The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-03-06
NEWS IN GENERAL.

The probability of a scant supply OF rib-
Der is causing great apprehension among
dealers.
A company has been incorporated in
New York to manufacture, lease, use and
sell niokel-in-theslot machine by means
of which the dropping OF coin In the slot
will operate a mechanism which will cause
phonograph to operate and emit the
sounds recorded upon its perforated cylin-
der; after each operation the machine an
nounces, "Nextl'
A masked burglar SHIELD up" the cashier
Of Hicks Il Gepherts bank at Valley Falls,
Kan, and robbed the bank, He escaped.
AT Covington, KY, 1863 saloon keepers
have been indicted for selling liquor on
Sunday, including all the the dealers in the
town but two.
A rubber trust is the last addition to the
list of trusts,
Immense damage has been done in Ten.
nesses and Arkansas by storm OF wind,
hail and snow.
Rev, DIR, Lorimer is very i'll at his home
in Chicago,
A special to the New York Sporting Life
from Melbourne, Australia states that
Peter Kemp has publicly announced that
he is the single scull champion oarsman of
the world, and will row any man in Eng
land, America or Australia, William o Con-
nor preferred, over the Parramata champion
ship course, for $500 side.
John Caldwell, who died at the soldiers
home Kearney N, j., was said to be log
years old lie was admitted to the home in
1888, and he then gave his age as 90 years.
He has no relatives except nephew, who
lives at Dover, N. ]. Caldwell was in the
war of 1911, and he enlisted from Newark
in the. Seminole war in 1885. He subse'
quently drove one of the stages between
New York and Philadelphia. At the begin
ming of the civil war he wanted to fight
again, but he was rejected on account OF his
age. He died Of influenza
A verdict of $4,000 has been rendered in
the su perior court in favor of Cipriano Fer
nandini, who sued the mayor aud city
council of Baltimore for $4,000 for the
death of his son, Rafael, who was swept
into the sewer at Howard and Lexington
streets during storm on June Ia last.
The action of Christ Evangelical Lutheran
Church of Lewisburg, Pa in calling Can
adam clergyman has raised an interesting
| question in ,egard to the provisions of the
alien contract labor law. The minister in
this case was born in this country, but has
| lived in Canada since he was three years old.
| His father is native of this country, but
while in Canada took an oath of allegiance
to the Queen of England The son was then
in his minority and has never voted in Can
| ada. The question as to whether he is an
alien within the meaning and prohibition
| of the alien contract labor law is under con-
sideration at the treasury department.
Claude Shaffanjan, silk manufacturer
of New York, committed suicide by plung.
! ing dagger through his heart.
| The Keokuk, Ia. College of Physicians
and Surgeons graduated 81 students last
week.
| III. N. Davis has contracted to have 100, 900
| to 100000 ems set daily by the prisoners at
Sing Sing, N Y.
| 1t is said the Louisiana Lottery having
| failed to capture Dakota, is to make an at
tempt to operate in Nevada.
| A gallant and noble deed was recently
| performed at the No. slope of the Cameron
collery near Shamokin, Pa. The mine was
on fire, yet party OF rescuers rushed
through the flames and saved men and
mules.
Mark A Barren a gambler, was shot and
dangerously wounded on an Iron mountain
train near Dexter, Mo-, by Charles Hatfield
of Henderson, Ky.,on whom, he was playing
a skin game of poker. Hatfield was al
lowed to go unmolested, having lost 800.
The Hudson is 81 feet above low-water
mark at Troy, n. Y. Wharves are sub
merged.
| A land slide has occurred ON the farm of
Anthony Toohman, about a mile from
! Parkersburg, W. Va. A stream of oil has
been found pouring out of the rock where
the slide had taken place. There is consid-
cradle excitement over the unusual occur
| renee, and Toothman's farm has increased
in value to a fabulous sum in the last few
| hours
Six members of the House of Refuge on
Randalps Island, near New York, revolted
recently, beat the Waterman, stole his keys
| and had an outing
An immense landslide occurred on the
Kentucky side of the Ohio River, near
Lawrenceburg, Ky, by which acres of
ground, including trees and boulders, were
carried as ii by an earthquake.