Connecticut western news., 1874-07-03
NEWS OF THE DAY.

All oVont nat QaS e1ClteO great luCeresL III Chili is the sale of forged drafts to the Val paraiso Bank to the amount of E32, ,000. The forgeries were committed by A. G. Wendell, 8 son of Dr. Wendell, who when this son married gave him bridal gift of $50,000 and house in New York. The furniture etc., of Wendell was sold under the hammer, and many of the articles, owing to the notoriety obtained by their owner, brought very high prices. The sale was made under writ of execution in favor of the Valparaiso Bank. .... George W. Grayson, Sheriff of Clay county, Ark, was arrested iN St. Louis charged with absconding from that county with 1000 of public funds. Grayson says that the charge against him is piece of persecution, growing out of the Brooks and Baxter difficulty, he being Brooks man. flood in Prattviue, Green county, N. Y, carried away houses and destroyed other property. A daughter of Isaac Searls was drowned -. At the Franklin mines in Wilkes barre Michael Gilroy, 8 boy was suffocated by gas, and man named McMahon was also over- come. Commiskey, another boy, saved his life by running into doghole. Alice Murphy, aged 21 years, committed suicide in New Haven by taking arsenic. No cause is assigned,
 
 with the theft of 8 gold ring ...... .Corea is in state of revolution, one Si, the father of the adopted heir to the throne, having usurped power. It is said that the queen regent, who Is fighting to regain her sway, is Christian ..... The ship Durham has been wrecked on Variety Island. The captain and crew made their way to Papeiti distance of 700 miles, in an open boat The house of ex-Police Commissioner Talcott, of Chicago, was entered by three burglars, all of whom he managed to capture after severe struggle. .... .Cochise the famous Apache chief, died on the 9th of June. .... Please tell your readers says New York physician, that any one who has been bitten by rabid dog should go immediately to the nearest Turkish bath and take thorough bath every day for twenty-one days and they need no more fear hydrophobia. This has | already been tested in Turkisa baths in this country as well as abroad.
 The assailant of M. Gambetta in Paris was sentenced to fine and six months imprison- ment. .....A Madrid journal says that in the event of the death of the Pope, Spain will claim the privilege of veto in the election of his successor. ... The British Government, as reported, has offered to mediate between Brazil and the Argentine Republic. A bold rebellion broke out in Peru recently but was quickly ended. ... Information has been re- ceived at the Department of State that the blockade of the Gold Coast, established Decem- Der 15, 1873, was raised on April 17 last At St. John, N. B., Cahill, for murdering his wife, was convicted of manslaughter and sen- fenced to two years imprisonment and banish- ment from the colony on expiration of term of | imprisonment. ... As Mir. and Mrs. Peters and son were crossing the railway track at Weston, Ont, in 8 light wagon, they were struck by passing train and Mr. and Mrs Peters were instantly killed. The son still survives, though badly injured. .. The United States steamer Enterprise was success fully launched at the Kittery Navy Yard. w William McDougal of Three Rivers, membe, of the Canadian Parliament, was arrested in Binghamton, N. Y., on a charge of perjury. | The advance sheets of the forthcoming city directory give Chicago population of five hundred and thirty-one thousand seven hun. l dred and eight, or an increase over last year of seventy-fve thousand people. The schooner Rover, of Savannah, ran ashore off Doboy, and went to pieces in fifteen minutes. Captain Trott wife and child, Dr. Garfield, passenger and two colored men got in boat, which was swamped, and all were drowned except the captain, who returned to the wreck. where tive other passengers and the balance of the crew remained. They foated on a raft to St. Catherine's Island, and were taken of by g steamer. They were four days without food.