The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-01-09
NEWS IN GENERAL.

Charles H. Haekley q wealthy lumber
man of Muskegon, Mich, has given that
| place q public library costing Sl2a,OOO, and
now adds $4,000 for soldiers monument.
The late John Hooper of Brooklyn, n, ",
| left SS0,00O TO various charitable institutions
in that city and New York,
II is stated that the late IL, w, Grady left
his family In comfortable circumstances
not rich but well to do,
Mr., Powderly advocates the extension OF
the Australian ballot system,
Hon. George ii. Boxer of Philadelphia,
eX-minsler 10 Russia and Turkey, is dead,
The New Years ball given at the New
| York Metropolitan Opera house, was the
grandest ball ever given by the people who
| call themselves New York society. IL was
| given under the direction of Mr., Ward Me.
| Allister, There were about 1900 present,
and 1t was signal success in every parucu-
lar,
There were 1919 failures in this country
| during 1889,
| There is considerable excitement through
| out Florida over the recent discovery oi
| phosphate deposits IN Marion county and
counties lying south of IL, Land owners in
the vicinity are advancing prices, and pros
pectors are examining the country,
Grasshoppers and honey bees were lately
seen in Metuchcn, n. j.
1t requires y volumes to register the diff.
ferent cattle brands Of Arizona.
A trader from Alaska was in Portland,
/ Ore, the other day and bought u ,ot OF the
most expensive collins. He says the Indians
| of Alaska can have nothing too rich and
expensive IN the coffin line, and will spend
their last dollar to obtain IT,
More deciduous and other fruit trees will
be planted IN Southern California this year
| than ever before, Many vineyards will be
| pulled up to make room for figs, olives, LEM
| ons and prunes.
Michael Hill of New York saw mad
| dog chasing people in the street, anu,
tackhng the beast alone, captured 1t, but
not unul the rabld animal had bitten him
| i'll the hand i hen, instead OF killing the
ANIMAL he took it TO the station house, 10 be
shot by an officer who had Il license to kill
dogs, surprising that an ordinary citizen had
no right 10 shoot even mad canine.
A singular case was decided in the probate
court for Cooper county, Mo. 1t was that OF
a colored woman who has just discovered
that she is free woman, anu not slave,
and VINO brought suit against her late mas
ter's estate for Sl400 wages. AT the com
mencement of the war Joseph Hickman,
who atterward became the wealthlest and
| most influential farmer in the
county, bought negress in the market, and
took her to the farm us sewing-maid
Since that time she has never been allowed
to 20 beyond the bounds of the farm or to
hold communion with any of her race
When Hickman died, three weeks ago, she
ran away to Bonneville, where she learned
| that slavery had been abolished. A lawyer
brought suit for her wages, and one-half the
above amount was awarded.
During "a hours lately there were seven
fatal accidents at railroad crossings within
the corporate limits of Chicago. The raj
road crossing fatalities for last veal
were $50 against 200 in 1888. The aggre
gate for the last four years is slightly ovel
1000 deaths.
The principal collieries Of the great Wyo
ming region between Wilkesbarre and Car
bondale have suspended operations, owing
to the dullness of the coal market. About
10000 miners are thus thrown out of work
The new state of North Dakota is re
ported as embarrassed by an anticipated de
/ ficiency of several hundred thousand dol
lars.
Mary Ann Carter, Familiarity known a:
Granny Carter, of Mt, Savage, Md, the old
est inhabtant of Allegheny county, is deat
at the age of l06 years and 10 months
The engagement of Mary Anderson, the
actress, to Mr.. Navarro of New York, i!
reported.
Several hundred rufiianly newsboys were
: given a dinner at Pittsburg, Pa, and direct
ly afterward they kicked up a tremendou!
row, requiring the services of the reserve
police to queil the disturbance.