Connecticut western news., 1876-09-29
SUMMARY OF NEWS.


 SUMMARY OF NEWS.
 A locomotive boiler exploded on the Balti- more and Ohio road near Frederick, Md, kill | ing the engineer and fireman. @. The sec-e- tary of the treasury has issued call for the redemption of $10, ,00O,0 900 of the fve-twenty bonds of 1865, May and November, coupon and registered. ..... The principal railway men of the West have pooled" together to arrange the freight tariff They declare their intention not to do carrying for the Eastern roads for less rates than they offer merchants.
 Thirteen passengers were injured by an ex- press train being thrown down 8 thirty foot embankment near Greensboro, N. o.. Spain has sent another detachment of troops to Cuba to help subdue the ingurrectionists. .. :. Con- gressional nominations: New York, seven teenth district, Martin l. Townsend, Rep; Buffalo district, E. G. spaulding, Rep; Mary land, fifth, E. J. Henkle Dem ...... Ex-Gov Henry A. Wise died at his residence in Rich mond, Va.... The first days short range rifle matches at Creedmoor, near New York, drew an immense number of rihemen from all parts of the country. The match at two hundred yards had one hundred and eighty | eix entries, and was won by F. J. Rabbeth, of | Providence, R. l., on a score of forty-hve points out of a possible fifty. Forty-two of | the marksmen scored forty or over, which was exceptionally good shooting. The next match was at five hundred yards range all rifles Of over fifty oaliber to shoot six hundred yards. There were one hundred and ffty-nine entries. Mir. H. s. Jewell, of the reserve of the American team, was the winner by the complete score of ffty-ten oonsecuetive bulls eyes-shooting never before equaled in this country and but once in England. The second prize was taken by l.. M. Ballard, on score of forty nine, in which he was tied by Mir. 0. Overbaugh, both of them of the Ameri- can reserve. A freight train on the Penn sylvania railroad struck two cows near Torres dale, N. J., and threw them directly under the
 wheels of & passenger train, which was pass ing in the opposite direction, forcing several cars from the track, by which four men were
 injured.
 The Democratic State convention, to nomi-
 nate candidate for governor in place of Hon.
 Horatio Seymour, declined, met at Saratoga,
 
 son received the greatest number sf votes
 when the nomination was made unanimous Hon. John Kelley withdrew his name as , Presidential eleotor that Horatio Seymour might head that branch of the ticket. Hon Lucius Robinson is descendant of Puritan family which settled in New England, and wal , born in Greene county, N. Y, in 1910. Afte ) graduating at the Delhi academy, paying hi expenses by teaching, he studied law in thu office of Amasa J. Parker, and after shor practice was chosen district attorney of hi native county. He afterward went to Nov
 York city, where he was appointed commis sioner in chancery for three successive terms . He was elected controller by the Union part f in 1861 by 100000 majority, and in 1863 wal a reelected. In 1865 MT. Robinson ran for tn l same position on 2 straight Democratic ticket l and was defeated. In 1870 he was beaten by 3 Republican for Congress. He was membe
 of the constitutional convention in 1871. Il - 1875 he was elected controller on the Demo !, cratic ticket, which position ho still holds. ' The Republicans of Delaware, in convention l. at Dover, nominated Presidential electors an Q adopted 8 platform reciting the claims ot tn
 dominant party for continuance in power, an d point with pride to the recent indorsement IT Vermont and Maine demand that all set d tarianism shall be abolished from publ s schools declare that the Democrats ar Il actuated by party desires rather than the tru Il interests of the country ...... Nominations l. Congress-: New Jersey second district, Dr.
 Howard Pugh, Rep; Pennsylvania, twelftl e Hendrick B. Wright, Dem., New York, twent. 'e seventh, Eldridge G. Lapham, Rep. Mass' at chusetts, ninth, W. W. Rice, Rep; seventh "a B. F. Butler, ,Rep.. The Maryland Democrat
 convention to nominate Presidential electo 'u adopted platform favoring specie payments N9 praising the last House for it's efforts towal na = retrenchment; opposes seotarian interferen' with public schools and denounces Feder F, interpretation with elections. ,. The New Yol ,h police have been vigorously raiding the wealtl ,nI gambling saloons of late. An insurrectio ,d ary movement is brewing in the Basque pr
 vince of Spain. The island of Mesein n. of Italy, has been shaken by & earthquak 5i- and considerable damage done to buildings IT. the town of Reggie. ..... The Hollandise go ae ernment suppressed 8 fair at Amsterdal } :I whereupon the inhabitants became SO rioto ae as to necessitate action by the military. O as of the rioters was killed and fourteen woundc 11 1 .... The principal European powers have su ;; gested 8 cessation of the Turco-Servan ws "a and the Porte promises to consider the situ ;+a tion ...... The report is current in Alexandl I'd that the war between Egypt and Abyssinia nd to be renewed, the peace negotiations havi he failed ... Yellow fever is on the increase he Savannah . The horse Petrarch won t If. famous English St. Leger stakes over nj ph competitors, beating Il @ favorites.
 The international rife match was shot m Crecdmoor, near New York, between teal
 from Scotland, Ireland, Australia, Canada a " Amercs. The terms of the match called f a each team (of eight men) to shoot at 800, 300 a tIo 1000 yards, and repeat the same the next d. ,n- the team scoring the greatest aggregate nt- points to be considered the winner. The fl in days shooting resulted ill the Americans scori we $50 out of a possible 600 at the 800 yard ranl
 SIS at the 300, and 509 at the 1000; ng Scotch 535, 52s and 523 ; the Irish 535, vas and 62s; the Australians, 5S1, 524 and 4: