The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-01-25
LATEST NEws-srArE And aENHR Al.

Tue DIoohiyh uoi'y oN'"e eo"N"
ues and the city has been in the hands
of a mob for several days, notwith-
standing the presence Of several
thousand state militia.
The Vermont Association of Ver-
monters held their annuel banquet at
the Vendome, Boston, Tuesday eve
ming. Fully $50 ladies and gentle
men sat around the banquet board,
presided over by Walbridge A. Field,
president.
Seated at the guests table were
Gov. and Mrs. U. A. Woodbury.,
Lieut.. Gov. u. M. Mansur, ex-Govs.
j, w. Stewart, j. l.. Barstow and
f. j. Ormsbee, Congressman-elect
George Edmund Foss of Chicago,
Mrs. j. Geogory Smith of st. Al
bans, Mrs. Oliver Croker Stevens,
president of Vermont Woman's asso-
citation, and others.
After-dinner speeches were made
by Gov. Woodbury., ex-Gov. Stew
art, ex-Gov. Barstow and others.
Chauncey Depew has notified ID.
G. Foster of Burlington, president Of
the Vermont Young Mems Republi-
can club, that he will speak at their
first annual meeting and banquet to
be held February IL. Congressman
elect Bartlett will also speak.
James H. Myers, supposed to be
j. Henry Myers, the reformed ,,ex:
convict, who for several years has
been running "Our Prison Mission
ary," up to its decease sometime last
spring, first at Newfane and then a
Brattleboro, was fined $1,000 for al
assault committed at Haverhill
Mass, short time ago.
The tenth annual meeting and con
vention of the Vermont Humane So
ciety will be held in City Hall Rut
land Friday, Feb. LIST, afternoon ant
evening. The annual meeting will b.
held at l p. m. for election of offic
ers and other bushes. Public eXer
cises at, and Z p. M, to which al
are invited. Prominent citizens will
discuss the humane subject in paper
and speeches. The whole to concud
with q stirring address at o'clock b
Hon. w. Fl. Tefft of Whitehall. n
pains will be spared to make this
, rousing humane convention. Let til
friends of the cause rally in force a
over the state.
Geo. A. Bingham, an ex- Justice c
the New Hampshire Supreme court
died at Littleton, N, H., Tuesday
Judge Bingham was a native of Cor
cord; Vt.
Hereafter Harvard students vii
submit examination papers prepare
by others will be expelled.
Bishop Nichols, Of San Francisc,
has refused permission TO the Re,
Dr.. Hawers, the noted English diyin,
to preach in any Congregation
church in his diocese.
Trouble is expected in Idal
Springs, Col, over the importatio
of Chinese miners. The aid of tt
/, Federal authorities has been reque
: ted by the mine owners.
n Gen James n. Bethune, aged 8
!. former owner Of Blind Tom and e,
: Solicitor General of Georgia, is ser
: ously i'll at the residence of his son
Washington.
A recent decision of the Vernon
Supreme court puts a new phase upC
I the "selling and keeping" offenses ;
applied TO the liquor law. This d
!, cison was made at the October gel
eral term. The respondent, Dav
Sawyer of Middlebury, was convictt
4 in the lower court of first offens
for selling intoxicating liquor, and
o fine was imposed. He was also col
\ victed of keeping liquors for sal
= Both cases were treated as first 0
lenses, which carried with it only tt
imposition of fine.
9 The Supreme Court holds that Il
Fconviclion for selling constituted
second otfense, the penalty being bo
fine and imprisonment. Thereupc
the court sentenced the respondent
n pay fine of 5000 and costs, with in
!. prisonment in the Rutland House
Correction at hard labor for nine
p days.
S The Strange Delusion of u Salem Man
Nowadays one is not permitted