The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-04-05
VERMONT NEwR

The granite business In Hnrtiwir
is booming.
burlington Is to have another cotto
mill.
William Line Of NorthHeld, ma
long connected with the weather bu
reau Of the United States governor,
died Thursday.
The state fish commissioners will b,
gin their annual distribution Of trdu
try about April Is. The government
hatchery at St. Johnsbury is tryin
the experiment of Matching $4,000 lax
trout for the larger ponds and lakss Il
the state.
H. L. Parker and Mr.. Thayer O
Greenfield, Mass, have been in Bra,
tlebsro in consultation with citizen
about the proposed removal of a sho,
shop business there. 1t Is a coucer,
that manufactures children and youths
goods chiefly now employs about II
hands and wants to increase to Too oi
200. There is one cdstoSet h New
York who takes s40, 900 ofths pfSducl
annually, and the principal reason fol
wanting to make the change is To feofs
gani1e the company.
Att.iApssa Murder In Windsor.
Herbert C. Livingston, alias Herbert
Z. Todd, has been in the employ Of
W. H. Upper of Windsor for sever
al months, but was discharged One day
last week He accepted his dismissal
with poor grace and made threats.
Late Monday night he called at Mr..
Iupper's house under the pretense of
delivering a letter which Livingston
said had been incloseo in one to him.
self from his father. Mr. Topper open.
ed the door little to receive the SUP
posed letter Livingston made a rush,
pushed through the doorway and level
ing a pistol at Mr.. Upper, threatened
to shoot him. The latter struck up
Livingston's hand, grappled with him
and after fierce struggle captured the
gun. Livingston Immediately after.
wards started on run for New Hamp-
shire. Nothing more was heard Of him
until Tuesday morning, when he was
arrested at Bradford, N. H., turned
over to Deputy Sheriff Kinriry at
Claremont Junction, and brought back
to Windsor for hearing.
DR.. j. H. Linslcy of Burlington
has been appointed an examining sur
geon for the pension office.
II. =. Vaughan has been appoint
ed postmaster at Bridgewater Cor
ners, vice V. c. Babcock, resigned.
State Superintendent Of Education
Stone has finished his tour OF the
state, having held 16 meetings with
the school directors in different parts
OF the state and visiting every county
but Grand Isle.
George A. Berry's steam mill in
Waits6eld was burned the other day.
This was the second steam mill that
was ever erected in this town, being
built about four years ago.
The average annual rainfall over
the whole Of Vermont is 36 inches.
According to the annual repor t
just issued, the Barre Savings Bank
and Trust company gained over $780,
900 in deposits the past year.
d. NJ. Barber OF Brattle boro, milk.
man, has lost between 20 and 80
swine from hog cholera.
Barre has bicycle.riding school,
the first 10 the state.
A Brattleboro correspondent writes:
Residents Of Elliot street report case
of child-beating, the particulars OF
which are revolving. The story as
told by reputable citizens charges a
French woman, while under the inhu.
encc of liquor, with inhumanly pound.
ing her five-year.old boy till his con-
dition required the attention af sur.
geon. The instrument was square
stick about IL inches, with which
some Of the blood vessels of the little
FELLOWS head were ruptured, while the
scalp was badly beaten and blackened
by the blows, and one hand, which
was probably used to protecthi head,
shows unmistakable evidence of the
severe beating. This is said'to be the
second or third case Of illtreasment
by this woman, and the attention of
the authorities has been called to the
case.
The press dispatches say that the
leader Ut most of the rebels around
Guantanamo in Cubs is Henry
Brooks, nephew Of Rich Brooks, of
aud Guantanamo, a family,
that has Braitleboro connection
and one member Of which married a
Rutland girl.
The Salvation Army War Cry has