Connecticut western news., 1876-01-07
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Interesting Item. from Homo and Abrou

Interesting Items from Homo and Abroad
 Henry Wainwright was hanged in London for the murder of Harriet Lane. .... Mount Vesuvius is in state of eruption. Gen. Jovellar has been appointed captain-general of Cuba. ... The French steamer Louisiane was sunk in the river Gironde by collision sixteen lives were lost. .. Yale College has withdrawn from the general rowing associa- tion. ....A fight occurred between hunting parties of Cheyennes and Arapahoes, about fifty miles west of Camp Supply, Kan. A number on each side were wounded. Detach- ments cavalry were sent to preserve peace. -.... William P. Baker, of Lansingville, N.Y., was found by his wife in the hogpen, disem- boWled and dead. He was killed by the hog. The steamer City of New York made the passage from New York to Havana in four days and two hours, which is claimed to be the quickest time on record .. Geo. Key. holds, polygamist, was sentenced by Chief Justice White, of Utah, to two years imprison- ment and $500 fine. He was released on $10,0 bail pending an appeal to the supreme court.
 The British training ship Goliath was burned at Gravesend, England, with loss of twenty lives. Yale Colleges boat club has chal- lenged Harvard to row an eight-oared four mile straightaway race, with coxswain ..... The Emperor of Brazil will make tour of the Uniled States as private individual. A sharp shock of earthquake was felt in Rich mond, Va.....A large gas main running under the Federal street bridge, South Boston, ex- ploded from some unexplained cause and made general wreck of everything in the im-. mediate vicinity, besides killing and wounding number of people. The bridge itself was destroyed, and large grain warehouse near by will have to be demolished. Heavy rains have fallen throughout southern and western Texas. The rivers and bayous are higher than for years, and the trains blocked. Steam CTS could not leave Houston on account of g flood in the bayou.
 A battle recently occurred between the Rus- sian troops and body of insurgents in Kho- kand, in which three hundred of the latter were killed It is announced in Cairo that the Khedive negotiating the sale of Egypt's founders shares in the Suez canal and that representative of the British government and an agent of 8 combination of French capi- talists gre the bidders, the latter having offered $9000, 900. .... The Prince of Wales has arrived in Calcutta. ... Sonora, Mexico, is in state of anarchy, and Governor Peg quiera has levied special tax to carry on the war;. Montenegro has negotiated 8 loan of $1, 900 1000, and has contracted for arms. It is believed she will join servia against Turkey. ...... The ca thquake was felt generally throughout Virginia. A Louisville (Ky.) grand jury has indicted ten persons for bet ting on the late elections-among them two of tae city council. ... The town of Winona, Minn., having subscribed bonds to the amount of $35 900 for the Green Bay railroad com- pany, and then refused to pay them, claiming that the company did not fulfill all the condi- tions agreed, the company brought suit, and have received verdict by which they can re- cover thirty-fve thousand dollars, with in- terest, from wealthy citizens of Winona.. George H. Decker, of Liberty, Sullivan county, N Y., shot his wife and then cut his own throat, causing his death shortly after ward. His wife was dangerously injured. Financial troubles led to the act .... The freights west on the Pennsylvania railroad have been reduced fifty per cent.
 Charles Knowles, nine years old, was found dead in the window of schoolhouse at Guil- ford, N. H. He had attempted to climb in through the window, and the sash falling | upon his neck suffocated him. .....A severe tornado passed over the Bermuda islands, de- stroying considerable property, with some loss of life. ..... Helmbold, the ex-buchu man, has l again been put in an insane asylum ...... The royal palace at Barcelona was nearly destroyed by fire. "A MT. Reenz was arrested in New York city for sending 8 challenge. . The entire business portion of Avon, N. Y.. was de- stroyed by fire, involving loss of $7O, 900.
 The sugar refinery of Messrs. Kattenhorn, Hopke, Offerman & Co.,, at Hastings, N. Y, was burned, the loss being estimated at $600,- GOO. Heavy importations keep the price of corn down in tho English market, and wheat l in some of the French markets has dropped
 .. IA boarding house on the Cincinnati Southern railroad, near Harrodsburg, Ky., was fired into in the evening by unknown persons, killing Martin Crum and wounding man named McCarty Town Marshal Chandler, of Lebanon, Ky, attempted to arrest 8 man named Northcraft, when he was set upon by roughs, and general fight ensued, during which many shots were fired. Chandler killed Northcraft, and was almost instantly killed by the friends of the latter. .... A coroner's jury at Westerly, R. l., in the case of the child who YVES killed by the kicks of drunken father while in it's mothers arms have re-
 turned the following verdict " That the per. son from whom the father purchased the l liquor which made him drunk is guilty of mur !. der" The father, Philip Gallagher, was helG in &, 1000 bail to answer before the supreme court . A dreadful calamity occurred 1T
 the village ot Helhkon, in the Canton o1
 Aargau. Christmas festivities were being celebrated in the schoolhouse in that place
 when the flooring gave way. Eighty persons
 were killed and fifty more or less wounded.
 Ex-Queen Isabella of Spain IS sick with thu
 measles.