The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-03
NEWS IN GENERAL.

Mrs, Robert Ray Hamilton received q
call from her husband ON Friday, 1t Is said
the meeting was very tender and affection
ate.
A train ON the Lewisburg n Tyrone rail
road, rounding curve about two miles
from Bellefontaine, Pa, struck COW and
was thrown from the track. IL ran short
distance ON the cross ties and then the on
CINE plunged down an embankment, carry
ing the baggage car with it, Two persons
were severely hurt and nearly all those ON
the train were bruised and battered.
A rumor was current at Bessemer Mich e,
that the Geogebic stage robber, Reimund
.Holzhay otherwise known rs BLACK Bart
together with several other prisoners, had
made his escape from the county Jail, that
the sheriff had called out a posse to pursue
the fugitiveS and that the citizens turned
out in large numbers with bloodhounds, to
join in the man hunt. The story is denied
in later reports as entirely baseless.
The governor of Michigan has surrendered
to the United Stat the unearthed lands
granted the state of Michigan, by act of
congress- in 1856 for railroad from Onton-
agon TO the Wisconsin state line, and for a
road from Marquette 10 Ontonagon. Last
March congress passed an act FORGETTING such
lands as had not been earned. and the Michi-
gan legislature at its la session empowered
LQ6 kONeIllOT 10 Itlcdsc lHt tltio tudu ttlt
state had held In trust for these roads to the
United Sta'eS The lands returned amount
to about 10000 acres and many home
steads have been taken upon Them
Specials reported brisk snow storm in
Wisconsin on the Goth,
The new Columbia hotel, at Cape May,
owned by James Mooney OF Philadelphia, is
burned with all its contents The loss foots
up about $50, 900, with an insurance of $50, :
000 The Ebbitt house and Mayor Edmunds
new cottage were scorched. Sparks found
their way into the West End hotel and set
fire to n carpet and sofa. Congress hall has
caught fire three times. srA =
The beached ship Geostemunde off Atlantic
City, N. j., broke in two W tn loud crash.
The three masts fell, ripping open the decks,
allowing her cargo Of $500 empty oil barrels
to float out They strew the beach for a
mile The wreck was caused by heavy
rolling sea.
Charlie Wyndham, the English comedian,
who is to play five months American en-
gagement under the manag ament of Abbey,
Schoebbel & Grau is in America with his
wife and Miss Mary Moore, the leading lady.
Mr.. Wyndham and his company will begin
their engagement on Oct Z, at Abbey's new
theatre in Boston, playing for four weeks
opening in David Garrick' This imper-
sonation will be followed by Mr.. Wyndhams
new role 'The Candidaten in Justin McCar-
thy's play, and by 'Wild Oats and Head
less Man" Mr.. Wyndhams company will
consist Of thirty actors and actresses.
A street car filled with Singer factory en-
ployes going to work had a close shave re-
Gently at Elizabethport, n. Y. There Is no
Hagman at the railroad crossing, and an ap-
preaching locomotive got close to the car be-
fore the passengers were aware of danger.
Then there was a panic. They bolted for
the platform, from which they stumbled
promiscuously into the street. Several were
nurt in the rush to escape and one of the
factory bosses fell on the crossing just in
front of the locomotive, which, however,
was stopped within few inches of his body
Caleb Tozier of Camden, n. j., who fell
down stairs and broke his neck, died at the
hospital. The case has attracted a great
deal of at,ent on among medical men. A
harness was construct ed in which his head
rested, and this helped to keep him alive.
His body had been completely paralyzed
since the fall
The Hon. NJ. NJ. Southworth, one of the
early settlers Of Niagara county, N. Y,
killed himself in his law Office recently. A
paper was found, dated lao O'clock saying
he was doing wrong, but couldn't stand the
pressure" He was one of the earliest and
most eminent anti slavery agitators, one OF
first members of the republican party, and
for many years district attorney Of Niagara
county
At the annual fair of Otsego county in
Cooperstown, n. Y, the principal feature OF
the day was balloon ascension to be made
by Edward Wadsworth of lion, an amateur
balloonist VIII n about a mile up he de-
scended from the balloon with his parachute.
The wind carried him toward the middle OF
the lake. and when he dropped he was mile
and q half from tha shnra and WAC drownad
Many spectators went out in boats but they
were too late
Norman Ormsby, driver of fire engine
at Chicago married his second wife about
Hve years agl. The woman was sickly The
other day she fired two bullets into her head
When her husband heard of the tragedy he
became Respondent, and finally placed the
muzzle of q shotgun against his breast and
fired. He died instantly.
a remarkable mania has taken possession
of the convicts in the penitentiary at Salem
Ore, within the past year. Three Of then
have performed amputations to avoid work
John Smell, colored convict placed hi
left hand on board, and, with one stroke
of Ratchet, cut off the fingers. He wa:
sentenced for five years one Of which h,
had served. He is a stout, hearty fellow
but very lazy.
Incendiarism combined with burglary ha
broken loose in the lower part of Berks anC
Lancaster counties Pennsylvania A few
nights ago public building at Wrghtsvil
and five barns were set on fire almost stimuli
taneously and destroyed. Later a farmhous
near GAINESVILLE was likewise burned. TIN
Boas lumber yard has been repeatedly set oil
fire Of late by the incendiaries. In the sam
interval burglars have entered and robbed
the Philadelphia & Reading depot at Doug
lassville, have ransacked postoffice and rHsi
,,I1Indaro1 bo ho,,caS borp
Among the passengers on the last trip O
the French steamship La Bretague was Sig
nor Salvini, the Italian tragedian who ha
come to make his farewell appearances il
this country. He is to play IA times at Pal
mer's theater New York, beginning on DC
tober 10th, and will afterward play in Bos
ton, Chicago, Denver, and, perhaps, Sai
francisco, and also in the principal int
yening cities He is to appear in Samson,
a play originally written for him; "Othello
and 1.-THE Gladiator" The tragedian is nov
30 years old, and speaks Of himself in tn,
little English he knows as the ''old man,
but he looks nothing like his age. He wa
last here in 1886.
Tho steamer City of Kingston, one Of tn,
handsomest boats on the Hudson, has jus
been sold to the Oregon Steam Navigation
company of Portland, Or, ant will at ono
be taken to that place via Cape Horn AM
tuo VI nldSeildil uo prize pdlu Wd
S135, 900. The same company is looking 70
other boats along the Hudson. The King
ston made her last trip Sunday night.
Eva Cerner a young widow of New Yor
City, met Harry Gerdes month ago an,
some trivial act of politeness on his part LEI
to an acquaintance. He referred most fee
ingly TO her widows weeds, and confined t
her that he was widower. Later she prom
Used to be his wife, He told her he was
travelling salesman at salary of $500 pc
year. One day recently he went to see hel
apparently in great haste, He said he we
in a most unfortunate predicament. II
was called out of the city on business an
lacked SO to pay his railroad fares Mrs
Corner gave him the money. Two day
later he called again for Sc more. Eva CAV
him the money, and then suspected tina
something was wrong. She started to fin
Mr.. Gerdes and found his wife. Mrs Ger
ner appealed to the police at once, and ha
him arrested.
A terrific church fight is in progres
among factions Of the United Brethren d,
nomination of Greencastle and Clay Hill, Pa
over the ownership of church property. tt
congregations own church at each plac
and each faction wants to hold them both t
the exclu ion of the other. Both back IL