The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-06-20

OF westminster street. In fTOViuence, " l.,
cutting with diamond, II is Thought the
most of the stores on the north side. The
damage amounts to about 5000.
Careless blastl on West Sixtieth street.
in New York city, ne rly wrecked a four
story brown-stone house, the damage being
from go, 900 to s25, 900,
Benjamin Watson Goodspeed OF North
Pittston, Me-, has succeeded in starving
himself to death after fast Of five weeks.
Mr.. Albert H. Olney, of tho firm of Olney
Bros, oil dealers Of Providence and Boston,
shot and killed Martin Mullin, desperate
character. II Is claimed that the shooting
was In self-defence.
Mayor Hart of Boston has received $500
from some unknown person for the con-
science fund. r
Word has been received in New York that
the steamship Pomona from this port for
Montego Bay June 9Th had been lost off Bar
acoa, and that the crew had been saved.
The own RS of the lost steamship are j. Kerr
& Co., Al Beaver street. New York; The
vessel was an iron steamer, quite old, ana
was fully insured. She was commanded by
Capt. John Legoe and carried crew OF IL
men.
Information received by the Canadian
government states that macserel have
struck into North bay In large numbers.
Good catches are reported from Tignish,
Cove Head, Tracadie and Souris, p. K, /.
The mackerel are said to be large and are
fetching good prices in the local markets
Thirty American seiners are reported along
the Nova Scotia coast The fishery protec-
ton cruisers will go on duty and effec tive
services for the protection of Canadian fish
ermen is promised.
Wilmington, Del, Is to have an electric
street railway. The road will be about ~
miles long, with rise Of $50 feet grade. 1t
is to be completed in two months. The VIII
mington City Electric company will furnish
the power needed to operate the road.
The main line Of the Pennsylvania between
Harrisburg and Pittsburg has at last been
repaired, and all trains are now running be-
tween Philadelphia and Pittsburg, and will
continue to do so with the exception Of the
New York and Chicago limited cypress
which will not be started until about the
middle of next week.
! The Posts Berlin correspondent says: The
| Samoan treaty arranges for the restoration
of Malietoa and for the appointment of Ger
man and American advisers to the king, with
an English counsellor to adjust balance.
The American delegates have the utmost
confidence that the treaty will be ratified by
the United States senate.
Franz j. Kastner's brewery at Newark, N.
l
has been sold to syndicate for SSOO,OO
New Jerseys tcket-of leave law for Grim
inals has been declared by the state attorney
general to be unconstitutional and PERM
cious
A Maiden, Mass, boy of 8 years snatched
a pocketbook from the hands of Minnie
Nicholson while she was out walking. The
pocketbook contained a sum of money,
checks and valuable papers, After ritling
the pocketbook he threw 1t into Spot Pond
Brook. A few days previous to this robbery
he snatched a sum of money from the hands
of Miss Flosse johnson while she was walk
ing on the street, which he afterward spent.
The Orono Pulp and Paper company has
been organized at Bangor with capital OF
$3.50, 900. limited at present to Sl50000, of
which 800, 900 to 1925, 900 is already sub
scribed. The company will erect mil at
Basin Mills Orono during the present sea-
son, and put in the machinery next winter,
ready to commence work in the spring.
Joseph Church g. Co. of Tiverton, R. l.,
have sold through New York agent 5000
barrels of menhaden oil to go to Glasgow,
Scotland. Each barrel contains fifty gal
Ions and this is the largest sale of the kind
ever made in this country.
In Newton, Ct, work has been resumed or
gold and silver mine abandoned twenty
five years ago.
There is a mammoth jam of logs at Skow
hogan, Me-, estimated at thirty to thirty-fvt
millions. Some forty men are at worl
hooking them off as fast as possible. Som
6,000 900 day are now being run through
the boom. The most of the jam was formed
in two days but logs have accumulated OIL
the up river end of the jam faster than the,
can be got off the lower end. The workin,
out of the jam is only question of time
The two valuable mastiffs, Minting AM
Ilford Caution, owned BY Mr. E. H. Moor
of Melrose, Mass, have just died within
few days of each other An autopsy ha
shown that the former died of heart diseas
and the latter Of peritonites They hav
taken many prizes at shows throughout tn
breeding purposes. Their cash value wa
over 5000.
. The runors regarding the sale of the RiI
, ley Marble property at Centre Rutland, t
the Vermont Marble company, of whic
Secretary of War Proctor is president, hav
: been confirmed by formal transfer of tn
property. The report d price was $3.50, DOC
, which included all marble property on til
site of the late burned mills the tenemer
houses and the old homestead of the lat
Hon. William Y. Ripley The Vernon
Marble company will at once erect 30-gan
marble mill an | employ 100 men, in additio
, to those already employed at the extensiy
,, Proctor plant.
i Frank, son of Augustus Morse prom
nent citizen of Bath, Me-, died la week
catarrhal pneumonia induced by excessiy
cigarette smok ng, aged 49,
r State Secretary Allen of Maine repor
that the growth of the gr .nge during IL
! past twelve months has bean greater than
, any previous year. The increase has bee
i mainly in the old grange, though sever
!. new ones have been formed. There are no
: more that 16, 900 Patrons in this state.
Mr.. Isaac W. Andrews, senior member
: J. w. Andrews & Son Of South Woodstoc
Me-, met with serious accident recent
j.. being thrown from his carriage, strikin
!. heavily upon his head and shoulders fra
, turing one or more rib. Fears are ente
a tanned that he has sustai ed severe intern
Y injuries. His case is reg ,rded as critical.