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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-10
German Notes,

Emperor William has been spending a
good deal of time in his study, engaged, 1t is
understood, upon the preparation of a
speech which he has decided to deliver in
person at the opening of the new Reichstag.
The speech is to be the finest ever delivered
from the German throne, and, according to
current report, is to contain, among other
things, yet another essay upon capital and
labor.
The German crown prince and his brother
Euel are showing signs of ill health owing
to their arduous duties. The little fellows
work lC hours every day, seven being de-
voted to drilling and listening to lectures on
military tactics, and three to general study.
Emperor Williams decree relative to the
army is understood to be directed against
the eXclusiveness of certain officers and
corps. and has made great impression,
especially as the wording conveys an APP
parent intention TO exclude Jews.
A strike, followed by rioting and fighting
is reported from Marienburg, where German
ard Polish laborers are congregated in large
numbers. 1t seems there is bridge being
built at Marienburg, ard the German build
ers struck, the Poles refusing to join them.
The Polish gendarmes were summoned and
fired on the rioters, wounding so, 10 of them
fatally, and making 800 arrests.
Prince Bismarck, after an unusually ex-
letting birthday, is engaged in sorting out
and arranging his presents and answering
kilograms and letters of congratulation, a
task which will occupy him for several days,
el position of having nothing particular to
do. Friends fear that idleness Will kill
him or drive him mad, and would like to
put him in the Reichstag. His pres
ence in Parliament would it is believed
act as check upon the i'm
petuous Kaiser Ten years ago the prince
publicly declared that if ever he resigned
Office he would speak his mind as occasion
required from private members seat in
the Reichstag, but this is the year 1890, and
Kaiser William H. reigns in Germany.
Bismarck duty to posterity is obviously
forthwith to commence writing his
memoirs.
The Hamburger Nachrichten says that
Bismarck, referring to his departure from
Berlin, said that at his age people did not
make such journey twice. According to
the same authority, the eX-Chancellor, re-
Gerring to the socialist strikes said that they
were not the worst danger, for they would
pass over The saddest possibility for work
ers was the chance that the strikes would so
disheart"n the employers that they would
lose all desire to continue business
Eighteen hundred birthday greetings have
been sent to Prince Bismarck Five train
loads of admirers visited Bismarck during
the day. Emperor William sent his por-
trait
The Vossische Zetung says; "At fare
well interview between the Emperor and
Prince Bismarck the latter declined the
dukedom of Lauenberg, declaring his de,
sire to live in history under the family name
which he had made historical. The En-
peror, however, insisted that the honor was
irrcvocable, whereupon it was agreed that
the Prince need not personally bear the
title of duke
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-10
Bismarck's Departure.

Bismarck has left Berlin for'his rura
retreat at Friedrichsruhe. There was
something solemn and deeply suggestive
about his departure. On the day before
he left, he visited the imperial mausoleum
at Charlottenburg, in which arc the re =
mains of Kaiser Wilhelm l., and placed
a wreath on the coffin of his old master
On the day of his leaving he paid fare
well visits to the royal princes.
Later in the day the populace
crowded the Wilhelmstrasse and the
route to the railway station to witness
the last scene in this act of the Bismarck
drama As soon as he appeared the ex-
chancellor was greeted with LOUD and
prolonged cheers. They were cheers of
affection and sorrow. Such was the
throng that the horses of the carriage of
the Prince were compelled to. move at
walking pace. The consequence was
that salutations were made at close
quarters, and that handshaking was
frequent. 1t was noticeable that
there was no military escort.
1t was we'll; for it gave the
people their liberty 1t was only at the
station that the military appeared A
squadron of cuIassiers, with band,
formed guard of honor. At the sta
ton also were the ministers and members
of the diplomatic corps, court and state
officials. There were mountains of
bouquets and tons of good wishes And
so the great man passed away from the
city and scenes which he nude i'm
perial to his more rural home, to
reflect on the vanity of human af-
fairs, and enjoy the rest of evening
time,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-10
Railroads in Guatemala.

A contract has been made between
the government of Guatemala and Henry
L. F. Cottu, the representative of q
French syndicate, for the construction
of the Northern Railroad of Guatemala,
extending from the capital to the AT
lantic Ocean.
This line will connect with the Central
Railway, running between the capital
and the Pacific Ocean, and will thus
complete the interoceanic route across
the republic. The French company will
place at the disposal of the government
$21, 312, 500 gold.
With this money the nation will pur-
chase the Guatemala Central Railroad,
valued at S., 900, coo. in Guatemala CON
and with the remainder the company
will construct the Northern Railroad
with the necessary wharves at the sea
ports, stations, etc.
Ten millions of francs will be en-
ployed in establishing an agricultural
mortgage bank As guarantee of the
payment of principal and interest Of
this loan the French company will re.
ceive mortgage on the tax on spirituou:
liquors.
The government will control and man
age the railroad and banking institutions
as national property, the national treas
ury profiting by the gains or bearing the
losses.
The construction Of these railroad:
will probably lead to an immediate ris'
in the value of lands which are now un
cultivated and to an influx of immi
grants
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-10
new ENGLAND NEWS

Daniel Honey "pinchcd' three ines's
laced boots from their pegs in front of a
Boston shoe store and he in turn, was
"pnched" and booked for larceny,
4 movement is on f ct at Exeter, n. H.,
TO have Gov Godelrs proclamation rigidly
enforced, including the nuisance act ~
An association is heirg formed, comprising
90 or more of the leading citizens,
The stock stables of William c, Parker
Newtonyille, Mass, have been DESTROYED by
tire. Before the arrival of the fire depart.
ment, the buildings were wrapped in flames.
Eight hor'cs persisted,
George Il. Noonan, well-to-do citizen of
Englewcod, a suhub Of Chicago, died sud.
denly the other day, and his wife died three
hours later from the effects of poison, that
II is thought was administered 10 them by a
new servant girl, who has since disappeared
The superstition is that the girl administered
rough on rats AT supper in some canned
corn,
The trouble over the recent town election
in Brookline, Mass, has not ended yet
This time it is a kick ov,r the kind of
ballot box used The law requires the use
OF self-registefing and canIelling box in
taking the vote on the question of granting
liquor licenses, All the ballots cast, whether
for license or town officers, were put into an
ordinary box. The vote for license was $40
and that against license was 63l. The ques-
ton is now raised Us to whether the ballot
box was stuffed or not.
Carl Rooncl, n convict ut the Massachu-
sets state prison, sentenced for six years
from Worcester county, die at that institu-
ton, aged 60 years,
Three boys found the body Of an un.
known man in the woods near Gloucester,
Mass. The head was found about six feet
from the body, There was bullet hole in
the skull and revolver beneath the body
Daniel A. Mcdonald made bold strike
to gain S56 recently in Boston, by entering
. the millinery store of Mrs. Nellie J, Gre
CORY corner of Broadway extension and
Washington street, and grabbed the thate-
lame bag CT the prophecies She grabbed
him, and Young woman employed in the
store assisted with the solid emf of an UNI
brella, while another screamed Justify for
police. Mcdonald was locked up.
The new railroad which it is proposed to
build from Dcdham to Walpole in Norfolk
county, Massachusetts,, follows the old route
of stage travel between Boston and Provi-
dence before the Providence railroad was
built. 1t should have been the original
route Of the Providence ROAD, ind would
have been bad the importance of way bust
ness and the unimportance of strictly
straight lines been understood at the time.
The road has been needed for more than
fifty years. 1t was promised more than
forty years ego when the Norfolk County
Railroad NOW the New York & New Eng
land) was built, but that road was diverted
away from this direction after its charter
was grantee.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-10
Purifes the E!ood
100 Doses one Dollar
CLIPPINGS.

The Portuguese government has re
duced the duty on foreign wheat.
Last year the death rate in the United
Kingdom was the lowest on record
Building Improvements of the value
of more than $1,5O0,000 are now in
progress in Savannah. Ga.
DR.. Talmage makes about $50, 900 a
year. His wife is the fnancler of the
family. She attends to all the business.
Germany sends England $1,000, 900
worth of fresh eggs annually, and
$14, 900, 900 worth of grains of all kinds.
The richest colored man in the west IS
Edward j. Sanderlin of Denver, Col,
who has made fortune of 5000, 0G9 out
of his barber shop.
Trof. George Ebers, the famous orient
alist, is bedridden through paralysis, but
continues his literary work even under
these adverse conditions.
George H. Corliss, who built the cen
tennial engine, will give to the Young
port. Mass, $50, 900 building.
On account of short crop, the price
of camphor this year is 62I cents per
pound, whereas last year it was only 80
cents. Druggists say it will so still
higher.
There is curious law in Kansas,
which is in the nature of compulsory
voting--imposing a poll tax of 49,. 80 on
all voters who abstain from the right of
suffrage.
Marshal MacMahon, twice President
of the French Republic, rent his hearty
congratulations to the young Due dor
leans upon the step he had taken in
going to France in defiance Of the law.
The cannery of Armour & Co. has q
capacity OF putting up in one day 225,.
900 pounds of corned beef, $4,000
pounds of fresh boiled beef, 10000
lunch tongues, 1000 OK tongues and 6
multitude of minor products.
The nations of the world stand as
follows in regard to ships of war: The
United Kingdom, ASS; France, 331
Russia, III; Germany, 1873; Neither.
lands, 118; Spain, III; Italy, 1O7; Tur-
key, 80; China, 05; United States, 70
Austria Hungary, 81; the others less
than so each.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-10
$4,000 Disappears.

The unaccountable disappearance of a
package of money containing $1,000 is
troubling the United States Express Com
pany. The money was 10 somewhere be-
tween the United States Express office and
the National Bank of Illinois, for which in
livery messenger in whose keeping tie
package had been given has not heen ar
rested, as it is probable he knows as little
about the manner in which the package
disappeared as the president of the express
company or the pres dent of the bank
A de ective agency has been hired to in
vest gate the case, but its efforts have thus
far been futile. The affair is as much q
mystery as when the delivery mess engei
looked vainly into his little safe for the
money while standing in front o. the
National Bank one morning recently. The
express company has made good the loss tc
the Lank.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-10
The Cars Illness.

The full story of the Cars illness has yet
to be told because no Russian dare telegraph
about it on pain of prison and the mail itself
is not considered safe from the ubiquitous
secret police and their agents 1t has
already become known through under
ground channels that his majesty's indispo-
sition was sudden and alarming, and that
physicians were brought in hot haste from
st. Petersburg 10 assist the two court doc
tors who were in the palace at the time.
Rumor speaks variously of poison, bombs,
and suicidal frenzy, the balance OF credibli-
ty pointing to the first named cause Ar
rests made from time to time, and mysteri-
Gus suicides and disappearance prove be-
yond doubt that the extreme party has adj
herents in the ranks of the imperial body
guards, among the nobility and even in the
palaces of the Car.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-10
Secretary Mobiles Easter Breakfast.

Secretary Noble astonished Washington
last Sunday by giving formal breakfast to
number of guests, chiefly senators and
their wives, Senator Sherman being the
most prominent. Gen. Schofield was the
second guest in point of distinction. Neither
the president nor Any member Of the cabi-
net responded to The invitation. The presi-
dent and Wanna walker are said to have ieeD
shocked by it. il is unprecedented in
official circles. although in the fas-
ter society set Sun6ay entertainments have
of late years become common As it is
calculated to shock the sensibilities of re
ligious people throughout the country, it
may have some 10 itical significance ulti-
mately. While he secretary of the interior
was breakfasting bis guests the President
was at service. He contributed all the
flowers which were used to decorate the
church.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-10
THE NATIONAL GAME.

TIE National League has spent between
$4,000 and S12, 900 in law suits.
IT is said that Mulvey and Becky are the
only deserters who will be taken back by the
Players League.
CAPTAIN ANsoN of the Chicago League
Club claims that he has better team TINS
season than he had last year.
HALLMAN's work on the Philadelphia
Brotherhood Club has greatly improved this
season, and only one error was made by him
in five games.
PITCHER RUsIE, who is only eighteen
years of age, demanded $4,000 salary to come to
New York, or an increase OF 5000 over that
received by him year ago.
THE following cities in New England can
boast of champion baseball teams in the
past: Boston, Providence, Portland, Lowell,
New Bedford, Worcester, Meriden, Water
bury.
BROOKLYN has six catchers and Cincinnati
five pitchers. This is too many for any club
to carry ard some of the other League clubs
will probably benefit by an inevitable uu-
loading in the near future.
THREE champion batters will be in Boston
this season. They are Brouthers, one of the
Players League; Tucker, of the Association,
and Harde, of the California League. The
last two are with the National League.
FRED SIEFKE, who went South with the
New York League team, has shown up SO
well at third base that Manager Mutrie has
signed him for two years. He is 81 years
old, ) feet IL inches tall and weighs l6S
pounds.
DEACON WHITE says that Buck Ewing is
the greatest ball player on Garth, bar nobody,
and that in batting. base running fielding
everything that pertains to the national
| game-Ewing stands head and shoulders
above anybody in the business.
SHoKTsToP GLAssCocKs salary, according
to the sworn statement of John b. Day. of
the New York League Club, will be $1,000
and his car fare from indianapolis to the
metropolis. This is $1,000 more than he re-
ceived last season from the Hoosiers.
/ JUDGE WALLACE, of the United States
! Court in quite a lengthy opinion, decided
that Buck Ewing could not be enjoined from.
! playing with any club other than the New
| York League Club. This made the third sue
| cessive contest in the law courts won by tie
Players Brotherhood.
As was predicted, the Washington and In
dianapolis Clubs have been dropped from the
National League. The New York Club gets
the pick of the Indianapolis team-Glass-
| cock, Denny, Boyle, Rusie and Bassett being
among the players secured. The Washington
Club has joined the Atlantic Association.
HERE arc the salaries paid to the leading
stars of the Players League for their SER
| vices TO the National League during the sea-
sons between 1881 and 1882 according 70 n
baseball guide; Ward ST., $50; URourGe,
1880; Keefe, $50, 100; Rsdbourne, S25, 80;
Brouthers 81, 159; Hsrdie Richardson, 50,
$50; Mike Kelly, s23, $50; jim White. s.,
eO0; Rowe, 81, 400, and Common, so. 500.
THE tunnel now Constructing under the st
I III. - IL, .s-sll l.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-10
LIQUOR Crusade in Missouri.

The crusade which ran riot in Western
Missouri Ii tie while ago has broken out
again at Pennington, Mo-, where about %
women, old and young, waylaid wagon
load Of beer. They met tho gon half
mile from town. The driver was told to
dismount and the women, armed with
axes, hatchets and hammers began rolling
the beer out into the road. There were Fix
barrels, fourteen half barrels and sixteen
kegs. They knocked the bungs out of all
the casks and dumped the beer in the 70 d.
side. After demolishing the beer it was
decided to destroy car of beer which was
side-tracked at Delassus. The saloon men
are excited, and say they will prosecute all
the women for malicious destruction of
property.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-10
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC,

PIT. BARNUM, the veteran Snowman, has
arrived at New York.
THE London County Council has aband-
oned its scheme of compelling actors to take
out licenses.
RIDER HAGGARD, the English novelist has
been offered $1,000 week for forty weeks
lecture tour in this country.
IT is said that Tamagno, the great tenor,
was a baggage porter before he discovered
his remarkable vocal power.
: LIONEL BRoUGH isreported to be makinga
small fortune out of his performances III
Africa at the diamond fields.
1 LAWRENCE BARRETT, who is in Nice,
France, writes to friends in this country that
be is greatly improved in health.
HENRY IRVING will give a series of Shake
sperian recitals, with Ellen Terry, through
out the English provinces in June.
JOHN DREW, of Days New York com
pany, is said to be the finest amateur swords
man in America at the present time.
GILBERT and Sullivan have already re-
ceived as royalties for performances of THE
Gondoliers," given in this country, upward
If $4,000.
THE Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio has threat
ened to cause the arrest of any performers
who attempt to give Sunday entertainments
IN thai CITY.
THAT peerless songster, Patti, made her
appearance in New York the other night at
the Metropolitan Opera House. Her recep-
ton was cordial in the extreme.
AUGUSTUS HAYES, of New York, has lee
tured before the London Geographic Society
on 1.-THE North American Transcontinental
Pathways" and 1.-THE History of Railways"
ELSIE HALL, the little Australian girl who
is delighting English audiences with her
piano-playing, is only twelve years old. She
is said to have wonderful amount OF
strength in her wrists and fingers.
MISS LETIrIA ALDRICH, the young society
lady of Washington, who recently gave
matinee performance of sMaid Marion IN
that city, is at present reading number OF
plays with view of starring next season.
SHENANDOAH" has now been running in
New York about eight months, and the
General Sheridan who rides nightly across
I'roctor's stage has contributed not little to
tine general success. Still not more than one
OF the more than half million people who
have seen the play knows who the actor is
who looks SO much like General Sheridan.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-10
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-10
No Doubt Ahont II.

Man with blank book TO large, cross
eyed woman at door-I am the cepau'
taker. / wish to see tho head Of thu
family.
Voice from the inside room HIM
HIM! Aheml
Large, cross.eyed woman peremp
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Go ahead with your questions, sir
Chicago Tribune.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-10
A NOBLE ORGAN GRINDER.
Viscount Hinton Turns the Crank
While His WIFI Pa sses the Hat

A scene occurred in the Strand recently.
discount Hinton, the son and heir of Earl
.|aulett, who has made himself notorious "
playing the pat &C clown in pantomimes,
and who has also undergone imprisonment
for robbery, was grinding an organ, accom-
panied by his wife An aristocratic looking
gentleman approached them, aud en-.
deavorcd to persuade the erratic Viscount to
desist, offering him a clerkship on the stock
exchange. The offer was loudly declined in
the presence of some five hundred people.
Hinton then became very excited, and
swore that he would never alter his course
of life until his father dies. During this ex-
hibition Lady Hinton took around the hat
to collect coppers, and the good-natured
gentleman retreated amid the jeers of the
crowd
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-10

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