Connecticut western news., 1875-06-18
NEWS OF THE DAY.
1n..rs..,n. 1tem. from Home and Abroad

business houses in Ripley, Tenn, were de- stroyed by fire. A dispatch from Ottawa, Canada, states that 'destructive fires were raging in the Mattawa and Temiscaming ooun- try, Upper Ottawa. No rain had fallen within the past two weeks Houses, barns. and fences were being consumed, and the fire was en- croaching upon valuable timber limits s...... Three brothers named Hood, Elisha, and Thomas Cravens, living near Liberty, Mo-, auarreled about division of land. Thomas struck Elisha with hoe, when the latter shot him through the heart, killing him, Band also shot and wounded Hood, perhaps fatally. ...... The trustees of the University of Pennsyl- vania, at Philadelphia, have received a formal notification that the late John Henry Towne has devised them the residue of his estate, amounting to million dollars.
 Landis, who shot Carruth, of the Vineland I1,depe,adent, has been admitted to bail in the sum of $50, GOO, Carruth having recovered from his wounds so as to be beyond danger .... The Republicans of Ohio held their State Con- vention at Columbus and nominated R. G. Hayes, of sandusky, for Governor, and Thomas L. Young for Lieutenant-Governor. The plat form adopted favors tariff for revenue; de- clares that the States are one as nation and all citizens are equal under the laws is in favor of free education that there should be no connection between church and State, and opposes all legislation in the interest of one particular sect. Of the third term, it says: The observance of Washington's example, in retiring at the close of second Presidential term, will be in the future, as it has been in the past, regarded as fundamental rule in the unwritten law of the republic. ... Fifty lodges were represented at 8 meeting of the Grand Lodge of coIored Masons in New York. =. The Masonic parade in New York was one of the most successful and important events of this kind which ever took place in the United States. Communicates and lodges from all sections of the country were present, and it is said that there were twenty thousand Masons ln the procession .... The Macon and Bruns- wick railroad was bid in by the State of Georgia at the sale in Macon, Ga., for $1, ,00O, 900. .... In civil rights case against the manager of the opera house at Galveston Tex, the judge decided that the indictment be quashed on the ground that the act was unconstitutional. ;. Right Rev. James A. Healey was installed as Catholic bishop of the diocese of Portland, Me-, with imposing ceremonies. .... President Grant has left Washington for Long Branch, and the members of the Cabinet have scattered to different parts of the country. A mass meeting composed of eighty thousand persons was held in Hyde Park. London, to express sympathies with some cabinetmakers who had just been released from jail. They were sen- fenced for trying to induce workmen to leave work and join strike. The German gov ernment announces that it reserves the right of holding an inquiry on the loss of the steamer Schiller, in addition to the one held at Green wich ... A violent storm of wind and rain passed over parts of Indiana, Ohio, and Ken lucky, doing great damage by flooding crops, washing away railroad entertainments and bridges, and unroofng buildings. Several lives were reported lost. tSs .l EE
 Sixty persons were drowned by the capsizing of lighter in the Tagus, near Lisbon, Portu- gal. .. .. The coal exchange of Chicago having reduced the wages of coal wheelers from $5 to $3 per day, several hundred of the men struck, and then went about to the different yards and drove of those who were willing to work. Several strikers were severely injured. ... A dispatch from San Diego says that letter to the San Diego Union, from Unes Sonora, re- ports that general excitement prevails over the Mexican raids in Texas. War is feared there between the United States and Mexico. The committee of the New York board of aldermen appointed to investigate the official conduct of Comptroller Green submitted 8 report charg- ing him with gross official misconduct, care- lessness, neglect of duty and waste of public funds. The report was adopted. By the explosion of locomotive at Rhinebeck, on the Hudson river road, the engineer and fireman was seriously injured. IA heavy cyclone on the Chinese coast is reported to have done much lalnage to shipping ,. President Grant hasextended the time of the court of comrnis- sioners of Alabama claims for 8 period of six months after July 22d. Phil. H. Sheri- dan, Lieutenant General of the army, was mar riedr to Miss Irene, daughter of Quartermaster- General Fucker, of Chicago.
 Reports from Missouri state that the grass hoppers are leaving that State on their flight westward and northward. ..... The coroner'e jury held over victim of the Holyoke disaster returned 8 verdict in which they state that they find no blame attached to any person in immediate connection with the fire: but they cannot too strongly condemn the criminal carelessness shown in the construction of the gallery and the means of egress therefrom. They further find that the direct cause of the fire and consequent loss of life was due to the use of infammable trimmings for the altar, and the substitution of pine sheathings fo1 plaster in building, and deprecate the use of such adornments and material in public build ings. ..... By the explosion of boiler in the steam sawmin of J. J. Wagenhurst, near Gouldsboro, Pa., two men were instantly killed and several others injured, among them the proprietor, who was struck by piece of flying metal, although some distance of. His re- cUvery is doubtful. :. :. At meeting of canal boat owners, held in Buffalo, an agreeement was signed in which they agreed not to carry wheat for less than eight cents, and othel freights in proportion. committee is to can vass until they get owners signatures sufficient to control the price of freights. .. A negro named Orange was hanged at Atlanta, Ga., fol Inurdering a rivsl... The Mexican Congress has voted $30, GOO for the expenses of Mexi can representation at the Philadelphia Cen tennial. .. Another suit to recover moneys stolen from New York city by the Tweed ring has been brought, this time against the widow and administratrix of the late County Audito
 James Watson; the amount claimed is $16, 198,
 957. 85. ..... The Independent of Dardanelle Ark, published very ysevere articles in referenc, to MT. Wishart prominent lawyer of tha place, who went to the publication office fo the purpose of getting B retraction when al altercation took place. ending in Editor D. Cloyd shooting and killing his opponent.
 The terrible result of the church fire il Holyoke has had the effect of stirring up tn 1 Department of Buildings in New York city, ant HEoxx hnrrn Al