Connecticut western news., 1875-05-14
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Interesting Items from Home and Abroad
 It is reported that our naval squadron in the Gulf of Mexico is to be reinforced in conse-i quence of the Mexican outrages on the Texan borders A large party of United States Senator Schurz's friends ill New York gave him dinner . . . The jury in tho libel case of ex- Congressman Bowen vs. the Charleston (S. O. Ne,cS failed to agree @ verdict. ... Paul Boynton will soon make another attempt to cross the British channel in his ife-saving dress. He will cross from the French coast to Dover. .... George Linsert, 8 boss bod carrier of Cincinnati, while intoxicated, displayed large amount of money ill 8 barroom. The next morning he was found dead in the hall of his house. His money was missing. .... The ice coming down the St. Croix and Bay of Fundy has carried away all the fish weirs on both the American and English sides, so that no box herring can be put up this spring $2O, 900 will not replace them. ... A fire broke out at Hernon, St. Lawrence county, N. r., burning the whole of the business portion of the town, with the exception of the hotel, ono small boot and shoe store, and small grocery. The loss is estimated at $100,000, with an insurance of $53,oOo. Several persons were seriously injured during the fire, but none were killed.
 One of the most unfortunate cities in the United States, so far as fire is concerned, is Oskosh, Wis, city of about eleven thousand inhabitants and the outlet of the great Winne- bago and central Wisconsin lumber regions. Four times it has been destroyed by fire. The late fire there burned up all tho business DOT tion of the city, inficting a loss of nearly two million dollars. Twice that the city suffered was through revenge the authorities having broken up several disorderly houses, and the inmates of them have taken their revenge in this way. Formerly the city was built almost entirely of wood, but after the last fire many fine and costly brick blocks were erected. These are now all destroyed. At this last fire several lives were lost. A billiard match for $500 side and the championship was con- tested in New York by Garnier and Vignaux, resulting in victory for Garnier ..A special dispatch from Vienna to the London Netos says that Don Alfonso was insulted and beaten y the rioters, and the police had to clear the streets with their bayonets .... About ninety | five acres of valuable woodland at Yahbank, Long Island, were destroyed by fire, having been fired by two colored boys The trouble with the miners at Charleroi, Belgium, con tinues, and serious riots are reported. Legal proceedings have been commenced by the Prussian government for the removal of the Prince Bishop of Breslau for violation of the ecclesiastical laws. ..... The Prince of Wales was installed as Grand Master of the United States Lodge of Masons of England in the l oil j,, tI,a of mense concourse of Masons.
 | By a fire in Detroit, Mich, 8 large factory and ten or twelve dwellings, were destroyed,
 involving a loss of $35O,O ,OO0 . John Andrews, | the negro preacher who murdered his wife ill Georgetown, Del, was captured in the attic of the colored church. He had been there since the murder, few days before, and heard the funeral sermon of his wife. The horse attached to an express wagon ran away in Degraw street, Brooklyn, N. r., and pitched the driver, whose name is unknown, out, and | instantly killed him. The treasurer of the fund for the late Dan Bryant's family estimates the receipts from the theatrical benefits ten dered to amount to $20, ,000. ,. A constable and police officer were shot by family named
 
 ing to levy some goods at their house. The sheriff then called out posse of one hundred men, and succeeded in arresting the father and five sons, although they made desperate resistance and fired a number of shots. The policeman subsequently, died; but the con- stable will probably recover, notwithstanding he received fourteen buckshot " The com missioners of the Freedmen's Bank, Washing ton, have $S00,00Q in the United States Treas ury. It would require $600, 900 in order to de- clare dividend of twenty-five per cont to the depositors. Many of those who hold books are offering them for ten cents on the dollar. ...... Geo. H. Greeley clerk in the employ of J. s. Emory & Co.,, ship brokers, Boston, has been arrested charged with appropriating $2o,0OO of his employers funds. He WAS found to be heavily engaged in real estate and other specu- lations, and an examination of his accounts led to the discovery of the dedication. .... Frank Swift, of Brooklyn, N. r., the we'll known contractor, met Mir. French, New York broker, on Williamsburgh ferryboat. Mir. French said that Swift said "Here comes that man who sells stolen bonds." French called Swift liar, and Swift knocked French down. Frencl, sued and referee found that Swift should pay ST. 500 and costs. From this, appeal was made. .. There are l 1882 claimants before the court of Alsbama claims, and the whole sum claimed is s12, ,674, 144 :. :. It is reported that demand will be made by the British government for reparation for the in- jury done by the violation of the treaty of Washington by the United States government in imposing duties on preserved fish.
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 Extensive forest fires ragged along the line of the Manchester and Lawrence railroad, New Hampshire, and destroyed 8 great amount of timber, together with dwellings, and mills. .... Gov. Kellogg, of Louisiana, has entered suit in the superior district court against Auditor Ginton's securities on his special bond for the the recovery of various sums of money alleged te be fraudulently withheld from the State treasury, and moneys illegally paid by Clinton to unauthorized parties. The amount sought to be recovered aggregates $500, GOO. .... Lord Fslmouth's horse, Spinaway, won the great English three-year-old race for fvo thousand guneas "A terrible explosion occurred in the Bunkers Hill colliery, North Staffordshire, England, while the miners were at work. Thirty-fve men were killed . The case of Leader against Moody and Sankey, the American .revivalists in London, has been settled by the acceptance. of suggestion of the master of the rolls that the defendants pay shilling damages and costs, and agree not to. again use her ajesty's opera house for their meetings.. .. The death is announced Of the famous traveller and artist, Jean Frederi- eide, of Waldeck, at the extraordinary age of no years. He WAS born in March 16th, 1766. fAaierce gale passed over Rochester, blowing down the Leighton iron works, involving loss of $5o0o0. Many persons on the streets