Connecticut western news., 1876-04-14

Tyrone and Clearfield railroad exploded its
 boiler near Lane Ridge, Pa. and three em.
 ployees were killed-all of them married men
 .....As the engine of the Fletcher mill al
 Providence, R. l., was starting up, four of the
 sixteen boilers exploded, utterly wrecking the
 boiler house, but damaging the main mill very
 little. Thomas Fay and Bartholomew O. fin,
 who were in the boiler room, were killed. The
 loss is estimated at $20, 0,00O.b. IA fire in
 New Rochelle, N. Y., destroyed six houses,
 causing loss of $20, ,000. ... The owners of
 the property destroyed by the bursting of the
 dam of the Worcester water works, claim that
 the city of Worcester is responsible for dam
 age, inasmuch as the officials knew the dam to
 be in an unsafe condition. The Boston and
 Albany railroad company will institute the
 initial suit. .... The Missouri State lottery
 has been seized by the police of St. Louis for
 fraudulent drawing. ..., The European grain
 trade is languid. =. The volcanoes of Kilauea
 and Moknaweoweo, in the Sandwich islands
 are reported to be in an active state of erup-
 hon.. The income tax in Cuba has been
 increased to thirty per cent, gold.
 The United States express companys office
 at Akron, Ohio, was robbed recently of $25,- GOO or $30,OOO.. French bankers have de- cided to financially assist the khedive of
 Egypt. Isaac Page of Searls Mills, Me-, murdered his wife and cut his own throat, from the effects of which he will die,
 During the recent heavy gale the thick glass
 windows in the White Island light tower, off massachusetts, sixty feet above high water mark, were broken by the waves The Watertown (N. Y.) Security bank has sus pended with liabilities amounting to $1OO, 900. ... Sixteen employees of the Boston custom house were discharged to reduce expenses.
 New York city's total indebtedness April 1st was $119, 164, 908. 29. =. The Mexican suthori ties demanded forced loans from Americans in Matamoras, and on one old man refusing to pay he was placed on the top of the fortifica- uons between the two opposing armies, so that m the event of an attack he would be exposed to two fires Our consul rescued him, and ex- tended his protection to other countrymen. A United States gunboat has gone to the scene of action. ..... South Hadley, Mass, lost & hotel, store, two houses and two barns by fire. ..... 5. D. Conover, United States Senator from Florida, was arrested at Tallahassee on 8 charge of embedding $40, ,OOO. The public debt statement for March shows a reduction for the month of $4,24O, ,s67; for the nine months of $17, 969, ,2s6.
 Inc Democrats of Connecticut re-elected | Gov. 1ngersoll and carried both branches of the Legislature, which will give them the | United States Senator for the six year term, Hon. David A. Wells was defeated for Con- | gress on the Democratic ticket although he | made strong run in an intensely Republican | district. Rev. Dr. Bacon, of Plymouth council fame, was defeated for the Legislature on the Republican ticket
 Austria has recalled her medical staff which went to Herzegovina to care for the wounded insurgents. A thousand stevederes struck in Liverpool in consequence of an increase of working hours. Egypt is fortifying nu- merous positions in Abyssinia which W Il be garrisoned during the rainy weather, while the army retires. ... .Thaxton T. Robinson and Jesse Mitchell, both young and highly con- neoted, fought duel with pistols, near Rich mond, Vs., to settle an old feud Robinson was killed and Mitchells recovery is doubtful. ...A maiden granddaughter of Thomas Ienerson died recently at Alexandria, Va,, aged seventy-four years. .A shower of dles, which covered several acres of snow, is reported from River du Loup, Canada. .... hatamoras has fallen into che hands of the in- 'urgents under Porfrio Diaz, with but little lighting, and it is thought the government general Toledo betrayed the town, as he has aken service under Diaz. The people gene- ally seem glad of Diaz's success. General Labarre escaped to Brownsville, Tex. and occupies the house vacated by Diaz ..CL, horss & Co.'s sole leather tannery, at West Camden, N. Y, was destroyed by fire. Loss, R90, 900; insurance, $15, GOO.