Connecticut western news., 1876-08-25
SUMMARY OF NEWS.


Gen. Crook has received the ere-enforoements sent him. and Oh this has marched at the head of two thousand soldiers to avenge General Custer's death. He took rations for over a month. Many of the Indians now coming into the agencies bear arms taken from Clusters ill-fated command. Courtney and Yates, of the Union Spring club, won the two-mile double scull race at Saratoga in 12.1e-closely pressed throughout by the Neptunes. The other Contestants we're the Atalantas and Vol venhooks. The time is the fastest ever made. ...... Tho Turks have captured Saitschar. . By railroad collision near Radstock, England, twelve persons were killed and 1ty wounded. ..... By the upsetting of rowboat on Chatau- qua lake, James Spicer, his twelve-year-old daughter, and John Fillmore, were drowned. All were from Mayville, N. Y.... Five masked men entered the residence of James McIn- tyre, near Archibald, Pa., and after struggle bound and gagged the inmates. after which they thoroughly rarsacEed the house. During the contest Mir. Mcintyre was murdered.
 Hallett Kilbourn has entered suit against the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the sergeant-at- arms of the House, and the members of the real estate pool committee, claiming $15O,O00 damages, for injuries sus- tained by reason of false imprisonment with out cause. |. Gen. Bosrond Canal was elected president of Hayti, and his inauguration WAS celebrated by the people with great joy...... The unemployed wo1kingmen of New York city held macs meeting at which they de- nounced the city officials for not furnishing them with work when it was within their power to do 10 ...... The broken Mechanics and Traders savings bank of New York is believed to have been robbed of $1O0,000 by W. H. K. Bennett an assistant cashier The last day of the boating regatta at Saratoga drew together an immense throng. The first event was the senior single scull race, contested by Yates, of the Union Springs, Alderman, of the Atalantas, Kennedy, of Yale, and Riley, of the Neptuues. Riley won in 13.211S, Kennedy sec- ord; in 13 37-being exceedingly fast time The four -oared race, on which 50 much in terest was centered, drew out the Sho-wae- cae-mettes of Monroe, Mich. Argonautas, of Bergen Point, N. J.; Beaverwycks, of Albany Northwesterns, of Illinois, and the Atalantas, of New York-the crack clubs of the country.
 
 gan crew second, and the Atalantas third. .. A son of Timothy Donovan went down well at Greenburgh, Westchester county, N. Y., to investigate it, when he was overcome by foul air and fell lifeless to the bottom. The father wont his rescue, but also became asphyxi ated by the gas. Cornelius Donovan then attempted to get out the bodies of his brothe, and nephew, but fell & third victim to the deadly gas. The bodies were recovered by graphing irons.
 | At 8 sale of shorthorn cattle near Paris, Ky. | the famous bull Fourteenth Duke of Thorndalt was sold for BY, 300. ..... The Republicans O. Arkansas have nominated Joseph Brooks fo governor. The party now has two candidate in the ield-all efforts to harmonize the fac tions having proved unavailing ... ..Governo Porter was nominated by the Democracy O Tennessee. The platform adopted indorse the St. Louis declaration, and calls for rigic economy and opposes any increase of taxation in view of the shrinkage of values and genera impovershment. Stock is being sube cribe'
 for ill Paris to build new cable between Ne1
 York and that city. .... The following nomina
 tons for Congress are annou ced: Thir
 California district, Rep, Horace Davis sec
 Rep, George ". Hendell. Fourth Maine
 Dem., J. il. Donworth. Third Virginia, Dem
 John B. Kenua. Fifth Maine Dem, W. E
 Mcclellan. First Vermont, Rep, A. P. Childs
 Third Ohio, Dem., John $. Savage. Eight
 Ohio Dem, George Arthur. Fifteenth Ohit
 Dem, William ". Poston. ... The Rocheste
 free-to-all race was contested by Smuggle
 Lucille Goiddust, Fullerton and Bodine, an
 was witnessed by twelve thousand peopl
 Smuggler won in three straight heats in g. 2.18 and 19A Lucille taking second none
 Grasshoppers have appeared in large nun
 bers in Nebraska. .. MT. Disraeli is about , be raised to the House of Lords with the tit of Earl of Beaconfeld. .. Congressional nom nations Alabama, seventh district, Dem Gen. W. H. Forney; Georgia. Savannah di trict, Rs1., John E. Bryant Missouri, thi teenth., Dem, A. H. Buckner Arkansas, se ond, Rep. J. A. Williams Arkansas, fourt , Rep, Samuel Murphy; Michigan, eight Dem., Fred. H. Potter ...... President Ora ad !ressed message to Congress asking f
 authority to increase the cavalry regiments , to call for volunteers for six months to p down the Indians. ..... The first of 8 series
 matches between the American yacht Mad { leine and the Canadian yacht Countess - Dufferln, for the Queens cup, now held
 the Americans, resulted in victory for t l. Madeleine by about ten minutes. .... Jenki t Showell, colored, was hanged in Snow Hi e Md, for rape committed on 8 white wom and colored woman. Victor Smith qu : reled Nith Mrs. Frank Bowman, with whom , boarded, in Rochester, N. Y., and drawing pistol killed her by shooting her through t ( head. He then blew out his own brains.
 There will be held in the Pomological builii l. on the Centennial grounds the following
 hibitions of agricultural products From St v tember to September 9, a display of peach n from September II to September 16, Northe l. pomological products September 19 to St a tember 25, autumn vegetables; September y to September 30, cereals; October to Octol
 2. potatoes and feeding roots October 17 6 October 21, autumn butter and cheese Oc Der 23 to November 1, nuts and from Octol l. 21 to November 1, autumn honey and wax. d Cuban insurgents fired Fort Jaques, in
 district of Cienfuegos, and the Spanish garris e of fourteen men was burned to death ..... d the breaking of 8 coupling, an oil train on ,t Jersey Central railroad was separated n
 Roselle, and on being ruu into by an engine
 the rear, the oil was set on fire and $75,
 damage inflicted. A waterspout near Lyn
 burg, Va, made gap in the roadbed of ,+ Virginia Midland ninety feet broad and f ia feet deep, into which freight train was r ,e cipitated, and the engineer and braken ?. killed. ... The dory Centennial, in whicl of man sailed from Massachusetts for Euro ot has put into harbor in:.Wales for provisio y ......O Leary, the pedestrian, walked 1 le hundred miles in six days in New York, hay s; half an hour to spare. The yacht Madele 0f bavinp haen snccassfnl in q raca with