The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-11-06
NEWS IN GENERAL.

fight at Gallitzn, Pa, when woman, who
was boiling clothes near by, took upa bucket
of scaldng water and dashed 1t over them.
One of them was almost boiled, The iesh
coming or his body in strips, He is now In
the hospital In critical condition,
Thirty-six cars loaded with coal at Hunt.
ington, Pa, crashed through the Hotel
Brunswick aud landed In the yards OF the
Girard House and Jackson House, 200 feet
away, n night or two ago. The guests in the
hotei rushed pel-mell into the street in their
night clothes. The loss to the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company's rolling stock Is $4,000,
A misplaced switch was the cause,
At a stockholders meeting of the Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe railway at Tope-
Ia, Kan, the recent purchase Of the Colo
RADIO Midland was ratified.
A son of Frederick Mundle, wellknown
St. John IN, b. merchant, fell from a
wharf there, Frederick Young, aged II,
leaped in after him, and both were drowned,
The police enumeration OF the inhabitants
of Brooklyn is going along In a most satistac-
tory manner, and will probably be finished
within two weeks, Already 81 of the CHS
election districts have been completed, and
the figures, it is believed, are considerably in
excess OF the corresponding ones in the gov
eminent census.
Bozeman's Touring mills, at Marion, Kan,
were wrecked recently by the bursting of
the boiler, c. Allen the engineer was roast
cd to death, and his son was knocked insen-
sihle by flying piece of timber. Il.
Bozeman, one of the proprietors, had his
arms, breast and head terribly burned. The
two men will die.
The New York police have succeeded in
arrestlng a clever swindIer who has been
storekeepers in Boston, Phila.
delphia aud this city for several months.
The prisoner is George Morris, 81 years of
age, who claims to hail from Chicago. He
was captured in his boarding house, together
with unmi,takable evidences of his guilt.
On forged orders, representing to have been
made out by large firms, he obtained from
storekeepers books of gold leaf. cigars, etc.
The brig Eugene, with cargo of sugar bags
consigned to Ansinck & Co. of New York,
went ashore on the bar near Freeport,
l.. L., and is total loss. The captain and
crew o. six men were rescued by the
Short Beach life saving station. The Eu-
from st, Thomas, She was insured for
$4,000.
Detective Sergeant Mcknight Of New
York, has returned to that city with Harold
Clemens, one of the partners Of Sistare
Bros, who is under indictment for grand
larceny in the first degree for defrauding J.
2. Wetherell of Bethlehem, Penn, of $4,000 in
raising a loan for Wetherell on some bonds.
He was admitted to bail in $500.
Fire destroyed the First National Bank
building and the Phillips block, in Belle
vile, Kan. Loss S55,000 partly insured.
Other losses are: ". I. Williams, mer-
chant, $500; NJ. Robinson, clothier, $1,000;
G. w. Collins, druggist $1,000; q. Fl.
Haney $1,000.
F. H. Leider of New Philadelphia, o., who
took an overdose of morphine and was sup
posed TO have died. was buried. His brother,
who could not get to the funeral, came later
and wanted 10 see his body. When it was
man had been in Il stupor and had come to
life in the casket. His face was scratched
and the glass in the coffin broken.
Lawrence Roach was shot and instantly
killed by j. Allen at San Francisco, the
result Of Il political dispute.
Dispatches re eived at New Bedford,
Mess, give the latest reports from the Are
tic fleet of whaling vessels and state that
the fleet has taken to Oct. 6, 90 whales, or
nearly twice as many as taken last year
In the Arctic. The report was brought
down from the north by brig w. II. Meyers
of San Francisco.
Fire broke ont in the hardware store of J.
W. Lane, at Newton. n. j., and destroyed
the store and its contents. The loss is esti-
mated from $4,000 to $4,000, partly in
sured. Two adjoining buildings, one occu-
pied by Hill e. Hi!es as a grocery store, and
the other by James Lewis as a butcher shop,
were burned to the ground. Hill & Hiles'
loss, $1,000; insured, and James Lewis,
$1,000; insured.
The Brazilian government has issued an
order for the conversion of ) per cent. bonds
into per cents the interest on which shall
be payable in gold.
The letter from Jackson, Mich, stating
that Benwell, for the murder of whom
Birchall is under sentence of death, was sh OF
by 'the colonel, y is regarded as the clumsi-
est fabrication Birchail has yet put forth.
An examination of the handwriting and
show a general resemblance between the
two, and in some cases very striking like
ness.
Heavy floods have done much damage in
Mexico, loss of life being reported from ia
liscO. The government is aiding in the work
of relief
A contest at continuous pool between
Champion Charles Fl. Manning of New.
York and Albert G. Powers of Chicago has
commenced at New York, Manning winning
the first nights game by a score of 2O2 to 1873.
The Northern Pacific wheat elevator at
Eureka Junction, 90 miles from Walla
Wala, Wash, has been destroyed by fire,
with 900 bushels of wheat. Loss, $780,
600; fully insured.
The treasury department has addressed q
circular letter to all customs officers in re-
gard to stamping imported prepared opium.
Each officer is directed, before he delivers any
prepared opium for smoking to the impor-
ter, to afiix customs stamp, stating the
date imported, the name of the vessel and
of port from which imported and to afiX his
own signature.
The Richmond & Danviile express was
wrecked near Seneca, S. c., by the breaking
of flange on one of the ears; two Of the
Pullman cars rolled down an embankment
and were utterly wrecked. Several passen.
gers were severely injured; one, at least
fatally.
The express rates on all matter to anc
from seahoard ports and points west of Buff.
falo and Pittsburg h we been advanced on 9
basis Of 50 cents per 100 pounds between
eastern cities and Chicago. This schedule
went into effect on Nov. |.
Michael Dugan, an empIoye of the Bethle
uChi u IIOii NDiu'.sll w 40 ldtdliy Duliitt
by the upsettinS Of molten metal. Fou
others were seriously burned.
The Edwards County Bank of Kinsey
Kan, has failed. Its assets are said to ex
coed liabilities by large amount, and tn,
depositors will doubtless receive their claim
in full.
The Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Chicag,
has made an assignment. The liabilities ar
said to be $4,000 and S25 go of contested
claims against the company. The assets ar
set down at $4,000. Ne gotiations are now
pending by which reinsurance of all risk
held by the company can be effected, and
is said to be probable that all claims will b.
paid in full.
fearful boiler explosion occurred at tn
rolling mills of the Portage Iron Co. at Dun
cansville, seven miles south of Altoona
Pa, fatally injuring James Weaver, Samue
Flick, William Miller and Il. Henworth.
The st. Johns Saw gs Bank and Rea
Estate Exchange, a private institution at 81
Augustine, Fla, has suspended payment
The liabilities a G about 100000, and its as
sets not over $4,000. chiefly city and count
real estate. Inability to realize on propert
to meet maturing paper caused the failure
There has been a heavy fall of snow a