The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-06-13


John A. Taylor's seven-year-old son and
Katie Ahern, Ave years old, both or SAND
Lake, N. Y, ate blu fly blossom In the
woods and were fatally poisoned. Three
other children who INDUCED will recover,
The match race between the Katrina and
the Titania on June lS 20 and " Will DO
sailed under the racing rules OF the New
York Yacht club and under the manage
ment OF its regatta COMMITTEES. The prizes
will be Of nominal value, the intention being
TO secure a friendly trial of the relative mer-
It's of the two boats The courses and condi-
tions will be the same as those which gov
erned the Katrina and Shamrock races.
Greenville Tex, has been visited by a
heavy wind and hailstorm, doing immense
damage to growing crops houses and barns.
A portion OF the residence of ]. w. Frost
was blown over killing Mr.. Frost and
wounding several of his family. James Mar
lows residence was wrecked.
Engineer Burke of the British man-of-war
Calliope the only vessel which ESCAPED from
Apia harbor during the great storm there
has been promoted to be fleet engineer as q
reward for his service In enabling the vessel
to steam out Of the harbor.
A teacher named Keeling, while travelling |
by train to Birmingham, Eng, with his
sweetheart named Lister, who was the head |
Of Devices school, shot tn Q lady and threw |
her body out Of the carriage. Keeling then |
committed suicide.
A strong communication has come In the |
mail of the superintendent Of prisons at Al |
bany, N. Y. 1t was nothing less than an
offer on the part Of a man to act as victim
to science by testing the efficacy of the new
apparatus for executing by electricity. The
writer of the letter, which is postmarked
Philadelphia, says he Is a poor man with
family. He IL willing to be a trial victim II
the superintendent will pay $4,000 to his fam
ily to provide for their wants after the
deadly current has taken away their pro-
wider.
Karl Hahnmann, farmer, living six and
a half miles southeast Of Girard KAN,
strangled his wife, Amelia Hahnmann, with
a rope He then hanged himself. The muir
derer had been known as a prosperous and
Woodworking man, although very avaricious,
compelling his wife to work in the field. All
of his six children were in the house at the
time of the murder, but knew nothing Of it.
Hahnmann's property is worth $40, 600.
John Feaster, alias John Henry Williams,
and Charles R. Calston, both colored were
hanged i'm Yorkville, S. c., for the murder
of W. c Abernethy, white man, who was
| merchant at Catawha Junction, s. g
It Is proposed to lay cable from osteno
| to America.
| A cyclone demolished two churches in Ar
kansas City, Ark, last Saturday.
| Inc crops throughout lhuiahus anu "ioo
much riparian property, was severely GAM
aged by last weeks rains.
The case Of William Kemmler, condemned
to die by electricity, is to be taken to the
New York court of appeals.
Charles A. Ball, cashier Of the United
States Express company's Washington office,
is under arrest, charged with embezzlement.
The reservoir at Cuba, N. Y, is leaking,
and the water is being drawn off through
the outlets to prevent a break in the dam.
E. w. Farnham, formerly assistant gen
eral manager of the American Express COM
pany, has been made general superintendent
Of the Northern Pacific Express company.
That company will after July l. add all the
Wisconsin Central lines to its territory,
which will give distinct competitive expresl
line to the Pacific.
A somewhat mysterious disease known as
beriberi, which within the last Is years has
gradually spread from the northern prov
inces over tue whole Of Braz / is now max
ing alarming progress, and in Rio and its
suburbs has assumed the proportions OF an
epidemic, over 300 persons being Frustrated
by it in Rio alone. The government has APP
pointed special commission to study and
, report upon it.
The Virginia Military institute at Lexing-
ton will celebrate its semi centennial July 3
and 4 with military and civic pomp and
splendor. Hon. Charles ]. Faulkner sena-
tor from West Virginia, will be the orator
of the day. Col. j. s. l.. Preston will de,
liver historical address. A semi-centennial
poem by Mrs. Margaret J. Preston will be
read An address of welcome will be made
by Gov. Lee.
The police Of Louisville, KY, are looking
for bunco sharp who swindled Louis Bolt
q orr of Charlestown, Ind, out of $1,000
: Boltorf is an old farmer and let the conf
J. dence men get hold of his money in pre-
n tended sale Of his farm.
Q The associations agent at Onset Bay
|. Mass, is cleaning up the groves and parks
I The cottagers are arriving in large number
0 and cleaning up their cottages and lawns TO
s summer occupancy.
i The first, third and fourth classes of nava
cadets at Annapolis, Md, have gone on tn
+ U. s. ship Constellation for the summe
cruise. The second class will remain in tn
n academy. Graduates at the Naval academ.
l. have received their orders detaching then
: from the academy, and ordering them to va
l. rious ships on July l.
Q A severe tornado near Bloomington, Ill
l. wrecked many buildings. A church was de
stroyed, freight cars blown from the track
' tile factory ruined and many barns an,
4 dwellings unroof ID. The Lake Erie
a Western track is under water and its bridg
is over Mackinaw is badly damaged
pneumonia, is much improved and is con
5. sidered out of danger.
Ii The latest reports from crops in the yves
% show no improvement in the condition {
IS winter wheat but corn promises well in Ka1
sas Kentucky, Iowa, Missouri, Nebrask
IA and Dakota, particularly In three states In
% named. For Ohio, Wisconsin and Minnesot
t the average is low, owing to hard frosts.
IL A despatch from st. Petersburg to the G.
IL, oft 10 ,of fho FOL
shah, and holly, too, that if while in EN-
O. land he should make any concessions unfa'
orable to Russia, 100000 Russian soldie
now on the frontier would be made to marc
10 into Persia.
10 1t is reported in St. Petersburg that du
IN ing the shahs visit there a secret treaty WI
made between Russia and Persia for the ter
porary annexation of Northern Persia
Lh Russia in certain cases.
" " Inc executive committee or the Intersta
:, Railway association denies the applicable
for reduction of certain rates to Colora(
by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy al
d Rock Island roads. Union Pacific protest'
d. against granting the request The col
ct panies can put the rate in force on ten day
cd notice if they choose. Formerly they wou
70 have cut individually, asking nobody's pc
ar mission.
~ A liberal ministry has been formed in r
no Janeiro, with Viscome Preto as presider
It's The gross earnings of the New York Ce
n trail and leased lines during the month
r. May amounted to s., S92, S5l, an increase
ls $68,OO8 over the corresponding period
Dy 1888.
or Peter Mcclellan, the Philadelphia man 9
I'd rested on suspicion of completely in the CT
min murder testified before the corone
oo investigation that he was in Pullman
r,s night Cronin was killed.
Is. The Berlin correspondent Of the Lond
vs. Times says: "There is good reason to
ice lieve that the Washington government d.
ST. not altogether approve the Samoa agr
m. ment, especially in regard to foreign cont
We in Samoa There is no doubt that hit
tn has arisen. Apparently there is a differer
Of opinion regarding the punishment of n
N taafa"
M A Harrisburg, Penn, man named RI
rs nard has recovered from seven da
" trance which was at first supposed to
de death.
90. Three thousand dock laborers in Glasg
on have struck for an increase of half pen
per hour. The stevedores have also stru
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