The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-01-23
new ENGLAND NEWS.


Mrs, Lucy Wood of Barre, VT, has cele-
brated her 10th birthday,
Charles King of Middleton, Mass, recently
celebrated his l09th birthday, He is strong
and vigorous, He was born in Quebec, and
is the last of ten sons, one of whom reached
the age of no.
Mass, was wrecked at Blanche Point, n. s,
The captain aud crew We're saved.
Woburn (Mass,) tanners are on another
strike,
A town meeting was held in Wenham,
Mass, TO act ON the petition of residents of
East Wenham TO be set of TO the new town
of Beverly Falms. 1t was voted AS the
unanimous sentiment of the town to resist
any division.
A case of eviction recently occurred in
n nth End, Boston, which resulted IN the
death OF the evicted party, A Mrs, Carroll
was the tenant and she was turned out OF
doors while confined to her bed with illness,
the bed being taken from under her. The
exposure killed her. Her four young chill
tren have been cared for by friends. Much
indignation is expressed against the instiga-
tor of the inhuman act.
While Robert Pyles of Cum berland Mills,
Me-, was slowing away some bales of rags
number of them fell on him, crush
ing and smothering him to death.
A reported attempt at suicide at Ware Vii
lage, Mass, grew out of the freak of SOM
nambulist,a lady, who got up, dressed her.
self, and wandered out on the street till she
su denly brought up or down. in the
water, which brought her to her senses.
The number of men employed in the
Warren, N. H., zinc mines will soon be
doubled.
North Attleboro', Mass, will ask the
legislature for new town name, as the
neglect to prefix North" by correspondents
| causes the business men of that town no
little inconvenience,
James W. Percival, a Worcester Mass. J
carpenter, was so badly injured by falling
from staging that he died a few hours
later He was 20 years old,
Thomas Nadeau of Fort Fairfield, Me-.
aged p, was killed by tree falling on him
| at Bearces camp.
Richard Daley has obtained verdict for
$4,000 against the American Printing Com
pany of Fall River, Mass, for injuries re-
ceived in their employ.
Brockton, Mass, has had $4,000 fire
which it is thought was only prevented from
being repetition of the Lynn and Boston
| confagrations through the excellent work
of the fire department
j. S. Her on, superintendent of the Mer-
| rimack Spinning Mill at Lawrence, Mass,
was arrested, charged with setting fire to
the MILL with the intention of injuring in
surance companies.
The beautiful and enterprsing town of
Wellesley, Mass, where driving is always a
| delight has abolished all its grade crossings.
This is believed to be the first town IN that
state to accomplish this desirable result.
The Assessors enumeration of scholars in
the public schools of Nashua, n. H., shows:
Males 1852 and females 1905.
| In 1889 the Concord, n. H., Horse Rail
road carried 293 24S passengers, an increase of
81, $50 over the previous year
| Frederick Baldwin of Birmingham,
| Conn.,, and a cousin, Mrs Pettitt Pierre Of
| San Francisco, are the claimants for an
| tate valued at 81, 100000 in California The
money was made by Frederick and Elihu
Baldwin who left New Haven in 1S49,
| in mining and real estate investments.
William Pemberton, brakeman, was run
| over by some cars in the freight yard at
| Woonsocket, Il. L., and so badly injured
| that he died a few hours later.
Charles Brooks, SO, foreman of the yard of
| the Olcott Falls (Vt.) Paper Company, fell
| into the Conn cticut r yer by his boat up
setting on the dam Wednesday, was carried
| over the dam and drowned.
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iilsher ny traIt, t1iill''eG Su,ciuI anu ,as
III wifi nne,,pnnia nd he was nrobablv in.
sane.
| Ont of a crew of Ok men Mt Berlin Mills.
| n. n, q are ont sick.
Passenger rates have been reduced on the
Irrnor CGos N IT Railroad
| oppoi -"
:, hlCnara nerliler, agea ~ years ieauei u
the Sortn Grosvenor,aauie ", * s.},; rrehcn
Dahui "as ine'ahSy Aiiie,i =! IaS iii.o
vano mdsLa p'' ~
~ ~, ''o. 80, L..
me scarcity OF snow mas Proyeu 50 ue. =.
mental 70 the Vermont iumperlng interest,". =
that huiidreus OF men WHO were ~ WORK III
the WOODS nave been discharged
The citizens of Bryants Pond Me-, re-