The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-19
new ENGLAND NEWS.

The British schooner Amy D., Capt, John
Llewelyn, OF Yarmouth, \. s that oapsized
near Plymouth, Mass, was loaded wilh
uhout $50 tons of coal consigned 10 the
Plymouth Wtollen Company, Capt, Lew
ellyn entered q protest, discaiming any re-
sponsibility In the accident, as the pilots were
In charge OF the vessel at the time,
The jury in the superior court ut Toand,
Ct, has rendered verdict IN the long con,
tested Insurance case OF Young n Co, OF
Rockville, c., vs., Newark Insurance Com
pany, in favor Of plaintiffs for $1,000,
President Berry OF the Knox 4 Lincoln
railroad In Maine, denies the report that the
syndicate which made n proposition f,r the
purchase of the road will claim the earnings
OF the road from the time such proposition
was made. President Berry says that the
members of the hoard of directors OF the
road are unanimously OF the opinion that all
the net earnings prior TO the consummation
of the sale, IL such sale shall be made, will
belong to the cities and towns interested.
John Mccarthy of Brockton, Mass, was
indicted by the grand jury in the Plymouth
county superior court, for concealing prop
erty from his creditors and for perjury.
Daniel b. Wallace, a grocer, who Is al
legged to have absconded with money belong
ing to NJ. Mclean, u grocer OF Lynn, Mass,
has been arrested in Philadelphia.
Edward +. Costello a brakeman employed
by the New London and Northern Railroad
Company, instantly killed his little son, 10
months old, at Palmer, Mass, while the
child lay asleep in its cradle. He stood d.
rsctly over the hoy and shot him, the bullet
entering the breast, Costello then fired
three shos at his wife, one striking her
corset steel, which saved her life. Domestic
trouble was the cause.
The recent thunder storm in Wallingford,
Ct, was very severe, The house OF 5. III.
Grannis was struck and Mrs Grannss was
rendered unconscious for hours. The l. on
S. L, North's house was shattered, but no
one injured. The chimney OF Simpson,
Hall & Miller's factory was struck and hum
factory hands were knocked down by the
shock. The old Brack House at North
Haven, built in 1850, was badly shat ered
The syndicate that purchased the Merri-
mac Valley street railroad met at Lawrence,
Mass. where the formal transfer of the stock
took place. No new company will be formed
The old company will simply be extended,
with an increase in its capital stock.
A frame store building It Skowhegan,
Me-, owned BY Mrs. James Malbon and oc-
?upied by A. II. Lang as market, and in
the second story by Hodges, photographer,
was Quilted by fire, with loss and damage
W tHt anu TIC bdIh uulltlbS az
Joining, together with sto Ks, OF about
5000, nearly covered by insurance.
The barn of Daniel Wilbur at Swansea,
Mass, was struck by lightning during the
recent thunder storm and destroyed.
Lightning struck and set fire to a saw mill
at Pamer's ship yard, Noank, CT. The build
ing and contents were totally destroyed.
Loss, 100000; no insurance.
Freeman Bills of Amherst Mass, lost
$1,000 by fire. Lightning struck his house
and barn.
The New York, New Haven & Hartford
railroad has ohta ned permission under its
charter to issue 100000 new stock to retire
.imilar amount of capital of the Connecticut
Valley and the Stamford and New Canaan
roads.
Developments toward the building of the
Georges Valley railroad, to run between
Warren and Union, Ne, seem to be at a
standstill, the figures of L. p. Clarke of
Salisbury n. B., who was contracting for
the building Of the road, having been re.
fusei by the two towns as being too
high for consideration. ROckland parties,
with whom negotiations were being made
since the reiusa! of CIarke's figures, have de-
cided not TO accept the contract to build the
road.
An effort is being made at Fall River to
form Il board OF trade, which shall include
every merchant of any prominence in town.
A paper is in circulation and is receiving a
great many signatures OF business men.
Samuel Baker of Arlington, r. T., aged
50, .uicded by jumping into a cistern filed
with water. The death of his wife had un.
settled his mind.
John H. Estes, proprietor of Estes bat
and Irvine mill, Fall River, has been ar
rested, charged with asSaulting his brother
out.
The strike of the Westerly, r. l., granite
cutters has been settled by compromising
terms. Employers have conceded nine
hours time, but not ten hours pay. Eight
hours will be the rule on Saturday. Piece
work prices have been satisfactorily adjust
Ell, but probably there will not be muck
piece work in the future