Connecticut western news., 1875-07-09
. SUMMARY OF NEWS.

.sszmsz SUMMARY sVE NEWS l. s --- - san fl 1ntsressiug Items frenaE Hosne and Abroad.
 Moody and sankey have been denied the privilege of holding services atEton College. London. . .. :Re1fgiong riots, Caused by the
 Ultramontanes, occurred in the town of Rhein,
 East Prussia, during which the burgonnaster was dangerously stabbed. ,. Wm. M Tweed was released from the penitentiary on Black wells Island on a ren,ittit,tr from the court of appeals and was again imprisoned in Ludlow street jail. .... The Maine Democratic State Convention WAS held at Augusta, and General
 Charles W. Roberts was nominated as candi- date for governor. . .. .. The following are the balances in the United States treasury: Our rency, $4, 546, ,773 special deposit of legal ten- ders for the redemption of certiacatea of de- posit, s6S, 4s5s s00Os poin ncluding coin certif- cates, $2O, ,s4s, sO0) s$7s,244, ,Os9; outs banding
 legal tenders. $s77, ,O64, 900. The 1nagni6-
 cent diamonds presented to Gen. Shermans
 daughter by the Khedive of Egypt are still in
 the New York custom house. The duty on
 them amounts to over $1O0,0OO.... Another
 insane man was arrested in the vicinity of the
 White Honse at Washington ! s ..Ths ! hoistipg apps ratus of the Murcine mine at Nevada City canghtsRre.8 There were stx mon in the shafs which isfSur hundred feet deep, at th e time, one Of whom made his escape. Two were taken
 out dead, after subduing the flames, and
 third died. The remaining two were rescued .nninjured. d.. In Olathe, Kansas, a house eoccupied by Mrs Iesvitt wss blown down, and the father and his child were instantly
 killed. Mrs. Leavitt was badly injured.
 vassar College this year graduated forty-two
 female students . .. The potato bug has ap-
 peared in parts of Long Island. ~.. The British
 admiral in command in the Pacific has sent aid
 to the officers of the sunken United States. steamer ,Saranan ad. .s1! Policeman Jacob Suter' attempted to arrest Patrick MulTgsn, who was
 drunk and beating his family in St. Louis,
 when Mulligan picked up a chiAel and stabbed the officer twice. City Marshal C1as. Born
 then attempted to arrest him and was also
 stabbed, when he drew pistol and shot Mulli- gan dead Both of the officers were severely
 injured . Advices from New Granada cor
 roborste the reports first received in regard to
 to the earthquake! In the city of OueutA eiope
 between two and three thousand persons lost
 their lives, and property to the amount of Ever
 $s, 1000, 900 was destroyed. .... Heavy freshsts are reported from France. The river Gafonne | overhowed and caused much damage by carry
 ing away bridges and destroying crops. Al.
 While several workmen were rspsiring steam
 boat cylinder at Hewea < Philips factory, in, Newark. N. J., some water mside geneyated i steam, causing an explosion. Thomas Crane
 was killed and three other men were badly in
 jured., .. Two brothers have been convicted
 at Fortress Monroe of killing their father,n and
 sentenced to eighteen years imprisonment. {. y
 soldiers monument was unveiled st Syracnse. N. r., with imposing ceremonies. I The TiHon-Beeeher case. which has been
 before the courts of Brooklyn for many months,
 was brought to close and the case given to the
 jury on Thursday, the twenty-fourth day of
 June The same day an effort was made by
 the prosecution to have the case reopened for
 the admission of new and what was considered I important evidence, but Judge Nelson declined
 to have it reopened. He charged the jury at
 some length, and his chargeis declared by the
 press. as model, Of impartiality. The court did not comment,oh the evidence, but warned I the jury against misleading comments by coun- sel on both sides. 1.-The court did not consider
 the charge of blackmai, that was thrown
 out by MT. Beecher. On the great question of
 all, that of adultery. Judge Nelson was non- committal limiting himself to instructing the
 jury ts disregard the arguments of the defen- dants counsel that the oral evidence on this point deserves no. consideration. He instructed l them to fairly weigh it all, and told them that | they were not to throw out without examination l the testimony of MT. Richards nor even that of | Mrs. Carey The case was given to the jury,
 which retired. At ten o'clock at night they had
 not agreed upon verdict aud were locked up
 for the pieBtEieBOSs r i''
 terrific great damage to the ship 1pme f1 AeHaR& of &9pSfsiAa ehilis Seven ships wsTe blown ashore ussd aNseeksaaor sunk,
 causing loss of oyer fifty lives. No American bhaip wSfe danAg g1d sas 4 Aaviees from Panama tekNS that there sres inhnhmksble signs of
 revolution in the State of Magdalena. .... The 5Headuras government has settleato the satis-
 faction Of the United Statak goYernment in re-
 gar4 10 the insults 6ftaxed to the American lsconsui andI flag sspxd0A The Count von Arnimibas been ,eelsxi VI pf intentionally ab- etracting atstd tApaI of the chkradter of pub l lio deeds inttnsted to him, and has been sentsnced to nine aaplths' inapris6unaent :. i 4 fire, occurred in the building 0coupisdsby the I New York rAldtne and damage. to the amount of $10o, GOO was done. Everything was ready for
 the issuing of the July number of the Ataine,
 .. The Iowa Democratic State Convention f met at Des MoinesD and hondipated shepard I Lehier for governor. Tho platform adopted calls for prernscy of the federal goveln1nent
 within it's sphere, ana the feservatfon of the
 losaIl authority '0fi9he constitution absolute
 prohibition of militaSy interference with local ;stats elections; rssarxation of public lands for l benefit of actual settlers, and opposition to | fnntherI graltsTtp corporate cmdnopoliss re-
 steratien of Presidenfs salary: to Sg5seOO and DO third term i the; repeal of the present pro- i hibtion law aud the enactment of practical lieegpse Iplg law, strictly enforced, ri ,ry4l T I A hurricaIe lpS sed, lover Ottawa, Canada, end did cpnbldersbls damage by blowing down
 building and tRiingI gIohf sreofs The loss of
 lfe1 and property by the royeraewing of the IyiYer Gasenae in eFfancel is altogethes heavier than the reports have led us to believe Isis
 now estimated that at least one thousand per
 sons perished. In Toulouse eight hundred houses have fallen, leaving twenty thousand
 people homeless and without means of sub sistence., In the St., Cypren quarter two hun
 dred and fftesn 'corpses have already been found, But fYe houses were left standing of 4 the four hundred fin the town of Tumpullst,
 iii the department of Arriege. In the district
 of Folk two villages were completely covered
 with water, and many lof the. inhabitants !. rerished. Crops 1of all kinds basss been com
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