Connecticut western news., 1871-07-14
GENERAL NEWS.

,.as. GENERAL NEWS.
 Mir. vallandigham is said to have left m estate worth $40,O00. :i
 A furious storm passed over Dayton, Ohio, Sunday afternoon.
 A serions election riot has occurred in Canada, Government official being killed.
 The French Catholic church of Notre Dame at Worcester. Mass, was dedicated on Saturday by. Bishop O O'Reilly.
 During thunder and hail storm at Rock ford, Coosa county. Alabama, dog was killed by a flash of lightning while being fed by child. The child was not hurt.
 Rev. Dr. John W. French, professor of ethics and law at the West Point Military Academy, died Saturday. The funeral took place on Tuesday, the llth, at West Point.
 It is reported that revolution is likely to break out in Honduras. The Ministry is unpopular, and anyone who desires to leave the country has to pay 1000 for pass port.
 P. s. Gilmore will leave for Europe in a few days 10 interest the magnates of for eign lands in the Grand International Jubi- lee, which it is proposed to hold in Boston next June. s... -.3 es-s1 ,f..
 During the quarter ended Juae 3Oth, 1871, the Post Office Department issued l24, 76l GAO adhesive postage stamps; 2l,- SIC. .25O stamped envelopes and l,77l, 500 newspaper wrappers. ...7a... ..4.
 A child was born at Manchester, Vt., last Tuesday, which weighed only 24 ounc- es, but was perfectly formed, and hopes are entertained of it's living. Its face can be almost covered by an old-fashioned cent, and lady's finger ring can be slipped on the arm.
 Thirty-cight thousand claims for bounty arrears of pay involving two or three mil lion dollars are now in the office of the second Auditor of the Treasury, of which l5,000 will probably be allowed. These claims are the remains of those rising out of the late war. The accounts settled from June Soth, 1870, involved over $l, ,424, ,OoO, 900. 4'f. .fs.it 's
 The wool hat factory owned by Henry o. Sake and occupied by Lacy 6 Futile, of Brookfeld, hat manufacturers, was destroy cd by fire on the night of July 9th, about 8 o'clock, causing loss of from SIP, ,OOO to $l5,000; partly insured. Some TOO dozen hats finished and partly finished were des- troyed. A strong northwest wind prevailed at the time, and only by the almost super human efforts of the citizens, were the Keeler factory, the freight depot, and sev- eral other buildings, saved. The cause of the fire is unknown, but it is supposed to have originated in the drawing room.
 eToAn inhuman Illinois farmer named Mar. tin Mera. in good circumstances, and who has been in good repute in the neighbor. hood, stexcept as to his violent temper and cruelty to animals" was arrested on Satur. day and cast into jail, on the charge of numbering his own son, boy II years old. His wife and his own children testify that he whipped him unmercifully with black snake whips, while naked, after having previously laid him naked upon hot stove and roasted his back terribly. The boy died in his sick mothers bedroom immedi ateiy after the whipping, which took place Jnne 11th.
 The most violent storm known for yeari passed Syracuse at two o'clock Sunday af ternoon. followed by another an hour after The wind blew down large trees from on, to two feet in diameter, and one new build ing was blown down. The high school il Ghedes and several barns were unroofed The lightning struck in every part of tn city. Il set fire to two private dwelling six miles west of this place, and strucl Eugene Harris, Q carpenter, killing hir instantly and stripping his clothes entirel off his body. During the storm hailstone as large as walnuts fell, doing great damag to the crops in the surrounding towns.