Connecticut western news., 1874-08-21
NEWS OF THE DAY.

In Sonora, California, MT. Hammers had boy hired, about seventeen years of age, of the name of Henry Wilson. Having no further use for him, paid him off and discharged him, when the boy attempted to poison the family. and nearly succeeded. .. A destructive fire at Manchester, Mich, destroyed the grlst and paper mills there. John Leopold, whose wife and children were drowned in the late flood at Pittsburgh, has become insane from the effects of the bereavement. .. Marshal von Moltke has directed the German officers to consider the following contingencies in prepar- ing marching orders for war time. 1. Germany alone against France. 9. Germany alone against Russia and France. 5. Germany and Austria against Russia, Denmark and France. . .. The Mormons have carried the Congressional elec- tion in Utah, and returned Bishop Cannon, the present Delegate, to the next Congress. The effect of this action will be to renew in the next Congress the agitation of the question of polygalny. ... During the first six months of this year 500 060 tons Of coal were raised at the Nova Scotia and Cape Breton mines. s.-.
 Theodore Hilton, in a letter addressed to the chairman of the Plymouth Church Investiga- ting Committee, declines to appear before the committee, to produce any of the originals of the documents quoted in his statement, or to hold any further communication with it in any form. He gives three reasons for this course, which are unimportant, but adds, " have instructed my counsel to proceed at once, at his discretion, to carry my case from your jurisdiction to court of law" Nine million three hundred thousands of dollars ie the sum which the Arkansas Constitutions Convention proposes to repudiate. .. The Americans were victorious in the cricket match having scored 107, with wickets to fall, to the English clubs 105, in their complete inning
 The first party of American visitors to the Iceland Millennium have arrived safely. ... In the Kentucky election the Democrats were generally successful.
 At 8 fire in New York the building fell One fireman was killed and two severely injured ...... Ernest Ortwein, the murderer of the Hammett family, who is in jail at Pittsburgh awaiting the signing of the death warrant by the Governor, has made another confession In his first confession he said his object was to get some money supposed to be in the house, Duo AOM AO onyS uo dttoupLeu LO outrage 1Q6 the oldest girl, aged eight years. Her screams aroused the other two children, so alarming him that he killed all of them. When MT. and Mrs. Hammett returned he also killed them and then set fire to the house, hoping to cover all traces of his horrible crime ... It is said that the French troops guarding the Spanish frontier have been reinforced and vigorous measures have been ordered to prevent uni formed Carlists from crossing the boundary ..... The Auditor of the State of Illinois, who has been making an examination of the affairs of the Chicago insurance companies, notified the Attorney General that the Atlantic and the Pacific Insurance Company was insolvent, and requested him to take such action in the matter as he deemed necessary. The assets of the company are valued by the Auditor at $2O9, ,OOC and the liabilities are $447, ,0O0 .. The woolen mill at Dayville, Connecticut, owned by A. & W. Potter, was burned. The fire caught in the picker room and the mill and stock was quickly destroyed, nothing whatever being saved. The loss will reach $70, 900 insurance $40, ,OOO. The Democrats of the Third District of Maine have nominated B. K. O'Brien for Congress in opposition to the Hon. James G. Blaine Col. s. c. Faulkner, one of the oldest citizens of Arkansas, and author of the famous '.Arkan- saw Traveller" died; aged T years.