The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-10-15
STATE NEWS.

John Roderick Mcpherson, at one
time democratic leader in New Jer-
sey and United States senator from
that state from 1877 until 1895, died
late Friday night at Jersey City.
There is talk in Bennington of set
ting line of substantial union poles
through Main street to carry all the
wires in the street, telephone, tele-
graph, electric light, fire alarm and
electric railway. The idea meets
with hearty approval.
Eugene Ball, son of Justin Ball,
we'll known in Salisbury, was killed
by jumping out of a third.story win
dow at Springfield, Mass, one day
last week. Young Ball committed
the act while under the delirum of
typhoid fever. He was % years old.
| The interment was at North Ben
nington.
The Deerfeld River company,
practically the Newton Brothers of
Readsboro, has purchased large
tract of timbered lands in the north
eastern part of Woodford. The
Newton Brothers are large manufac-
turers of wood pulp.
A party of deer hunters from Mont
pelier went down to Middlesex the
first day the law was off and succeed
ed in bagging a buck that a farmer
had domesticated and fatted on cab
bages. That the granger was wroth
is admitted by the boys, but they got
and kept their deer.
The copper long distance telephone
circuit between North Adams and
Bennington will be extended as fal
as Manchester before winter sets in
The work of stringing the wire viii
be commenced next week at Nortl
Adams.
Considerable preliminary work il
being done towards building the Ben
nington electric railroad to connec
with the Hoosick electric railwa,
near Walloomsac, n. Y. The dis
lance is eight or nine miles.
George Carpenter and George Vim
cent, the tobacconists arrested a
the instance of teacher in the pub
lie schools for selling cigarettes tt
minors, were each fined 81 and 81
costs The teachers are after mum
Der of other dealers whom they &C
cuse of selling to minors.
In quarrel at Barre over boarC
bill Sunday forenoon Alexandri;
Bracci, an Italian, shot Andrea Fred
AIMS, an Italian, in the hip with re
volver. The wound is not dangerous
Bracci escaped.
The teachers in the public schools
at Burlington have started in on {
campaign against the deadly cigarett,
and two warrants have already beef
issued against Youngsters, who viii
appear in court next week. Thu
teachers have noticed that a numbe'
Of their pupils were smoking, aDC
have appealed to City Grand Juro
Ferguson to have the law forbiddins
the sale Of cigarettes to minors en-
forced. This law has long been con
sidered dead letter, and a boy o
any age can procure cigarettes any
where in the city.
The body of the man who was kill
ed at Putney by falling FROM an ex
| press train and being run over was
identified as that of James A. Hi
of Montreal, P. G. The identified
ton was secured by Chief of Police
Baker of Providence, to whom Select
man l.. P. Bailey of Putney for
warded photograph of the man
taken after death, Saturday. The
man had brother, father anc
mother in Montreal, and they have
been notified. He was alive wher
found, and gave his name as William
Collins. He also said his home was
in Providence, but he asked not tC
be carried there.
The authorities of Hardwic< arr
investigating the death of a Pole
who was found badly injured in thu
barn of Joseph Paige, where he was
employed, fortnight ago. 1t ha'
been learned that the man had at
tended a Polish house near by tina
night, where fight took place over I
girl. Three men are said to hav,
held the man while his back wa
broken, and then to have carried hin
on ladder where he was found. ii,
was never able to tell what happened
Several arrests will take place soon.
Small pill, safe pill, best pill. Dewitt
Little Early Risers cure biliousness, con