The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-12-28
LATEST NEws-srArE and aENER AL

shade Roller company on the lake
front at the foot of Cherry street.
A20-mile gale from the south drove
the flames with great fury to the large
lumber piles lying for mile to the
north and owned by j, r. Booth.
In 10 minutes from the sounding of
the first alarm an acre of lumber was
in flames, and beyond rescue. In 80
minutes 20 car loads of freight had
besl reached by the flames, the round
house of the Central Vermont rail-
road and five carloads of coal were
attacked and consumed.
In the midst of the flames and on
the lake front stood the pumping
station of the Burlington city water
works.
Ten streams of water were put upon
the building and for four hours it was
fight to save it, but it was accom-
plished.
The flames swept everything in
their path until the great planning
.rills and box factory of w. and d.
6. Crane, where the department by
an almost superhuman effort broke
the progress of the fire at AS Tues
day morning.
The entire department with rail.
road piece of available apparatus was
at work in Is minutes after the first
alarm, aided by the steamer from Wi
nooski, which arrived at IL is.
The midnight train from the north
was denied passage by the chief of
the fire department and returned to
Wmooski and the passengers convey
ed the city by team. The foreman
of the Boxer Engine company was
injured and conveyed in the ambu-
lance TO his home. Several other
firemen were slightly injured.
| The loss will probably exceed
500, 600.
Samuel c. Seelv, the defaulting
bookkeeper of the National Shoe and
Leather bank, who pleaded guilty to
an indictment against him for de-
frauding the bank by making false
entries and converting the money to
his own use, was arraigned before
Judge Benedict in the United States
court Monday for sentence. The
specific sum mentioned in the indict-
ment as misappropriated by Seely is
only $3.50, though his populations
from the bank for the benefit of Fred
erick Baker aggregated 1884, 900.
| Seely informed the directors of the
Shoe and leather bank that he would
give them all the information in his
power to help them to trace Bakers
missing check and aid them as far as
he was able to straighten out the
I%angled accounts, even if he got SEN
| fenced for 10 years.
/ Seely was sentenced to eight years
in the Kings county penetentiary.
i Charges Of corruption are being
freely made against the police force
of Atlanta, Ga.
Emil Nosseck was kicked to death
at Detroit, Mich, by five young mer
who insulted a woman Nosseck was
escorting TO a car. Nosseck resented
the action of the men and the assault
followed. The murderers are under
arrest.
Il The statements of the smelters OF
| Leadville for. 1894 show that the bull.
| lion product from Leadville ores du-
ring 1894 amounts to $4,000
The gold output for the year is ST..
934, 240. The tonnage of this camp
for the year is 562,907 tons of ore
an increase over 1898 of %, 900 tons
A deputy marshal of the Distric
of Columbia Supreme court waited
on Commissioned of Internal revenue
Miller at Washington Monday morn.
ing and served the papers upon hin
in connection with the injunction suit
filed on Saturday by John G. Moore
of New York, restraining the collec
ton of the income tax.
Annie Lindblake, aged 16 years
shot and killed herself in brooklyn
Monday because her mother objected
to her marrying.
Superintendent Byrnes of the New
York city police force issued an or
4 der Monday prohibiting the polio.
from riding free on elevated Or street
cars. They are forbidden to accep
any free transportion or frankins
privileges.
! A Washington special says: Rep
resentative Springer, who after p
years of service in the House, will re-
tire after this session of Congress, il
reported to be slated for judgeshiI
of the Court of Appeals.