Connecticut western news., 1874-09-04
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The platform of the Republicans of Penn sylvania sets forth confidence in the national and State governments that the Democratic party up to-dayis the same in aim and principle that it always was rejoices over the new con- stitution of the State; and says that as the Republican party secured the constitution it belongs to that party to carry out it's privileges; demands firm and equitable salaries and fees for public officers ; looks with pride and satis- faction upon the common scheme system of the State; is in favor of giving precedence to those measures which shall recognize agricul- tural, mining, manufacturing, and mechanical pursuits as entitled to the amplest protection and fullest development; of putting stop to large grants of the public domain to railroad corporations, and reserving it for settlement and cultivation; of improving the navigation of our great inland rivers, and securing cheap transportation and profitable markets for the products of agriculture and manufactures; declares that the paralysis which has fallen upon the manufacturing industry of the coun- try within the past year is fresh evidence of the necessity of that protection to our manu- featuring interests for which the Republicans of Pennsylvania have always fought praises the national bank system and wishes it made free, and renews the doctrine of the national platform as to Ca return to specie payments at the earliest possible moment" The Conven- tion nominated Gen. -Hartranft for the Presi- dency, and voted down resolution in favor of third term. The platform of the Democratic party of Tennessee, as adopted by the late Convention, declares that all honest labor should be protected, and receive it's just re- ward that the burdens of the Government should be borne by the whole property of the country; that all assessments and taxes should be equal, uniform, and just, and no improper discrimination should be made against any species of property; opposes all monopolies rings, and combinations formed for the op- precision of the people; that it favors the abolition of all useless and unnecessary offices opposes the national banking system, and demands the payment of United States bonds by the issuance of it's non-interest bear ing notes; denounces all legislation that seeks to interfere with the individual rights of the citizen to his own associates, and particularly what is known as the supplemental Civil Rights bill pending before the Federal Congress, as violation of the Constitution.
 When Capt. Davis jumped into the river from the ill-fated Pat Rogers, pet dog be- longing to the boat followed him, keeping in the wake of the captain, swimming through the water to the same mattress, which he succeeded in clambering upon, and then lay down and whined most piteously. On reaching the shore the dog was taken with fit, which necessitated his immediate killing The position of the Rev. Mir. Glendenning of Jersey City, is rendered all the more serious because of the confession of Miss Pomeroy shortly before her death that he had used a pistol to extort an exculpation from her.
 MT. Beecher, in 8 communication to the Louisville Courier Journal, denies emphati- caly that he advised the hanging of Jeff Davis in 1865. He says: T resisted with all my might the influences which sought the execu- ton of Jefferson Davis.". "..... John Hancock was nominated for Congress from the Gal weston CTexas) district. .... The Democrats of the Nineteenth Illinois District have renomi- mated s. s. Marshall for Congress. The Democrats of the Second District of West Virginia have nominated Charles. J. Faulkner, of Martinsburg, for Congress. HI. M. Burn side, brother of Gen. A. E. Burnside, hanged himself at Fairland, Ind, during temporary fit of insanity. ... Bridget Heenan, daughter of Anthony Heenan, living near Lucan, Cana da was struck by lightning and killed. A brother and sister who were with her were also North Vernon, Ind, Stephen Butler and MT. May were killed by an explosion of gunpowder in we'll they were digging. A charge had been placed in the well to be fired by 8 slow match, but as the match hung fire the men entered the well to investigate the cause, when the explosion took place. .... William Bodine, an engineer on the New Jersey Central Railroad, crawled under his locomotive at Bergen Point to repair the pump, and find ing the lever, when standing on centre, to be in the way of his working, he told brakeman to throw it forward. The cylinder was full of steam and the throttle leaked, and when the | brakeman raised the lever it flew forward with such force as to throw him through the window of the cab and set the engine in motion. Bodine was caught by the ash pan, and before the locomotive could be stopped was crushed.
 George 0. Harding, publisher of the Indian apols Herald, shot Sol Moritz, prominent
 
 warm friends and very intimate in their social relations. Moritz, who is about 40 years of age, and married, took advantage of this in- timacy, and succeeded in seducing Hsrding's daughter, about eighteen years of age. Miss Harding, the unfortunate victim, took poison and died. Moritz was shot in the lungs, but not fatally. .... The Indian agents report an unfortunate affray between body of sixty Osage Indians and forty whites in Kansas, in which four Indians were killed. The agents report the affair as an outrage on the part of the whites. .. Marshal Bazaine has written letter to the Minister of the Interior of France in which he says that neither Col. Villette nor any of the other prisoners now in custody are responsible for his escape from prison. He declares that he had no accomplices in the fort or elsewhere except his wife and nephew The Marshal describes how he eluded the sur veillance of his jailer and in conclusion says |: "Resenting the humiliating prison regulations I felt justified in any attempt to recover my liberty. As was not tried by my peers my sentence was illegal" ..... On the Saratoga course the four-mile race was won by Fellow craft in 7:194, the fastest time ever made in the world. Before the exploit of Fellowcraft, Lexington held the record of fastest time, but must now yield it to the new favorite.
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