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Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-07-03
REPUBLIC OF THE NORTH.

Armed Beers Take the First Step
Toward Its Establishment-Le
Arrested.
CAPE Town, July "A body of armed
Beers composed of about one hundred men
and their families crossed the Limpopo
yesterday, thus raiding Mashonalsna and
taking the first steps toward founding the
Republic of the North. These men were
the pioneers of the Big Trek which has
been so long talked Of and to prevent which
President Kruger promised to use his ut
most endeavors when he was informed that
the British government would considerany
such invasion as an act of hostility against
the queen The pioneers Of the Big Trek
seem, however, to have met with recep-
ton somewhat different from what they
expected. They were no sooner IN Masho-
naland than they were met by police and
troops in the employ Of the British South
Africa company who drove the Beers bach
and arrested their leaders.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-07-03

LISBON, July 22.-Ths monetary crisis
continues. The premium on the pound
sterling is 300 reis and ON silver money
per cent. Finance Minister Carvalno pro-
poses to authorize the Bank of Portugal to
issue notes of 500 and 1000 reis on the
condition that the issue have limited
period of circulation and that the bank
withdraw the larger notes and be allowed
the privilege of refusing to change notes
for coin for three months.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-07-03
saw the Aquatic Fete.

AMSTERDAM, July 2.-Emperor William,
to-day embarked in a boat on the canal and
Witnessed the aquatic fete which had been
organized in his honor on the Amstel. The
river banks were densely packed with peo-
pie and Amsterdam and its neighborhood
were en- fete.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-07-03
Cyclone In Indiana.

Fort WAYNHs Ind, July 2.-Niokel
Plate road officials here report Cyclone
at Thomaston, Ind, at $50 tonight,
coaches on a Chicago and West Michigan
train being blown off the track. Their
wires being down, further particulars are
not obtainable at present.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-07-03
Enlargina winchester Armory

The work of enlargement is going on
constantly at the factory of theWinchester
Repeating Arms company. A part of the
one-story loading room along Winchester
avenue is being removed across the street
for storehouse and the cartridge shop on
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-07-03

Argyle street is being extended to Win
chester avenue. The addition is of brick,
four stories high and about 100 feet long
George II. Grant is doing the work.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-07-03
Bea1 Estate
FOR. g ATE

49, Three twofamily houses on Winchester
It'll avenue. Residence on Dwight street. A
kH good farm in Orange, one in Woodbridge.
Building lots on West Chapel and Oak streets,
winthrop Whaley and Judson avenues. Lot in
Evergreen cemetery. RENTS-Two good farms
in Woodbridge. Rents in various sections of the
city. Care of property q specially. Rents
promptly collected. Fire and life insurance.
c. e. JUDSON, No. 49 Church street,
n2I Hoadley Building Room s.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-07-03
BASE BAH Games Yesterday.

EASTERN ASSOCIATION.
The New Haven-Albany game postponed on
account of wet grounds
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-01
Brieflets By Wire.
Peru, Dec. 26, 1890.

indianapolis has been flooded with
So counterfeit silver certificates OF
the issue of 1888. The bogus bills
are being presented at the bank by
the hundreds. Treasury agent Car.
ter notified the public to refuse all S.
bills of the series mentioned.
Three tramps have been lynched
near Huntington, Ore, on the Ore
gon short line, by railroad men. The
tramps boarded a freight train neal
Glenn's Ferry, Idaho. They over
powered a brakeman, whom they
threw under a train. Both of the
mans legs were broken and he died
soon afterward.
At Fall River, Mass, two boys,
members of a gang of hoodlums
which had broken all the windows in
big tenement block, were sentenced
to Concord reformatory.
At Cologne the officers have siezed
quantity of American bacon valued
at. 100000 marks, and have arrested
a Dutch merchant who Imported the
bacon.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-01

Senator Edmunds is reported to
have said the following in reference
to the proposed cloture:
at is not a question as to whether
a particular measure should be passed
or defeated. 1t is question whether
a majority of legislative body, can
have the power to dispose of any SUBJ
ject, otherwise than at the will of a
minority ought not to say what legis-
lative acts should be enacted. Lib
erty of debate is one thing and liberty
Of obstruction is another. 1t is with
the latter proposition that we have
now to deal. l am sure that the
country, when it understands the pre-
else scope and force of the proposed
rule-that it means that its represen-
tatives in Congress have the power
to do what it thinks ought to be done
one way or the other, after every mem
Der of the minority shall have had the
opportunity to state his views-will
be more than satisfied that the Senate
has performed wise and righteous
act in adopting it,"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-01
Resurgent.

The st. Johnsbury Republican
resurrects the late message of Gov.
Page and makes the following COM
ment:
One recommendation was concerning
free railroad passes, which the Gov
ernor wished to see legislated out of
existence. The Legislature refused
to so legislate-by large majority.
Gov. Page thought it the duty of
the Legislature to "give 10 the rail-
road commission a measure of vitality
which it does not now possess" The
legislature failed to agree with the
governor on this point, also.
The message contained recomen-
dation that ga careful investigation
be made into the system upon which
the Reform school is conducted, TO
the end that the expense thereof may
be lessened; and, unless better
method can be devised for caring for
the girls, to abolish this department
of the school," This little seed also
failed to terminate.
The Governor strongly advocated
the abolition of double taxation but
the farmers, it appears, prefer to pay
double tax upon their mortgaged
property and we should not be sur
prised to a demand for triple or quad
ripple taxation. If thing is good
thing you can't have too much of it.
The reduction of court expenses
and OF officers salaries and expenses
was strongly urged. The legislature
left them all just where they fonud
them.
Finally, Gov. Page truthfully de-
clared: "To legislate with the wise
discrimination which will do no inius-
tice, and at the same time fearlesslv
cut off evry extravaganza in whatever
quarter it may exist, is labor to
which the people of Vermont look to
you to devote yourselves"
The people may look until their
eyes grow dim and weary, but they
will hardly see the longed-for sight.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-01

president of the Seneca Indians
curred among these people since the
Revolutionary war, when, with the res
'oration of peace, in 1888, the politica,
existence of the ieague of the Iroquois
was substantially ended.
These st. Regis Indians, now number
ng less than 1000, are a dependent and
separate tribe included within the juris
tllction of the state of New York. They
are descendants of the various tribes OF
the Mohawk Iroquois, who, about 1877
becoming proselyted to the Roman
Catholic faith, forsook their old religion
and people and migrated from the Mo
hawk valley to the banks of the ST. Law.
renee, where placing themselves unde,
the protection of the French they were
known as the Praying Indians" and a.
the enemies of their kindred and league.
Since that time they have not had the
brotherhood nor cousmship privileges Of
the clan relation which, designated by
distinguishing "totems," is as effectual
rs the blood relation and family name
among the pale faces" Nor have they
been permitted q seat in the councils OF
the league of the Iroquois, and it is
pathos of the past that at this day of the
decay of that once colossal political
structure the few who vet linger cling.
ing to transmitted tribal institutions
have welcomed these wanderers back
into the remnant of its confederacy. TIC
these few yet left to continue the law
the sachemship is still hereditary by
tribal descent, and upon them devolves
the raising" or installing of chief.
whose title, however, terminates with
the life of the individual.
In 1888 these st. Regis Indians petit
toned for admission or restoration" to
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-01
jaw Gould and the Cranks.

Mr.. Gould has some difficulty in keep
ing out of the way of the cranks, dan.
gerous and not dangerous, who hang
about his Office door. They come for ali
purposes, from Staying him to interest
ing him in flying machines and other en-
terprises. One day crank wrote tc
warn him that he would be shot if he
did not put up the stock market before
8 o'clock in the afternoon. This crank's
letter had scarcely been read before an.
other was received warning him that he
would be shot if he did not put down the
market before o'clock in the afternoon.
Whichever way the market went he was
bound to be killed, and the dilemma
amused Mr.. Gould more than anything
that had occurred in a long time.-Inter-
view in New York Sun.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-01
THE LONDONDERRY SITTER,
A sensible view.

Il. w. Moloney in Rutland Her
aid;
My attention has been called to a
criticism of the new school law by
State Superintendent Palmer, in
which he contends that owing TO the
change OF the school year, those dis
tricts that shall not have maintained
a school of "a weeks during the nine
months next preceding the close Of
the current year will not be entitled
to receive any public money.
In my opinion, this is not sound
Interpretation Of the act. The inten,
ton of the legislature, as expressed
by the words used, must always gov
ern, The time of the current school
year has been changed, and it was
manfestly not the intention of the
Legislature to say that the current
year shall consist of but nine months
for any purpose whatever, and the
act does not so provide, either ex-
pressly or by necessary implication,
1t seems, therefore, plain that the
present, as well as all future school
years, should be considered to con-
sist of IL months.
When the public monies are next
distributed each district that has
maintained a school for "a weeks
during the year next preceding the
last Tuesday in March will be enti-
tied to its share. The legislature has
not changed the length of time with
in which the "a weeks must be kept,
but has simply changed the date from
which the reckoning is to be made.
When, in 1888, the legislature
changed the beginning of the school
year TO July, L nave not heard that
any one claimed that the then current
year was thereby made to consist of
10 months. And yet, applying the
rule followed by Mr.. Palmer, such
would have been the effect of that
enactment. There is no more reason
for holding that the present year con-
sists of nine months, when reckoning
how many weeks of school has been
kept within year.
There would have been thousand
times more glumbling than there is
now had the assembly failed to
change the law at all, or adopted the
bill reported by the committee with
its compulsory town system.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-01
True But Illuminating.

The Boston Advertiser in discus
sing the probable releasing of the
Rutland road by the Central Yer
mont gives the following as the reason
why the Delaware & Hudson people
are disposed to give the road up:
The Delaware & Hudson people,
since they obtained control of the
Rutland, have looked the grounds
over carefully and discovered that
they cannot hope to run the Rutland
road as profitable as the Central Yer
mont can. The Delaware & Hud-
son people have also awakened to
the discovery that the Central Yer
mont's influences in the state of Yer
mont, in many ways, is such as to
render the operation of the Rutland
road by others than the Central Yer
mont not altogether promising for
their interests. In fact, it is quite
plain to see that recent legislation
and court decisions up there would
hardly be encouraging to the Della
ware & Hudson or outside corpora
tons. The Central Vermont railroad
is today part and percel of the state
of Vermont, and any foreign corpor-
alton antagonistic to it's interests
must necessarily have to fight it in
that state.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-01
A FREE CHURCH EXPERIMENT.
The Conspicuous Success Which s Boston
Congregation Has Achieved.

The Conspicuous Success Which s Boston
Congregation Has Achieved.
When, nearly three years ago, the
Berkeley Street Congregational church,
in this city, made its pews free, in
creased its pastoral force from one man
to three, opened its doors from Sunday
morning until Saturday night, and in
augurated various lines of practical
Christian endeavor, it was a new de-
parture in church activity such as this
city had never seen before OH so large
scale. The movement had behind it,
also, the support Of several sister
churches, not SO well situated for the
prosecution of peoples work, and of
the Massachusetts Home Missionary
society.
The enterprise has now passed
through the critical and trying period
of its history, and seems to be on a
permanent basis. 1t has had, of course,
to feel its way into the heart of the
problem of city evangelization it has
encountered difficulties and discourage.
ments; but it has gone steadily on to
larger successes and commands TODAY
the respect and the confidence of the
entire Congregational denomination.
Comparatively few of the Christian
people in this city even realize what
large and varied work is prosecuted at
Berkeley temple. Glasses in dress
making, bookkeeping, painting, elocu-
ton and stenography, reading rooms
and young mems debating clubs, tenn
perance guilds a Chinese Sunday school
these are some of the special features.
The temple is a home for scores of
young men and women who otherwise
might have to spend their evenings in
the narrow quarters of South End
boarding houses Or upon the street.
Persons in search of relief and sympa.
thy and spiritual ministration are learn
ing that Berkeley temple desires to be
the friend and helper of every needy,
distressed soul.
Without disparagement to the other
churches of the city, it is worth much
to have downtown church in Boston
of this type. The Berkeley Temple
Year Book shows the scope and many
sidedness of the work which lies within
the province of a modern church in a
great city. All these secular instru,
mentalities have an avowedly spiritual
end, and while the church tries to carry
on its philanthropic and humanitarian
work, its workers keep steadily in view
the purpose of bringing to men and
women the help and the inspiration
which are in the religion of Christ.
The influence of such institutions as
Berkeley temple, in Boston, or of the
now famous St. Georges church, in New
York, is widespread Their methods
are scrutinized and copied all over the
country. Their spirit of practical help
fitness is mighty impulse to agrees
i've Christian work in scores of places,
east and west. The time in which we
live is urgent in its demand that the
church shall not only save the individ-
ual, but shall reconstruct society;
hence the eagerness with which every
effort in this direction is welcomed by
multitudes of earnest souls. Boston
Advertiser.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-01
ADRAM HILL.

Member of the Onondaga Tribe and Hereditary
Firekeeper of the Six Nationsl
rated with the New York state tribes, are
subjects of the British crown. At this
convening of the fragment of the once
powerful confederacy, the Onondagas
and Tonawanda-Senecas alone represent
ed by authority the old league. These
still adhere to the tribal laws and coun-
ellis
The Allegany and Cattaraugus Sene-
cas- have adopted republican form Of
government, and SO. losing their right
of sachem representation, on this occa-
sion attended the council as guests rather
than participants in its civil ceremonies.
The president of the Seneca nation,
Andrew John, Jr., also two of its coun-
cillors-Lester Bishop and David Ste
phens-were delegates appointed to ap-
pear for the Senecas and by courtesy of
consent extended the hand of fellowship
to the returning tribe. 1t remained
to the Onondagas, in whose province the
league was originated and who first be-
slowed the fifty sachem names, since
continuing by heritage, and the Tona-
wanda-Senecas, who, as an Independent
people hold the old law, to perform the
ceremony of coincidence and ''raise" new
chiefs, or ratify the investiture of all
whom the st. Regis may have hereto
fore elected.
The first ceremony was the Hen-nun-
do-nuh-seh. or coincidence" which had
the twofold object of lamenting with
suitable ceremonies all the deceased sa-
chems and chiefs and establishing sue
cessors. This coincidence was conducted
by Daniel La Fort, an Opondaga sachem;
Abram Hill, the hereditary firekeeper,
and Thomas Webster, the Homo we-na-
to, or keeper of the national wampum
belts. On him devolves the duty of
'summoning" the nations" whenever a
council is TO take place.
Previous to the opening ceremony Of
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-01

nnie f. Spear windham County Court

Jennie E. Spear Windham County Court
Henry J. Spear March Term, 1891.
Where cas- Jennie +. Spear of Brattle-
boro, in Windham County, having this
day filed in the Office of the clerk of
Windham County Court her libel for
divorce against her husband, Henry j.
Spear, returnable to the term of said
court next to be held at Newfane within
and for said county of Windham, on the
second Tuesday of March, A. ID. 1891,
setting forth her marriage to said libel
lee on the 9th day of May 1886, her res
idence in said Windham county, and
praying for divorce by reason of the
wilful desertion of her the said libellant
by the said libellee on or about August
Is, 1887. And it being made to appear
that said libellee is now a resident with
out the State of Vermont where the ordi-
nary process of the court cannot be serv-
ed upon him; it is therefore ordered that
the said libellant give notice to the said
libellee of the tendency of her said libel
and the term of court to which the same
is made returnable by publishing the sub
stance of her said libel, together with
this order for three weeks successfully
in the Londonderry Sitter, a newspaper
published at Londonderry in said Wind
ham county, the last publication to be at
least six weeks prior to the term of court
to which said libel is made returnable,
which said publication shall be deemed
sufficient notice for the said libellee to
appear and contest the same if he shall
see fit, Given under my hand at Brattle-
boro in said county of Windham, this
9th day of December, A. D., 1890.
royal TYLER, Clerk.
Hasklns & Stoddard, Attys. for Petit
toner.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-01
A Beggar's Excuse.

Some of the beggars who infest Park
row are very bright, indeed. By con-
slant practice they become admirable
judges of character from facial express
sion. The ones who are most successful
are those who come out frankly and own
what they want money for. A very
common device is to ask for cent with
which to get over the bridge. The other
day well dressed man was approached
by sorrowful looking man at the bridge
entrance, who whined in a crying tone:
Say, mister, will you please give me a
cent? want to get across the bridge"
The man addressed showed his hand
into his pocket and drew out ticket for
the bridge promenade. The tramp look
ed at it with disappointed expression
and then exclaimed:
THAT amt no good to me, sir; / want
to get over the bridge in hurry on the
cars. My grandmother's dying. New
York Journal.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-01
Diamonds That Are Safe.

Extremely valuable diamonds are al
most perfectly safe property. A gen.
tleman who possessed one valued at
$50, 900 passed it freely from hand to
hand in large commercial establish
ment, and even allowed a man whom
he knew nothing about to take it out
of the room.
Il should think you would be afraid
that it would be stolen" some one
said.
The owner of the diamond smiled.
Its value is its protection" he said.
"A thief; in order to realize anything
upon that diamond, would have to take
it to a large dealer, and the diamond is
perfectly well known to every such
dealer in America or Europe. 1t would
be recognized and held at once"
But could not the thief have it cut
up into small diamonds, and sold in
that way2"
ITO be cut, it would have to go either
to Amsterdam or to one of two or
three men in America. In either case
it would be found registered, with my
name as its owner 1t would be of no
more real value to the thief than a
lump of coal. Youths Companion.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-01
Letters from the People.
That school Law MIDDLE.

| Ihut Sthooi Law "uuuNs
Mr., Editor; After listening to and
reading extended discussions con-
corning the fix luto which our last leg
islamre has put the back districts
concerning the drawing of the public
money. A plain, every day, old far
mer, this morning, threw out sug-
gestion that, it seemed To me, just hit
the case. 1t is this: "lhe legisla-
lure has no power TO enact back
acting law" The former law told
us, "you meet in your school meet
ings in July, vote twenty-four weeks
school, have the twenty-four weeks
school before next July and you shall
have your share of the public mon
ey." We, upon our part concurred,
we met, we voted the school, we have
had the larger part of the regular
term. If we complete the rest in the
regular time, it is impossible to debar
us from our share of the public mon
ey, at least for what school we have
already held.
Even should this state attempt to
enforce what some deem the literal
Interpretation of our new law, the con-
stitution of the United States would
forbid it, whereas it DEGREES that "no
state shall pass any ex psf facto
law impairing the obligation of con-
tracts" 1t is q clear case of con-
tract, made, agreed to and fulfilled
upon our part, and no law can reach
back and deprive district of what it
has already earned. We are quite
apt to overlook the fact that the pow
er of the Legislature is limited, and
that it must act within certain fixed
bounds else Its acts are absolutely
null and void.
The above fact, in connection with
the fact that the intention Of the law
was to have the public monies regu-
larly distributed, it seems should be
conclusive.
When the public monies are dis
tributed next spring, the share of
such districts as have not completed
their "a weeks shall be reserved until
after July LIST, ard the share of such
as do not complete it then redistribu-
ted. No difficulty whatever lies in
the way, except possibly extra work
for the selectmen who can thereby
find profitable employment for rainy
days.
In case district is fearful of the
the results, arrangements can easily
be made with the Supervisor for the
granting of special term certificate
to some resident of the district fairly
capable of giving instructions, often
times to some thrifty housewife. At
this time of the year kitchen accomo-
dations will answer for most of the
districts, and the salary from one to
three dollars per week including
board. The committee have per-
feet right to arrange for school out
side of the school house. The law
can thus be declared by its own med
icine. 1t is only by severe over
straining and resort to literal inter-
probation that the law is construed
against us anyway. And we imagine
that pnblic sentiment will be such
that no party will dare insist upon
any unjust and wrongful act merely
upon the grounds of doubtful tech
nicality.
M. j. Hapgood,
Peru, Dec. 26, 1890.