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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-04-22
ALIEN LABOR LAW VIOLATED.
A Louisville Firm to be Prosecuted Unde
he Act

the Act.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 1s.-The
Treasury Department is in receipt of a.
report from Special Agent Lester, who
went to Louisville, KY, to investigate
an alleged violation of the alien contract
labor law by William Snead & Co. He:
says that he succeeded in finding four
men who said that the firm of William
Snead & Co., through its agent, Mr
Bonny, of Glasgow, Scotland, had paid
their way, not only from Scotland to,
New York, but also to Louisville. The
agent says the case is clear violation Of
the law. The district attorney expects
to prosecute the offending firm.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-04-22

date representative Of the President
throughout the trip. Secretary Rusk
will accompany the party only as far as
Galveston, to which place he goes for
the purpose of making inquiries con-
corning the presence of Texas fever
onnnU cattle
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-04-22
WRECKED AT A STATION.
Eight Men Are Killed in a Lake Shore AZ
cident.

A frightful wreck occurred on the
Lake Shore Railroad, at Kipton Station,
about forty miles west of Cleveland,
early on the evening of the 18th, in
which six postal clerks and two
engineers were killed. The fast
mail, No. IA, bound east, coll
llded with the Toledo express
just as the latter train was about to pull
on the siding to let the fast mail pass.
The fast mail was running at full speed,
and the force of the collision was SO
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-04-22
Death of Rev. Charles Barrett.

CHICAGO, Ill.,, April 1.-THE Rev.
Charles W. Barrett, professor OF histor-
ical theology in the Biblical Institute at
Evanston, died early this morning of
brigbt's disease of the Kidneys
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-04-22
Fen out ora mime Caoe

IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich, April 15.-Bv
the upsetting of cage in a Shaft al the,
Ludngton mine yesterday morning. An
drew Biom was killed instantly, his head
being severed from his body and both arms
cut off. Three others are severity injured.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-04-22
Big Dry Goods Fire.

Fire at Little Rock, Ark, DESTROYED
the dry goods establishment Of Gus
Blass q Co. The building. which is a
total loss, cost $50, 900. Blass & Co.. s
stock was valued at $500 600
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-04-22
NEWS IN BRIEF.
w. IT. Baker Selected.

w. T. Baker, ex-president of the Chi
cago Board of Trade, was elected presi-
dent of the Worlds Fair Association.
Mr.. Scott, to whom it was offered, posi-
lively declined to accept.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-04-22
CRASH IN A BIG HOTEL
Five Flights of Stairs in the Shoreham
at Washington Fall,

WASHINGTON, d. c., April 1S.-Five
flights of the main staircase of the
Shoreham, VicePresident Morton's
swell hotel, tumbled into the
cellar last evening. Although
the stairway is in constant use it
fortunately happened that no one was
upon it at the time Of the accident.
Twelve families moved out of the hotel
last night. and more are preparing to
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-04-22
SUSPENDS THE FILINGS.

Blow to the Men After the Ashland Tim
Der Lands-Nob1e Knocks Out the Line
-Telesraphing the Receiver to Post
pOne the Opening of the Great Tracts
Intense Excitement Among the Men
After CIaims-SaIes of Positions.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-04-22
GEN. SPINOLA DEAD.
The Weu-Known Congressman Passes
Away in Washington.

Away In Wash1ngtOn.
WASHINGTON, D. G., April 14.-Gen-
F. B. Spinola, member of the House of
Representatives from the Tenth Dis
trict of New York, died twenty-five,
minutes before 2 o'clock this morning.
He had been very i'll at the Arlington
Hotel in this city since the adjournment
of Congress, and at no time had it been
believed he could recover.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-04-22
GIBSON INDICTED.
True Bill Returned Against the Whisky
Trust Society.

Trust Society.
CHICAGO, ILL.,. April 20.-The federal
grand jury returned a true bill this
morning against George J. Gibson, form
er secretary of the Whisky Trust, on
the charge of attempting to bride a gov
eminent officer to blow up Shufeldts
distillery. A capias for Gibson's arrest
was at once issued. 1t is expected that
be will at once come to Chicago from
Peoria and give bail for his appearance
when wanted
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-04-22

great that both engines, three mail cars
and one baggage car were completely
wrecked
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-29
A Diagnosis.

Nature with a lavish hand has en-
dowed the human body with no less
than steen million spots to which an
ache or pain can be attached. When
each one of these spots, both inside
and outside, is filed with hard plati-
mum tipped pain; when your head
aches SO that you are conscious of all
the ruffles and scallops on your brain
just as you see them in the pictures in
your physiology; when your heart
thumps and your stomach wobbles and
you have the feeling that something is
wallowing through your inside works
when your sternum feels stove in and
there is an uneasiness under your
shoulder blades as though your wings
were beginning to sprout; when you are
one moment alive to the finger tips with
thinking of the things you must get up
and do and the next completely ex-
hausted by even the thought of doing
them; when your backbone has the
sensation of being twisted by amonkey
wrench; when you are SO dizzy that
you can't see, and your ears ring, and
your eyes water, and your nose is in
such state that it is presumption to
lay aside your handkerchief for one
short minute; when you cough and
sneeze and groan in turn-in fine, when
you feel like the very deuce-you can
set it down that you have the grip
Chicago Herald.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-29

Book agents, lightning rod men and
insurance agents are generally credit
ed with having an abundance of
cheek but Brattleboro's distinguished
ex-lieutenant governor, Levi X. Full
Ter, can discount the whole possee
and have enough left to face up the
entire Green mountain range. Last
Sabbath he disgusted every sensible
man in that town, who saw the sight,
by marching with the G. A. r. post
from their hall to the church and TAX
ing position in the lead of the pro-
cession, beside the commander.
In the days of the war when all
who honorably belong to the Grand
Army were at the front, this warrior
(God save the mark escaped from a
room in Brattleboro, through scut-
tie hole, just as U. S. Marshal Henry
effected an entrance with crow bar,
and posted himself into New Hamp-
shire where he remained several days,
subsisting on doughnuts kindly given
him by lady. The Marshal had a
writ in his pocket for this fellows ar
rest, the charge being that he was
monkeying with somebody's patent.
Now this impudent piece Of cheek
is a great Grand Army man, the
Post at Brattleboro having disgraced
itself by confering upon him hon
orary membership.
And further:
This same fellow willnext year ask
the patriotic citizens of Vermont to
make him their Governor.
For shame
And will the people do it ?
No!
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-29
To Circumxent Moths,

This is the season when our innocent
looking little enemies, the moths, do
their destructive work-at least this is
the beginning. The small, cream col
ored moths flying around should be de-
stroyed. They do the mischief, deposit
ing numbers of. eggs in woolen and fur
garments, carpets, curtains, upholstered
Notwithstanding escapes them, and
before we know the danger frequently
our most cherished garment is riddled
by these little pests.
The great trouble comes from not put
ting things away clean and free from the
moth eggs. Articles slightly soiled are
certain to attract moths. 1t is therefore
well to wash everything that can be
washed, like fannels and stockings
Coats, cloaks, furs and similar things
should be cleaned and beaten and aired
several times before finally putting away
for the summer. When carpets are kept
down during the summer, tar paper
should be laid under the edges and the
room swept carefully with stiff broom
once in while, particularly the edges
of the carpet, corners and seams.-Chi-
cago News
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-29

Perhaps the most ingenious use of
numbers to convey information is due to
Mr.. Melvil Dewey, state librarian of
New York. He has divided literature
into ten great departments and given
each of them one of the ten numerals.
History, for instance, is represented by
nine, and every historical work has nine
for the first figure in its number.
The second figure denotes the subdi-
vision of history to which work be-
longs; seven as second figure is marked
upon volumes treating of North Amer
ica. Another and similar step gives three
as a third figure for histories of the
United States.
The works of Mr.. George Bancroft, as
Mr.. Dewey would classify them, would
bear the numerals 973. After that num-
Der would come the figures pointing out
the shelf on which the volumes were to
be found. To avoid disarrangement, it
is usual in large libraries to leave ample
room for new additions in each depart
ment; the shelyes are not permitted to
become quite full. ll.-Youth's Companion.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-29
PRICE THREE CENTS.
Fish Charming.

One of the best fish stories told since
the opening of the trout season is now
going through the corridors of the lead
ing hotels, 1t comes from Thomas
Canary, the theatrical manager, and is
being vouched for by Louis Robie
Mr.. Canary spent the winter at st.
Augustine, Fla, and returned to the
city the other day While in the south
the genial Thomas took daily strolls
along the beach to get an appetite for
dinner.
One day he noticed a little colored
boy lying upon his stomach along the
bank Of the river, with his eyes fixed
upon the water. He watched the little
fellow for fully fifteen minutes, but not
a muscle of his body moved. A few
minutes later he saw the boy make a
plunge toward the surface of the water,
and when he appeared again he held
in his hand good sized trout
Tom thought that this was such an
unusual thing that he offered the boy
five cents for every trout he caught
that afternoon. Thomas sat on the
beach and watched the operation. The
boy caught the trout SO fast that Tom,
fearing that he would be bankrupted,
compromised with the lad He de-
clares that his curiosity was pretty ex-
pensive,
1t is rather a common thing to see
trout charming along the banks of the
southern waters. The temperature is
so mild and the water SO clear that one
can walk along the beach and see the
fish jump almost foot above the sur
face of the water.-New York Tele-
gram.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-29

There is lots of trouble in this
world, and just now the old theolo-
gians are having their full share.
The SITTER, believing in religion of
humanity, is not disturbed thereby,
but rather enjoys the fun. There are
heretics and hosts of heretics. The
latest of these is DR.. G. H. Park
hurst of the Madison Square, N.
Y, Presbyterian church. The Rev.
erend doctor threw bombshell into
the old camp last Sunday. The doc
tor objected we quote his words as
reported)"to the idea of tying great
church in live century and country
to man that has been 800 years un-
derground. 1t touches the spot in a
keen, wideawake man where he keeps
his disappointment and his contempt.
Perhaps we can never improve on
Calvin, but it hurts my feelings to
feel that the church that my heart and
my life are bound up in is anchored
to cemetery. Theology is not ripe
yet it has great possibilities in it
there is room within it for infinite ex-
pansion in every direction. And it is
as fatal to it's future to pin it to ar
old name as it would be to pin science
to an old name. The attempt tt
make of Presbyterianism an aggres'
sive, widening, moving power in the
world, and yet to break it's wheel witt
the name of John Calvin or any
other name is like getting into you
carriage with crack of your whiI
and a great show of travel before yor
have loosened your horse from the
hitching post. To tie us to the six
teenth century is an attempt to drive
the Presbyterian buggy with a hitch
horse. And any one who suppose.
that that kind of church in this ag'
of the world is going to dlaw into it
membership great many people, be
sides children before they begin t.
think, and old men and women afte
they have gotten through thinking, il
badly mistaken.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-29
WEST WARDSBORO.

Miss Anna Parsons from Rox-
bury, Mass, has visited her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Parsons.
Mrs. McClery and daughter Edna
and Bert Parsons from st. Louis,
Mo-, are here to spend the summer.
Mrs. Dary's sister and husband,
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy, with two children
from Adams, Mass, have visited
her recently. They were very much
pleased with the place and people.
Mrs. P. A. Perry reports very
pleasant meeting at So. Newfane.
While passing over the hills Wednes-
day morning snow banks were seen,
but they had vanished Friday.
Daniel Harris, who has been away,
has returned to H. A. Waits.
Rev. E. B. Earle will next Sun
day morning preach a sermon espe-
cially for soldiers.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-29
ODDS AND ENDS.

At the present day ton of diamonds
is worth about 97, 10000
School children in Victoria, Australia,
are carried on the street cars free.
Steamboats,, it is reported, will soon
be running on the Sea of Galilee.
A handful of -four bound on a Sc
we're cut will often stop the bleeding
There is only one sudden death
among women to every eight among
men.
Some lend their hearts much as they
do their money, with pretty heavy
interest.
Rev. R. L. Kidd, Canadian evan
geiist, boasts that he can recite the en-
tire Bible from memory.
The degree of success obtained may
often be ascertained by the amount of
jealousy which it arouses.
The 'fool's slipper" has a pointed
toe, with high point up the back and
another one over the instep.
London has 200, 900 factory girls, the
majority of whom are only able to make
bob" day-$1. so a week.
The Greeks and Romans during the
prime of their republics contented
themselves on one meal day.
The Chinese and Thibetans have a
week of five days, named after iron,
wood, water, feathers and earth.
Any one who has been scalded by
steam should be taken to warm room,
and the parts scalded drenched by cold
water.
By actual count $50 young women
have taken up timber claims in West
ern Washington during the past siz
months.
The bank of Scotland issued one
pound notes as early as 1704, and their
issue has since been continued without
interruption.
In the United States there are 2, 800.
900 hives belonging to 70, 900 bee grow
ers and producing 81, 600, 900 pounds Of
honey yearly.
A Jackson (Mich.) man, recently
married, celebrated the event by treat
ing his friends to bread tickets. He
passed them instead of cigars.
! Professor Boys shows that the heat
of the lunar rays can be definitely de
termined as $50, 900 times greater thar
those of a candle twenty feet away.
A good handful of rock salt added t.
the bath is the next best thing to an
ocean Dip" and a gargle of a veal
solution is good and ever ready rem
edy for sore throat
Water has been discovered in the
Sahara Desert at about 120 feet below
the surface. This is the first time tha
a supply of water has been found il
that locality at so slight depth.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-29
Pronouneing Modern Greek.

AS many may know the pronunciation
of the modern Greek language is by ac-
cent, and not by quantity, as in England
and America has been the custom with
ancient Greek ever since the time of
Erasmus, the Dutch precursor of Martin
Luther. Of late years the American
schools have been pronouncing more and
more by accent, and the custom has even
invaded England and Germany. Now
it seems that the German scholars in
Athens, noticing the interest taken by
the young emperor in matters of educa-
ton, have petitioned him to make the
pronunciation in German schools con-
form to the usage of the modern Greeks.
Were this done it would be much easier
for a German in Greece to understand
the spoken language, which he can read
easily in the newspapers, but cannot
comprehend when he hears it at his ho-
tel.-Boston Advertiser.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-29
Ears.

If your ears burn, people say some one
is talking about you. This is very old,
for Pliny says, "When our ears do glow
and ringle, some do talk of us in our alb
sence."
Shakespeare, in much Ado About
Nothing" makes Beatrice say to Ursula
and Hero, who had been talking of her.
"What fire is in mine ears?"
Sir Thomas Browne ascribes this con-
ceit to the superstition of guardian an
gels, who touch the right ear if the talk
is favorable, and the left if otherwise
This is done to cheer or warn.
One ear tingles, some there be
That are snarling now at me.
Detroit Free Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-29
Remembering His Enemies


Mr.. Edward Wortley Montagu, son Of
the famous Lady Mary, endeavored to
be very sarcastic in his last will and tes-
lament. After some Insignificant be-
quest "To my noble and worthy relation
the earl of -" he adds: 81 do not give
his lordship any further part of my
property, because the best part of that
he has contrived to take already. Item
TO Sir Francis - give one word OF
mine, because he never had the good for
tune to keep his own. Item-To Lord
NJ. 1 give nothing, because know he
will bestow that on the poor. Item-Tc
Sir Robert W. leave my political opin-
ions, never doubling he can well turn
them into cash who has always found
such an excellent market for his own.
All the Year Round.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-29
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

WE, the Subscribers, being duly appointed
by the Hon. Probate Court for tile District OF
Westminster, Commissioners to receive, ex
anime and adjust all claims and demands OF
all persons against the estate of JOHN
G. WALKER, late of Londonderry in said
District, deceased, and also all claims and de-
mands exhibited in Offset thereto; and six
months from the LIST day of May 1891, being
allowed by said Court for that purpose, we do
therefore hereby give NOTICE, that we will at
tend to the business of our said appointment at
the residence of John G Walker in Londonderry
in said District, on the first Saturday in June
and last Saturday in October next, from ten
O'Clock, A. NJ, until four O'Clock, Pm, on each
of said days.
wmf :; b, y W4IF: GIFsos Commissioners.
JOHN G. WALKER, Admir-.
Londonderry, Vt, May Il, A. D., 1891.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-29

The original package business re-
ceived a black eye last Monday from
the U. S. Supreme Court. The court
affirmed the constitutionality of the
original package law passed by the
last Congress, and held that it was
not necessary for State to re-enact
its prohibitory law. 1t is well
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-29

When you make up your mind to take
Hoods Sarsaparilla do not be induced to
buy some other preparation instead
Clerks may claim that ''ours is as good as
Hoods" and all that, but the peculiar merit
of Hoods Sarsaparilla cannot be equaled.
Therefore have nothing to do with sub.
stitutes and insist upon having Hoods
Sarsaparilla, the best blood purifier and
building-up medicine.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-29

A hog train was derailed on the
Central Vermont road about a mile
north of Ludlow station Monday,
delaying traffic on the road the remain
der of the day. The cause of the ac-
cident is supposed to have been a
broken wheel, as one was found
broken through the center. No one
was injured. About 20 hogs were
killed.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-29

STATE OF VERMONT,
Westminster, ss
BY the Probate Court for said district, TO an
persons interested in the estate OF r. :
Carleton late of Londonderry in SAID district,
deceased, greeting. You are hereby notified
that this Court will decide upon the allowance OF
the account of c. B. Carleton, administrator
on said estate, and decree distribution thereof to
the persons entitled at the session thereof to be
held at the inn of A. f Coombs in Townshend
ON the Sd day of June A. D. 1891 when ana
where you may be heard in the premises If you
soc rouse. Chas. B. Eddy, Register.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-29

A prominent merchant says: 81
have sold Megrimine for over a year
and guaranteed it to cure any head
ache without bad after effects and
nave not found single case it did
lot relieve" Samples free. The
DR.. Whitehall Megrimine Co., South
Bend, Ind. Sold by 6. G. Smith. !.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-29

Brattleboro's evening daily is COM
planning that somebody is stealing its
locals. Why, dear brother Times,
the SITTER has stood that thing for
over seven years. But it has wound
the little bobbin up now. Hereafter
every devil will stand in his own wash
tub.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-29

Megrimine is the only guaranteed
permanent cure for headache an6
neuralgia. Relieves in 20 to 80 min
utes. A great blood cleanser and
stimulant that in time positively cures.
Sold by Geo. G. Smith, druggist.
Sample free, The DR.. Whitehall
Megrimine Co., South Bend, Ind.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-29
The sitter Wants to Know,

If the Italians should effect land
ing on the Onion river and undertake
to march through Vermont, could the
Vermont militia head them off
And if they couldn't would Fuller's
battery be available p?
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-29

The Charlestown reported to the
navy department on Wednesday from
Callao, Peru. She had seen nothing
of the Itata, and will now join the
American squadron in Chilian waters.
1t is believed that the insurgent craft
will run in and peacefully surrender.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-29
BIRTHS.

In Londonderry, May 16, son to Mr.
and Mrs. Fred M. Parker. Weight lbs.
In Jamaica, May 26, son to Mr.. and
Mrs. Almon Bliss.
In Winhall, May 2l, a daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Woodell.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-29
For Sale.

Two of the most valuable farms in
southern Vermont, conveniently situated
in west part of Windham, nearly SOC
acres, under high state of cultivation,
adjoining and could be conveniently run
together, good buildings, best running
spring water to barns and house. Heavily
timbered. Would sell together OF
separately. Price about one half value.
Terms easy. Apply to A. Z. Dution on
the premises or G. H. Dutton, Worces-
ter, Mass.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-29

There are great many Shiny
things in this world-two legged and
otherwise.