The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-11-13
new ENGLAND NEWS.

the Old board OF officers was reelected. A
New York syndicate has offered Sl55 share
for the stock OF the road, aud the prospect
looks favorable for the purchase,
Three soap powder and ivorne mills be,
longing to the j. II, Williams Company OF
Glastonbury, Ct, have been destroyed hy
fire The loss Is PLACED at 100000 and the
insurance at $4,000,
John Morrissey,an aged ragpicker, fe into
an uncovered ymIt and was insttntly killed
at Fall River, Mass.
The annual meeting of stockholders of the
watervilc 4 Fairfield (ie,l railway elected
President, George w, Williams, Salem
treasurer, ID J, Lord, Lynn; clerk, Il. +,
Webb, Waterville IL was voted to petition
the Legislature for permission to run ears by
electric power, and extend the line to Wins
low.
A man was instantly killed by freight
train at Sutton, VI. Papers in his pockets
bore the name of Jerry ID )novan, Concord,
n. H. 1t is thought h, threw himself under
the saloon car.
Mrs. A. A. Nlckefson OF Bangor, Me-,
while out shooting on Pushaw Pond with
her husband, was instantly killed by the ac-
cidental discharge of her rifle.
Before Justice Charles Allen in the SUI
preme court, at Boston, Mass, G. G. Cow
lishaw, who killed his wife in house on
Kirkland street March 90 pie ,ded guilty to
murder in the second degree, and was SEN
fenced 'for the term of his natural life in
the state prison at Charestown."
Incendiary fire destroyed two large store
houses of Raymon, Bros, coal dealers, at
South Norwak, Ct, and badly damaged
several sheds near by. Loss $4,000; partially
insured.
The operations Mt the Rowland (Me.)
Pulp Mills are progressing finely. The mill
cost $4,000 and will manufacture 10 tons
of pulp a day. 1t will take some months
vet to fairly complc'e the mill aud Mt present
$50 men are employed. The company are
also building steam scow s. feet long to be
used in transporting the pulp from Rowland
to Passadumkeag.
While rolling hoop on Main street, in
Cambridge, Mass. Michael O'Brien, IL
years old, ran in front uf horse car. The
boy was knocked down and run over, being
killed instantly. The driver of the car is
held blameless, as he was powerless to avert
the accident.
The First Methodist Episcopal Church So
ciety of Newport, r. l., has voted on the
question Of making women eligible as dele
gates to the general conference of the Meth
dist Church. The vote resulted: For, Al;
against, %.
n stElOuS ANU pOSoiuly StdbDillS III
fray occurred at Lynn, Mass. +. b. Dcsh-
on, a dealer in horses, was met on the street
by j. A. Foster, with whom recently he had
had a busine s transaction regarding trade
in hor, etlesh. The meeting at first was
peasant enough but finally Foster made the
accusation that Deshon had lied in relation
to the horse trade. AS a result Deshon
claims that Foster rushed at him with a
three-pound rock and Deshon, having a
l-,,.fo hov,, Il bat hn anti In
tobacco, he plunged it into Fosters body in
self-defence, as he claims. The hospital
officials have doubts as to Fosters recovery.
A telegram received at Newport, r. l..
from Capt. Clifford of the four-masted
schooner Howard Smith, ashore on Doboy
bar, states that the wreckers have abandoned
the vessel, but he hopes to complete the I'M
loading of her cargo of iron. This vessel
was mostly owned at Newport.
Inspectors Collins and Dugan arrested J.
P. Murphy at North Stoughton, Mass.
charged with the embezzlement of S10,22I
from John NJ. Hummcl Il Son of Philadel.
phia, for whom he was the Boston agent FOL
the sale of finished leather. His place Of
business was at % High street.
pope night was celebrated recently in
Portsmouth, n. H., by the young people
who paraded the streets with pumpkin Ian.
terms cut into hideous faces, and blowing
tin horns. For years past it has been the
custom to celebrate "Guy Fawkes night in
remembrance of the discovery Of
the gunpowder plot. 1t is said
that Portsmouth is the only place in the
United States where Pope night is OBJ
served at the present day.
The temporary front of a building fell on
Central Street, Lowell, Mass, and Mrs. Eliza
Foster was crushed and knocked sensele.s
one rib being broken.
Charles Pollard, while at work on the
Methodist Church spire at Waterville, Me.
fell, by the staging giving way, distance of
20 feet, striking on his head. 1t is probable
that his skull was fractured, and the bones
of one hand we're broken.
The cooper shop OF Fessenden & Lowell
the principal industry at Reeds Ferry, N.
H., has been burned Fifty hands are
thrown out of employment. Loss, $4,000;
insured.
c. B. Billiards. large barns, silo, II cows,
30 hogs, farm produce and to Is have been
destroyed by fire at White River Junction
vt. Loss $4,000 to $4,000 insured.
Fire at Greenfield, Mass, destroyed thu
Cha man Street laundry and contents
Loss, $1,000; no insurance. 1t was occupied
by E. A. Rowland
In the Vermont legislature. bill com
polling corporal ons to pay their employe
weekly was killed by vote Of 96 to 125; als'
bill exempting soldiers from the paymen
of poll tax.
Patrick McGauly of Woonsocket, r. l.
was struck by the Washington express OF
the New York e. New England track a
Waterford, Mass, and instantly killed. Nc
Gauly lived ut Blackstone.
A stock company with a capital stock o
k100 000 has hapn OruaNiZp1 tn nuhIiSh thl
Portland (Me.) Transcript
Thus far the menhaden fleet at New Lon
don, Ct, has taken 36, 100000 fish, wLicl
will, 1t is thought, make $4,000 gallons o
oil.
At Bath, Me-, so far this year $4CU,G0
have been expended in new buildings, an,
$1,000, 900 has been invested in the shippin;
industry.
An enthusiastic lumbeiman at the head 0
Moosehead lake, Me-, shot what be though
TO he caribou, but which turned out to be
$3.50 horse belonging to the camp.
The Buckley estate at Norwich, Ct, ha
been bought for site for $50 900 public
hospital to be built on the very best of mod
ern pans. Mr. William W. Backus of Yam
tic will donate the building and Mr.. William
Slater is to endow it with 100000.
1t is estimated by Maine lumbermen tina
The cut TINS season Will exceed by at leaS
10000 900 feet that of last winter.
The horseshoe nail company at Vergennes
Vt, is doing great business, and it is prob
able that its works will soon be enlarged.
New Bedford, Mass, is to endeavor t.
secure he cooperation of the surroundin.
towns in recutting and replacing the boun
dairy stones.
A stock company has been organized t,
work the granite quarry at Lincoln, Me.
and some stone will be cut this fall.
The farm buildings owned by W. r. Nal
bun of Skowhegan, Me, have been urned
Cause, the explosion of lantern. Loss
$1,000; insured for 1880.
Fire destroyed an old landmark on tn
Lowell division of the Boston & Name K. X
at Wilmington, Mass. 1t was the fsrme
railroad passenger station now occupied as
freight station and by G. Z. Hudson a.
grocery. The building was about 100 year
old and was owned by the b. g. NJ. Il. II
Loss on the building was about $500: in
sured. Hudson's loss was slight and covcre
by insurance.
MeIlen Hayes and Edward Staples wer
gored by a bull at Pennington, Me. Haye
Is likely to die.
An unknown man was killed on the Ne,
York & New England railroad at Elmwoot
Ct. The body was terribly mangled