Connecticut western news., 1875-10-08
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

NSAssANssU1OAAf WAY A@-~SAASAASN bank of Montreal has suspended. .... Mrs White, widow, of Marlboro, N. H., while temporarily insane, cut the throat of Mrs. Gerould, lady visiting her, and then cut her own with 8 scvthe. Neither is expected to re- cover ... The Russian General Kaufman. has occupied Khokand, and all the Russian prisoners have been delivered over to him. i The editor of the Berlin Germdnia has been sentenced to five months imprisonment for publishing an article displeasing to the gov ernment. IA horse disease similar to the New York city, Poughkeepsie and other towns of the State. ... Charles G. Fisher, late United States assistant district-attorney of the District of Columbia, has been arrested on charge of stealing legal papers from the Wash ington criminal court. The papers were re- covered. 70. The homeopathists of New York State celebrated the semi-centennial of the introduction of that practice into this country. Speeches were made and letters from dis tinguished homeopathists read ...... A fire in the silverware manufactory of the Whiting Manufacturing Company at North Attleboro, Mass, entirely destroyed it. The loss is esti- mated at $1OO,O00. Three hundred men were thrown out of employment. ...... The New York Daily Witness has suspended.
 South Australian telegram states that the harvest prospects are unprecedented. The wool clip is good. .... The town of Vetasco, Texas was entirely swept away by the. late in- undation, but no Iveswere lost. letter from the steamship and railroad agent st Indianola says two hundred houses were swept away at that place. ... The British steamer Tgress, from Cow Bay for Montreal, was so damaged during the recent gales that the captain was obliged to run her aground on the Magdalen island, where she became total wreck. The crew and passengers escaped. The minister of public works presented to the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil & request of the Emperor to sanction visit of eighteen months dura- ton to Europe and the United States. Dur ing the session of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows at Indianapolis, Ind, g street process sion was indulged in, when fully ten thousand Odd Fellows were in line. .. Three children of John Mccormick were left alone for few hours one evening, and as it was chilly, they attempted to build fire, starting it with kero- sene, as they had seen their mother. The in- stant match was touched to the kindlings an explosion occurred, and the children were en- veloped in flames and terribly. burned, one of them fatally. . The Emperor of Austria, on receiving the Parliamentary. delegations, spoke hopefully of the maintenance of peace in Europe M A man named Cotting in Piermont, N. H., was awakened at night in his room by a tramp, who demanded his money, at the same time prosecuting loaded pistol and threatening to blow out his brains. Cotting directed him to 8 bureau, where he said there was $700. The tramp, while searching for the money, laid down the pistol. Cotting seized the weapon and shot the man dead. The balance sheet of the Post office department for the fiscal year ending June 30, just prepared, shows that, notwithstanding large increase of service, the expenses were $48, ,866 less than the previous year. .~ ..g
 The Liberals of New York State, in con- vention at Albany, adopted platform com mending Gov Tilden's canal reform policy advising voters to sustain only such candidates as will support the work of reform condemns the interference of o6ce-holders in political conventions declares for single presidential
 
 travagance. The convention adjourned with out nominating 8 ticket. ... The Democrats of Massachusetts, in convention at Worcester, nominated 8 ticket for State officers, headed by Wm. Gaston for governor, and Gen. Wm. F. Bartlett for ieutenant-governor. The plat form utterly repudiates the right of any State to secede from the Union, and claims as equally inviolable the right of any States to govern themselves opposes any expansion of the currency, and favors 8 return to 8 specie basis arraigns the Republican party for it's profigate waste of the public money, and it's unjust and defective system of taxation, f. nance and currency fayors an open field and fair play to both capital and labor the interests of which are identical congratulates the State upon the repeal of the prohibitory law, as tending to promote public order and mor- ality. ... The Republicans of Maryland nomi. mated J. Morrison Harris for governor, and adopted platform declaring in favor of ar honest and economical administration of the State and national governments disapprovef of the further expansion of the currency, anc favors 8 speedy return to specie deprecatef the corruption in the government of Maryland I and halls with joy the uprising of the people te destroy rings and cliques.
 The new Spanish ministry is combination of the Liberal and Conservative elements. servia and Montenegro have notified the pow CTS eff their determination to remain neutral or the troubles between Turkey and the north western provinces. The singie-scull ract between Englehardt and O'Neil at Saratoga resulted in victory for the former in 22. 22s4 winning by three seconds. ... The baggage of the Prince of Wales. together with that O his suite, plate, presents, etc., Lave been em parked on the British war vessel Serapis which is to convey the prince to Brindisi o1 his way to the East Indies the latter par Of the week. She will sail for Brindisi, Italy where it has been decided the prince will em bark, instead of from Venice ... While Leste Sykes was working ats new we'll thirty-sevel feet from the surface. in West Springfield Mass, quicksands caused caving in. broad curbing formed an arch over Sykes say ing him from immediate death, and leavip, 8 slight opening for ventilation. An alarr was given and fifty men began the work o
 rescue. It was necessary 10 dig out pi thirty feet in diameter to avoid crushing in tn balance of the earth and 80 shutting off a air. Relays worked steadily for thirty-si hours before they came to Sykes, and he wa then dead His voice was heard twenty-fou ,. hours after burial. l.... The Cuban insurgent are actively engaging the enemy all over tn island, and many of the richest plantation have been despoiled. Count Valmaseda latel sent persons to promise the insurgents that they would refrain from destroying propert he would respect their hospitals. His offe was rejected. ... A married man named Sche
 strolled into the woods with Miss Laughlir 1 8 girl of sixteen, near Bellefontaine, Ohio