Connecticut western news., 1876-05-19
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

Interesting Iteuas from Homo and Abroad.
 After the election in Indianapolis, Ind, riot occurred, during which one man was killed and number seriously injured. .... Forty masked men, supposed to have been striking miners, appeared at night at the coal mines near Massillon, Ohio, and after binding the watchmen, fired the shafts of the Willow Bank, Mount Bank, and Rhodes & Go. s mines
 ...While State Senator Twitchell, of Louisi- ana, was being ferried over the river at Coushatta, in that State, in company with his brother-inlaw, King, an unknown man opened fire upon him with repeating rife. killing the two white men and wounding the colored ferry man. .... The riiemen of Ireland are com- peting for the places on the team to represent that country at the Centennial. Inasmuch as Great Britain refused to extradite Winslow and several other American prisoners, Sec retary Fish has notified the British govern ment of the abrogation of the extradition articles of the treaty ..... .$75, 00O were lost by the burning of Straiton & Storms tobacco factory in New York city A bonded ware house at Versailles, Ky, was destroyed by fire, including SIP, 800 worth of whisky contained ' therein. The origin is supposed to have been \ incendiary . The Pennsylvania Legislature expelled Member Lynott for accepting money in connection with the Boom bill.
 Forcible expulsion of the Chinese in Cali fornia is urged by various clubs in that State \ ...... Anthony Gehring, carrier of morning papers in Chicago, shot his wife twice, killing her instantly, and then killed himself by the ' i,,ot Tod | their delegates to the national convention to work for Blaine. After President Domingue fled from Hayti, the new president Rameau was approached by son of Monplaeier Pierre, \ who shot him dead to a7enge the blood of his father, who was massacred under the orders \ of Rameau. In consequence of quarrels
 between the great roads ming west from New York, there is every probability of a re- duction in freight and passenger rates for the | time. .... Of the three direct cables between
 Europe and this country only one is in work
 ing order-the Direct ... The drought which
 prevailed throughout the island of Jamaica ia
 at an end. During it's prevalence wat CT sold
 readily in Manchester for $4 50 puncheon.
 The Maryland Republicans appointed dele
 gates to the national convention. Their resolu-
 tions praise President Grant and Bristow, but
 direct the delegates to vote for Blaine.
 Ben. French and wife, of Warsaw, Ky who
 were arrested and committedto jail for poison ing an old colored gentlemen for the purpose
 of securing his property, were taken from
 their keepers at midnight by an armed mob ot
 masked men and hanged to limb of tree
 some two miles from town. ... By the failure ' IT,
 (Mass.) paint works, six large mills have beer
 closed, viz.: The paint works, Gallup Hough
 ton & Smiths works, D. H. Arnold & Co.
 of North Adams, the Willismstown Msnufac \ turing Co.,, the Arnold mill at South Adams | and tue Pownal Co.,, at Pownal, Vt. Eigh
 hundred persons are thrown out of employ
 ment. $20, 900 were lost by the burning o the Ohio Woodenware Co.'s building in Cleve
 land ...... There is suffering in the Blac \ Hills on account Of scarcity of provisions
 Bacon brings fifty cents per pound, eugar fort
 cents, and other articles in proportion. Tn
 load to Custer City is strewn with broker | wagons of parties who have been attacked b \ Indians.
 ! South Carolina Democrats instructed the
 delegates to the national convention to vot ! for the man most likely to win. IA sever ! earthquake shock occurred in various portion; \ of South Australia, and many buildings we. 1 damaged. . A letter received from Kegashg on the coast O Labrador, states that there i great destitution all along the coast. At Bel
 thier de Belle Chasse man named Peter Blai died from starvation. Seal catching is falur
 this season, and the iii abitants along tn coast are waiting with the greatest anxiety tn
 arrival of the first schooner with provisions
 liking Alfonso has written another lette
 assuring the Pope that Spain is Catholic. ...,
 The Georgia Republicans left their represents i, y tives at the national convention unpledget
 The delegates are divided on Presidential car : didates-Blaine having the majority O.. Tn l Texas Legislature elected Gov. Richard Cok : (Dem.) United States Senator. |. .. The pigeo l shooting match at Indianapolis, Ind, betwee f Bogardus, of this country, and Price, of LOT don, for the championship of the world, It = suited in victory for Bogardus by 84 to 72 2 Reports from Mexico are to the effect ths n thirteen of the states are loyal to the geners
 government, while the other five are in = state of revolution. Diaz has marched to tn . interior, and was at San Luis Potosi
 A Halifax dispatch places the catch of seal