Connecticut western news., 1875-07-02
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 Capt. Wm. Ludlow, of the engineers with the government expedition to the Black Hills, has written report to the Secretary of War, in which he gives it as his opinion that the "best use to be made of the Black Hills for the next fifty years would be as the permanent reservation for the Sioux.n Gen. Terry, con- manding the~depart1nent of Dakota, concurs in the opinion. . .Wm. Cunningham, of Newark, N. J., who hired man to murder Mrs. Cum ningham, has been sentenced to pay & fine of $500 and serve five years in the State prison the maximum penalty the law allows =. A negro named William Henry Mason outraged the young wife of NewtoWn 0. Hoyt, one of the most respectable white families of La fayette, Onondaga counryy N Y., and then threatened to kill her if she revealed the crime. Mason was arrested, and excitement ran so high that it was with difficulty the popu- lace was held from lynching him. .... Four men, including the lighthouse keeper at Sack ville N B., were drowned while crossing the straits from that place to Prince Edwards Island. The grand jury of New York re- fused to indict the streasurer of Booth theater for refusing to sell a frst-class ticket to colored man, on the ground that the case did not come under the civil rights law. .. Samuel Gardner Drake, the historian of Boston, is dead. Leslie, the defaulting teller of Dun can, Sherman & Go, of New York, states that he took $25, GOO from the firm i1l a term extend ing over three years. Most oe it he spent on dissolute women . Charles Clinton, State Auditor of Louisiana, has been indicted on Ra.- ol,a 5o. Io;l
 The negro Simms, who was confined in jail at Annapolis, Md, for brutally assaulting Miss Jackson few days previous, was taken out at night and hanged He confessed his crime previous to the hanging. "-7 -..'
 Rev. Wm. Arnott, the eminent author and divine, died at his residence in Edinburg, Scotland ;. Two men and woman drove up to the Central bank in Indianapolis, Ind, and while the woman engaged one of the clerks in conversation at the carriage, the men entered the bank and succeeded in getting the cashier to figure on 8 large amount they wished to loan, during which time they slipped packages into their pockets to the amount of $5,0OO or $7,OOO. The theft was not discovered until they had driven off .....A large i've
 
 Martin as manufactory of fireworks, was com pletely demolished by an explosion of some of the materials, and the ruins destroyed by fire. Of the ten men lempl oyed but one escaped un- harmed. Six were killed and burnediR in the building and three were taken out severely in- jured. ... Trouble on the Texas border still continues, and Capt. McNeeiy's company had 8 fight with the Mexican cattle thieves few days ago, in which thirteen Mexicans were killed and one wounded. One of the killed had on 8 suitaof clothes belonging to an American few days previous :. B.. Smith Howell was found guilty of stealing poll book at the last election held in Hoboken, N. J., and has been sentenced to three months in the penitentiary. ..... ,Dr. Wm. Rice, of Trenton, N. J., was called out of his house at three o'clock in the morning by man named Tool, on the pre- tense of wishing his professional aid On the doctor appearing at the door, Tool fred re- volver at him, the ball penetrating his breast The doctor closed with him, when he fired again, the ball lodging in the doctors neck The twounded man thinks~his injuries fatal but other surgeons say he may recover. Tool, who is considered of unsound mind is under arrest. .... Millions of grasshoppers are on the wing flying northward from Kansas, and that State is now almost entirely free from the pests The farmers .are hopefully renantng thdir crops. ..s. As Mr. William Glenn and wife, of New York city, were lon their way home from the theater one night, man named Null put his head close to Mrs, Glenn's face, and on her husband demonstrating, Null struck him with an umbrella, destroying one of his eyes. Subsequently Glenn sued Null for $5, ,006as eompensation for his loss, and g jury in the supreme court gave him the amount with costs. ..The Hon. Happen Wentworth, of Lowell, Mass, recently deceased, bequeath- ed the bulk of his property to Dartsmouth College. The bequeat is estimated at $175, ,OOO.
 The centennial of the battle of Bunker Hill was gloriously celebrated in Boston by an im- metse throng of people gathered from all parts of the country. The exercises began at five o'clock in the morning by Imaginable parade of the Antiques and Horribles, pat termed after the carnival at Rome. The grand procession started about noon, and consisted of military of all the New England States, New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Washington, D. O., together with Masons, Army of the Republic, Knights of Pythias and other benevolent and mechanical associations, concluding with hundreds of wagons containing implements and products representing the in- dustries of Boston and vicinity. The buildings along the line of march were richly and taste- fully decorated, and everything and everybody was in holiday attire. As the brilliant pageant marched proudly along, the cheers from the immense crowds on the sidewalks rang out in continuous applause; the various Southern regiments in particular receiving the heartiest commentators possible. The stand at Bunker Hill monument contained Vice-President Will son, the governors of some dozen different States, with thelr staffs, many members of Congress, officers of the regular army and navy, including Gen. Sherman, and the mayors of all the principal cities within five hundred miles. The procession started so late that it was seven o'clock before the rear of the column reached Bunker Hill monument and conse- quently the literary exercises were necessarily surtailed. After prayer and song by glee club, Gen. Chas. Devens, the orator of the day, delivered short oration, descriptive of the battle one hundred years before and the results which had sprung from it. Addresses were also made by Hon. G. W. Warren, Gen. sher- man, Gov. Hartranft, of Pennsylvania, and Gov. Bedle, of New Jersey. Everything passed off admirably, and these competent to judge stated that never before had Boston contained so many people in one day. saf
 Heavy storms of wind and rain have done much damage to the crops of Nebraska and Missouri. Millions of toads have appeared te take the place of the departed grasshoppers ir different portions of Missouri. The farmers are about disheartened .... England seems te
 be passing through 8 commercial panic, as the telegraph daily brings reports of the failures
 of different houses, none of them for less thar