Connecticut western news., 1875-03-05
s.-.-.-s - NEWS OF THE DAY.


 renomlnated the present State officers and tl
 Plattorm adopted is in favor of hard none
 agalnst an increase of taxation, and condemn 1 the action of the Federal government.
 Near Helena, Colorado, thirty vigilantes we1
 to the house of one Gibbs to hang him, and s.
 fire to the house. Gibbs leaped out throug
 the flames with revolver and shot three (
 the party dead and wounded another. whe
 the rest took to their heels and fled. .Thre
 aged brothers, old business men of New Yorl
 named Delafeld, died-the first Friday, tn
 second Saturday, and the third Sunday -an
 were all buried at the same time. =. Tn
 British steamer George Eaters, for Gibralta
 IS supposed to have been lost, with twentv-on
 persons on board. .... The Canadian govern
 ment has consented to grant loan of $1OO co
 to 9,0OO Mennonite families, who desire to i'm migrate to Canada. A fire broke out il Port-au-Prlnce, Hayti, which destroyed fiv
 hundred houses. The house of D. E
 Mellott, of Belfast township, Pa., was burned
 and three of his children were burned f.
 death. MT. and Mrs. Mellott went away on
 visit, and left the children locked up in tn
 house. ...The United States House committe
 on Indian affairs reported adversely on the bil
 to provide for the organization of a Territoria government over the Indian Territory. .. Tn, Rev. MT. Lesserman, pastor of the Methods Episcopal Church in Lowell, Mass, was ru1 over by the Lowell and Andover railroad express train, and ground into 50 many frag ments that 1t was with difficulty the remains could be gathered up .....The rebellion ir Bolivia still continues and the soldiers are com hitting the most savage excesses upon the people. X ->a. st
 The Spaniards in Cuba have been defeated ir an engagement near Manacas. .. The pro, peller B. A. Woodward of New York, sank iu the ice in the middle of the Sound. The crew probably perinhed. ....The electors of County Ipperary, Ireland, have adopted resolution declaring that, in the event of John Mitchell's election to Parliament being annulled, they would againr eturn him. ... Allen T. Caperton was elected United States Senator from West Virginia. ... Judge Barrett, of New York. sentenced George Wyman to five years hard labor for swindling tradesmen by borrowing jewelry of various firms on pretense of having sale them. So severe has been the trial in the Tlten-Beecher case, that during the procee edinga one. of the jurymen tainted in his seat.
 The Southern members of Congress have published an address to the people of the South urging them to be patient and to trust to the sense of justice of the country for 8 re- dress of any grievances they may have. MT. Dlsraeh's resolution declaring John Mitchell ineligible to a seat in the English Parliament was passed by the House of Commons without division. The motion for 8 new writ of elec- ion in Tipperary county was also carried with put division. After & continuous session of nearly twenty-nine hours the United States Senate, by a vote of 39 yeas to 22 nays, tabled Mr. Morton's resolution to admit P. B. S. Pinch back, of Louisiana .. Twenty more 'ugar plantations have been destroyed by the insurgents in Cuba. The war there seems to DO one of destruction to property It has 'ust- come to -ilghtHthat- g. woman, partly in- 'ane, has been confined all winter in room in ler husbands house in West Buxton, Me-, part 'f the time being chained When found she 1ad hardly any clothes on her body, and her egs and feet were badly frost bitten. The New Jersey Legislature appropriated $9, 900. 900 nore Tor the Morris Plains Lunatic Asylum By coasting accident in Worcester, Mass, 'ne man was killed and two girls seriously in ured. ..... Two hundred thousand dollars have 'een appropriated by the Japanese govern nent for expenditure in connection with the Philadelphia Centennial .. Tho bill reported y the United States government for improving iveFs and harbors appropriates s5, ,ese 200 for his object. -ser--.
 Ike Hooper, colored, was hanged at Augusta, ia., for the murder of Howard Satterwhite. 'elefed, in'December, 1673 The hanging was 'r1Vate in the jail yard, with only few spec ators. The condemned man met his fate with great calmness, and seemed to suffer little 'aln The United States House committee 'n foreign affairs have been considering the question of depreciation on the Texas border. md have reported resolution requesting the resident to inform Mexico that such depreda- ions must be stopped in order to avert more erlous steps,. The Jersey City Curling Hub challenge any clubs in New York or New Jersey to play for eight barrels of flour and tight tons of coal, the winning club to have he distribution. of the four and coal among he poor of the place wherein they live. Rear Admiral Charles H. Bell, United States laVy' died at his residence in New Brunswick. \. 1.' aged seVenty-seyen years. =. The United States House committee on foreign affairs voted to return one-half of the Japanese in- temnlty fund, amounting to $1 200. 900 to the Japanese government and to use the other lalf as fund for the education of Japanese md American youths as interpreters in the diplomatic service .... .Two-thirds of the city ,f Port-au-Prince has been burned to tbo ground, and about GOO or 700 families rendered homeless. The fire arose from the explosion 'f a barrel of kerosene oil. Loss over $2, ,OOO.- )OO.. 1.-The new Republican Senator from Minnesota, s. J. R. McMiIen, is fifty years of Ige. He was chief-justice Of the supreme ,ourt of Minnesota.
 If there is not gold in the Black Hills here are miners. Thirty of them have been with success, and without inter- erence from the Indians, since October. The German government estimates the cost of ts new polar expedition at three hundred housand dollars. .... The C cruelty to chil- iren bilp before the New York Legislature has probably been killed by committee. ... The pill removing the capital of West Virginia to IS now law by limitation In he United States House of Representatives he fifth section of the Revenue bill, raising he tariff ten per cent, was agreed to in com nittee of the whole. .. The indemnity to the United States for the victims of the Virginius massacre has been placed at &e4, GOO. Jesse d. Pomeroy, the notorious boy-chi]d murderer, aas been sentenced in Boston to be hanged. The judge and the audience were much affected turing the proceedings. Pomeroy was re- armed to Jail. An effort will be made to have he sentence changed to Imprisonment for life. .....F Fort Mombazique, on the east coagt of Africa, has been taken by British men-of-war. <~a,In, |, Il