FL
mira, and, owing to failure Of his parachute
to work properly in descending, he was
thrown heavily against fence and his right
leg broken.
Gov. Buckley has appointed Senator John
M. Hall Of Windham and John NJ. Thayer
Of Norwich, Conn, to be judges of the SUI
perior court of Connecticut for eight years
from July, 1885, The senate referred the
nomination to the judiciary committee.
The police of Belgrade have seized the
OuiCc III W III was lHCiu-
ing Slavs and Servians in Austria to revolt,
and promising Russias asst lance. The
authorship of the circular has been traced to
progressist editors, who it is said, desire to
engender in Austria distrust of the Servian
government.
At Madrid Senior Becerra, minister of the
colonies, reaffirmed that the United States
government had made no proposition rela-
tive to the purchase Of Cuba. He added that
no proposal looking to the sale of the island
would be entertained by the Spanish gov
eminent.
In the throng of over 700 immigrants
landed at Castle Garden one day last week,
from the steamship Wyoming, were 34s
men, women and children, who were bound
for Salt Lake City. They were mostly
6candinavians and were in charge of Elders
Ellis and Andersen of the Mormon church,
who had been abroad making proselytes.
The elders got them out of Castle Garden
quickly and transferred them to the Old
Dominion steamer, which sailed for Norfolk.
The New Y ork Central railroad has just
received from the shops new car, arranged
for the transportation of funerals to and
from Woodlawn and other cemeteries, with
Especial compartment in which to place the
collins.
The fourteen-year-o son OF q Myers, ex-
press agent fell from q dock at Haver
straw, N. Y, and was drowned.