The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-26
NEWS IN GENERAL.

Two clouds meeting, broke over Osceola
Pa, causing the waters of Holden brook TO
rise to an unprecedented height Mrs. Trip
and Miss Mary Thompson were drowned
Nearly 90 buildings were moved from their
foundation, and frightful jam was formed
at the trestlc of the Fall Brook II, II. Tan
nertown Is in ruins, Many people were res
cued from houses at great risk. Only one
bridge remains ON Holden brook, and the
scene is appalling.
II. A. Smi,er, convicted OF murder in tho
first degree In killing his third wife. at New
York, has been sentenced to death by cleo
tricity In the week beginning Monday, Aug
ust 4.
Chief of Police Crowley, Of San Francisco,
announces that he will make an effort to
stop glove contests between professional
pugilists as given In various athletic clubs Of
the city,. He intimates strongly that he VIII
| arrest the principals, seconds, club officials,
and probably the spectators at the next con-
| test To be given in any of the clubs, aud VIII
| have them prosecuted under the state law
which prohibits prize lighting.
Mayor McQuaid of Jacksonville, Fla, lies
| IN very precarious condition from wounds
received at the hands OF City Marshal Wig
| gins. Virgins got the mayor to so with him
| TO view an unsantary spot and then accused
him of treating him unfairly. This the
mayor resented, when Wigglns assaulted
him. Virgins ESCAPED, but kilograms have
been sent in all directions requesting his ar
rest. There is great excitement over the
affair. MCQuaid is popular ut Jacksonville,
having been at the head Of affairs during the
| epidemic Of 1888.
| The chief OF the census bureau at Baltt-
more estimates the present population Of the
city at between $4,000 and 43S,000.
Robert Bonner and his party visited the
/ track at frnrrn Ip1 and Mr.
Bonner's great iilly Sunol was driven out by
Marvin and put through a speeding. The
mare trotted a quarter in 81 los, which is a
2:04 As gait.
Cashier Brooks Of the City National Bank,
Albany, N. T., after examining the books,
reports that the amount of George p. Whit
ney's defalcation was Sl55,3T2, but the pay
ments by w. Gould q Co. and others inn
| plicated reduces the amount to SOS, I4S.
An accident occurred on the Canada Pa
| citic railway, 80 miles elst of Toronto,
which resulted in the loss of five lives. An
engine with five men was dispatched to re-
| pair damages, and, coming suddenly upon
the break, plunged into creek, and all on
board were drowned.
Mr.. Young, inspector of customs for Brit
ish Columbia has seized the schooner North
Star, which cleared from Victoria, via Pre-
vost harbor, but, instead of going there, ran
| INTO u DaN ulOHH INC COiSl OF d0COuNtT
| island and there took on beard 10 Cinnamon
for the purpose of smuggling them into the
United States.
A collision between the pay train and n
freight train occurred on the Kansas City,
st. Joe & Council Bluffs railroad, about
three miles east of Atchison, Kan, l.. W.
Yocum, engineer of the pay train, being
killed, and the cond uctor and two others
badly injured.
The recent floods at Atchison and st.
Joseph completely demOralized railway
traffic between Kansas City and st. Joseph,
Omaha, Council Bluffs, and other upper
Missouri River points.
Andrew Little and his wife, of Mechanics
Settlement, \, b., lost their lives during a
lightning storm recently.
The Park National Bank of Chicago has
closed IFS doors. The causes of the failure
are not yet known. A notice posted on the
door says that it is in charge Of J. d. Stur-
gis, national bank examiner. The bank is
not an important ore, its capital stock being
only 100000.
The threatened outbreak among the Chey-
ennes is for the present arrested, and unless
the Indians again shoot and kill the cattle
belonging to the rancbers in the vicinity of
Tongue River, there will be no further
trouble.
Judge Cox of the U. s. circuit court at
New York has handed down y decision in
the action OF the Brush-Swan Electric Light
Co of New England against the Brush Eec-
tric Light Co. of New York, denying the
mot on of the defendants for q !ehearing,
A tornado passed west of Cornell, Ind. in
path SO rods wide and about four miles
long. Everything in its path was either
totally wrecked or badly damaged. Four
people were probably fatally injured and
several others slightly hurt.
The house of Andrew Little, near Elgin,
n. B., was struck by lightning and caught
fire When the neighbors arrived they saw
through the windows Little and his wife
lying on the floor, having been paralyzed by
The shock. Both were burned to death.
The Calumet Mine engine house at Cal,l
met, Mich, containing Jumbo, the monster
hosting engine. took fire, the framework oil
the main building being Quilted doing S10,-
COO damage. The engines were not de
stroyed. Hosting will be stopped for a time
from No. 2. No. and No. 5 Calumet shafts
and No. Hecla.
White Clay Creek, Kan. is higher thar
ever before. Culverts and bridges are
washed away, water mains broken. the
water supply of the city temporarily inter
fered with and cellars flooded. The damage
cannot be estimated.
The heaviest storm of the season visited
st. Louis day or two ago, the rain pouring
in torrents and many business houses beinl
flooded. Several sewers burst, causing
much damage. a co,ored man was WASHED
into a sewer, and inside of 10 minutes hi
dead body foated into the Missouri River.
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