Connecticut western news., 1874-11-27
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 re volution of the same. Seeing his danger, 8 fellow workman seized him by his body and held him with such power that his arm was wrenched off at the shoulder O.. Fred. Egner made full confession of the murder and | roasting in furnace of Herman Schilling in Cincinnati He said that Rufer proposed the | murder, and his father and himself assisted. | They beat the victim ever the head with clubs | first, and then tho elder Egner stabbed him l twice in the abdomen with & fve-pronged stable fork. It was then proposed to throw l the body in vat in the tan yard but they feared being found out, and they dragged the body to furnace and showed it in, where it | was found burned to horrible crisp. ..... Tho printers of the United States, by a resolu- tion of the International Typographical Union, have been engaged for some time past in raising fund for the purpose of erecting statue of Horace Greeley. They now say that full steps have been taken to carry out the work. co. .Diphtheria is alarmingly increasing in New York and Brooklyn. The whole vote of Massachusetts foots up as follows: Gaston, 95,9O1 Talbot, 89,24S; Andrews (labor reform), 100. Gaston's plurality ove Talbot, 6,658 Gaston's majority, 6,558. The total vote is 185, ,244-over 53,000 over last years, when Washburn had 82,183 to 59,S6O for Gaston-and but 2, ,406 short of the Presi- dential vote in 1872, when Grant had 74,212 majority. Of the 53,601 additional votes 36,551 went to Gaston, while Talbot had but +. .O6O more than Washburn.
 | Thirty-three members of the Council General of France have adopted resolution recom- mepding the establishment of & system ef gratuitous secular schools for primary instruo- tion in the city of Paris, attendance upon which shall be obligatory. The resolution has l been presented to the Permanent Committee of the Assembly for consideration .....A bill has passed the Oregon Senate which provides that husbands and wives without children may be considered divorced by simply ceasing to | live together. Ambrose Lepine, Riel's Adjutant-G General, is to be hanged on the 29th of January. .... .Dr. M. A. Shield young and promising physician of Hampton, Va., committed suicide by poisoning. No cause is assigned for the act. He leaves wife and | two children. ... In his message to the Arkan- sas Legislature, Governor Baxter said that the State has no idea of repudiating any of it's just debts. ... The smallpox still prevails in Montreal. =. The strike of the coal miners of St. Clair county, Ill.,, continues, and appre- hension is felt that trouble will ensue
 The political complexion of the next Legisla- ture of New Jersey will stand as follows Senate, 13 Republicans to 8 Democrats |; House, 19 Republicans to fl Democrats i; majority on joint ballot, IT, Both houses will be convened on the second Tuesday in January D,,f T.. in the jail of his comploity in the murder of Herman Sohilling at Cincinnati, and gave 8 sickening detail of the horrid deed from the first blow on the head to stabbing him in the bowels with pitchfork. They crammed the body into the furnace to conceal the crime.
 John P. Kahoalii native of the Hawaiian Islands, has been convicted there of treason and sentenced to be hanged in March, 1875. His offense was the writing of petition to the French Consul praying that French war ships be allowed to dethrone King Kalakawa and put Queen Emma in his place. This is the first case of treason in the islands since 1840. A United States judge in Maine has decided that fugitive from Canada cannot be re- turned to that country for embezzlement the Extradition treaty not covering the offense. The result is the release of dishonest insur- ance agent named Johnson, who run away with $1,000.. .....A six-year-old boy in Min neapo!is asked playfellow to go up stairs with him and see his fathers pistol. Pointing the loaded weapon at his own breast, he said Jimmy, see me shoot myself!" and fired. The wound was mortal. . The majority against woman suffrage is very heavy in Michi- o,,I oIx S,> Al,oV WY quently much discouraged. =. The Baltimore papers say that duck shooting on the Chesa- peake is excellent this season. .. The Hebrew Orphan Asylum in Baltimore county, Md, with it's contents, was destroyed by fire The inmates escaped. The loss is about $25, ,0OO. ..... MT. Charles J. Corson, of Brooklyn, applied to the Court of Sessions for an order compelling George E. Tyson, of Polaris fame, to support his father. who is 81 years of age. MT. Corson was sworn. He testified that Capt. Tyson's father was helpless, and that his son, who received $175 month on the Polaris expedition, and since had an extra years pay appropriated by Congress, had not contributed to his support. He asked that the son be ordered to pay $5 week. or take care of his father entirely. The judge re- 6CAfCu LID O0CA6AOh AdSb boCo1UcT mdTlOL 0. Palmer, of Gansevoort, N. Y., accidentally swallowed silver dental plate with four front teeth attached. An incision was made in the osophagus by surgeons and the plate was found four inches below the clavicle and suc- cessfully removed. The teeth had become detached and passed into the stomach. Palmer had been unable to swallow any solid food since the accident. The plate was an inch and half long and three-fourths of an inch wide. Don Alphonso issued an address to his troops before he quilted Spain. He says his temporary retirement IS solely caused by a royal order depriying him of his command in Catalonia He awaits the time when his service will be again useful to the cause. Don Carlos approves of his withdrawal As Jeremiah Sullivan was driving buggy by the Brooklyn Court House, the horse was fright ened and plunged into Fulton street. Sullivan } could not hold him and started to jump out. His feet were tangled in the reins, and he fell forward and WAS caught in the wheel. At every turn of the wheel his head was ham, mered on the cobble stones, and his body was beaten to a jelly.
 A most disastrous inundation has occurred at the village o1 Mayarl, Cupa, which was overlooked for forty hours. Nearly all the : houses within it's limits were destroyed, en- tailing much suffering and destitution. .. Returns from remote counties, heretofore partly estimated, make it certain that McDill, Republican, is elected in the Eighth District of Wisconsin. This leaves the Congressional delegation of the State standing, Republicans six and Democrats two. ... The Hon. Har- rison G. Rice, a late Democratic candidate for Congress in Indiana, is preparing to contest the election of the Hon. Morton 0. Hunter,