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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-09-07
TERRIBLE FOREST FIRES.


over oUU Fer1Bn IN M1hnebOths
Pine City, Mimi, Sept. 2.-Three
towns, Hinckley, Mission Creek and
Pokegama, in the valley between the
Kettle river and Cross lake, have been
laid waste, including several villages
and settlements. Besides the towns
that were reduced to ashes, farms
were swept clean by the flames. The
forests are still burning fiercely and
rain is required to drown the fires that
are sweeping over vast region.
Whole families have been crema-
ted. In some instances only one or
two men escaped from town to tell
Of the destruction. They saved their
lives by running to small lakes or hid
ing in potato fields, and reached Pine
City more dead than alive. The dead
are being picked up by the score and
brought here. Searching parties are
penetrating the burned district, but
find only the chMred remains Of the
inhabitants.
Conservative reports tonight place
the total number killed in the fires at
800 at least, with the number of
wounded at as many more, number
of whom will die. Nothing like COM
plete lists of the dead or injured are
obtainable at this hour. One hun.
bred and forty-three charred bodies
have been recovered at Hincley and
As at Sandstone.
Rev. H. Knudson, Presbyterian
minister of Hinckley, tells graphic
story of the fire which swept down or
the town. He says that hundreds Of
those who persisted in the flames migf
have been saved had they kept away
from the river. The people lost thei
heads and stampeded, trying to es
cape by leaping saddle horses.
He took hilltop and when the fir
passed over found himself in charre(
desert, surrounded by hundreds O
dead, while those who survived wer'
far from help, with nothing to ca
or drink. At Hinckley the bodies
are being piled in the graveyard ant
will be buried as soon as possible
Every effort is made to identify tn
dead. There are hundreds of peopl
in Pine City.
| Other towns which fell prey t.
the flames were Sandstone Junction
Cromwell, Shell Lake and Miller
The fre-swept region which suffered
the worst is embraced in the Mime
sofa counties of Pine and Kennebe
and Burnett county, Wis.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-09-07
ODDS AND ENDS.

Dead porcupines make better fuel than
wood
The British museum has 7S2 histories
Of England, covering every age Of Its
growth.
February is the month in which the
greatest number Of births occur; In
June the fewest
One Of the longest scrostios known
was the work Of Boccaecio Il was .
poem Of 80 cantos .....
Virgil devoted II years to his
"Enead" and then deemed it SO imper.
feet at his death that he ordered it to be
burned.
Here is an incident for police court
novel: A Georgia bunko steerer found
that his intended victim was his long
lost brother.
Professor Maybridge, the pioneer In.
vestigator Of animal locomotion by
means Of instantaneous photographs,
will soon turn his attention to the light
Of insects and birds.
A museum now being built at Ley
den, Netherlands, will be the largest in
the world next to the British museum.
Within its walls space will be provided
for so, 900 stuffed birds
Chicago has new grain elevator
which dwarfs its neighbors. It cost
1896, 900 and has capacity Of I, 500, 900
bushels. 1t has its own water, light and
fire extinguishing system.
"Weel, friends" said Scottish cler-
gyman recently, "the kirk is urgently
In need Of siller, and rs we have failed
to get money honestly we will have to
see what bazaar can do for u.s."
Ex-President William Henry Harri.
sons grave at North Bend, O., Is in a
wretched condition. The masonry is
decaying, the woodwork has almost rot
ted away, and the whole place bears a
look Of desolation.
According to recently published sta
tistics, emanating from the grand chan
celery Of the Legion Of Honor Of
France, the present number Of legion
olIco ou eAo pay ioiA 10 oV,oOob eahu ohe
total Of the emolutions amounts to
Q, 500, 900 francs.
A dog belonging to John Murray Of
Manchester, O., wandered away ID
years ago. Not trace Of him was
found, and he had long been forgotten
until few days ago, when the animal
returned with the widest demonstra.
lions Of pleasure.
A railroad which the Germans have
built in Asia Minor, extending from
Ismid, harbor about 60 miles east OF
Constantinople, east by south 800 miles
to Angora, has as little wood in it per
haps as any in the world. Not only the
rails and bridges, but the ties and tele
graph poles, are of iron.
Not everybody seems to know thai
Ellen Terry's first husband was Mr.
George Frederic Watts, the eminent ant
veteran Royal academician, still living
and past 70. His superb picture, "Lov'
and Life" he has given to the Ameri
can people, and it will hang in tn
White House at Washington.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-09-07
Another Lynching Horror In Ten
nessee


nessee.
Memphis, Tenn, Sept. 2.-Six
negros, Dan Hawkins, Robert Haines,
Warner Miller, Ed Hale, John Hayes
and Glenn White, were taken from
the custody of Detective W. S. Rich
ardson, near Millington, small vii
lage on the Chesapeake, Ohio and
South western railroad, 80 miles north
Of Memphis, and shot to death, Fri
day night at IL o'clock.
8The negroes were arrested by Rich
ardson on charge of being implica-
ted in a series of barn burning that
has been going on in that peighbor-
hood for years. Already half dozen
of the band, which was welded by an
oath, have been landed in the peni.
Tertiary, and it was thought the out
RACES were over, but some time ago
the fair grounds buildings at Kerr
vile were destroyed and the outrages
were attributed to the same crowd.
Richardson arrested the men yes
terday and was taking them to Mill
ington in wagon. The prisoners
were handcuffed together and the
wagon was in charge of a man named
Atchison and the detective. On APP
preaching the bridge across Big
creek, so shots rang out and four of
the negroes fell. Hawkins threw his
arms around the driver, Atkinson,
but he was shot loose and his head
blown off. Two men guarded Rich
ardson and two others the team.
In two minutes the work was over
and the mob rode off under command
of one leader, and Richardson says
his rule was absolute. The detective
guarded the dead while the driver
went after Squire Hill. A jury, con-
sisting of eight whites and four me-
groes, held an inquest and decided
that the six men came to their deaths
from gun shots fred by unknown
parties.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-09-07

The New York World of Tuesday
has a letter from Middlebury touching
upon Vermont politics containing much
truth. In recounting the canvasses
since the days of Dillingham; it con-
cludes as follows:
Then came the canvass Of two years
ago and Levi K. Fuller, of Brattle-
boro, was elected by majority so
small as to attract national attention, it
being only 1892, falling off Of over
80 per cent. from the election four
years before. And if there is a more
ludicrous Governor anywhere in the
United States, it must be Waite OF
Pennoyer or Altgeld.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-09-07

Among women, Lydia Pinkham
holds her age best. She gets new
cuts of youth each year.
Thomas A Garfield, the only
brother of President Garfield, lives on
farm near Grand Rapids, Mich.
The Afro-Americans of Boston,
protested against lynch law in mon-
ster mass meeting held in Faneuil
hall on Aug. 20.
Anatomists say that the tongue of
woman is smaller than that of men,
but married men regard this state
ment with grave suspicion.
The tallest man of whom there are
any authenticated measurements was
Funnam, of Scotland, II feet and a
little more than inches.
Ex-Governor Sprague, of Rhode
Island, is now living in small cot
tage near the beach at Narragansett
pier, and discharges the duties of
chief of police of Narragansett pier.
1t is reported that China has set
tied down to tire out Japan. The
heather should read the story of
Charles Lamb when he went walking
with view to firing his dog out.
The joke was not on the dog.
The police over the country had no
sooner taken to the bicycle than the
burglars followed suit. This leaves
things practically as they were ex-
cept that the night pedestrian takes
chances that were unknown in the
good old days when crooks and "bob-
bies" both did business on foot.
Work is progressing very satisfac-
torily on the cotton mill at Burling-
ton. The foundations for the main
mill and boiler room are nearly COM
pleted. The main mill will be 302
feet inches by 118 feet 6 inches,
three stories high. The boiler house
will be 20 by IS feet aud the engine
room 80 by 60 feet. The company
expect to employ 800 hands and rur
$50 looms and $3.50 spindles.
Application will be made at the
next session of the legislature to eli.
inmate the town of Westmore. The
plan contemplates annexing the towr
to Charlestown and Barton, in The
county of Orleans, and to Newark
in Caledonia county. The popula
ton of Westmore is just 1896, while
Newark rejoiccs in $50. The schem,
would bring Lake Willoughby int
Caledonia county.
L. b. Harris Of Lyndonville hal
been appointed judge of Devon cat
tie at the New England fair at Wor
cester, Mass, next week.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-09-07
A Rare Compliment.

English educators passed rare com.
pliment on women by sending COM
mission of five women to the United
States for the purpose Of examining the
American system of public education in
order to ascertain if there be any of its
features than can be advantageously
adopted in England or can be incorpo.
rated in new school bill which is In
course of preparation for introduction to
parliament Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-09-07

An esteemed contemporary across
the line says: zone could almost be-
lieve that there had been Canadian
hand in the framing of the new Tariff
bill, so many changes have been made
in the interests of the Canadian pro-
Queer" In the same way it might APP
pear that England and France and
Germany and every other country had
hand in it-Toronto Mail.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-09-07

The elderly maiden lady had sued
the rich old fellow for breach of prom
Use, and was testifying.
"You say said the attorney, chat
the defendant asked you to marry
himY'
81 do.,'
"And what did you dog'
81 accepted him, Of course"
"Why did you accept him p
"He was different from most men,"
"In what respect, pray?'
ale asked me to marry him."
"Ah? Did he protest his love tor
your
"No, protested at first, toward the
last consented.
Didn't you marry him for his
money!
"No."
"You wouldn't have married him
without the money!
"Of course not"
"Well, do you think that was fair
to manY'
Certainly, l do" she exclaimed.
You don't suppose a woman wants a
man for husband who has no attrac.
tons at all, do your? and then the at.
torney let her go.-Detroit Free Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-09-07

The latest news from the burned dis
trict in Minnesota and Wisconsin is
most harrifying. The estimated prop
erty loss runs into the millions and the
loss of human life is placed at proba-
bly, 1000.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-09-07

Gen. N. P. Banks of Massachusetts
died Saturday morning from a general
breaking down of the system, at the
age of 70 years. His career as states
man and warrior has been notable and
honorable. ..
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-09-07

Lots of good white paper is being
wasted in printing reasons why the
public so generally distrusts Legislators
when the whole question might be ans
wered in five words-the acts of the
Legislators.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-09-07

A son of DIR. Talmage has paid
$4,000 for New Jersey farm upon
which he will erect a $40, 900 residence.
That youth pust have exaggerated
ideas of the profits Of conducting a
farm.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-09-07

The fact that Hon. Carroll ID.
Wright, U. S. Labor Commissioner
has had Mr.. Pullman's pass to ride
free on his cars anywhere in this country
in his pocket ever since he ''investiga-
ted" the Pullman Co., several years
go,doesn't add to Mr.. Wright's useful
ness as member Of the present Strike
commission.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-09-07

The French ambassador to the Uni
ted States will have clear idea of how
very democratic this country is when
he is introduced to his new sister-in-law,
the daughter of Frank Mayo, the ac-
tor.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-09-07

Even the moon is going INTO South
Carolina politics, Mr.. Frank Moon
having become the anti-ring candidate
for governor.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-09-07
Sitter John. Editor.

Copies ofthis paper caa be obtained
at the BrattlebOro Ne,cs rooms, Eliot
st rect, Brdttle6or0.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-09-07

Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair Remover
has restored gray hair to its original color
and prevented badness in thousands of
cases. 1t will do so to you.
The farmers' union., 1894-11-15
NEWS OF THE BATTLE.
Reports from All Over the Country Tell
,r the. .plt

or the Result.
The Repi blicans have swept eyerv-
thing in sight in Wisconsin. with the
exception of few Legislative and
Senatoria al districts. They have elected
Ma or w. II. Uph;m Governor by from
J,oJo to 5000 plurality. and with him
gOe, the Republican tate ticket. They
have elected y cut of 10 t,ngrc smen.
In the reNt legislature the feruhli-
cans will have a clean working ma
in:itv in the lower house, but the Sem
ate VIII probably be in dispute until
the otiicial ct lrn, are received. The
state Senate viii b, bitterly fought
fo... as without it tho I;cpubl cans can
not redistrict tho State and break
wha: they now denource us gerry
mander.'
III ,i-mar W'so, Is r'".-"r.
The result in West Virginia is as
much a surprise to the ,epublicans as
to the Democrats. The landslide seems
to ave reached e:e:'y di tri t. with
tie possible eEccpti o. the Third.
ich the emOcrat> still claim. in he
Second District r.iurns a.e coming in
very sl wly. Mr. Wilson, lem. is
undoubtedly de c:stc1. hut the lndica-
tions that he ma ority against
him will be mai Dat N. :.cp., has
made gains 1T all points i-eard from,
but he a'e all on the railroads and
this was expected. The gains are
larger. h"weve', than the Repu bllcans
had counted on t. give them the dis
trics by go
sicto-r for IsC-'on.
The Republicans lav Q .rricd New
York state by Estimated piuralitics
ranging IRON / u.uJo TO l5o oto. he
total vote f. the two leading canii-
da q is con- iberabls in excess of that
poiled !or Flower and tass EFT for Gov
er.or III sci in addition to which a!e
the votes ca this year for = hteler.
Ind Dem. which will exceed = .oJl.
TIE Tremendous Re, ubl.cau eNee1 in
tie city and state it is e5timated. has
elected t"enty three l,epubl Ian con-
gres,m4n. q rain OF eight over the
pre- ent repres ntttiOa Ia Congress-.
Ee1n~ 'r"n ..h,'- 's'and.
Complete returns have not been re-
Ce we'd from either of the Congress ,loH-
al di>tri Is in Rhode Islam !, but the
figures at b nd leave no doubt OF the
success of isulI. Kepub.i an. owe lap
ham. Democrat, in the First District.
AMI Arnold. Republican, over Garyin,
Democrat. III the Second District The
receipt of raturos from various towns
is hampered by the prostratlon Of the
wires on account o. the stora. but al
the returns received have the Repub
lican trend indicated in the dispatches
from ether States.
WATT WINS Nv 1GG.Gna.
Illinois has lie Republican ~ q
ma ority estimated by Chairman Taa.
ner at Iuj,or. The Repub.icans have
/ also nrOb3bly g lected sixteen OF the
twenty-five Congressman and d major
ity of both branches OF the General
Assembly. They have certainly Sc
! General Assembly and will elect she
The farmers' union., 1894-11-15

JANE, HERDMAN, 4 banker of Pitts.
burg, an. one of its best known citi-
zen-. died from pne 4monia. aged -
year.
NJ .HY GREEN, who died lately u.
Spri gtielJ. ht". eft SOU for masses
for he repO,e OF h soul ard also hat
of her husD2nd.
CHARLES SWEENEY. al ax-ba>ehall
layer who kin d Goa" M..Mamc,. n
san F-ancisc Cal h s been co.vi ted
Of mansia CHE.
BURGLAR entered tho bank At
West Y infeid. Hernimer Cou ty. y.
y. and blew the door Of the vault Off
with d Mantle. They secured about
:i.NUl in money.
TsFE Chattanooga. Tenn, = ard OF
Health has ammo need that 's vcral
c :ses of child murder have <, own out
o the insurance Of the lives OF infants
am ng the negroes.
!r-EpE HcSiNSKI was arrested at
Fittsburg and held in 5 500 laii on
the charge Of onspiracy to de,Fra d u
number OF cr,c rs who ~ scribed to q
COO erative lard scheme.
s. q. WARDEN. me nbcr o. The 4.
r. t., has confessed that he an tour
other strikers caused the wreck near
Sacramento. Cal. in which four United
States sOldiers we ~ killed.
:. 7. STEWART. one of the prominent
at ores in Oklahoma Ok, has been
arrested on a war ant gotten in oa-
be:ha County. has, charging him
with e:nbczzling $500 in ls,4
DAVID YOU'VE. a prominent :armer.
who until rece tly wa engaged in tho
manu- acture of harvestin- machinery,
| flied l.etiticn o. inso vency at Stock
| ton Cal Liabilities, 1.A,-.5.
FIVE OF the leaders of the SanctiCed
land N Chincoteague island Mary
! land. have ieen indicted for consp r-
| acy In eDarating wives from their
| l:usl ands, and for being public uuis-
, anCe.
THE missing steamer Falcon, fam ous
for work in the Arctic regions, has
been twenty eight days out fr m PHI
! alelphia, and it owners osted 1t rs
mis-, ing. There is no hope OF its being
! above water.
! a MAIL pouch suppo Cd to have coz
| tanned q largo amount OF money in
re sistesed letters was stolen from the
mail carriers wagon while en- route
from the depot to the poetot1sce In
Grand Forks, N. d
The farmers' union., 1894-11-15
He Got Left.

Our trunks had been burned with
the car, and when we got to Cincin-
natl an O.. Ca of the .ailroad COM
Iany desired each one of us to give
him Cur statement OF loss. \ tall
and ~oiemn-looking young man came
to me us | was figuring away and
wanted to know what sum l was
guln. to name.
''Weli, l think my loss IS at least
$50" l replied. "Was your trunk
burned. too''
Yes"
scot your loss figured up:"
"Not yet and l wanted to ask you
about it. Can / talk to you in conf
dence:'
son, yes
''Wcll, l dun't suppose my things
were actually worth over 81, but
.'but you'd like to get $500"
'That's it, exactly. The railro id
folks seem willing to pay whatever is
asked
We'll, then, why not make it
S5U:''
''Wou dn't it be cneating:''
II mats matter You must settle
with Your own conscience"
~ es. / know it is. aud gaui darn
my buttons if l don't hope that some
body will kick me all over this town"
"Wny. what's the matter"
Matter Why. instead of hen
ready to scoop the railroad out OF 5 20
Oh so. I've got To take elo or sl2.
I've been studying to be preacher
for the last six months. and blcs, nv
old ka, if l dast tell 'em a lie. That 5
allus the way OF it. I'm never ike.
tn hit anything good which GENES
along Free Press
The farmers' union., 1894-11-15

Tuesdays ele .tions saw an her Of
those tidal waves whi.A r:w seem
nearly peri die, an; the hepub!icans
la de cve:y hing nearly h gh and
dry. \ successful Democratic c;lndl-
date is 81 h r;t. ity tt at hi. presence
in the ranks OF the vic,ors eHcites
gcr uinc surpri both to The pup &c
aud - himself.
Tie state ma tics tia: piled I'D ii
everybody with anna e1ent. Iney beat
all previous l;sllds,.Ge eco d.. Iseturns
from many states ara chupuy aid n"
ON complete. bat the q IL ls tnm s.
taxable. I'D illa-inat on can supply
the PARTICULARS At Z. c Ia aiuE. he
extent Of thu landslide may he meas
ur.i by he following able showing
the change in the maj rites in may
cf the tatc-. Tne i o; ii@ur are. of
course. approx imation> 10 I. large cN-
tent, otl.ca. re urns not being yet com
piete. The t ndcncy OF u la .ds!idc Is
t. we'll majoritie,, however:
The farmers' union., 1894-11-15
TWO FATALLY BURNED.
Awful Exp 'osion in tn" Westminster Zee
NIL. Seminary 1T Fort Wa,r-.

Awful Exp'osion in tn" Westminster Fee
MI" Seminary 1T Fort Wa,n".
T.cre wa ap mic Tue sday morning
a: y c,:min- ter tcmaIc Sc mary. at
Fort W we. nd. lur ng the break
fast hour. while the dining room WAS
tiled ~ith ~tu eats, Il territc eXplO-
sion occ';i'leu Immediately beneath.
The ui.diny shook and a rcpo-t like
a thunaerclap rett tho air. The girls
rushed ell nell into the streets, and
flames burst OUT n all dirct tiOns The
fl department wa, summon d and
the iani or rushed into the basement.
Misses Clara Uiebold, Of Fort WAYNE,
Edith Masters, OF Auburn. Ind, and
Lille Anders, of Lagr". Ind, were
founI there enveloIed IN flame Their
~hriek4 "f az NY were h.rrible. Tho
fir, in the building smothe Ell out as
quickly as it came. The victims of
the eAplnsi were hurried to =
Joseph Hospital. Misses niehOld
aud Ma ters are fatally burned. One
of the girl, Hgntcd match in the
closet, which was filed with gas. and
al ex los on resulted. Natural gas
pipcs leaked into sewer near Tho
seminary aud Fl led the closet with the
comb !stib.e .iuid.
The farmers' union., 1894-11-15

This gives the lie'nb'icans a plural
ity OF one Oye' the Drn Ocrats, but
leaves the lopllsts holding t q bal
:inco of power. 80 that they can organ
ize the senate bv IL ctn hinat on with
either art,. With the vacancies from
Mon ana, Wyomin and Washington
filled the Sc. at. cen cs to havc an Odd
number O. mem acrs. Il. d the close di-
V on of nartie fore: hadOws that leo
l. e il 1T Stevenson will have 10 eXe"-
els. his prcrugatve and give the cast
ing vn1c which will deciIe a good
many ties.
The farmers' union., 1894-11-15
CHAPTER MI.
THE WILL. IN COURT.

Court in a country town differs in
many resrect- from court i'll a large
city.
Three terms Il year give just enough
novelty 10 court proceedings 20 make
the peopie look forward with much in
ttrest 70 the day when ccurt will con-
VcI:.
Sut now unusual excitement prevails
over a case uf more than ordinary i'm
portance. The day is fixed for the
case to be heard. At an early hour
the multitude gathers at the county
seat from al portions OF the county. 1t
does no. take long to fill the Court
House TO ove,- tlowin: with an eager.
N ious. earnest CO .. uon and wo-
The farmers' union., 1894-11-15
reports ind cate that t Q next Sen.

reports ind cate that { Q next SEN.
ate will have forty Democrats forty
one Republicans and six i'opulist,.
while the attitude OF the SUCCESSOR to
Sc ator Harris, Of Tennessee. Is still
in d. ubt. IN this class tication Senators
Stewa and lone of Nevada. who were
ele ted by the Eepablieaus, bat have
announced thei;' sanara;ioa from that
party. ana tcv. Tiltman, who will
doubtless be e'ected by the so-called
Independent EemocraIs of the South
Carolina legislature are placed in the
lnpulis. column. Ti|man will prob
ably vote with the Dem crat. on or
ganiZation, and Stewart and Jones. OF
Nevada, aud feffer with the Republi-
cans. This wOald throw the balance
o. power into the hands Of the Iopu.
lists.
The present United States Senate is
made up As follows:
bruuerais ..... "a Populists, ............ 3
Republicans ........ Sd
Total............ IS
According to the returns 81 fa: re-
ceivea. the Senate af,es March !,
1895, is Likely to stand:
The farmers' union., 1894-11-15

successor to Senator Cullom. Repub-
licans estimate their ma ajority in Cook
County at $4,000, electing the entire
ticket
The farmers' union., 1894-11-15
REPUBLICANS WIN.
Lpoks Like a Sweep in AL:
! Directions.
REGULAR LANDSLIDE
Democrats Don't Even Claim
Close Fight.

Hill In New York. Peck In Wisconsin, Me-
Veagh in Illinois, Waite in Colorado.
Wilson in Wesr Virginia, Simpson in
Kansas. and !, Score of Other Cotnbies
Go Down-COnyrcss Surely Republican
In Both Branches = Near.y All state
Legislatures of the same Stripe.
The farmers' union., 1894-11-15

AN old dog is always crosser than a
young dog. 1t is perfectly natural
that an old man should le crosser
than a young one