Connecticut western news., 1876-06-16
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

Abdul Aziz, who had been sultan of Turkey since 1861, has been compelled by his people to abdicate in favor of his nephew and heir, Murad Effendi who will institute many re- forms. The new sultan is favorably regarded by the European powers. An immense fire ragged in the St. Louis district of Quebec, de- stroying over one thousand houses and render ing great numbers of people destitute. The aggregate losses will be very heavy. .... By the upsetting of sailboat in Brighton, Mass, Mrs. Duncklee and her daughter Maud, to- gether with Miss Wilson and her little brother, were drowned. .... Dublin university will send crew to Philadelphia. .... The Spanish authorities have closed 8 school in Pontevedra at the request of the Catholic clergy. ..... Decoration day was generally ob- served as 8 holiday throughout the country. The jewelry store of Kerby & Snow in New Haven, Conn.,, was entered by burglars, who pried open the safes and stole $3O,OOO worth of diamonds, watches, etc. The government {has sent 160-ton schooner, the Era, under command of Lieut.. Mintzer, to the Arctic regions to procure specimens of flora and fauna for the Smithsonian Institute. A cargo of graphite will also be brought back. Capt. James Buddington, of Polaris fame, is of the party ... The Senate has declared that it possessed the requisite jurisdiction in the Belknap case.
 Iowa's Episcopal convention elected Rev. Dr. Perry, of Geneva, N. Y., to be bishop. .... Several States held conventions the same day to appoint delegates to the national conven-
 
 but did not pledge the delegates. Iowa Re- publicans indorse Blaine, but leave their dele gates unpledged. Maryland Democrats send unpledged delegates, who mostly favor Bayard, Virginias Democratic delegates, although un- pledged, are for Tlden. Tennessee Democrats send delegates unpledged, but in favor of Hendricks. .... Nearly seven thousand persons were rendered homeless by the Quebec fire. ..... The will of the late A. T. Stewart is to be contested by blood relatives on his mothers side.
 Eight thousand Knights Templars, repre- senting twenty-three States, paraded in Phila delphia being the largest gathering of Knights ever held. .. George Parker's second attempt to ride thirty California mustangs 305 miles in fifteen hours, near New York, resulted in a failure-the rider becoming blind after the 216th mile. PeraNo, another rider, rode forty miles in one hour, forty-three and one-haIi minutes ...... The preliminary work on the tunnel between France and England has been begun on the French shore. .A company of Cincinnatians, under Capt. Stone, on the way to the Black Hills, were struggling along after their wagons, when several hundred Indians swooped down upon them and suc- ceeded in killing the entire force . The new sultan of Turkey makes liberal promises of reform. .... Forty-two shorthorn COWS and heifers were sold at Cambridge City, Ind, fol $17, 800; the highest price being $2,525. The Vermont delegates to the Democratic na- tional convention are in favor of Tilden and will vote as unit although unpledged ...... Michigan's Democratic delegates are divided between Hendricks and Tilden. Minnesota appointed Democratic delegates in favor oi Tlden.
 Andrew Moore, New York boy of fourteen was struck by playmate of the same age while quarreling, and instantly drove knife which he had in his hand into his comrades breast, causing death. ... The deposed sultan is confined in palace, but his life is not ir danger. As 8 freight train was passing the Sing Sing prison grounds at speed oi fifteen miles an hour, six convicts suddenly dropped from the wall to the coal tender, foul of whom got on the locomotive, and while one uncoupled the engine from the train another presented revolver to the engineers head and ordered him to increase the speed. They succeeded in passing the guards, who were afraid to fire for fear of hitting the engineer or fireman, and on arriving at 8 thick piece oi woodland near Tarrytown they jumped off the engine and disappeared. They all stripped of their prison garb, having citizens clothing underneath. Two prisoners who secreted them. selves between the cars were rearrested ...... Goldsmith Maid trotted three miles against time at Philadelphia, making the heats in 2214, 215 and 2.1915. She made 8 strong effort on the second heat to beat her famous and unparalleled time of 2.14, but did mol succeed.
 A schoolteacher named Allen o. Laros put poison in the family coffee pot and killed his father, mother and MT. Moses Schug. The object was to gain possession of sum ot money known to be in the house. The re- mains of man, woman, and girl were found in secluded part of the woods near Belleville Ill. The woman and child were shot through the head and the man through the heart From the position of the bodies it is supposed the man shot his wife and child and ther killed himself ..... Abdul Aziz Khan, the re gently deposed sultan of Turkey, committed aid I-,1 |. pair of scissors. He was buried with all tho honors due his former position. Do. An oi tank containing twenty-one thousand barrel of oil, situated near Oil City, Pa., was strucl by lightning and exploded, setting fire tt another tank containing twenty-three thou sand barrels. all of which were consumed LOSS, nearly $1, 1000, ,O0O. .... Jarrett & Palmer the theatrical men, ran fast train from Ney | York to San Francisco, carrying twenty-fv passengers at $500 head. The schedul time was eighty-four hours, but they succeed ed in making he trip in twenty-six minute less-part of the time running at & rate of owe 8 mile 8 minute.
 | A fourth member of the Laros family ha died from the effects of the arsenic admins tered by the son..... Notwithstanding the re port signed by nineteen surgeons of Constan tinople to the effect that the ex-sultan died c
 the wounds on his arms, the European pres
 is inclined to discredit the suicide theory
 J. 0. Aver, the noted patent medicine mar
 has been sent to an insane asylum ...... Wi
 helmina Weick, was sentenced to death i
 Buffalo, N. Y., for the murder of her stepso1
 She received the sentence calmly .... A part
 of 126 Mormons arrived in New York frol
 England on their way to Utah. Mormo
 agents who have been proselyting in the oI
 country state that one thousand more col
 verts will shortly follow. Counterfeit 5
 on the Hamden National Bank of Westfielt
 Mass, are common. IA boy named Ora while bathing near Neshanic N J. got fas