The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-05-29
new ENGLAND NEWS.

At the first salesday of the season of the
Vermont Board of Trade, held at Burling.
ton, the offerings were Is, 900 pounds cheese,
1000 pounds butter, 10000 pounds mape
sugar and $500 gallons maple syrup. The
only sales were 1000 pounds cheese at
cents. Resolutions were passed calling upon
the Vermont delegation in Congress to work
for bounty of = cents per pound on maple
sugar and 10 cents per gallon on maple
syrup OF a density Of p oentigrade at
temperature of 20 degrees. A copy will be
sent to- the Vermont senators and congress
men.
Two work trains on the New York, New
Haven & Hartford road came together a few
miles from New London. One of the trains
loaded with gravel, was back ng down, an6
the other train, from the west, crashed iutc
the rear car demolishing the locomotive and
covering the tracks with shattered dumps.
The workmen on the tram were Italians.
One was killed. Three others had their legs
broken, one had his shoulder dislocated, and
seven others were seriously injured.
The Granite Cutters Union committee of
Barre, VT, has been successful in settling
the difficulty between the quarrymen and
employers, and work has been resumed.
Mrs. John Huling, Mrs. Della Mannel,
aged q, and Miss Mamie Huling, aged 16,
were rowing in a canvasbacked boat on
Davisville pond, Providence, r. l., when
the craft suddenly filled. Mrs Manuel and
Miss Iuling were drowned, but Mrs. Huling
escaped by c'inging to her dog. which swan
with her to shore.
The case of Daniel O'Donnely, who sued
Supt. Wentworth and Overseer of the Poor
Martin of the Stafford county, n. H., poor
farm for $4,000 damages for alleged illegal
Imprisonment at the poor farm, collapsed
after several witnesses for the defence had
been examined. 1t was made evident to
counsel for O'Donnely that their client
stood not ghost of a chance of &c ting a
penny damages, and so Lawyers Foster and
Pierce conferred and decided to throw up
the case. Judge Colt instructed the jury to
bring in verdict for the defendants. The
jury then found formal verdict of 'Not
guilty. and so ended Sensational case"
which resulted in great big nothing.
The Brunswick. Me-, embezzlemcnt case,
which has been on trial for two days in the
superior court is settled. This was the case
In which Robert G. Reed, assistant ticket
agent of the Maine Central Railroad at
Brunswick, was accused by Mr.. H. w.
Wheeler, the ticket agent there, of having
stolen, during December last and the first
week in January, some 5000. The county
attorney threw up the Ca e, and the jury,
under the direction of the court, returned a
verdict of not guilty without leaving their
seats.
The case of DR.. John Homer ofNewbury-
port, Mass, indicted for performing an
abortion on Mrs. Mary A. Roberts Is con-
cluded, the jury returning verdict of guilty.
The defendants counsel will carry the case
to the supreme court on exceptions.
Henry Rice's daughter, aged about 9, was
drowned at Damariscotta, Me.
| Mai. Albert n. Down of Exeter has been
commissioned assistant acknowledgement Of
| the New Hampshire national guard.
DIR. I. ?. Chase of Hillsboro Bridge, n. H.,
committed suicide by hanging, owing, it is
supposed, to temporary insanity.
Developments toward the lease of the
| Knox O. Lincoln railway are moving a'ong
| A committee of five. with John 7, Berry of
| Rockland, Me-, chairman, met in Portland.
| to consult Hon. William l.. Putnam. The
committee gave him power to lease the road
to the syndicate.
The labor ticket was victorious in the
election at Auburn, Me-, for School Com
missioners. A feature of the election was
1 the voting of women, about $50 Of whom
exercised the right of suffrage.
For some months little girls peddling
newspape have been gradually appearing
on the stIeets. The police, to head off the
innovation, arrested recently the father oil
one OF them, and he was fined for allowing
| the child to sell papers without license.
The price of the license was not considered,
the police desiring to emphasize the fact thai
under no circumstances will license for
peddling newspapers be granted to girl.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
has secured control of the Bay State Tele
graph Company for term of ninety-nine
| years, copy of the lease filed in New Haven
showing the rental to be Sla 900 annually.
| The Bay State Company has six copper lines
from New York to Boston, and also wire:
south to Boston.
Six washouts are reported on the Upper
Coos Railroad, New Hampshire, operated BY
the Maine Central. A wrecking train thai
started out to make repairs went through
an undermined bridge six miles north o.
Stratford. j. Twohey, superintendent OF
the road, and q section man were buried
under the engine and killed.
Mrs. Moran Of Norwich. Conn.,, becam,
suddenly deranged, and seizing stick, hea
a painter who was at work on her house
ON East Main street. The painter fed. bu
was followed by the woman, who stoppet
at meat market, and picking up a cleavei
chased the frightened painter into a saloon
lie managed to elude her and make good hi
escape Mrs. Moran seemed to grow wors,
every minute, and smashed three panes o
glass in one store and four in another. Sh
was finally disarmed, and DIR. SLahan, wit
was called to attend, succeeded in quietiDi
her.