Connecticut western news., 1876-12-01
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Insersstinz ltsssa Ersta Moms aad Abroad
 Russia is preparing her army to be ready for

l ! Tiiden Of over 40, ,O00. The remaining counties I will increase these figures about 2,OOO.. ! At an auction sale of ancient books in New I York, copy of Eliot's Indian Bible was sold for $900. IA number of men were injured in Scranton, Pa., during street fight between strikers and non-strikers employed in the Delaware and Lackawanna railway shops. The medical authorities of Savannah announce | that tho yellow fever is over, and that it is safe for refugees to return w All deserters from the Spanish army, now serving in the Cuban artoy, are offered immunity from pun | ishment, provided they rejoin the Spanish army and serve out their time. After Decem- Der 3l they will be shot wherever captured. Reports from Red Cloud agency are to the effect that the fierce and warlike Chey- enne have left their camp to join Crazy Horse in his campaign against Gen. Crook The British steamer City of Manchester, from Liverpool for Calcutta, was lost on the voyage. All bands, except the captain and steward, are supposed to be lost. The New York supreme court has decided that bank stock should be taxed on it's actual, not it's par value. ... The Cuban patriots claim to have been successful in 8 battle with the Spaniards near Puerto Principe, to which place the royal troops were forced to retire .. The principal creditors of ex Gov. Shepherd, of Washington, have signed an extension of their claims for five years. The property, which is placed at considerable beyond the liabilities, has been placed in the hands of trustees . While the steamer Montezuma, running between Havana and Porto Rico, and touching at vari- ous ports, was at Puerto Plata, about eleven passengers embarked, who, when the steamer was on the high seas, killed the captain, first mate, first engineer and the supercargo and took possession of the steamer. They then landed the rest of the passengers at Romero Key, Cuba, and put out to see again. It is supposed these so-called passengers were Cubans. ......A A report from Sheboygan, Mich, states that the tug J. W. Bennett went ashore near St. Helena island, in the straits of Macki- nav. Tho next corning five of the crew were smothered and scalded to death in a room over the boiler by steam which escaped from the safety valve. :. .. The bill to accord women the same privilege as mon was defeated in the Vermont House by vote of Ill to forty six. The annual report of the commis- sioner of agriculture of the United States shows that there were distributed during the past year 1 1,520, 900 packages of vegetable and field seeds and textiles, including nearly 9OO,- 900 of vegetable, ,000 of flower, 66, 900 of wheat, GA, 900 of tobacco and 863 of cotton.
 An amicable settlement is probable between John H. Lick and the trustees of the Lick fund in San Francisco. Spain is to abolish universal suffrage. The lost vessel City of Manchester had been altered from steamer to sailing vessel. Thirty-two mon probably went down with her. ..... The number of cash admissions to the Centennial from May 10 to November 10 were 8,004,274; free admissions, 1,9O6 692 total, ,910, ,966 Total cash receipts, | $3, ,813, ,724. The free admissions represented exhibitors attendants, employees, etc Mrs. Emma Wiletts, of Lawrence, l.. l., was burned to death in consequence of using kerosene oil to light her fire. Her daughter, in attempting to assist her mother, was so badly burned that her life is despaire1 of. =. As Sayville fish ing smack was passing through Jones' inlet, l.. l., it struck on the bar broke in two, and the three inmates were thrown into the water two of them being drowned. The business portion of the town of Magnolia, N. C.. has been destroyed by fire. Nineteen buildings, including the railroad depot, telegraph and | express offices, with their contents, were burned. The fire is supposed to have been of | incendiary origin. New Yonk State gives | Tilden 31 536 majority, as announced by the authorities. .. The Ohio vote for Presidential | electors is canvassed, and shows majority for Hayes and Wheeler of 7,516. Thero were O57 1 votes cast in the State for Peter Cooper fo
 President, 636 for Greene Clay Smith, the Prohibitionjst candidate, and seventy-six votes for the Anti-secret Society ticket. The aggrc- gate vote in the Presidential election is 658,- 649, which is an increase of 27,OOO over the aggregate vote for State officers in October last and over the vote for governor last year of 5,966 The increase over the vote for President in 1872, which is the heaviest ever cast in Ohio prior to last year, is 129,213
 A broken rail on the St. Louis, Iron Noun tain and Southern railroad "ditohed" an extra passenger train near Malvern, Ark. Twenty eight of the passengers were more or less in- jured. =. A serious disaster occurred at Bal lardvale. twenty miles from Boston, on the Boston and Maine railroad. A freight train of fifty cars, drawn by two locomotives, and mov- ing at a considerable speed, was thrown upon side track by misplaced sWitch and came into collision with cars standing there. Charles 0. Walker and Carlos B. Miller, engineer and fireman of the second locomo. tive, were killed. A train hand named Stevens was fatally and another seriously injured
 Both locomotives were badly wrecked aud twelve or fifteen cars demolished. . :. Owing to scarcity of sugar, the price has been advanced. George F. Parker, New York city commission merchant, was arrested for extensive swindling of city and country deal
 CTS. .... During 8 quarrel between colored men at Lawtonville, s. O., one of the numbe, was severely beaten, and warrants were issued for the arrest of the assailants. A white con. stable and posse arrested fire of the men, aud on their way to jail with them were ambus. caded by colored desperadoes, two of the posse killed ard the prisoners rescued. .. The
 United States consul at Porto Rico writes that the late hurricane was very disastrous in its e1fecte-a great portion of the coffee and rice crops be ng destroyed. Three American ves
 sels were lost during the prevalence of the storm, and forty-fve ships about the island were either totally lost or much injured .....
 The Graugers' encampment buildipg at Eln station, Pennsylvania railroad, was totally de
 stroyed by fire. LOSS, ESQ., insurance
 $50C00. =. The New York canals are to bt closed December 1st
 Burglars gagged and bound the watchman al
 Catskill station, N. Y, blew open the safe, ant escaped with the contents. .... The loft ovel & livery stable in Sacramento, Cal, YVES fitted up as $ variety theater with gallery and stage
 and was called Moores opera house. The opening night occurring on Saturday, thu place was crowded with people. Shortly after the performance began an omrous creakins was heard, and almost instantly aftcrward the
 floor sunk in the middle, carrying down the