Connecticut western news., 1876-06-09
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 Five fishing vessels and forty-seven lives have been lost in the Gloucester (Mass.) fisheries this year. The Now Jersey Demo- crats a., pointed delegates to the national ccn- vention and indorsed ex Gov Joel Parker for the Presidency. The resolutions adopted call for equal political rights for all subordnsti>n n of military to civil power; gold and silver as basis for currency; a tariff sufficient for the expenses of government economically adminis- tered; recognize the amendments to the con- stitution part as of the organic law, and will uphold the same; charge the administration with imbecility and corruption, and applaud the reform action of tho House of Representa- tives in unearthing frauds and reducing ex- penditures. .... The Magdalen islands her ring fisheries have been very successful. Several vessels have arrived at Halifax with full fares. .....A heavy storm of rain, hail and wind did considerable damage in the vicinity of Rondout, N. Y.... The four Greek sailors who mutinied on the English bark Lennie, were hanged in London. .... The Bosnian in- surgents have been so much encouraged by their recent victories that they will demand the absolute independence of Herzegovina and & provisional government.
 Dangerous commercials of the denomination of s5 are adoat on the following named banks, and persons are advised to refuse all bills of that denomination. The banks will call in all their circulation at once and issue new bills i: First National Bank of Chicago, Ill.,; Traders National Bank of Chicago, Ill; Merchants National Bank of Chicago, H.; First National Bank of Aurora, Ill.,; First National Bank of Paxton, H.; First National Bank of Peru, ILL, First National Bank of Galena, Illinois. Ono such bank) The majority of Missouri's delegates to the Republican national convention are in favor of Blaine. ... New Hampshire did not instruct her Republican delegates, but most of them are Blaine men ...... Illinois | sends Blaine delegates. Nebraska instructed | her delegates to vote for Blaine. ... Min nesota delegates will advocate Blaine. %. Michigan Democrats appointed delegates who favor Tlden. Eli Snedhem was hanged at Holly Springs, Miss, in the presence of six thousand people, for the murder of Marcus Lewis. .. The large Boston clothing house of Beard, Moulton & Daniels has failed. .Hayti is still in an unsettled condition. .. .. Fifty thousand children were in line on "Anniver- sary day " in Brooklyn, N. ...... Four mur- derers were taken from the sheriff of Abbe- vile county, s. O., by crowd of three thou sand persons and shot to death. .... John Cal houn, of Rochester, N, r., shot his wife in the back, inf1icting dangerous wound, and then shot himself fatally.
 California's Democratic delegates favor Til- den. Nine midshipmen were dismissed from the naval academy at Annapolis for steai Ig gents furnishing goods from one of the rooms occupied by 8 Baltimore drummer .. Ken tuoky's Democratic delegation will vote as 8 unit; but were uninstructed ... Robert Drinksrd, Mrs. Jennie Bruce and her daughter Mamie were caught on 8 trestle bridge by a railway train near Danville, ILL, and all were killed or fatally inj ured. .. The famous stock horse Felters Hambletonian died in Iowa. aged twelve years .. Of the forty-two miners at NDearwood, in the Black Hills, the Indians have killed twenty-seven ...... A building un- dergoing repairs in Philadelphia fell on the workmen, killing three and injuring others. ......A wonderful race against time was that of Peralto on Fleetwood course, N. r., who, with his twenty mustang ponies just brought from the Pacific coast ran 155 miles in little less than seven hours. A companion of Pe- ralto and well known rider named Parker undertook to ride thirty ponies over the same course 305 miles in fifteen hours, but failed through exhaustion before his work was half accomplished. Peralto won handsomely. riding his almost wild animals through the long stretch in 8 masterly manner, and changing horses every one or two miles, ss he deemed best. At the end of the long ride he did not appear to be greatly fatigued. The first ten miles was made in twenty-four minutes forty four and one-quarter seconds, with six relays of horses; from the Tooth to the 10th mile was made in twenty-five minutes, thirty two and one-third seconds, with six relays, and the last five miles of the 155 in twelve minutes, three and three-quarter seconds, and with four relays of horses. .... President Grant has issued 8 proclamation calling attention to the act of Congress requesting the people of counties or towns to have local historical sketch prepared and delivered fourth of July and copy of the same filed with the county o1 town records, and duplicate sent to the librarian of Congress, that complete growth of the country may be obtained.
 Twenty-two young men, sons of wealthy Cincinnatians, who went to the Black Hills fol a frolic and sightseeing, were attacked by Indians in the neighborhood of Custer City and eleven of them killed. " The Durham Lawn herd of shorthorns were sold at Chicago Sixty-fve cattle realized over $7O,OOO; the average price for COWS being $1, 136, and fol bulls $814 =. Dubuffe's renowned painting of |" The Progical Son." while on exhibition 1n Cincinnati, was destroyed by fire. Loss, $100,- 900 insured $25 5000. 70. Gov. ITilden has commuted the death sentence of Andreas Fuchs, who murdered Simmons in Brooklyn to imprisonment fer life. .Wm. Sexton the American won the first prize in the inter. national billiard match at Philadelphia. .
 Thomas W. Piper was executed in Boston fol the murder of little Mabel Young in church vious to his death. He exhibited no trepida tion under the gallows and died easily. ...
 Samuel J. Frost, who killed his brother-in- law Towne, near Worcester, Mass, and afterwart cut the body in pieces and buried them, wal
 hanged in the jail at Worcester. The fall O
 Frost on the scaffold was so great as to seve the vetebra in the neck and open horribl ; gash in his throat from which the blood spurte
 at each pulsation of the heart, to the agony o ; the spectators who were almost paralyzed b
 the sight. The head was connected with tn body only by the ligatures.
 , A dispatch to the London Times announce that the Servian militia numbering 1000 ! men, with three hundred pieces of artillery F are ready for action ...... The London (Eng l Standard says one huncred tons of gunpowde l and one million cartridges have been dil 3 patched from WoolWich to Glbralter Malt