Connecticut western news., 1875-12-03
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 Items of Interest from VI oune Nud Abroad.
 A fight recently occurred between some revolutionists and government troops at So- nora, Mexico six of the former being killed. ... .0rrin Marshall, who murdered his wife in ssoughton, Mass, and then escaped, has bsen found dead in Boston, having shot him. self through r the brain ...... The body of Guibord was inferred st Montreal in grave of cement. A large body of police and military was present and no riotous demonstration oc- cured. The new constitution of Alabama was ratified by large popular majority ...... A fire in the town of Irwins, Pa., destroyed fourteen buildings, ten of which were occupied as stores Loss. $50, 900 covered by insur- ance. !. The bark Maria Martin, from Chicago for Buffalo, lost three sailors by having them swept otf the jibboom and drowned. A man named Bowling having refused to pay his fare on horse car in New Orleans, was elected by the driver, John McNamara, when he drew pistol and shot the driver dead. ... Spurious &5 bills on the First National bank of Peru, Ill, arc afoat. .... Eighteen Mormons, living at Franklin, Idaho, have been indicted for polygamy. t-
 The principal iron manufacturers of Leeds, England, have discharged between two and three thousand operatives on account of the dullness of trade .. Don Carlos. in his letter to King Alfonso, says that the attitude of President Grant is prelude to war between Spain and the United States if Alfonso does not recognize the independence of Cuba, and proposes truce and united action in the de- fense of Spanish territory ...... The report of the chief of the navy bureau of construction shows that while we lack the heavy sea-going vessels of foreign navies, our navy will com- pare favorably with that of any government as far as efficiency andldiscipline are concerned. The monument to Edgar Allen Poe, erected with the proceeds of many years col lections, was unveiled at Baltimore with great enthusiasm .... Mark M. Pomeroy (Brick) has gone into bankruptcy. His liabilities amount to $40, ,0O0, and there are no assets. Julian Kennedy, of Yale College, has beaten Bainbridge, the champion amateur oarsman, in 8 two-mile race. Time, 14. 5611a The body of Mrs. Mary Bruce was found terribly burned near the burning resi- dence of Mrs. Lowder, in Jackson, Ohio. As her head was fractured, it is believed that she was assaulted in the house (of which she was an inmate), and that the residence was then fired to conceal the crime. She had evidently crawled out of the house after receiving the wound, but her clothes being on fire, she perished in attempting to escape. The official returns of the vote of New York State for secretary of State, gives the Democratic candidate, Bigelow, 1885, 106 votes, against S7O, sos for Seward. Total vote in 1875, 755,- 614; Bigelow's majority; 14,595. The total vote in 1873 was 672, 12s.
 The Staten island ferryboat D. R. Martin was discovered on fire shortly after leaving her dock in New York, and she was imme diately ran ashore and her passengers landed in small boats. The Martin burned to the hull, involving loss of $50,0 ...... con spiracy to seize the arsenal and to burn th' town of Rangoon, Burmah, has been discov cred by the authorities. A great many Bur mese have been arrested on suspicion of com | plicity in the affair. ... A dispatch iron England states that on account of the recen floods the sanitary authorities have declared district of Bristol with population of si thousand souls, unfit for habitation until mid summer. Thousands of acres in the valley 0 the Trent will probably remain under wate throughout the winter. .... The losses by fir in New England during the month of octobe were $601, ,275. .... The Chicago grand jur found true bill against nine election judge and three repeaters, for alleged electiol frauds. .... Tom Allen and Jim Mace hay made 8 match to be fought in May next, fo | $5, 900 side .... Frauds in the pay rolls o the Brooklyn (N. Y.) navy yard are being in vestigated. . Tho Black Hills commission advise the use of stern measures toward tn Sioux to bring them to terms. '. Alabam gives majority of fifty thousand for it's ne1 constitution. By collision between
 freight and construction train on the Pitts burgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis railroad, nea Dennison, Ohio, three men were killed an two wounded. One of the engineers dsre garded signals.
 The New York canal commissioners hav' passed resolution to nlose the canals on tn tenth of December next. 1.-The Italian gov ernment is about to purchase the upper Italia systcm of railways at an expense of abou .932, ,000, GOO. .. The secretary of the treasur has ordered the collectors of customs at Boi ton, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore an New Orleans to reduce their working expense fifteen per cent =. John Clark, 8 noted des perado, who killed & Mr. Trevor, in Rochester New York, in endeavoring to avoid arrest fc burglary, was hanged at that place. Clar was co0l and collected to the last, walkln
 finally to the scaffold with 8 cigar in hi mouth. He died easily. Henry Nicholso was hanged at Coushatta, La., for the murde of Marcus Young, Jewish peddler. He pro tested his innocence. ... The reply of tn cure of Notre Dame, Montreal, to the counst for tho Inetitut Canadien, who demanded ec clesiastical rites over the remains of Guibor under pain of damages, is published. Tn letter refuses the 'anands made, and suit fc damages will probably follow. ..... The popu lation of Massachusetts, as finally corrected is 1,651, ,902. q. The President has issue orders consolidating about ninety interns revenue collection districts in various parts C the country into forty, including number i New York and Pennsylvania ~ Ex -Mayc Davis, of Carrollton, H., wealthy citizer shot himself in the head during the funers ceremonies of Paul Wright, who shot himse three days previous. IA handsome bronz medal and diploma were received at the Nav department from the Geographical Society ( Paris, to be awarded to the ofticsrs Of tn United States steamer Tuscarora, as 8 reoog nitlon of their services in making deep SC soundings in the Pacific. .. Brooklyn (N. Y. public school children must be vaccnated C stay at home, tue health board says.
 Lodioia and Albert Fredenburg, mother an son, were found guilty of the murder of Arl Davis, in Grayville, Herkimer county, N Y and were sentenced to be hanged on Friday December 31, at Herkimer. They were cor Yicted upon the testimony of Mary Davis