The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-01-30
NEWS IN GENERAL.

There was terrific explosion OF natural
gas at Columbus o., killing at least six per-
sons and wounding thirty Others.
George Lounsberry, who was cashier of
the New York postoifice, shot himself dead
at his home in Hackensack, N, j. His ac-
counts were short So, 900. He was 30 years
old and married and besides his salary as
cashier of the postottice, had an income of
$4,000 per year from his feed store In Hack
ensack
The superintendent of electric wires in
Philadelphia says the underground wires in
that city work satisfactorily, removing oil
danger from accident,
II is said TINT Benjamin Peters Hutchin-
son, Familiarity known as "0ld Hutch, the
widely-known Chicago broker, has been
swindled out of 100000 by clerk.
Nellie BLY,, who was sent on trip
around the world by New York paper, ar
rived in New York city Jan. 20, at 3,5l p.
m having accomplished her trip in two
days less than the schedule time (75 days..
This places her several days ahead of the
supposittious record $50 days. of Jules
Vernes hero. She started from New York
on the lIth of last November at $50 a. m.
Jessie Dean Reynolds, q years old, the
wife of VIM. r. Reynolds, committed sui
eide at New Nork city, by shooting herself
through the heart with a revolver. She
WAS u udupnltT VI AuuTtW uiussiOiu, an
actor. The supposed cause of the suicide
was an ms ne jealousy of her husband. She
leaves two children,
Capt. George ii. Burr of the large Goa
schooner Nelson f, Newbury was accident
ally drowned at Baltimore by the over
turning of a small boat.
Articles of incorporation Of the American
Tobacco Company have been filed in
Newark, N. j, The incorporators are lead
ing cigarette manufacturers. The capital
stock is fixed at 100000 in 100000
shares.
Mary Petrikovsky, young Russian girl
in New York, was shot and killed by John
Popoff, young fellow whose attentions she
had declined to receive.
Several persons were killed and others in
jured by an explosion of natural gas at
Pittsburg, Pa.
Thomas B. Allen of Pennington, W. Va.
claims that he was the oldest soldier that
served in the late war. He was over 20
years of age when he enlisted, and is now
1t is many years since the far North invest
has seen anything like the present fall of
snow. In eastern Oregon there are Is feet
of snow on the level, Such fall of snow
in the mountains is not unusual, but the
snow that has recently fallen all over Ore
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Unprecedented. The stockmen of Washing
ton will be the hardest hit. They have
been used to warm winters, and have made
no preparation for anything like the I'M
usual snowfall and the extremely cold
weather which came with it. One man in
Washington has already lost 1000 head Of
cattle. In eastern Oregon there was a gre t
many herds of horses; these will suffer seri-
ously, too.
De-, &c he
Ohio Valley Companys main line at
Sewickley, Pa, Mrs. George Gibbs was
probably fatally burned and her daughter
quite seriously injured The ladies were
carrying lantern to light their way home,
and the gas, which was escaping from a
break in the line, ignited, enveloping both
in flames.
The State Bank of Irving, Kan, has sus
pended. Great irregularities in the conduct
of the banks business are alleged; also that
Irwin Hodges, the cashier, has disappeared,
owing the bank $4,000
Abou Ben Adhem. an Arab, was stabbed
and fatally injured in drunken row with
three tramps at Hazleton, Pa.
Mr.. Adam Forepaugh, the veteran circus
manager, recently died in Philadelphia at
the age of 6S years. Mr.. Forepaugh was
originally butcher, but many years ago he
embarked in the circus business, succeeded
in establishing the only rival organiza-
ton to the great Barnum show that could
hold its own, and amassed fortune of more
than million dollars.
A panorama of the surrender at York
town, which was exhibited in New York a
few years ago, was sold recently for $40 and
five years storage dues. The canvas cost
$4,000, and the building, equipment, ETC.,
S275,000.
Seth r. johnson, a New York lawyer, has
been arrested for legged forgery. He is the
superintendent of Sunday school, and
among his former pupils was Chu Fong, the
glib-ttngued young Chrstianized China
man, who is now awaiting trial for swind-
ling Chinese merchants and banks by means
of forged promissory notes to the tune of
about $4,000.
A large number Of negroes of North Car
DINA are going through in wagons to Okla.
homa. There are now about 1900 negroes
there and by spring there will probably be al
least 600.
Nicholas Meyer, a Chicago Gll.) cabinet
maker, killed his wife and then committed
suicide.
The people of South Carolina are said tc
be disturbed because of the exodus of col.
ored people to the West.
Catarrhal pneumonia has developed
among herd Of cattle at Eden. Pa, and
several animals have already died.
Mrs. Daniel Snyder. rs years old, was
found dead on the state road near Bergen,
N. Y. She attempted to ascend a hill at
that point, while on her way from the vii
lage, and evidently died from exhaustion.
John Swearer of Baltimore says he is the
first man who was wounded in the war of
the rebellion and he asks an increase of pen.
sion on that account. Mr.. Swearer now re.
ceives but 4per month. In his petition to
the senate he says that he was bricklayel
at work on Fort Sumpter when it was bonn
barded. and that he dropped his trowel and
worked at the GINS, being wounded by a
fragment of she'll
The United States torpedo boat, No. l, ha,
been successfully launched at Bristol r. I.