Connecticut western news., 1871-07-21
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 Riotous demonstrations have been made in Nice against the French authorities. A powder explosion has caused much dam- age in Paris, several lives being lost.-A hurricane has caused immense damage at St. Joseph, Mo-, four persons being killed. A powder magazine has exploded in Pennsylvania a.-The Virginia City (Nev.) Vigilants have lynched despera6o.-Six additional victims of the New York city riot have died.-A raid on illicit whisky stills in Brooklyn led to riot, in which Revenue officer was mortally wounded The Government will shortly be called on to state its position on the Roman question. Serious riots have occurred in Green wich, England, and Vienna, Austria Seven steamers have been wrecked in a typhoon on the coast of Japan. persons have been killed and many woun- ded by powder explosion on a Greek man n-of-war,-The yellow fever epidemic has abated at Buenos Ayres.-The stringent regulations for passenger-vessels adopted by the Board of Steamboat Supervisors have been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury.-Gov. Palmer of Illinois has given orders for the arrest of the persons engaged in lynching the murderer Mera.- A Crispin strike is in progress at Baltimore. Gen. Crook has organized an expedition against the Apaches in Arizona.-Judge Benedict has declared the steamship Cleop- atra forfeited for smuggling.-Fifty per sons have been killed and injured by a petroleum fire at Rheims, France.-The Chief of Police of Dublin has been mur- dered by Q Fenian.-Thirty lives have been lost by the laundering of a vessel in the Indian Ocean.-The Asiaiic cholera has broken out in Poland. d.-Thc Washington correspondents of the Tribune have been indicted by the Grand Jury of the District of Columbia, for refusing to give testimony before the Common Jail' Committee on the Treaty of Washington -"Tad" Lin coin was buried, last Monday, at Spring
 field, Ill.-Severe thunderstorms have oc- cured in New-Jersey, Missouri, and Ohio, several persons being killed by lightning Gen. Parker, Indian Commissioner, has resigned. Valuable gold mines have been discovered in Tennessee.
 THE FIRST LoooMoTIvE.-The first loco- motive that ever did service in the United States is now lying outside of foundry at Carbondale, Luzerne county, Pa. It ought to be preserved somewhere as an interest ing relic of the early days of railroading. The following description of its trial trip, taken from Dr. Hollister's History of the Lackawanns Valley, will be read with in- terest: ..t -
 ''The first locomotive engine introduced and worked in America was run upon the Delaware and Hudson railroad, in the year 1928, and Hone's Dale (named from the late Philip Hone) offered its friendly glen for the purpose of conducting the experi- ment. This locomotive, called the Stour- bridge Lion, was built in England, of the best workmanship and material, and most approved pattern of that date. The road passed out of Honesdale by sharp north westerly curve, with moderate grade, and was carried over the Lackawaxen by hem lock trestlng considered too frail by many to support the great weight of the mysteri- ous looking engine all ready for the haz- ardous journey. naz sfloala Eae-
 'sAs the crowd gathered from far and near, expecting that bridge, locomotive and all would plunge into the stream the moment passage was attempted, no one, dared to run the locomotive across the chasm but Major Horatio Allen, who, amid exu!tation and praise, passed over the bridge and portion of the road in safety. The engine, however was abandoned, as the slender trestlin forming much of the body of the road, sufficiently strong for ordinary cars, was found too feeble for the weight and wear"
 ''Major Allen in his account of the first trip of locomotive on this continent, says: "As placed my hand on the throttle, was undecided whether would move slowly or with fair degree of speed; but believing thatthe road would prove safe, and prefering if we did go down to go down handsomely, and without any evidence of timidity, started with considerable veloc- ity, passed the curve over the creek safely, and was soon out of the vast assemblage.
 At the end of two or three miles I re- versed the valve and returned without ac- cident, having thus made the first railroad trip by locomotive on the western hemis- phere." a. hfuls e R
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