The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-30
VIEW ENGLAND NEWS.

Twin with Mr.. VIM Tobey, He has been
withut nourishment except water, since
the In of this month, and for the last SIX
dayhe has been without even water. He
sayae doesn't want to live any longer and
wilhever take any more food.
v II. Whitcomb of Norway, Me-, has the
colract to put the water works into the vii
lao of Fort Fairfield. The water pipe has
alJady been purchased and crew Of
labrers engaged Work will begin at once.
twill probably cost from $50 900 to $50 OO0to
caplete the job.
The Merchants National bank of New
hven, CO has become involved by the irN
gular conduct Of two officers of the bank
hey have been carrying on a system Of dis
bunting notes without submitting the paper
5r the approval Of the directors and the
rash has come, The exact amount OF the
,ank's loses is not yet made public but 1t
will probably reach $1,000
Mrs. Martha Ferguson, in her suit. in the
supreme court against Mrs. Mary Gebhard
/ Wilson for S25 900 for damages alleged to
have been su tanned in 1885 at Newport r.
L., by carriage accident has received
verdict of $3.50 from a New York jury.
The Maine Celluloid company has been or
ganized in Lewiston, Me-; George @. Wing,
president; f. b. Wheelock, treasurer This
company will succeed the Home Manufac-
turing company, and will build a pulp mill
OF large capacity,
Work has been begun on the foundations
OF the new Fletcher mill at Providence, RI,
and 1t Is expected that the work Of construc-
ton will be finish I'd in November 1t Is to
be wooden mill for the manufacture OF
overcoatings principally.
DR.. J. H. Flagg of Plaistow, N. H., a vet
erln Of the New Hampshire heavy artillery,
has been strik with paralysis.
The differences between the freight con-
kvan e %ha ~.
freight handlers has been settled, thereby
averting a strike, The demands Of the men
were that their wages should be increased
from S1.65 per day to 81 and Sl1.40 per
week, with 25 ce is per hour for overtime.
The bridge over the Housatonic riv at
New Lenox, Mass, fell while a span of horses
was crossing with load Of wood The
horses and the teamster, Thomas Sullivan,
were drowned, and the owner of the team,
Oscar Hutchinson, narrowly escaped the
same fate. The bridge was out of repair.
One hundred men are now employed on
the new mill of Crocker Bur bank & Co.,
Fitchburg, Mass, which is now in process Of
construction. As soon as more of the foun-
dation is laid the masons will increas, their
number. 1t will take over z, 200, 900 brick to
build the mill, which Is designed to be o
thorough modern paper mill, with two sets OF
paper machines in each room. The MACH sS
will have all the Improvements that have
been made in paper mill machinery.
1t is reported that G.. S. Mellen, general
traffic manager of the Union Pacific railroad
is on his way to enter upon the duties of
general manager of the Concord railroad
system
The gas works at Amherst, M S., will
soon be completed, and the work of la, ing
will not be able to ght the village by June
/, as was intended, but if nothing happens
everything will be in working orler by the
FIRST of July.
Joseph Ganyer was arrested at Nashua N.
H., as he was about to take a train north, on
the charge of burglarizing residence at
Rochester, N. H.
The Add son Paving company of Addison,
Me-, has contracted to furnish New York
are at present working their quarry with 81
hands, and are turning out 1000 blocks a
day.
The total cost of the Portland Me-, public
schools last year was s101, 4S91s, of which
SIC, $40. 4S was received from the state: the
amount exp nd"d was ~ mills per 81 of
valuation. TIL re are in the city IS school
houses, "a schools, 16l teachers 6211 pupils
and an average attendance of 1871.
A gas-pipe bomb filled with powder and
large buckshot, was thrown through the
kitchen window of Mrs. G. M. Weld at
Jamaica Plain Mass, tearing hole In the
floor and doing other damage to the ON.
domestic was sitting by the window at the
time, but fortunately escaped 10 another
room Def re tire bomb exploded The motive
for the crime and it's author are unknown
The New Have, Ct, a sassor's list for
1883 which has just been completed for the
city, shows that the taxable property owned
by manufacturers is valued at 50, 537 613
The amount invested in manufacturing wa.
placed at 81 1875 796; inve ted in commerce
and vessels, 1892, M insurance stocks $780,
100 railroad bonds, $490,623. The grant
list for the year shows an increase over tina
of the year previous of something over 500,
000
The new Border City mill, No. 3, at Fal
River, Mass, is regarded by experts as
model factory. While there Eas been littl
attempt at external or internal ornamental
ton, no expense his been spared to sectir
the late st improvements in the way of ma
chinery and power and there is an abund
ance of light and perfect ventilation.
The street cars in Pittsneld Mass, are t
run by electricity. and it is hoped that tn
change will be eff cted so that cars will b
running under the W system by the 1st Q
July or at the latest Aug. 1. Three car
will be equipped to bagin with, each Q
which VIII have power enough to tow an
other,
The directors Of the Worcester, Mass
Electric Light company have decided +
build q new station there, and will as
shareholders to consi'ler the ACCESSIBILITY O
increasing the capital stock from S125, 600 t
$500 900. 1t is proposed TO entirely chang
the steam and electric systems. The alter
mating incandescent system will be added.
The Rvegate granite works at South Rye
gate, Vt. have gone into insolvency. Liz
bilities, $50, 600; assets, plant whose orig
hp
held individually for 200, and the ban
of Newbury is heir largest creditor, to til
amount of $4,000. Thomas B. Hall {
South Ryegate, the receiver, will sell tt
property at auction June /.
Upon the basis of last years dividend
paid to the stockholders of the Bourne mi
at Fall River Mass, it is estimated that IL
the proposed division of profits less than
ayear each.
The immense ocean tugboat that is bein
built at the Bath, Me-, iron works for Il
Morse Transportation Co. is fast approach
ing completion. The guard irons are no
being ut ON ard the joiners are finishin
the outside of the hull Metalling will begi
next week, but this tug like the previol
boat, will not be completely heathed, simp
a wide strip of sheet iron running along tt
water line as protect against ice al
other drift.
Prov idence, R. l.. aldermen have authoriz
fve-year electric light contract. Thr
hundred arc lights will be used.
The Ames Manufacturing Co., Chicope
Mass, has secured the contract for castiI
the mammoth bronze artillery CROP, 8.
Short nge," which will be one of the TO
similar groups to adorn the proposed Guy
hoga county soldiers and sailors monume
at Cleveland, o. The cost of this particul
group will be not less than $4,000.
At the Ball yards in Kee ne, N, H., 25 m
are employed, AID a kiln of 100000 brick
burned every other week.
The 10 creameries in New Hampsh
produced in 1888 about /, $50 600 pounds
butter.
One of the largest jams of logs for year
at Aroostcok Falls, HE, where there are
tween Is, 900, 900 and Is, 100000.
The Lamoine fishing fleet has been rema
ably lucky during the 16 years in which II !
been employed in the Grand Banks COD =
cry. OF it's Is vessels but one has been &c
Over 300 men are engaged in this NOUS
in Lamoine. The vessels sail for the pa
trIrl