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Tombstone epitaph., 1891-12-27
A ROMAN BLIZZARD.

RoME-While 200 laborers were re- turning from work on the Sul & Isern R, R. fhey were overtaken by terri ble snow storm which blockaded the progress of the train and showed the entire party under. 15 bodies have been recovered and many more are missing. Not over 50 escaped.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-12-27

that if the Southern Pacific could get a roadbed already graded, the long looked flor direct eastern outlet from San Diego, wonld speedily become an accomplished fact.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-12-27

LOS ANGELES POSTMASTER. WASHING -oN-The President this morning sent to the senate the name of Henry Van Dusan for postmaster at Los Angeles.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12
All Sorts.
The empress of Austria, who suffers
much from rheumatism, has lady
doctor in attendance.

The empress of Austria, who suffers
much from rheumatism, has lady
doctor in attendance.
Ex-senator Warner Miller is said to
receive $3.50 a year as president of
the Nicaragua canal company.
Sir Edwin Arnold's favorite diver
sion while in Japan was a weekly kite
flying party to which each guest
brought his own kite.
A Pennsylvania Judge has decided
that piano playing is manual labor.
When j. M. Mosley of Jesup, Ca,
went out the other morning to look at
his otter traps he was much surprised
findingin them two big gray eagles.
The German cavalry will try the
horse shoes made of compressed pa
per. 1t is thought they will be better
than the iron ones.
1t is said that United States Treas
urer Huston hastened his resignation
some what in order to allow the presi-
dent to appoint successor before
the senate should adjourn.
An Indianapolis church member
who subscribed to church building
fund tried to get out of it by claiming
that the contract was illegal, as it was
made on Sunday, but the court has
decided he must pay up.
Gov. Jones of Alabama has arrang-
ed with the state commission of agri-
culture to procure for him trees frox
all the most notable battlefelds OF
Virginia,t to be transplanted to the cap.
itol g rounds at Montgomery.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12

Postmaster General Wanamaker
has been in consultation with Senator
Frye and Maj. Farquhar, looking to
the enforcement of the postal subsidy
act. 1t will not be long before circu-
lar is issued announcing the terms and
conditions by which the 81 100000
authorized to be expended shall be
distributed. 1t is understood Mr.. Wan
amaker will begin with the lines whose
steamers ply between the ports of the
United States and those of South
American nations. This is directly in
accordance with the plans of those
who desire to supplement the recipro-
cities with transportation facilities for
American goods. Mails across the
Pacific and to South American coun-
tries will, it is believed, be carried by
American steamships alone within the
next year.
We congratulate the self respecting
republicans of Burlington On having
most emphatically repudiated Booth
ism atTuesdays election. Judge Ha-
selton, the democratic candidate for
mayor, having been given 1862 maj.
Thus was Booth and his Doodle meth.
DDS most unqualiiedly condemned. II
was great day and great victory fol
decency and honesty in politics. =
Hardwick Gazette.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12
The News of the Day.
Terrible Accident to a Fast Express.

Terrible Accident to Fast Express.
Peoria, ILL.,, March 9.-The Jack
sonville southeastern fast passenger
train over the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe, which left here at 80
this morning, met with terrible ac-
cident at Havana, Al miles south of
here.
The train consisted of a baggage
aa.aszEss'naeh, chair car and two sleepers
and was an hour and half late owing
to the storm which ragged all night.
AT Havana there is a sharp curve a
mile and half from the depot and
the engine struck the curve at the
switch and left the track. All the
cars followed, piling up in great con-
fusion.
The half-dressed passengers clam
bered out of the windows and through
the roof Of the demolished cars, and
hastened barefoot through the sleet
and over the icy roads to the nearest
houses.
Fireman Sadler was instantly killed.
Engineer George Birkenhead of this
city had one arm and a leg cut off.
The others injured are: Edward
Hemmell of Peoria, burned and bad
ly bruised; Walter Conover of Man
ito, ILL.,, left arm torn out and fatal
injuries Charles Mulvaney of Stea-
tor, ILL.,, back and head smashed,
will die; Miss Emma Rushton of St.
Louis, seriously bruised; Express
Messenger Bates of Chicago, left
foot torn off and badly bruised Frank
P. Lewis of Peoria, seriously jam
med in the breast.
Conductor M. J. Kennedy and G..
L. Hughes, brakeman, were also in
jured by being thrown against the
car seats when the wreck occurred.
The wreck Immediately took fire
and burned with great rapidity, the
corpse of Mrs. Wood in the bag
gage car being oremated.
1t was with the utmost difficulty
that some of the passengers were
rescued and one or two were severely
burned. The loss to the company,
| including the death and accident
claims, will not fall short of 500, 900.
An unusually small number of pas
sengers were aboard the train. The
people in the sleepers were not in
jured, but had to make their way on
foot for mile through the terrible
storm to shelter without shoes or any
clothing.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12

At the dinner of Vermonters in
Brooklyn March 4, Hamilton Orms-
bee, formerly of Rutland and now OF
the Brooklyn Eagle, in response to a
toast to the press, among other things,
said:
"What Eagle scream be never
so eloquently; what Sun, tho it
shine for all; what Tribune on its
tower of judgment, can compare in
interest for the son of Vermont with
those little papers which the postman
brings us on Friday afternoon How
eagerly we read them from the column
of personals upon the fourth page
backward to the poem at the begin
ming of the first" The speaker here
enumerated dozen or more State
papers concluding with "the LONDON
DERRY SIFTER-if that vivacious little
journal is still sifting-we read them
from editorials to advertisements. y
We beg to assure brother Ormsbee
that the SITTER sis still sifting," and
that since he saw it 1t has become an
all-home print and is growing every
day-and as saucy as ever.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12
Floods and SHOWS.

Leadville, March 9.-The San
Juan country is literally buried in
snow from one end to the other.
The Conejos range is impossible.
The people of the San Juan on the
other side of the Ouray are literally
penned in, and there is likely to be a
famine in some places unless the
blockade is soon raised.
Communication between Durango
and Silverton, at the terminus of the
Rio Grande, is entirely cut off. The
Animas cannon is completely filled
with snowslides, which have buried
the railroad far out of sight. Be-
tween SHyerton and Ouray traffic is
out of the question. Otto Mears'
s'Rainbow route" to Ironton is aban-
doned. Silverton is therefore as
much cut off from the outside world
as if it never existed. Durango is in
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12
Something Worth Having.

This week the Dana Sarsaparilla Co.
sends to the head of every family in the
State(excepting in places of over 5000
Inhabitants, where they distribute through
Agents. )a package containing Three Pa
pers, that are veritable works of art, CON
tanning Prize Poems, Acrostics, Draw
ings,etc., and over Fifty Genuine Testi-
monials of the most wonderful cures ever
wrought; nothing like these Papers were
ever sent out for free distribution before.
Call at the Post Office and get the one
sent you, or you will miss present worth
having.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12
MISTER FILLER.

Here is little item running around to the eff.
feet that Mr.. Fuller of Brattleboro is to be the
next governor of Vermont.-Rutland Herald.
Mr.. Fuller, indeed! And is this
fame? Here is man whose very
throb of life has evolved a great in
vention or a heroic deed, stabbed to
the heart by a journalistic fiend.
Shame on the stabber Why, just look
at his record In early life he invented
the aurora borealis; later in life
played the acrobat through Saturn's
rings and knocked out the star of
Bethlehem waged vigorous war on
tyranical U. S. Marshals, and while
doing it sat on log in the woods OF
North Hinsdale and eat doughnuts
hurled back Picket and his rebel
hords at Gettysburg; since the wal
has devoted his energy and great tai
ents and oceans of money, made pos
sible by Jacob Estey's brains, in
ameliorating the conditionof his com.
rades in arms has lately been lieu
tenant-governer of Vermont, and
now is Colonel commanding three OF
Uncle Sans steel guns. And here
comes the Rutland Herald, the lead
ing daily of the state, and deliberate
ly dubs him Mr.. Fuller. The Her
aid should apologize at once or be glib.
bited by an outraged people.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12
Life of General sherman.

No literary announcement of the year
is of greater interest to the general public
than that of comprehensive Life of
General Sherman, which is about to be
published and sold through agents by the
noted house of Hubbard Brothers, of
Philadelphia. Admirable biographies of
Grant and Sherman, complete to the time
of their death, are already familiar to the
public, but life of third great COM
mander, to finish the series, has been
lacking. The various biographies of
Sherman hitherto published have neces-
sarily been incomplete and even his own
memoirs, written in 1875, said almost
nothing of his intensely interesting early
life, and not a word of course, of the
more than twenty years of social activity
and fraternity with old comrades since the
war.
The work which is now to be issued
will splendidly supply the widely felt
demand for history Of the great strategic
commander. 1t is being written by
Willis Fletcher johnson, whose ability
as historian is familiar to the reading
public of America through his former
unusually popular works, which have
had millions of readers, and the sales of
their vast editions enriched an army of
book agents he is aided by Maj. Gen. O.
o. Howard, man of fine literary attain
ments, who knew Sherman better than
any other of his comrades now living,
and ranked next but one to him in the
army. That this history of Sherman, the
last of the great generals, will surpass all
Others in popularity is not to be doubted.
1t will doubtless be the best life of the
great chieftain published, and we predict
for it wonderful popularity.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12

The Bristol manufacturing company
of Bristol will add another building to
the works during the coming season.
1t will be 80 by IS feet and three sto-
ries high. A church, creamery, several
tenement houses and some five resi-
dences will also be built in Bristol this
year.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12
A Shocking Suicide.

r. M. Clay, Of Brattleboro, an
employe of the Cemetery Association
committed suicide yesterday by hang
ing himself in the hearse house. Mr..
Clay was in his 49th year and man
well to do and a respected citizen.
No reason for the act is known, al
though it had been noticed for sever
al days that he was quite respondent.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12

ed INTO mercantile commodity known as
pearl ash or soda. Some of the older in
habitants still remember It,
*Dr. Lazelle is supposed to have taught
the first school in town in the house of
David (not Daniel as some printed ac-
counts have it) Cochran, Joseph Ough-
terson and Hugh Montgomery.
HIsToRICUs.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12

Windham County Court convened
at Newfane on Tuesday, Judge R.
S. Taft presiding. The first case
called was Watson S. French VS.
John B. Ware ct ais, and is now on
trial. This is an action brought to
recover damages for injuries alleged
to have been received by plaintiff at
at the hands of defendants.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12

The Franklin county creamery asso-
citation have just received a 40-horse
power engine and 75-horse power boil
er, which will be set up in their new
building in few days.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12

George H. Bartlett, formerly of
Bristol, has been appointed general
superintendent of the Walter A. Wood
moving and reaping machine company
at Hoosick Falls, n. Y.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12

The New Haven railway directors
including Chauncey Depew are under
1000 bail to answer for the recent
tunnel disaster.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12

The third annual reunion of the 7th
Vermont Regiment was held at Rut-
land Tuesday.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12

Brattleboro is to have daily pa
per. 1t will probably whoop-er-up
for "our Levi" Wont that be jolly
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12
The Surin. Medicine,

The popularity which Hoods Sarsaparilla has
gained as spring medicine is wonderful. II
possesses just those elements of health-giving
blood dpurifyiDg and appetite-restoring which
everybody seems to need at this season. Do not
continue in dull tired, unsatisfactory condition
when you may be so much benefited by Hoods
Sarsaparilla. 1t purifes the blood and makes
the weak strong.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12

Copies of this paper can be OBJ
tanned at Carpenters Nea0s Rooms
in BraHleboro,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12

The parliamentary election in Can
ada resulted in small majority for
the government.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12

Elaborate preparations are being
made for the banquet which the Ethan
Allen hose company of Burlington are
to hold at the Welden house, Burling-
ton, soon.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12

The British Isle is buried in snow.
Railway trains and all means of travel
are at 6 stand still.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12

How great is the influence of Ver-
mont-Congress adjourned with q
ghost dance.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12

-THE|
.lL0ND0NlERRY:sSIFTER:l I
HENRY M. SHANKs, PUBLISHER.

Terms, S1.OO Year, Strictly in
advance. Persons outside of Windham
County who receive the paper in single
wrappers must send 10 cents in addition
to pay for wrappers and postage.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12
Teachers, Examinations.

The spring examinations of teach
ers for this county will be held as
follows.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12

1t takes your strength, You arise more
exhausted than when you retired More
than all it often times leads to serious re-
suits.
NV Universal Cough Syrup will cure
nine cases out of ten. 1t is made from
Roots, Herbs, Barks and Gums. No opl-
um or injurious substance of any kind
enters into it. 1t will not harm a child.
1 have sold it for ten years. 1t gives ex-
cellent satisfaction. The bottle is large !
the price is small.
G, G. SMITH.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12

Gov. Page has appointed Supervisor
E. A. Hasseltine of Bristol county ex-
aminer for Addison county.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12

An Ohio four-year-old boy took an
intense dislike to his baby sister, and
the other day bit off the big toe of the
infants right foot.
Miss Wilson, a cultivated young
lady, daughter of the assistant rector
of prominent New York church, has
joined the Salvation Army
Virginia, North Carolina and Tenn
essee raise an average of 100000
bushels of peanuts year.
The annual value of the crop averaged
50, 100000 for the last four years.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12

AS-Entered at the Postofice at So. London.
as second class matter.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12

Teachers whose certificates expire
this summer should take this exami-
nation. There will be no other until
fall.
G. p. HALL,
County Examiner,
Brattleboro, March 5, 1891.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12

lvGW lUlA D[Ulu
Offers yon this week the following
Bargains:
Ladies' blk all wool Hoes 10
cents Il pair, worth 2jc.
Ladies' blk cotton Hoes, Sc.
fast black.
Ladies' Cloth Jackets, $1.5O.
Mems Jersey Shirts, lace front, 75
Mems red all wool Shirts and
drawers, 75c.
Mems heavy brown duck over
alIs, 29c a pair.
Misses Cloaks, $1.OO to $3.50.
Boys Overeoats, 81. 90 to $500
Light Prints, fast cOlOrs, &c.
10 at. Dish Pans, i2c.
10 at. Tin Pals, l3c.
decorated Chamber Pals,
with cover, 25c.
Tin Nutmeg Graters, 1c.
Tubular Lanterns, 29c.
Dust Pans, full sixe, SC.
Bluing, large boxes, lc.
Shoe Polish, worth SC at 10.
Library or hanging Lamps, complete,
S1.4O.
Glass Sauce Plates, 6 for IOc
Plated Tea Spoons, 6 for Zoe.
90 feet clothes lines, big bnrgainS, &c.
each.
Gilt Band China Egg Cups, &c.
Large Size TIN Wash Dishes &c.
Mems Woonsocket Rubber Boots, 2.25
TDo Good Brooms, for 25c.
Hamburg EmbrOideries,
Large lot. beautiful goods, bought at
bargain, selling for half their value
500 yard spool cotton, for basting, lc a
spool Decorated Tea Sets, Sc Pieces.
Decorated Toilet Sets, 10 Pieces.
Our 25c Jap Tea suits every one,
100 lbs. cut plug Tobacco, 2oc. a pound
We invite your attention to our Stock
of Dress Goods, Prints, Underwear,
Clothing, Hosiery, Fancy Goods,
| Crockery, Glassware, Groce-
ries and Flour.
| Terms Cash or No Trade.
IBLACKMER'S
New York Store,
ancheste,r Depot, VT.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12

the same predicament, for the snow
has blocked the range at a place call
ed Cumbres.
Chicago, March 9.-Dispatches
from many points in western Iowa,
Nebraska and South Dakota report
one of the heaviest snowstorms of the
season, accompanied in Nebraska
and Dakota by high winds. The
storm began early Saturday evening.
Several points report that the snow is
drifting badly and train service on
several roads is delayed, The same
storm was general throughout western
and northern Kansas. East of the
Mississippiriver it took the form of
sleet and rain. st. Cloud, Mimi,
reports drifts from to 20 feet deep
on the prairies, and in many localities
the drifts are 10 feet deep, In the
vicinity of Winterest, Ia, II inches
of snow fell. Immense drifts fill the
roads and tavel is almost impossible.
The town of Enterprise is inunda-
ted to large extent, the water flow
ing through the streets with the veloc-
ity of a river and 10 many instances
coming in the stores. The flood has
no parallel save in the memorable
year of 1871. 1t will perhaps be two
days before traffic will be resumed.
Meridian, Miss, March 9.-The
cloudburst of Saturday night did i'm
mense damage to all the railroads en-
tering this city, and no trains have
come in or gone out today except one
on the Alabama & Great Southern
railroad. The Northeastern railroad
is washed out between this city and
Enterprise and it is reported that the
iron bridge is foot out of line.
Nashville, Tenn, March 9.-The
Cumberland river is several feet above
the danger line here and is rising at
an alarming rate. Experienced river
men are predicting that the greatest
food ever known will be experienced
here by Tuesday night.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12
Sitter John. Editor.

THURSDAY EVE, MAR. 12, 1891.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12

Run on Grocery Store.
People can be seen every day 60
inc to D. B. Goddard's for bars of
Brussels soap for 80 cents.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-03-12

the same predicament, for the snow
has blocked the range at a place CALI
ed Cumbres.
Telegram-herald., 1891-04-26
TELEGRAPHIc BagyITIEs

The chic republican convention has
been 6zsd fo~ June IS al Colune bus
Gen. =. @ Van Csve, ar old rssideu1
Of Minneapolis. G-ed Friday night of
Pneoa2on-as 2ssa ell
Tre1 &eIsrter, aged years. Of Elk
horn As, lassoed calf aad was
1Fsggsd t1-l his nsex VAS broken
The fra term n Danslle, II, Of the
Cnilsa State ocGrt VIA convene O.
Nay !. judge Ansn VII preside
L. Pigeott, who stole Is, 600 sheep and
thirty horseS ia Texas aud sold them
for sss. eos, was captured in Halifax
The banks Of Duouque, la. have
made arrangements for the establish
Iaeat OF Z clearing house in that city.
II is estimated that l0,s7s men 81
various trades will either strike or be
locked on, in Pittsburgh, Pa, May l.
workingmen ia all the principal
cities Of Europe are making great
preparations Tor an eight-honr demon
s.ra.ion May /.
Samuel B. Dillon, of Piats county,
III, was drowned in the eanganoa
river while crossing the stream with
team Of horses.
Extensive deposits OF quartz carrying
from 10 per eeat OF nickel have
been discovered IN the Harvey City dis
triet Of the Black Hills
Nelson Gray. desperate awaiting
trial at Versailles, Ky. was shot
through the head aaa l1illsd by Jailer
Hal while attempting 10 escaPe.
Oh SO. years old, by Nu,wooa OH.
OF SO so. e:lsts, was sold Thursday by
| II. l.. and r. ID. Stout. OF Dubuque. Ia.
| TO Angus Cameron, of Ia Crosse, Wis,
for sls,eo
After adopting q plan for raising
500. oco - defray the expenses ot the
Kansas exhibit at tie worlds fair in
1868 The worlds fair convention ct
Topeka adjourned Friday.
At Lomax. Seb., two farmers en-
gagged in a quarrel which resulted in a
murder. Ben Young struck j. II. BUS
sell with spade, fracturing his skull,
and ne died from the effects of the
blow.
! Ex-senator n. p. Hill, of Colorado,
denied Friday that he was candidate
! for Secretary Froctors position. Secrc.
tary Proctor is soon to resign, il is said,
10 enter the race for Edrlunds' seat in
the senate.
Two thousand union carpenters at st.
Louis haze resolved TO strike on May !
unless the bosses accede to their dc.
mand OF forty cents an hour. All plans
have been carefully laid, and the strug-
gle promises to be determined.
4 disastrous fire is in progress in the
Collins zeal mines At Coatvillc, Ia, aad
the woTkrren have been driven from
the mines by the gas and smoke. AL
attempts TO get at the fire have beer
fruitlcss. The origin is mystery.
The banks of Oshkosh, Wis, have
taken in many counterfeit silver dol
lars of the iscac of 1884. Ii is said thai
he parties who are showing the
queer" in that city wholly ply thcil
trade in saloons, as the counterfeits ars
all found in the deposits made by thu
Solocn
Telegram-herald., 1891-04-26

Many Families Evietsd by Oeicers In the
Coke Regions.

Many Families Evicssd by OEicsrs In the
Coke Regions.
ScorrpALE, Pa, April 25 There
was more excitement At the coke
works Friday as result OF the many
evictions than there has been for many
months. Deputy Crawford, with
large body Of assistants and guarded
by Company c. began throwing out
dozen families at Whites in
the morning. Including one in
the notorious Soup house" The
evicting party then marched to Nor
gan's, attended by several hundred
strikers. At the very outskirts wild
eyed Hun struck Deputy Hull with q
stone. This was followed by shower
OF stones from . gang of children.
House No. 5, occupied BY Michael
McEnery, q local leader. was
soon reached, and Company
c formed circle about It,
keeping back the crowd that now had
grown TO enormous proportions Mrs.
McEnery was in delicate health, but
when Deputy Dickson grabbed chair
she Acw at him, when he lost his
head, drew two bulldog revolv-
ers. and after calling her a vile name
threatened 70 shoot. Cries OF
shame" and coward from guards
and strikers alike overawed the
fellow sand he skunk away. The
woman amused herself by humping
Deputy Skyles on the ribs with jug,
then sat down amidst her household
goods in tine road and wept contcnted-
ly. Then the deputies went to Summit,
where sixteen families were unhoused
without much trouble.