The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-16
NEWS IN GENERAL.

Asa Mathews OF Illinois has been appoint
cd first comptroller Of the treasury vice M.
j. Durham resigned Mr.. Mathews Is the
pres mt speaker OF the Illinois house OF rep
resentatives which Office he has held for
several terms, He was colonel OF an Illinois
regiment during tho war, and subsequently
held the office OF collector Of internal rev.
enue for the Peoria district. He lives at
Pittsfleld, Ill. He was Endorsed for the Of
flee by Senator Cullom and many others.
The president has appointed the following
collectors of internal revenue; Levi 5, VII;
cox for the Eighth district Of Illinois; Sam'l
ID. Warncastle for the Twenty third district
Of Pennsylvania.
The celebrated span Of seal-brown horses,
Victoria carriage and silver plated harm IS,
recently owned and used by President Cleve-
land, have been bought by Stone ~ Shaw Of
Boston, aud have been shipped to that city,
Hon. Hugh s. Thompson, recently APP
pointed civil service commissioner has taken
the oath of office and has entered upon the
discharge of his official duties.
A verdict for SIS 900 against the Brooklyn
City railroad company has been obtained by
Thomas Murray In Brooklyn, N. Y, for the
loss of a leg.
Henry Hardie, who was the bookkeeper for
]. G, Fitzpatrick a. Co., of New York, was
before Judge MARITIME for sentence. Hardie
forged check for 81, 900 and went to Cana
da. He was extradited, and pleaded guilty.
Judge MARITIME told him no was an old
offender. A year ago he was in trouble in
this city, and also served term Of imprison-
ment In Scotland. He sentenced him to
seven years and six months In state prison,
A westward bound freight train on the
Erie road, at Port Jervis, broke coupling
and another freight train dashed into It de-
molishing the caboose and several cars. The
engine Of the rear train was wrecked, and
thirteen cars, mostly empty, were piled en-
the tracks, obstructing travel for four hours
Engineer George Cowan and Conductor Leir
Thorne were seriously hurt.
A most terrific hail, wind and rain storm
recently visited Belvidere, Ill Hailstones
as large as walnuts fell for 30 minutes. The
fruit trees are in full bloom, and much dam
age will be done to cherries and late apples.
Corn planting was about completed, but
much will probably have to be replanted,
the seed being literally washed out of the
ground. The florists will be the worst suffer
ers, hundreds o. lights of glass being broken
and the plants cut to pieces. Stock which
was out in the open fields and unable to get
under shelter suffered badly.
A recent storm at Williamsport, Pa, swept
down at a time when fair share of the pop
ulation were at Barnums circus. The main
tent was so violently shaken that the crowd
became panic stricken, and ru h was made
to get out. All escaped to the outside, but
badly frightened. The other tents did not
fare so well. The dressing-room and the me-
nagerie tents were blown fat and three cages
of animals were overturned. I Q elephants
and other animals joined in the uproar with
their cries and greatly added to the general
alarm. Several of the performers received
injuries, but none were fatally hurt. The
proprietors of the show estimate the damage
to their outfit at $4,000.
At Ozark, Mo-, the three Bald Knobbers,
Dave Walker. his son William Walker and
John Matthews, paid the death penalty for
the murder of Charles Green and William
Edens on March II, 1887. They were
firmly of the opinion, up to within As hours
called upon to pay the extreme penalty OF
life for life. Neither of the trio had yet
reached his 50th year, and William Walker
vas barely 10 years of age.
A find of gold of great value has been
made at Ishpeming Mich. One small speci-
men Of quartz weighing only six ounces,
contained 80 small nuggets of god, weighing
nearly an ounce avoirdupoise. The exact 10
cation Of the find is being kept secret till
the discoverers can secure the land, but
when the news becomes public it will create
great excitement.
On the 9th instant the bridge across the
Rio Grande connecting Neuvo Laredo,
Mexico, and Laredo, Texas, was completed
and opened with appropriate ceremonies,
which were participated in by United States
and Mexican troops and business men Of both
towns
The steamer Lampasas, Captain Crowell,
from Galveston, which recently arrived in
New York City, had one case of small poa
during the voyage The patient died on the
9th inst, and was buried at sea. The passen-
gers and crew were vaccinated on arriving
at quarantine and the ship was fumigated
and cleansed.
The large rolling mill and nail works OF
the Oxford Iron company at Belvidere, N.
j., have been shut down. 1t is rumored that
there will be general suspension Of the
works in a short time.
The committee appointed at the recent
anti-Jesut mass meeting at Montreal, Que,
have determined to solicit subscriptions from
citizens for the purpose of carrying on the
agitation; to consult legal counsel as to the
best means of testing the constitutionality Of
the Jesuits' estates act, and to disseminate
anti-Jesuit literature throughout the coun
| try. A delegation of Is has been appointed
to attend the convention In Toronto next
month.
r.. ~. CfTanU mas Ilel all dIlSWeT Ill tue sui
| begun by the United States to recover from
the estate of Gen. Grant, who was bonds
man for Adam Badeau, certain moneys ir
dispute between the government and Gen
| Badeau rs consul at Havana. As an admin,
istrator of Gen. Grants estate, Col. Grant
answers that he is not responsible, and, al
the same time, he says that the estate Of
Gen. Grant is not sufficient 10 meet The
claim, which is for nearly $100 900.
Special City Tax Collector Michael J.
| Bourke of Brooklyn N. Y, has confessed tc
shortage of sec, 900 in his accounts with the
city, and it is thought that he has left town
His bondsmen are responsible for the deficit
At Berlin, many iron works have beer
obliged to extinguish the fires in the furnaces
in consequence of the coal mine strike. TIL,
number of strikers have reached 10, 900. A
a meeting of 5000 strikers in Bochum it wa
resolved to insist upon their demands. Tn
Krupp works has arranged to obtain Goa
from upper, Silesia and England, and will
resume the making of rails.
Count Antoneli the leader of the Italian
mission to the king of Shoa, telegraphs t,
| Rome that in the recent fight between tn
Ably ssinians and the dervishes Rasalula es
capped wounded. Legendary stories concern
ing the battle are ahoat. The Abyssinan
were victorious on the first day. The negu
was wounded, and while suffering from feve
he ordered 1000 dervishes to be beheaded II
his presence On the following day, afte
proclaiming himself the elect Of God, h
headed his army, and was again wounded il
the neck He fell, and the army fled, lcavin!
10000 dead.
At Chicago Ill, serious falling out be
tween the Moy and Chin clans Of Chimes
gamblers has resulted it is said in the i'm
portation of highlander assassins who vii
proceed to ''do up the Moys at their leisure
There is terrible suspense in Celestial cir
cles.
News comes from Zanzibar that Cap,
Wissman, with force of 200 sailors and 20
blacks, had q severe engagement with Chic
Bushiris' forces. The battle resulted in
victory for Wissman, who captured Bust
iris camp. The camp was defended by GO
rebels Eighty of Bushiris' men were kille
and 90 captured On the German side 4
blacks were killed, and an officer name
Schwalbe and other whites were slightf
wounded. Bushiris fled.
The trustees of the landlords fund in Irt
land have appropriated f1500 for the pu,
pose Of resisting the plan of campaign on tn
Olphert estates,
The president has appointed Frank {
Loveland to be pension agent at New Yor
City, vice Franz Sigel resigned.